IZEM vient inscrire la deuxième référence à la série de maxis vinyles conduite par Guts sur son label Pura Vida Sounds. Deux remix ! Face A, le titre énergique afro tropical des Frères Smith. Face B, IZEM jette son dévolu sur le tout récent “L’Origine du Monde” de Guts. La poursuite dans la jungle cuivres aux trousses, mute dans une ambiance où la grosse caisse pulse sur tous les temps.

Before an upcoming album in 2020 on Heavenly Sweetness Records, Mama is the first single. A track in which the balafon’s woody resonance, the meditative flute and the female choruses return to the Creole roots of David, recall the memory of his Caribbean grandfather exiled to New York but, above all, a title dedicated to his grandmother, who after the last soaring electro-disco, she comes to declaim the text on the ultimate measures.

David Walters will have thought of it, conceived and realized in close collaboration with Patchworks.
Then, in the wake of the single Mama released in the month of each of them took the title, isolated himself in the studio with instruments and machines to come out only with a total reinterpretation, but especially personal, of the title.

Hammering bass drum and snare drum bursts, David has entrusted the direction of operations to the rhythmic, and it is one after the other that digital elements were invited to transform the original maternal softness into a boiling west indies soundsystem. Synths their strings on the hum of the bass, the hypnotic power of the riddim remains.

Two remixes, two atmospheres.
Patchworks scene is set in a jazz-funk setting, an heritage from Roy Ayers and Lonnie Liston Smith. Powerful drum, enrobing bass, the Fender Rhodes becomes a soloist, motivated by this irrepressible groove. And that the meshes leave the hands of the balafon player to pass in those of the vibraphonist.

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Avant un album à venir en 2020 sur Heavenly Sweetness, Mama en est le premier extrait. Un titre où la résonance boisée du balafon, la flûte méditative et les choeurs féminins reviennent aux racines Créoles de David, rappellent le souvenir de son grand-père Caribéen exilé à New York mais, surtout, un titre dédié à sa grand-mère. Elle qui après les dernières envolées electro-disco vient déclamer le texte sur les ultimes mesures.
David Walters l’aura pensé, conçu et réalisé en collaboration serrée avec Patchworks.
Alors, dans la foulée de la version originale, ils se sont emparés du titre, se sont isolés en studio avec instruments et machines pour n’en ressortir qu’avec une réinterprétation totale, mais surtout personnelle, du titre.

Martèlement bass drum et rafales de caisse claire, David a confié la direction des opérations à la rythmique, et c’est l’un après l’autre que des éléments digitaux s’y sont invités pour transformer la douceur maternelle d’origine en soundsystem west indies bouillant. Les synthés plaquent leurs nappes sur les vrombissements des basses, la puissance hypnotique du riddim fait le reste.

Deux remix, deux ambiances.
Celle de Patchworks se plante dans un décor jazz-funk, hérité de Roy Ayers et de Lonnie Liston Smith. Batterie véloce et basse enrobante, c’est motivé par ce groove irrépressible que le Fender Rhodes d’abord en soutien devient soliste. Et que les maillets quittent les mains du joueur de balafon pour passer dans celles du vibraphoniste.

Versions of material from Bad Bad Things by Blundetto – with alternate versions, re-imaginings, dubs, and skaken up interpretations by Grooveman Spot, General Elektriks, J Rocc, Blanka and others! 10 tracks in all: "Voices (General Elektriks Version)", "Mustang (Blanka Version)", "Mi Condena (Grooveman Spot Version)", "Voices (Blundedub)", "Mustang (J Rocc Version)", "Cuban Shirt (Blackjoy Alternative Version)" and more.

Sly Johnson’s beatmaker project under his alias TAGi. Back to his Hip Hop Roots. Some prestigious guests: Rapper Big Pooh, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Finale and many more…
Strong support by International DJ such as Gilles Peterson, Lefto, Toshio Matsuoka, Laurent Garnier… Nice packaging with double LP.

Special release, the 30th volume of the Ethiopiques series! Not a reissue of back catalog but a new recording. The encounter between the legendary singer & keyboardist Girma Bèyènè and the ethio jazz band Akalé Wubé led to the recording of this wonderful album, done under the direction of Francis Falceto (founder of Ethiopiques series and Ethiopian music specialist).
Double LP Gatefold

Reissue of the original ethiopian vinyl album / Réedition du vinyle originale éthiopien



After releasing around fifty 45 rpm singles and his first 33 rpm album (Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits AELP 10, re-released by Heavenly Sweetness HL092VL), Amha Esthèté set about compiling his best 45s on a series of now legendary albums (the originals are impossible to find) in 1972.



An audacious, funky outlaw, a music lover and an entrepreneur in tune with the baby-boomer generation, young Amha Esthèté (he was only twenty-four when he launched his label) will be remembered as the instigator of a peaceful revolution thick with soul and rock’n’roll.



The tracks on this first volume celebrate pioneers of modern Ethiopian groove such as Girma Bèyènè, Seyfu Yohannes, Tèshomè Meteku, Menelik Wèsnatchèw, Mulatu Astatq and Muluken Melesse, alongside Dztradi-moderndzsingers representing Amhara (Essatu Tèssèmma) and Oromo culture, so rich and so long marginalised (Abbèbè Tèssèmma and Gèmètchu Itana).