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The Rhythmagic Orchestra (Nostalgia 77 & Hugo Mendez) - out on Impossible Ark

Monday 28 March 2011, 11:01

The Rhythmagic Orchestra - The Rhythmagic Orchestra
(CD/LP/Digital) Impossible Ark/Unfold UNFOLDCD012, 2011-03-28

The Rhythmagic Orchestra is a collaboration between acclaimed jazz producer Benedic Lamdin aka Nostalgia 77 and Hugo Mendez of World-renowned tropical music collective Sofrito, based on their shared love of jazz, Afro-Cuban, Latin and tropical sounds. The band comprised a young crop of London's finest jazz musicians and a team of Cuban percussionists. Comprising members of the Nostalgia 77 Octet, the Alex Wilson Band, Jazz Jamaica, the Heliocentrics and Ska Cubano, together the players combine years of experience with innumerable jazz and Latin greats, and had the chops to lay down a session that would have made the dancers at the Palladium ballroom proud. The finished album features a selection of classics of the jazz and Latin canon from the ë50s, with new compositions that stand up proudly alongside. Paying tribute to the giants of Afro-Cuban jazz like Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Machito; combining traditional arrangements with Cuban bata drums and a fresh outlook on the Latin jazz sound, all cooked up in 21st century London, the album continues a great musical tradition and adds its own flavour to the melting pot of jazz and non-western music.

Various - Free Impossible Ark Label Compilation

Monday 13 December 2010, 22:36 1

Various - Impossible Ark Label Compilation
(free download) Impossible Ark Records, 2010-12-12

As a little Christmas present the people at Impossible Ark have compiled a rather special collection of music to give away free on impossiblearkrecords.bandcamp.com. Here's what they have to say: For this festive giveaway we've chosen some of our favourite tracks from the Impossible Ark catalogue and two tracks from A&R Ben Lamdin's own Nostalgia 77 project. In the new year expect more from the Rhythmagic Orchestra, Nostalgia 77, Allsopp, Vosloo & more! All Impossible Ark releases and most Nostalgia 77 albums are currently £5 on www.etchshop.co.uk. I must admit I've been buying nearly all releases from this fan-taste-tic UK jazz label for quite some time now. The Skeletons project is just plain incredible. Nostalgia 77 releases are marvelous. And I can't wait for the Rhythmagic Orchestra album to drop in 2011. If you're into deep, spiritual and groovy music, then you oughta check those nice free Afro, Jazz & Folk tracks now!

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Extravaganza

Saturday 10 July 2010, 21:52 14

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Extravaganza (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) Colored-Inc., 2010-07-10 The Paris DJs extended family has among the most pro-active in spreading the good word about worldwide African music. Celebrating the recent releases by One Foot In Jail or Franck Biyong on our brand new Colored-Inc. label, and announcing the upcoming albums from Oghene Kologbo (thru Kraked) or Ebo Taylor (thru Strut), here's nearly 4 hours of 21st century afrojazz, afrobeat, ethio-jazz, afrofunk and afrolatin grooves - selected and mixed by Grant Phabao and Djouls who are...