{"title":"Featured Releases","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"asia-classics-2-the-best-of-shoukichi-kina-peppermint-tea-house","title":"Peppermint Tea House: The Best of Shoukichi Kina - Asia Classics 2","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Tears flow when I listen. Kina's music communicates the overflowing spirit and soul of Okinawa.\" - Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1992\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt’s been 30 years since we released this retrospective from the Okinawan icon Shoukichi Kina, and now we're putting it on vinyl (in a limited edition of Pink Peppermint!) for the first time ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere’s a lot we could say about the legendary Kina and his influence on popular Japanese music but we’ll let Ry Cooder, who’s featured on most of the songs here, take it away:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“I first met Shoukichi Kina in 1979. David Lindley and I were on tour in Japan, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewere getting well worn out. Kina and a translator met up with us in Osaka and we\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eall sat down in the lobby of this giant tourist hotel, which Kina hated. He just sat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ethere, staring straight ahead, saying nothing for an hour.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOne year later, a round-trip plane ticket to Hawaii came in the mail, with a note that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eread: “ALA MOANA HOTEL, COMMERCIAL RECORDING STUDIO, PLEASE. KINA.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eKina had a habit of throwing himself down onto the floor and kicking his feet when\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ehe liked a playback. I remember thinking, this beats “one more for us, guys!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhen Kina’s wife, Tomoko, put down the vocal on “Flowers For You Heart,” he lay down and stayed down, making the engineer play it back over and over until he had\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewrung himself out—a real playback party, Okinawan style. Right about then you\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eknow you’re ready to start recording for real, but it never works out that way. You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003esqueeze off one or two, say adios, and go to the house. 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Jing Jing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style6\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/hana_no_kajimaya.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/hana_no_kajimaya.html\"\u003e2. Hana No Kajimaya\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/celebration.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/celebration.html\"\u003e3. 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Haisai Ojisan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/eternally_ecstasy.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/eternally_ecstasy.html\"\u003e11. Eternally Ecstasy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/iynu-pri.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/iynu-pri.html\"\u003e12. Iynu-Pri\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/iya-hoi.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/asia_classics\/2_peppermint_tea_house\/iya-hoi.html\"\u003e13. Iya-Hoi!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style6\"\u003e14. (Bonus Track)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style1\"\u003eShoukichi Kina, who was born in Koza City (now Okinawa City) in 1948, grew up listening to the sound of sanshin played by his father, Shoei, a master of Okinawan music. While in senior high school, Shoukichi Kina composed “Hai Sai Ojisan,” which later became one of the greatest hit tunes ever to originate in Okinawa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAfter he entered university in Okinawa in 1966, Shoukichi Kina formed Champloose and, finding it difficult to take his studies seriously, devoted much of his time to music, eventually leaving school entirely. It was around this time that various stories began to emerge — some true, some not quite — of his being a kind of nocturnal “King of Koza,” that he managed the folk music club Mikado, and that he made quite a lot of money as a dealer in a gambling casino.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn any case, perhaps because his first efforts at forming a band were not too successful, it wasn’t until ten years later, in 1976, that he reformed the band around his father’s folk music group. It was from then that the distinctive “Champloose Sound” began to emerge — a unique combination of rock and Okinawan folk that was exactly right for those times, and these times, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBefore long, the “sound” found avid listeners among musicians and fans on the Japanese main islands, and such was its power that an album was quickly planned and, in 1977, recorded (at the Mikado, as it happened.