MARLENA SHAW - MARLENA
A great lost treasure, and one of Marlena Shaw's most
obscure albums – a really compelling batch of sophisticated vocal tracks with
arrangements by Wade Marcus! The instrumentation is wonderful – with lots of
soulful guitar and organ licks amidst the larger orchestrations, giving the set
a down-home feeling in the right places, usually underneath some of Marlena's
more intimate vocals – and the style is a great bridge from her Cadet sound of
the 60s into the more sophisticated years of the 70s. Marlena sings a lot of
soundtrack and easy material – including "Somewhere", "What Are
You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life", "You Must Believe In
Spring", and "So Far Away" – but she mixes these cuts with good
doses of soul material – like "Save the Children", "Wipe Away
the Evil", and "Runnin Out of Fools" – into a killer batch of
tracks that stands with the best of some of Marlena's Cadet work! ~ Dusty Groove
BRAZILIKA: BRAZIL & BEYOND - 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE CD CELEBRATING THE BEST OF FAR OUT
Celebrating 20 years of Far Out Recordings, the Brazilika
double CD featuring both Theo and Daz’s remixes amongst a host of other Far Out
classics, exclusive remixes and unreleased rarities, will be available from May
2015. Far Out’s iconic Brazilika series encapsulates the absolute
paramount of Brazilian music. Celebrating landmark years of Far Out Recordings,
previous editions in the series have seen exceptional, globally celebrated
compilations from Kenny Dope, Giles Peterson, 4hero and Andy Votel. To mark the
label’s twentieth year, label boss Joe Davis has lovingly brought together his
own retrospective of Far Out’s most stunningly immersive music, illuminating
the virtuosity of this host of Brazilian brilliance. CD2 is a forward thinking,
twenty-seven-track mix, featuring new, exclusive and unreleased material among
timeless Far Out dance floor destroyers. The mix was compiled by Joe Davis and
expertly mixed by DJ, producer and Brazilian music aficionado Spiritual South,
a long-time Far Out friend.
MARCOS VALLE - '1985 / PREFIXO' (THEO PARRISH AND DAZ I KUE REMIXES)
A 12” single featuring two tracks by Marcos Valle - one of
Brazil's most accomplished artists and composers - remixed by underground dance
music pioneers and long-time label friends, Theo Parrish and Bloodfire (aka Daz
I Kue). Both tracks are taken from the forthcoming Brazilka compilation: a 20th
Year anniversary CD on Far Out Recordings.
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