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Whitefield Brothers feat. Edan and Mr. Lif – The Gift (12″)

Tracklist:

Side A
The Gift *
The Gift (Instrumental)

Side B
Gifted (The Oh No Remix)
Gifted (The Oh No Remix Instrumental)

A Whitefield Brothers Production
Executive Produced by Egon and Whitefield Brothers
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert for Elysian Masters, Barcelona, SP.
Art direction by Lewis Heriz

The Gift: (W.Schlick/M.Whitefield/B.Baral/E.Portnoy/J.Haynes)

Edan – Vocals, Mr. Lif – Vocals, Martin Majevski – Trumpet, Zuzzi Krall – Trombone, Wolfi Schlick – Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Tuba, Niko Schabl – Alto Saxophone, MW – Drums, Organ, Percussion

Recorded by JW at Soul-Fire/Brooklyn, Hermann-Lingg/Munich and Edan/Brooklyn. Mixed by Jochen Ströh and WBs at Lovelite/Berlin

* Original version from the Whitefield Brothers album Earthology

Gifted (The Oh No Remix): (E.Portnoy/J.Haynes/M.Jackson).

Recorded and mixed by Oh No at The Last Element, Oxnard.

12″ Single. 2009. NA 5059.

Whitefield Brothers – Earthology

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Tracklist:

1 – Joyful Exaltation (M. Whitefield/T. Myland/B.Pluwatsch)
Bajka – Vocals, Thomas Myland – Organ, Organ Bass, MW – Drums, Wolfi Schlick – Flute, Niko Schabel – Clarinet

Recorded by D. Ictafon at Soul-Fire/Brooklyn. Mixed by WBs at Halfaroom/Munich

2 – Safari Strut: (J. Whitefield)
Wolfi Schlick – Clarinet, Alto Flute, Thomas Myland – Organ Bass, JW – Guitar, Kollage, MW – Drums, Marimba

Recorded by JW at Soul-Fire/Brooklyn and Halfaroom/Munich. Mixed by JW at Halfaroom/Munich

3 – Reverse: (J.Whitefield/M.Whitefield/J.Simon/N.Rodriguez)
Percee P – Vocals, MED – Vocals, Boogaloo Velez – Percussion, Bosco Mann – Bass, JW – Guitar, Elka, Kollage, MW – Drums, Juno, Moog, Kollage

Recorded by Gabe Roth at Desco/Manhattan, JW at Halfaroom/Munich and Dave Cooley at Bionic/Los Angeles. Mixed by JW at Halfaroom/Munich

4 – Taisho: (M. Whitefield/M.Nishimoto/J.Whitefield)
Masaru Nishimoto – Koto, Thomas Myland – Clavinet, JW – Bass, MW- Drums, Percussion

Recorded by JW at Whitefield Sound Lab/Munich and Zdenko Curulija at 45studios/Munich. Mixed by JW at Halfaroom/Munich

5 – Sad Nile: (M. Whitefield)

Stu Krause – Trumpet, Ben Abarbanel-Wolff – Tenor Saxophone, Johannes Schleiermacher – Baritone Saxophone, Thomas Myland – Clavinet, Bassmodul, JW – Guitar, MW – Drums

Recorded by Jochen Ströh at Lovelite/Berlin. Mixed by Jochen Ströh and MW at Lovelite/Berlin

6 – The Gift: (W.Schlick/M.Whitefield/B.Baral/E.Portnoy/J.Haynes)

Edan – Vocals, Mr. Lif – Vocals, Martin Majevski – Trumpet, Zuzzi Krall – Trombone, Wolfi Schlick – Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Tuba, Niko Schabl – Alto Saxophone, MW – Drums, Organ, Percussion

Recorded by JW at Soul-Fire/Brooklyn, Hermann-Lingg/Munich and Edan/Brooklyn. Mixed by Jochen ströh and WBs at Lovelite/Berlin

7 – Ntu: (M. Whitefield)

Zdenko Curulija – Bell, Percussion, JW – Gong, MW – Bambooinstruments, Percussion.

Recorded by Zdenko Curulija and JW at 45studios/Munich. Mixed by MW at Beavercreek/Berlin. Engineer: Benjamin Spitzmüller

8 – Pamukkale: (J. Whitefield)

Bo Baral – Tambour, Percussion, Wolfi Schlick – English Horn, Flute, Zdenko Curulija – Percussion, Thomas Myland – Organ, JW – Bass, Percussion, Piano, MW – Drums, Percussion.