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThat album, Shoukichi Kina and Champloose, today considered a seminal chapter in the annals of Japanese rock, received overwhelming public attention, particularly as Makoto Yano, Akiko Yano and other famed musical innovators participated in the sessions as guests. Thanks to its nearly instant popularity — and to some adroit timing — the first Champloose concert outside Okinawa, in December 1977, was also a crowning success, with round after round of standing ovations from the sell-out crowd at Tokyo’s Nakano Sun Plaza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe second Champloose album, Blood Line, released in 1980, was not as quick in coming. But the wait was worth it, for the sessions, recorded in Hawaii with guests including Ry Cooder, Haruomi Hosono, and Makoto Kubota resulted in numbers such as “Jing Jing” (which rose to the Number Two spot on the British disco charts), “Hana…” which was sung by Tomoko Kina, covered by many others and is now a standard in Thailand, and other memorable cuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe third and fourth albums, Matsuri, recorded in 1982 in collaboration with Makoto Yano, and Celebration Live, a live album released in 1983, did not disappoint the many fans Champloose had gathered during these busy and fruitful years. Unfortunately, those fans had to wait another seven years for the next album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAgain the wait paid off: in August 1990, a 32-track digital recording machine was “imported” into Okinawa for the sole purpose of capturing the latest Champloose sound — a sound that by then had evolved and expanded to include, in addition to contemporary rock and Okinawan folk, a number of other musical factors ranging from reggae to jazz to Ainu melodies and more. Furthermore, both as a symbol of the wide scope of the group’s musical concepts and as a tribute to the inspiration they had received from Shoukichi Kina’s father, the latter also participated in the recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAfter the release of that fifth album, fittingly called Nirai Kanai — Paradise, the group returned to active performance, and from May 1991, began work on their sixth and latest album, Earth Spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFive of the 11 numbers on Earth Spirit are traditional Okinawan songs, and while such music normally has no choruses, Kina — joined by his fellow band members and by some outstanding guests from the fertile ethno-pop world of Paris — managed to weave some in, along with (not surprisingly) the irresistible flavors of Africa and the Caribbean as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"30th Anni LP in Pink Peppermint","offer_id":44322878554364,"sku":"","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":44319919505660,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/5186\/6784\/products\/pack2.heic?v=1680874911"},{"product_id":"beleza-tropical-2-brazil-classics-6-compiled-by-david-byrne","title":"Beleza Tropical 2: Novo! Mais! Melhor! - Brazil Classics 6","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt’s a big anniversary for this criminally under-appreciated compilation of Brazilian pop music—and so we’re putting it out on (double! color!) vinyl for the first time. Don’t miss out this time!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBeleza Tropical 2 was David Byrne’s follow up (10 years later) to Beleza Tropical, the record that kicked off his big time career in the record label business. It celebrated how Brazilian artists had taken the legacy of tropicalia and run with it in their own wildly different directions. The greats that appear here—Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, and Tom Zé, Luaka Bop’s patron saint—are put in the fresh context of the next gen: Chico Science, Marisa Monte, Daniela Mercury, and Arnaldo Antunes, to name a few.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe’ll let the man behind the record take us home:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Brazilians are the original masters of mixology, blend and hybridization. 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Rios, Pontes \u0026amp; Overdrives – Chico Science \u0026amp; Nacao Zumbi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/o_estrangeiro.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/o_estrangeiro.html\"\u003e6. O Estrangeiro – Caetano Velosa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/tanacara.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/tanacara.html\"\u003e7. 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Curiosidade – Tom Ze\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\" width=\"10%\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\" width=\"45%\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style3\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style5\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/balanca_pema.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/balanca_pema.html\"\u003e9. Balanca Pema – Marisa Monte\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/batuque.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/batuque.html\"\u003e10. Batuque – Daniella Mercury\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/acho.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/acho.html\"\u003e11. Acho – Carlos Careqa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/what_is_this.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/what_is_this.html\"\u003e12. Bog La Bog – Carlinhos Brown\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/imagem.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/imagem.html\"\u003e13. Imagem – Arnaldo Antunes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/pregoes_do_rio.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/pregoes_do_rio.html\"\u003e14. Pregoes Do Rio – Moleque De Rua\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/o_seu_olhar.