The Isles

Time Has Come

Is lifted from the "same monkeys different zoo EP" released by Germany's Moodmusic label from the album of the same name, by berlin/hamburg duo Penner & Muder. Nice slick deep house production with a classic deep soulful/pop vocal and burning synth stabs...The time has come, wonderful!


Interview with Penner & Muder



A1.Let The Music Play
B1.Time Has Come
B2.Across My Heart
MOOD 092

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Through Windows

Something that i downloaded earlier in the year and to be honest never got around to listening to, you know filed away never to be seen again..Until yesterday while trawling through the mytea@om archives, I came across this, from a young Dutch producer, Crookram (alias Chris Angelovski) an exceptional sample-master with a def touch with production and having no insistence on any particular style. His music has been made so colourful by using an unusually rich variety of downtempo, funk, hip hop, nu jazz elements and breakz, released simultaneously on the bankrupt recordings label and on budabeats netlabel. It is still available for free download All 18 tracks, so go get it!...great chill out material.

From the Bankrupt review;
"...an album that has been 5 years in the making in which musical genres like soul, funk, hiphop and library music have been combined with modern downtempo beats and movie samples. his ambition is to focus on atmosphere and moody vibes, something that's become quite uncommon in modern day music. you can expect scratchy records, mysterious movie samples and a great talent for production, elements which have been praised already by many people involved in the downtempo scene."

Another World

Back to some beautiful bouncy house muzik, A live strings laden deep cinematic 4x4 mastermix comes courtesy of Berliner André Lodemann, the Summer Sampler EP was first released in July and amid loads of DJ interest has now been given a propa release on Joey Negro's Zrecords. A dope late summer throbbin bassline roller..Love It!!!




A1.Ac Soul Symphony - "Still In Love" (feat Ricci Benson - Joey Negro Love Symphony mix)
A2.Those Pesky Kids - "As Long As I Got U" (Conan Liquid Back In The Day mix)
B1. Akabu - "Another World" (Andre Lodemann mix)
ZEDD 12124

Saturday Live

ill communication

The last pick from our jazz session from the wonderful double bassist and oud player, Ahmed Abdul-Malik's LP "jazz sounds of africa" A combination of "the music of ahmed abdul- malik" and his 1962 "Sounds of Africa" LP's, fusing the west african sounds of 'highlife' into intriguing jazz compositions...Awesome stuff!

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1. Nights On Saturn
2. The Hustlers
3. Oud BLues
4. La Ibkey
5. Don't Blame Me
6. Hannibal's Carnivals
7. Wakida Hena
8. African Bossa Nova
9. Nadusilma
10. Out of Nowhere
11. Communication
12. Suffering.
Prestige

Madness Subsides

By now I had got through about 22 LP's/CD's, sitting on my balcony havin' a cheeky roll-up and an ice cold sapporo beer, the ambiance was sent..From the first few bars I felt transfixed, tune of a summer sunset, madness subsides....Pekka Pohjola is arguably the greatest electric bass players in Europe and here in equally great company with Tomi Parkkonen - drum and percussion, Eero Koivistoinen - soprano & tenor sax., Pekka Pöyry - alto and soprano sax, Paroni Paakkunainen - alto,baritone sax & piccolo and Coste Apretea - guitar. The main bassline of this piece was beautifully sampled by DJ Shadow on "Midnight In A Perfect World" Niceness!

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1. Alku (The Beginning)
2. Ensimmäinen aamu (The First Morning)
3. Huono sää / Se tanssii (Bad Weather / Bialoipokku Dances…)
4. ja näkee unta (Bialoipokku's War Dream)
5. Hereilläkin uni jatkuu (Bialoipokku's War)
6. Sekoilu seestyy (The Madness Subsides)
7. Elämä jatkuu (Life Goes On)
LRLP 118

Danish Drive

Staying on the Scandinavian theme for another stand out cut from our marathon jazz session..Renowned US drummer Ed Thigpen who passed on earlier in the year with an infectious groovy bassline with his Danish "Action.Re.Action" group comprising of Palle Mikkleborg - Trumpet, Kjell Ohman - Electric & Acoustic Piano, Mads Vinding - Bass, Lennart Aberg - Saxes & Flute, Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro - Percussion and the Legendary congaman, Louis "SABU" Martinez...Wickeness!

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A1. House of Poetsa)
(a)Le Matin(Palle Mikkelborg)
(b)Le Soir(Palle Mikkelborg)
(c)Who's kidding who?(Palle Mikkelborg)
2. Danish Drive(Mads Vinding)
B1. Action-re-action
(a)Illusions(Ed Thigpen)
(b) Adventures of a duck with friends(Ed Thigpen)
(c)Action-re-action(Ed Thigpen-Palle Mikkelborg)
SLP-2558

Around 3/4 Time

Feel to share more of that Sunday all day jazz session at mytea@om HQ, when the kids are away the cats come out to play so to speak, something for REAL JAZHEDZ. The Jazz Quintet-60's groove is very similar to that of the Legendary Jazz Messengers. An ultra-hip Danish combo with players, Bent Axen on piano, Allan Botschinsky on trumpet, Niels Husum on tenor, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass, and Bjarn Rostvold on drums...The Original LP is a bit of a rarity these days...Enjoy!

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1.Buddah
2.2 4 6
3.More Peace
4.Cuba Libre
5.Billie's Bounce
6.Around 3/4 Time
7.Pokerface
8.Ballad No 2
9.Blue & Yellow
10.Sunday Monday
Metronome15124

Boys and Girls..

Have been listening to loads of jazz today and this has kept playing intermediately throughout..From the famed 'When Eight Bells Toll' director Etienne Périer's film “Des Garçons et des Filles” An obscure flick chronicling a pre 1968 attempt at commune life by a group of societies disillusioned youth..The soundtrack is right on point composed by French pianist and jazz drummer Errol Parker, with the help of a young Jean-Michel Jarre. It's the title track we visit in all it's jazzscat flava courtesy of the vocal talents of Rozza Wortham. Her velvety harmonies floating throughout the impulsion of rhythm. A true jazz dancefloor classic.

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1. Des Garçons et des Filles
2. Solange
3. Bluesoscope
Vadim / Decca