Category: Catalog

Various – Spiritual Jazz: ‘Esoteric, modal and deep jazz from the undergound, 1968-77’

Tracklist:

01. Introduction – James Tatum Trio Plus (Edit)
02. Gol-E Gandom – Lloyd Miller
03. Paul’s Ark – Morris Wilson Beau Bailey Quintet
04. Bada Que Bash – P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble
05. Ayo Ayo Nene – Mor Thiam
06. All Praises To Allah – The Lightmen Plus One (Edit)
07. Nomusa – Ndikho Xaba & The Natives
08. Neveen – Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band
09. The Afrikan In Winter – The Positive Force With Ade Olatunji
10. No Jive – The Frank Derrick Total Experience
11. Ja Mill – Hastings Street Jazz Experience
12. The Will Come, Is Now – Ronnie Boykins
13. Be There – Leon Gardner
14. Psych City – Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble (Edit)

Produced for reissue by Gerald Short, North American version produced by Eothen Alapatt.
Researched and compiled by Malcolm Catto, Hugo Mendez, Gerald Short and Eothen Alapatt.

CD (North America Only). 2009. NA 5042.

Whitefield Brothers – In The Raw

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Poets of Rhythm founding members first crucial piece of the funk spectrum recorded as The Whitefield Brothers. A wear-your heart-on-your-sleeve, hypnotic, defiantly psychedelic funk album that is as modern as it is grounded in the great musical traditions from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Featuring members of the Dap Tones and El Michels Affair.

Tracklist:

01. In The Raw (Whitefield Bros./Roth/Sahm)
02. Sol Walk (Whitefield Bros./Roth/Sahm)
03. Eji (Whitefield Bros./Roth/Sahm)
04. Prowlin (Whitefield Bros./Roth/Sahm)
05. Weiya (Serengeti Beat) (Whitefield Bros.)
06. Yakuba (Whitefield Bros.)
07. Witch-Jam (Whitefield Bros./Roth/Sahm)
08. Weiya (Whitefield Bros.)
09. Thunderbird (Roth/Lehman)
10. Rampage (Whitefield Bros.)
11. The Bastard (Whitefield Bros.)
12. Chokin’ (Whitefield Bros./Roth/Sahm)

Personnel:

Muggy Whitefield – Drums, Percussion
Bosco Mann – Bass
Till Sahm – Organ, Synthesizer
Neal Sugarman – Saxophone, Flute
Leon Michels – Saxophone, Flute
Martin Perna – Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Jordan McLean – Trumpet
Mike Leonhart – Trumpet
Mike Wagner – Trombone
Boogaloo Velez – Conga, Percussion
Jeff Silverman – Vocals
Jay Whitefield – Guitar

Credits:

Produced by Whitefield Brothers
Recorded by Gabe Roth at Desco Studio
Additional Recording by Philip Lehman at Soul Fire Studio
Mixed by Whitefield Brothers and Philip Lehman at Soul Fire
Executive Producer Philip Lehman & Whitefield Bros
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert for Sumosound, Los Angeles, CA
Art direction by Matthew Boyd for Way Shape Form, Toronto, ONT.
Produced for Reissue by Egon

2LP, CD. 2009. NA5039.

Mr. Chop – Lightworlds (12″)

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Coz Littler, aka Chop, made his Now-Again Records debut with Lightworlds. Assisted by Malcolm Catto (drums) and Jake Ferguson (bass) of The Heliocentrics, amongst a host of other crack UK session musicians, Chop offers up a mixture of psychedelia, funk, jazz and musique concrete

Tracklist:

01. The Infinity Machine
02. Transhuman
03. Zoid
04. Conversations
05. Don’t Try To Think
06. Stark
07. Metropoli Del Ferro

Produced and Recorded by Coz Littler (Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Mellotron, Minimoog, VCS3) at Ape Studios, UK.
Featuring The Heliocentrics.
Executive Producer: Egon

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert for Elysian Masters, Barcelona, SP.
Art direction by Dan McPharlin.

12″ EP and Promotional CD. 2008. NA 5040.

Koushik – Cold Treats

Koushik is no stranger to the Now-Again Records catalog. His “Cold Beats” EP, featuring Percee P and based around samples from the Cold Heat compilation (NA 5017), contained so many raw interpretations of those heavy funk skillets that we had to give him access to the catalog to see what he could cook up next.

Out of the frying pan, into the freezer, then, with Cold Treats. Here Koushik crafts a range of beats that range from horn-driven hip hop (courtesy of The Stark Reality) to bonus beat madness to new takes on the four on the floor disco rhythms of the Record Player… and beyond.

Tracklist:

01. Dreams (Pt. 1)
02. Dreams (Pt. 2)
03. Doublesum
04. Bouncebouncebounce
05. Spacejack
06. Ta2
07. Get Everything In
08. Wiggle Dogs
09. Kashdoinit
10. KTH
11. On This Earth
12. Dtop
13. Rollercombat
14. Skipthis
15. Oosh It
16. Mivory
17. Peetey
18. Cold Beats Intro
19. Cold Beats Bonus Beat 1
20. Cold Beats Bonus Beat 2
21. Cold Beats Bonus Beat 3
22. Cold Beats Outro
23. Letitout
24. Basketball Beat
25. 2much4tender
26. Wiggle Free
27. 92
28. Jamnesty

Produced by Koushik.

CD. 2008. NAML003.