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/brazil_classics\/6_beleza_tropical_2\/o_seu_olhar.html\"\u003e15. O Seu Olhar – Arnaldo Antunes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style2\"\u003eTHE PHILOSOPHY OF SAMBA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eSamba, like many other Afro-Latin music forms, propels and ignites the lower body — the hips, the butt, the pelvis, etc. by letting the downbeat “float.” By de-emphasizing the first beat of each measure, a rhythm becomes more sensual and ethereal; one “floats” outside the time and space of earthly existence. Repetition creates a timeless, communal otherworld, a floating ethereal cycle that is both rooted in biological rhythms and in the beyond or the meta-biological.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eAny activation of the hips-sex-butt-pelvis relates to the source of all life, the womb. This music is definitely a respectful prayer in honor of the sweet, the feminine, the great mother — the sensuous life-giving aspects of ourselves and our lives — and to the Earth, the mother of us all. To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eThe songs on this collection go straight to the heart of the matter. The first song by Clara Nunes re-tells a legend concerning two of the Orishas: the African (Yoruba) gods, Iansa and Ogun. Each Orisha embodies three levels of existence at once: 1) a force of nature such as wind, lightning, the earth, or the ocean, 2) a person who once lived on this earth (historical personages much like Jesus or Buddha or Mohammed) and 3) a psychological archetype — perhaps a trickster, a strong woman, or a warrior. In northeastern Brazil the worship of the Orishas is called Candomblé, and it incorporates ritual rhythms that have often been appropriated and secularized in popular songs. One can feel the direct link between the ecstatic release of rhythmically based popular songs and the spirituality that is their roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eSub-atomic particle physics shows us that matter is nothing but interlocking rhythms and energies. There is a common respect for the sanctity of the groove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eAlthough I have chosen many songs that reveal an African influence in their lyrics, one should not get the idea that sambas take only Afro-Brazilian culture as their subjects. One can also be transported by the groove while singing hilarious topical songs such as “S.P.C.” or a classic love song such as “Sufoco.” And, as in all successful popular songs in which the subject is a metaphor, every song is more “about” the attitude than the specifics of what is being said. As an example, in “Olerê Camará,” Alcione asks the Capoeira brothers to “open the circle.” Capoeria is traditionally a male-dominated martial art, dance, musical and philosophical system — choreographed kick-boxing with music. In recent years, women have been brought into the Capoeira Societies, and I suspect the song is as much about redefining women’s changing social roles as it is specifically about being allowed to demonstrate one’s prowess in the Capoeira circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003e“Like all art, it is what it is, but it’s something greater besides.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" class=\"style1\"\u003e– David Byrne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eMARTINHO DA VILA ON SAMBA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eI’m a singer and a composer. Samba is the mainstay of my career — my main success. But I’ve only done five out of 20 albums exclusively of samba. Samba is for dancing and listening to — for getting across a message — but all in a very relaxed way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eSamba, like all popular music, including almost all American and Brazilian music, has African origins. It began with the slaves to lighten the hard labor. In Brazil, it’s always been more relaxed, to liberate energy. The samba emerged through drums and dancing. It evolved in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro and then spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eI’ve been to New York several times. I like it very much. I’ve sung in Washington and San Francisco. The first time, people thought Brazilian music was only bossa nova, which wasn’t Samba for them, but it is. But samba of the samba schools with mulatto girls and tambourines — the more visual side — is one of the most powerful of feelings. You write a song and it’s sung “dressed up,” with fantasy and fancy dress. It’s a moving theatre with thousands of people. A samba school has about 3,000 members. The great orchestra of 300 or so drummers. An enormous audience of thousands. It’s fantastic…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eI don’t analyze the things I do, I just do them. Analysis is something else. But, things always evolve. As you advance, you get experience and put more things in. You know more music. You enrich musically. You meet great musicians. You write sambas with richer melodies. It’s like that — the same motivation as writing a letter.