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Future Classics

Future Classic: Bruce Trail “Ravine Dream EP”

via Magicwire Records: Beginning in the south, the Bruce Trail hugs the ancient shoreline of Lake Iroquoia as it follows the edge of the Niagara Escarpment. The Path, over its lengthy journey, winds its way through a landscape of natural  Read more  »

Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Black Disco “Night Express” (1976)

via Matsuli Music: Press ‘play’ and the soulful notes of Basil ‘Mannenberg’ Coetzee’s saxophone tell you two things. First, Night Express is great music. But, second, the sound doesn’t fit neatly into any of the mid-70s South African musical genre  Read more  »

Contests

Contest: Win A Vinyl Copy of the Latest Release from Boorane

Producers Boora and Krane team up as Boorane with this first release. via In-Beat-Ween Music: Although it’s the very first EP of the project, these guys can hardly be called newcomers. Boorane members already have the “street” credibility and style  Read more  »

Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Aura “Aura” (1979)

Mike Lundy, Lemuria, Aura. This trifecta of inimitable Hawaiian acts descended upon Honolulu’s state-of-the art Broad Recording Studio in late 1979 to create what have now become the most coveted Hawaiian funk/soul/jazz albums of the era. But whereas Lemuria functioned  Read more  »

Music Books

The first complete photo documentation of Dilla and Slum Village to date circa 1999

This 75 page hand printed book contains 36 exclusive professional photos of J Dilla and Slum Village whilst on tour in Amsterdam circa 1999. It’s a 7 x 9.5″ black and white beautifully printed artbook which was manufactured, edited and  Read more  »