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Karl Hector Newness! “Can’t Stand The Pressure” Album/Box Set and “Ka-Rica-Tar” EP

BUY THE BOX SET: KARL HECTOR & THE MALCOUNS – CANT STAND THE PRESSURE
BUY THE EP: KARL HECTOR & THE MALCOUNS – KA RICA TAR

Following their deft handling of musics from Eastern and Northern Africa alongside Western psychedelia, jazz and funk on the Unstraight Ahead album, Karl Hector & The Malcouns combine the previously available only on vinyl tracks from four EP’s – Tamanrasset, Ngugna Yeti Fofa, Coomassi and their latest, Ka Rica Tar – into an album as Krautrock as Afro Beat, as Multi-Culti-Psychedelic as Deep Funk.

Can’t Stand The Pressure is available as a CD that contains the entirety of Ka Rica Tar, and all of the other EP tracks that haven’t come out on CD. And if you missed those limited edition EP’s, don’t trip: we’re issuing a made-to-order set that will contain all four EP’s in their entirety, packaged in a hand silk-screened, chipboard sleeve.

Ka Rica Tar and the Can’t Stand The Pressure CD ship immediately.

Can’t Stand The Pressure 4LP set will be tallied in a month and put into production. Expect your set to ship early March 2016. Anyone who orders the box set will receive a download link for all 4 EP’s shortly after placing their order. We know you don’t want to wait for your funk.

Posted in NewsDec. 11, 2015

Egon’s Pop-Up Record Shop at Rappcats – Dec. 12th.

Egon pop up record shop at Rappcats
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Noon – 5PM
5636 York Blvd,
Los Angeles CA 90042

On December 12th, Egon’s hosting a record store at Rappcats, selling records from his collection one-day only. Also available will be the entire Now-Again catalog – for a one day discount of 25% less than our normal retail. If you can’t make it to Highland Park, all online Now-Again orders from the Rappcats store placed on 12/12 will receive a 25% discount as well.

Egon is one third of Rappcats, alongside Madlib and Jeff Jank, and the Now-Again imprint is a large part of the store. He’s also regarded as one of the world’s most record-collecting elite, and was profiled in Dust and Grooves and Crate Diggers, as well as numerous documentaries. Expect a slew of records from the uber-rare to the cheap and essential at his Rappcats pop up. And if you miss this one, he plans to do these once a quarter in 2016, bringing out unique pieces each event.

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RIP – Luther Davis, Godfather of Modern Soul

It’s with a heavy heart that we note the passing of Bakersfield born and bred soul and blues guitarist and bandleader Luther Davis. Now-Again’s Egon first met Davis through collector Mike Vegh; in order to re-release Davis’ classic Lifetime Records single, Egon started Now-Again subsidiary Soul-Cal Records, in 2002. A decade later, the Soul-Cal anthology saw release, and Davis’ story was told for the first time.

Davis was a kind, humble soul who, while intrigued by the success his tiny, local release had gotten in the decades since it was lost in Bakersfield’s expanse, never lost faith in his ability as a songwriter and a bandleader. He lead many local ensembles and played various California blues festivals until his death, on October 28th 2015. RIP big Luther. We’ll miss you.

Posted in NewsNov. 4, 2015