\u003cbr\u003eSamba is fundamental. In other rhythms you only do one kind of dance. But not in samba. It’s much freer. You can dance samba your own way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eM. da Vila\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"style1\"\u003eMost of these studio recordings were made over the past 15 years. And, although the samba has been through many styles and stages since the early part of the century (the Brazilian recordings of Carmen Miranda are wonderful), I have chosen songs that represent the form as it lives, breathes, and evolves in the contemporary market place… It survives and adapts despite the onslaught of rock \u0026amp; roll, slick ballad singers, and, now, heavy metal (which, incidentally, is quite popular in Brazil). Some of these songs are associated with the famous carnival samba “schools” in which live versions would be performed during carnival with thousands (!!!) of drummers, dancers and singers. Often the lead singers are the same as those on the studio recordings and, although there are many recordings of these massive displays, the sound does not really survive the transition from street environment to speaker. The radio stations in Rio play the versions found on this album along with songs by the likes of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tracy Chapman, the Housemartins, Bon Jovi, the rock group Paralamas do Sucesso, Roberto Carlos and, recently a new wrinkle from Bahia, the vocal and drum ensembles known as bloco afros.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"2LP (25th Anni) Color Vinyl","offer_id":44745078440188,"sku":"LP-LBOP-0035","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":44745078407420,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/5186\/6784\/products\/Beleza-Tropical-2-Novo-Mais-Melhor.jpg?v=1613170706"},{"product_id":"jim-white-drill-a-hole-in-that-substrate-and-tell-me-what-you-see-bonus-tracks-edition","title":"Jim White - Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See","description":"\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ha\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt's the 20th anniversary of Jim White's beloved and haunting outer-space alt.country classic that has a title so long nobody can remember the name of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ha\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt's on vinyl for the first time (pressed on 2 LPs in Substrate Black, in a gatefold jacket). And because he wasn't wordy enough the first time, he's added 3 extra tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ha\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackxlist\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"height: 117px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 117px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 117px; width: 239px;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/static_on_the_radio.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/static_on_the_radio.html\"\u003eA1. 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Objects in Motion\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 117px; width: 50px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 117px; width: 239px;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/buzzards_in_love.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/buzzards_in_love.html\"\u003eC1. Buzzards in Love\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/alabama_chrome.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/alabama_chrome.html\"\u003eC2. Alabama Chrome\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/phone_booth_in_heaven.html\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.luakabop.com\/directory\/album_pages\/jim_white\/drill_a_hole_in_that_substrate_and_tell_me_what_you_see\/phone_booth_in_heaven.html\"\u003eC3. Phone Booth in Heaven\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC4. Land Called Home\u003cbr\u003eD1. Suckerz Promisez*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style5\"\u003eD2. Stranger Candy*\u003cbr\u003eD3. Cinderblock Walls*\u003cbr\u003e*Bonus Tracks Not on Original Release. Vinyl and Digital only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style2\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003eLocation: a Motel 6 in South Carolina. It’s midnight. I see the silhouette of a suspicious character slumped down in the front seat of a tricked up Caddy a few parking spaces down. I should make for the safety of my room but instead I stay put, for just a few feet away, hovering around the warm red glow of the Coke machine, is a huge ghostly green Luna Moth. All is silent but for the dreamy hum of the vending machines and the gentle fluttering of those luminescent wings. Down in the Caddy I see the faint halo of a cigarette being sucked on just above the darkened steering wheel. A moment of pure bliss overtakes me. It’s all about the seeing, this lonely, lovely esoteric moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003eLocation: Navy Boulevard here in West Pensacola. It’s a few weeks later, and my truck’s broken down near a construction site. While I’m hunched over the engine trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with it (accelerator linkage), I overhear the can-do foreman bark out at one of his helpers the phrase that will eventually become the title of this album. “Drill a hole in that substrate and tell me what you see!” he bellows. I find myself quietly laughing—no, maybe sighing in relief. Without knowing it he’s named some ghost inside my head, but which one? The phrase flutters around in my mind for days, like that ghostly Luna Moth in the midnight sky of South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003eFlutter flutter flutter. Why do those words stay with me? Finally I get it—it’s an allegory of the physics of my life; the construction site is my mind, and the substrate I’ve been drilling holes in is the tangled maze of impressions that Jesus, poverty, and the loneliness of being raised an outsider in the South have conspired to lay beneath my feet. Hearing the phrase brings a sigh of relief because at long last I possess a handy name for the machinery of my existence. When you can call some such thing by name, often times it gives you a mysterious and happy kick in the ass, something akin to “power”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003eThinking back, from as far as I can remember, from earliest childhood I’ve been drilling, looking for something the surface world didn’t provide, something to make life worth living. Sad, but true. I’d unearth some relic or mysterious object and call out; “Come see what I found!” but for the most part not only did people not want to see, but they fled at the very sound of my voice. In recent years I’ve come to realize that what I was digging up were artifacts comprised mostly of personal bullshit. No wonder people were uninterested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003eEventually, like most failed John The Baptists, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d probably spend my life drilling alone, digging up things of value to me and me alone. But fate’s the trickster, isn’t it though? Not long after I truly embraced the notion of a solitary life, I noticed something that had not happened before—little crowds began gathering around my construction site. They were watching me drill. But why? Had something changed in my drilling and seeing? I guess it had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003eSoon enough interesting characters began showing up, even offering to help me in my endeavors. Can you imagine? Someone like Joe Henry appearing and saying “You need a hand with that drilling?” Can you imagine, after 20 years of solitary labor, for Aimee Mann, or Chocolate Genius or The Bare Naked Ladies, or The Sadies to stop you in a hallway or an airport or a gas station and say, “Hey, you want some help with that drilling, give us a call.” Can you imagine?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003eWhat a fucking relief. You work for twenty years, you hope it’s to some good end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn this album here you’ll find disguised in the form of “songs” some reports that I made about all that drilling I did. At times the sheer number of folks helping me drill was all but overwhelming. You’ll find their names listed on the credits page and I’m deeply grateful they took time out fo their lives to help me. Don’t be fooled by the fact that these reports are disguised in the form of “songs”, as they are reports about the state of hidden realms and should be regarded as such. I pray to God that they have some meaning to you. Otherwise why the hell did I do all that drilling anyway?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"style1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDamn, there’s that moth again.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJW\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"2LP - 3 Extra Tracks (Pre-Order)","offer_id":45126975422716,"sku":"LP-LBOP-0055","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":38032925327520,"sku":"CD-LBOP-0055","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3","offer_id":39560354857120,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/5186\/6784\/files\/gatefoldbg_2.jpg?v=1712952246"},{"product_id":"the-atomic-bomb-band-atomic-bomb-1","title":"The Atomic Bomb Band - Atomic Bomb","description":"\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"ha\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackxlist\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"45%\"\u003eA1. 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Rama Katha* – 11:40\u003cbr\u003e *Vinyl Only\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"releaseintro\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"AliceColtrane.com\" href=\"https:\/\/alicecoltrane.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edevotion to spirituality was the central purpose of the final four decades of her life, an often-overlooked awakening that largely took shape during her four-year marriage to John Coltrane and after his 1967 death. By 1983, Alice had established the 48-acre Sai Anantam Ashram outside of Los Angeles. She quietly began recording music from the ashram, releasing it within her spiritual community in the form of private press cassette tapes. On May 5, Luaka Bop will release the first-ever compilation of recordings from this period, making these songs available to the wider public for the first time. Entitled ‘World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda,’ the release is the first installment in a planned series of spiritual music from around the globe; curated, compiled and distributed by Luaka Bop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis powerful, largely unheard body of work finds Alice singing for the first time in her recorded catalog, which dates back to 1963 and includes appearances on six John Coltrane albums, alongside Charlie Haden and McCoy Tyner, and 14 albums as bandleader starting with her Impulse! debut in 1967 with ‘A Monastic Trio.’ The songs featured on the Luaka Bop release have been culled from the four cassettes that Alice recorded and released between 1982 and 1995: ‘Turiya Sings,’ ‘Divine Songs,’ ‘Infinite Chants,’ and ‘Glorious Chants.’ The digital, cassette and CD release will feature eight songs. The double-vinyl edition features two additional songs, “Krishna Japaye” from 1990’s ‘Infinite Chants, and the previously unreleased “Rama Katha” from a separate ‘Turiya Sings’ recording session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLuaka Bop teamed with Alice’s children to find the original master tapes in the Coltrane archive. The recordings were prepared for re-mastering by the legendary engineer Baker Bigsby (Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, John Coltrane), who had overseen the original sessions in the 80s and 90s. The compilation showcases a diverse array of recordings in addition to Alice’s first vocal work: solo performances on her harp, small ensembles, and a 24-piece vocal choir. The release is dotted with eastern percussion, synthesizers, organs and strings, making for a mesmerizing, even otherworldly, listen. Alice was inspired by Vedic devotional songs from India and Nepal, adding her own music sensibility to the mix with original melodies and sophisticated song structures. She never lost her ability to draw from the bebop, blues and old-time spirituals of her Detroit youth, fusing a Western upbringing with Eastern classicism. In all, these recordings amount to a largely untold chapter in the life story of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn addition to the recordings, GRAMMY-winning music historian Ashley Kahn has written extensive liner notes on the collection. The package also includes a series of interviews with those who knew Alice best, conducted by Dublab’s Mark “Frosty” McNeill, and an as-told-to interview between musician Surya Botofasina (who was raised on Alice’s ashram) and journalist Andy Beta. 2017 marks what would have been Alice’s 80th year of life, as well as the 10th anniversary of her passing. Alice will be celebrated at events throughout the United States, Europe and South America in the coming year. With this in mind, the time is right to bring this meaningful piece of Turiyasangitananda’s legacy into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"2xLP","offer_id":38038371205280,"sku":"LP-LBOP-0087","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":38038371139744,"sku":"CD-LBOP-0087","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3","offer_id":39536317464736,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/5186\/6784\/products\/LBOP087cover-1_66ccdf3f-8884-48d7-84f3-e397186cf16d.jpg?v=1613331209"},{"product_id":"floating-points-reflections-mojave-desert-1","title":"Floating Points - Reflections: Mojave Desert","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ha\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackxlist\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"45%\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e1. 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It is the first in a planned series of environmental recordings by Floating Points to be filmed and recorded at different locations around the world. ‘Reflections – Mojave Desert’ was made last year, as Floating Points traveled to the Mojave to rehearse in between US touring. Immediately struck by the distinct sonic tapestry created by the rock formations and valleys, they set up a recording operation and filmed this new work at the base of the natural sculptures they encountered. The music of ‘Reflections’ mirrors the landscape: soaring and vast, dynamic and intimate, centered around two longer works and shorter pieces that create an immersive and seamless 27-minute experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e‘Reflections’ begins with chords played on a Rhodes Chroma and recorded with a surround sound microphone. Throughout the filming, microphones were placed throughout the landscape to capture the natural sonic textures of the desert: the undulating sound of wind, a bird call, the rustling of bushes and more created a backdrop on which much of the record rests. The music softly shifts from the Fender Rhodes introduction to “Silurian Blue,” an expansive improvised full band piece that balances refined restraint with explosiveness. In one scene, “Kites,” Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd walks through a valley with a super directional microphone, swinging it back and forth as a synthesizer loop gets faster to showcase the natural reverb and shifting phase of sound waves. “Kelso Dunes” signals the film’s final act: the sky grows dark, lasers flash, the band and rocks gleaming in the pitch black around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Whilst we were out playing and exploring the area around us – the sound reflecting from the rocks, the sound of the wind between them, complete stillness at night and packs of roaming coyotes in the distance, It became apparent that we could use this as its own unique recording environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe project started simply because we were on tour with the band, had just finished FYF fest in LA, and had a week before picking up the rest of the tour in phoenix. on the way we stopped for a week near Joshua Tree National Park. the idea was to go somewhere fairly remote and setup to rehearse. it was peak summer, so we setup outside and would be playing throughout the day and night. (see super 8 footage). Whilst we were out playing and exploring the area around us – the sound reflecting from the rocks, the sound of the wind between them, complete stillness at night and packs of roaming coyotes in the distance, It became apparent that we could use this as its own unique recording environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAnna in our crew creates the projections for our live show, but is predominantly a film maker. We made a few calls to friends in LA and borrowed some film\/sound gear and recorded some of the new music that came out of the rehearsals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThrough the process of making this record, we decided to start a series of musical \u0026amp; video explorations in interesting locations, where the music is a function of its surroundings. This first experiment only marks the beginning in this idea, and am currently seeking new interesting acoustic environments to explore.” – Sam Shepherd, Floating