Now-Again Records

Some Buzz with your Fuzz? Intelligentsia Coffee and Brazil Fuzz Guitar Bananas Set Available Now

If you haven’t copped the Brazilian Fuzz Guitar Bananas comp, here’s a good reason to do so: for a limited time, over at Intelligentsia, you can now buy a $30 set that pairs the CD with a pound of organic Serra do Bone Brazilian coffee. “Deep bass notes, dark chocolate tones… caramel silkiness….” Yeah, that’s how the coffee fiends describe this particular Brazilian blend, but, you know, they could be referring to the comp as well couldn’t they?

Link: Brazil Fuzz Guitar Bananas/Serra do Bone Coffee at Intelligentsia.

Out Now: Whitefield Brothers “The Gift” (Oh No’s Ethiopium Remix) – Check A Free MP3!

Download: Whitefield Brothers “The Gift” (Oh No’s Ethiopium Remix)

Announcing: Dimlite

Did we mention we signed Swiss producer (and now vocalist) Dimlite? We think we did. We’re releasing a rather-excellent long play that we’ll call an “extended play” in Spring.

But we wanted to give you a little something in the meantime and this lovely take on Gap Mangione’s “Diana In The Autumn Wind,” which he calls “Diana Won’t,” comes just in time to celebrate Dilla-month. So here we go. Expect to hear more from Dimlite soon, and, if you’re in the London-area, don’t miss him at Flying Lotus’s/Red Bull Music Academy’s Brainfeeder on Saturday March 10th at Fabric.

Download: Dimlite “Diana Won’t.”

LA Weekly and LA Times on Fela: Black Man’s Cry

Yeah, we bemoan the state of American journalism too often ’round here. But every once in a while we read some (ahem) complimentary pieces and we have to reassess our position.

This past week, both the LA Weekly and the LA Times ran pieces on our Black Man’s Cry anthology, released on 2/23. Well, the LA Weekly piece was an overall piece on the label, but we’re never that self-congratulatory. Here’s an excerpt from the LA Times piece:

“Perhaps seeking to provide further context to this ongoing Fela-palooza, the rare-groove and hip-hop label Now-Again explores Fela’s broad influence with “Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti,” coming out Tuesday. Sumptuously packaged like a hardcover book, the album collects rare and previously unreleased recordings by artists from Fela’s heyday and after who followed in his footsteps around the world.”

Read the LA Times piece by clicking here.
Read the LA Weekly piece by clicking here.

Black Man’s Cry Record Release Day/Release Party Photos

Today marks the worldwide release of our Fela anthology Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti. We threw a record release party this past Sunday at Palate Food and Wine in Los Angeles. We told you it would be worth the drive – Cut Chemist, J.Rocc and Egon played six hours of the deepest African music they could get their hands on, good Burgundy flowed all eve, interested passersby munched on goat tacos and an overwhelming feeling of funkiness abounded.

Check out photos here.
…. And if you haven’t bought the album yet, it’s in and shipping at Stones Throw’s webstore.