Recorded by JW at 45studios/Munich and Hermann-Lingg/Munich. Mixed by JW at Halfaroom/Munich

9 – Alin: (M. Whitefield/M. Nishimoto)

Masaru Nishimoto – Flute, MW – Drums, Gongs, Percussion, Pierre “Gorbi” Mensah – Percussion, Jochen Ströh – Tambourine

Recorded by Jochen Ströh at Lovelite/Berlin and Benjamin Spitzmüller at Beavercreek/Berlin. Mixed by Benjamin Spitzmüller at Beavercreek/Berlin

10 – Breakin´ Through: (Mal Waldron)

Leon Michels – Flute, Martin Perna – Baritone Saxophone, Stuart Bogie – Clarinet, Aaron Johnson – Trombone, Thomas Myland – Electric Piano, Ralf Kiefer – Clavinet, Nick Movshon – Bass, MW – Drums

Recorded by MW at Soul-Fire/Brooklyn and JW at Hermann-Lingg/munich. Mixed by WBs at Halfaroom/Munich

11 – Sem Yelesh: (J. Whitefield)

Ben Abarbanel-Wolff – Saxophones, Thomas Myland – Organ, Bo Baral – Tambour, Ballaphon, Conga, Zdenko Curulija – Drums, JW – Bass, Electric Piano, Birhan “Mac” Mekonnen & Danny Mekonnen – Cultural Advice

Recorded by JW and Zdenko Curulija at 45studios/Munich and Jochen Ströh at Lovelite/Berlin. Mixed by JW at Halfaroom/Munich

12 – Lullaby for Lagos: (M. whitefield/T. myland/J. Whitefield)

Johannes Schleiermacher – Flute, Will Holland – Guitar, Thomas Myland – Organ Bass, JW – Guitar, MW – Drums, Vibraphone

Recorded by JW at Soul-Fire/Brooklyn and Jochen Ströh at Lovelite/Berlin. Mixed by Jochen Ströh and WBs at Lovelite/Berlin
13 – Chich: (M. Whitefield)

Maria Del Mar Campo – Hand Drum, Johannes Schleiermacher – Flute, Hannes Kies – Bass Clarinet, Philipp Domke – Trombone, MW – Glockenspiel, Marimba, Vibraphone, Percussion.

Recorded by Jochen Ströh at Lovelite/Berlin. Mixed by WBs at Halfaroom/Munich

A Whitefield Brothers Production
Executive Produced by Egon and Whitefield Brothers
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert for Elysian Masters, Barcelona, SP.
Art direction by Lewis Heriz

CD and 2 12″ LP. 2010. NA 5047.

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.

EDAN, LIF AND EGON: SCRABBLE, DIFARA'S PIZZA AND THE WHITEFIELD BROTHERS

Every time I’m in New York, I follow largely the same routine. Cab from JFK to the loft in Bushwick, wash the sheets (Stones Throw’s East Coast headquarters isn’t an Ian Schraeger type joint, but it works), make my way to Taralucci E Vino for an espresso, check out the East Village Record stores and then call Edan. Why Edan? Well, I’ve been trying to convince him to do an album with me for a very long while and, even though that looks to be a long way off (though still a distinct possibility), he and I often share good conversations about music, life, “the business,” and food.

He’s been telling me that a day trip to Di Fara’ss Pizza was in order, but, in New York, without a car, Grimaldi’s is just so much easier. But, two weeks ago, on a short layover in the City on my way back to LA from Portugal, the timing worked out. I met Edan and Lif on the Q Train (quite surreal that we happened to be on the same train at the same time), and, Scrabble Board in hand, we made our way to Di Fara’s for the inevitable hour long wait for one of its legendary pies.

The end result? An hour into our Scrabble game (and an hour and a half after placing our order), the proprietor’s daughter politely informed us that our pie never hit the oven. “I called out that we had no wild onions,” she said. Uh.. ok. A half hour later, Lif is so clearly ahead in the game that Edan and I can’t possibly catch up, we’ve discussed the collapse of the rather limited music industry that we knew (and how exciting that was for optimists like ourselves), we’ve mapped out the song that the duo promise for the second Whitefield Brothers album, talked more about that album-to-be, and are so damn hungry that anything would taste like manna from heaven.

But the pie is a masterpiece. And, watching the slow, steady approach that the maestro takes with each pie, I think that there is an analogy between Di Fara’s Pizza and Now-Again. Somewhere.

Posted in NewsMar. 6, 2009