Points\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":38038461055136,"sku":"CD-LBOP-5041","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3","offer_id":39537578705056,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":38038461087904,"sku":"LP-LBOP-5041","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/5186\/6784\/products\/Reflections-Mojave-Desert-cover_f3f25fa6-779c-4f6f-be3a-4a02a5a32435.jpg?v=1613331637"},{"product_id":"panduranga-henderson-ocean-of-love-1","title":"Panduranga Henderson - Ocean of Love","description":"\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ha\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackxlist\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"45%\"\u003eA1 Hari Namaste\u003cbr\u003e A2 Hari Haraya\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"45%\"\u003eB1 Rama Tama, Sri Bhagwan\u003cbr\u003e B2 Om Namah Shivaya\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"albumbuy2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn the early 1980s, Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda formed an ashram in Agoura Hills, California. There a beautiful, multi-ethnic and multi generational religious community grew up around her. The highpoint of living in this very special and loving environment took shape on Sundays when Alice would lead the community in a musical ceremony, mixing both gospel and Indian chant, to create a music she wholly invented – it was something extraordinarily powerful. The Ashram is still there today. There are still some who live there and there is still a weekly Sunday service that is open for everyone.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"westside\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackx\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hooray\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe folks who populated the Ashram world of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda were a very special group of people. Many of the adult members were musicians before having moved there, and many of the younger followers have become musicians and film makers as they grew older. One these amazing artists is John Panduranga Henderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePanduranga played organ, piano and sang with Ray Charles in the 1970’s where he was a star performer in Ray’s band. When he joined the Ashram, he became in essence a star performer there as well, though of course there were no ‘stars’. Alice sitting at the organ would say, “Panduranga” and John would come to the front and let loose one of his amazing gospel-esque solos praising Rama or Vishnu or Jesus, Muhammad, Moses and more. He made one record under his own name – a record so obscure it’s not listed on Discogs, nor found on the interweb? what?!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eToday, for you dear listener, we would like to present Panduranga Henderson’s “Ocean of Love.” Om Shanti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":38038469607584,"sku":"LP-LBOP-5042","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3","offer_id":39539070435488,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/5186\/6784\/products\/albumfront3000_79c4116d-7fb3-47a3-b522-ecf5cf5cc726.jpg?v=1613331677"},{"product_id":"kassin-relax-1","title":"Kassin - Relax","description":"\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ha\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackxlist\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"45%\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/kassin\/relax\/1.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e1. 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Sua Sugestão\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"45%\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/kassin\/relax\/7.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e7. A Paisagem Morta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/kassin\/relax\/8.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e8. Digerido\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/kassin\/relax\/9.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e9. Seria O Donut?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/kassin\/relax\/10.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e10. Enquanto Desaba O Mundo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/kassin\/relax\/11.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e11. As Coisas Que Nós Não Fizemos\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A not-so funny thing happens when you get divorced: your friends ask for advice on how to deal with their own relationship struggles. Maybe that’s why Alexandre Kassin’s new album, Relax, has two songs about this incredible heartbreak. First there’s “A Paisagem Morta,” a dark bossa nova tune about those initial moments once the breakup is final, when you begin to rediscover yourself. “The lyrics are about trying to keep things happening,” says Kassin, a leading producer and instrumentalist in Brazilian music. Then there’s “As Coisa Que Nos Nao Fizemo,” a mid-tempo song about divorce. Here, above twinkling chimes and stilted drums, Kassin keeps the vibe loose, reflecting upon the ways he and his former partner failed each other. In a way, these songs are therapeutic; Kassin himself went through a very bad divorce. “It’s just now getting better,” he says thoughtfully. Over the course of his career, Kassin has produced roughly 100 records for singers like Marisa Monte and Bebel Gilberto, has recorded with Sean O’Hagan and made a full album based on Nintendo GameBoy sounds. He has played bass for Caetano Veloso’s live shows and conceptualized the Imperial Orchestra band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelax