The latest post in Egon’s NPR series Funk Archaeology follows him on a trip to New York as he attempts to find five great records for less than $100. Well, we shouldn’t write “attempts:” since the column has been published, it’s obvious he succeeded. With that in mind, we’re offering an additional download by the Swedish psych-weirdo Prefix below – his altogether mind-blowing “Duke Of War.”
Link: It’s a Buyer’s Market: Digging For $100 A Day – Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
Download: Prefix: “Duke of War.”
More: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR.
In his third annual reissue round-up, Egon discusses five of 2011’s essential reissues at NPR. This year, the focus is on redefining “psychedelic rock,” and includes entries by five record companies – Numero Group, Mr. Bongo, Light In The Attic, Faded Sunshine and Shadoks Music – sympathetic to Now-Again’s cause: finding the nexus between the best of 60s and 70s psych-rock and funk. Plug in, listen and, above all, try to support those imprints boldly going where no-one has gone before.
As a bonus to you, the visitor to Now-Again’s site, we’re offering a free download of WITCH’s “Toloka,” which Egon references in his piece but wasn’t included in NPR’s playlist. This song will be included on the WITCH 4 CD/6LP box set We Intend To Cause Havoc!, due out in May 2012.
Link: Psych Rock Redefined: Egon’s Top 2011 Reissues at NPR.
Download: WITCH “Toloka” from the forthcoming anthology We Intend To Cause Havoc! here.
Last year, we shared a special single by Zambian guitarist, singer and songwriter Paul Ngozi – who, along with his Ngozi Family, will be presented in a compendium on Now-Again in late 2012. This year, we present something a bit harder-edged, in keeping with the garage-psych tradition of the Ngozi Family’s early recordings. “Jesus Christ” is from Ngozi’s The Ghetto, an album that we’ve recently reissued in conjunction with Shadoks Music. If you’re a follower of the music we reissue, this should be a perfect Christmas carol.
Download: Paul Ngozi: “Jesus Christ”.
And, if you missed it last year:
Download: Paul Ngozi: “Happy New Year”.
The latest post in Egon’s NPR series Funk Archaeology allows a peek into a record excavation mission with the producer Madlib: excavating jazz trumpeter Stanton Davis’ New Jersey storage unit. Yeah, the fellas struck gold. Read more below – and download one of Egon’s finds, the hitherto unknown Christ Gabriel Jazz Missionary Group’s soul-jazz stomper “Christ Place.” Hallelujah!
Link: Excavating Stanton Davis’ Storage Unit Funk: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
Download: Christ Gabriel Jazz Missionary Group: “Christ Place.”
More: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR.
The latest post in Egon’s NPR series Funk Archaeology couldn’t have come at a more opportune time for anyone recently introduced to the wonders of the Kashmere Stage Band. This investigation into Houston jazz drummer, educator and label owner Bubbha Thomas’ Summer Jazz Workshop – and the nearly impossible to source 45s released by the high school students that participated in the program in the early 70s – colors the Kashmere Stage Band experience and helps explain just how this one Texas city managed to release so much damn-good adolescent funk music.
Link: Summer School Funk: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
Download: Bubbha Thomas and The Youthful Musicians Summer Program: “Jazz OD.”
More: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR.