isn’t all gloom and doom, though. Across 11 tracks, Kassin flirts with Latin rhythms, Brazilian pop, and straight-ahead soul, using this varied sonic array to tell imagined tales of death, drug usage, politics and fate. On the deeply personal “Momento De Clareza,” Kassin sings of his sixth sense. In 1996, he and his band were slated to fly on the TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402, which struck two buildings and several houses and killed all 95 people on board. Kassin was finishing an assignment and had the foresight to leave sooner than expected, eluding the ill-fated flight by a day. “I wanted the group to leave sooner,” the musician recalls. “If I didn’t push everybody to leave sooner, we’d all be dead.” The contrast here is intriguing: the arrangement itself feels bright and danceable, yet the theme is incredibly sullen. Such is the dichotomy of Kassin’s Relax, a record that speaks directly to the yin and yang of everyday life, and the uncertainty that comes with simply existing. Despite their upbeat, pop-centric arrangements, Kassin tackles heavy, thought-provoking themes. “Estricnina,” or Strychnine (yes, the poison) in English, is a self-described “strange tale.” “It’s a person propositioning another to take Strychnine,” Kassin says. “It’s an experimental samba with dark lyrics and happy sounds.” Similar in theme, “Comprimidos Demais” is about a couple that uses pills to control their mood; “O Anestesista,” Kassin says, is the most politically charged song on Relax. “In this climate,” he continues, “we wish we had a personal anesthetist to help you forget about what’s going on.” In the end, Relax isn’t Kassin’s most conceptual release. This one’s rooted in dreams and surrealism, but it’s still grounded enough to reach listeners where they are. “I wanted to make something with different arrangements and different aesthetics,” Kassin concludes. “I wanted to explore a different, diverse world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":38038486024352,"sku":"LP-LBOP-0089","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":38038486122656,"sku":"CD-LBOP-0089","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3","offer_id":39544224841888,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/5186\/6784\/products\/KassinRelax3000lo_37117d4d-b19d-4cc7-b368-111d4e6cdd4d.jpg?v=1613331753"},{"product_id":"domenico-lancellotti-the-good-is-a-big-god","title":"Domenico Lancellotti - The Good Is A Big God","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ha\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackxlist\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"45%\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/domenico\/lyrics\/1.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e1. 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Pare de Correr (feat. Pedro Sá)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e9. Serra dos Orgãos\u003cbr\u003e 10. Shanti Luz\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/domenico\/lyrics\/11.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e11. Insatiable (feat. Nina Miranda)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/domenico\/lyrics\/12.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e12. Dama da Noite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luakabop.com\/domenico\/lyrics\/13.php\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-lightbox-type=\"iframe\"\u003e13. Logo (feat. Sean O’Hagan)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Terra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Working with music is crazy,” multi-instrumentalist Domenico Lancellotti recently said in an interview. “God be crazy. Out of fear.” He’s right. To do anything creative is to exist outside your body, to teeter between reality and sanity. Full-time creativity requires God, fear, and intensity: you have to exist in whatever space you occupy, surveying the scene while remaining on the periphery of it. It’s from this mindset that Domenico created his new work, The Good is a Big God, a 14-track collection of reflective samba that first took shape almost six years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eDomenico was asked to take part in an artistic occupation in the city of London during the 2012 Summer Olympics. There, he reunited with famed British musician Sean O’Hagan—whom he’d met a few years prior during a show that paid homage to Tropicália. Before he left for London, Domenico sent O’Hagan a few musical sketches he’d done on guitar; by the time the Brazilian made it to the U.K., O’Hagan had string arrangements to accompany Domenico’s music. “We recorded nine songs that served as the soundtrack for my final Rio-Occupation project—an art film called Soundistante in a big exhibition,” says Domenico a renowned drummer with the likes of Gilberto Gil and member of the now-defunct the +2s. The musician added lyrics to some of these songs once he returned to Brazil. His friend and label mate Kassin helped Domenico write the words for “Insatiable,” and O’Hagan wrote the lyrics for “Logo.” “There was a record ready!” Domenico recalls with excitement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe Good is a Big God is also partially inspired by a trip he took with his wife to a Brazilian national park called The Serra dos Órgãos. They rented a house and went climbing, which inspired four other songs: “A Alma do Vento (The Soul of the Wind),” “Volver-se (Turn Back),” “Dama da Noite (Lady of the Night)” and “Pare de Correr (Stop Running).” Listening to these songs, one can hear a sense of isolation and oneness with nature. It’s the type of art that arrives in a calming stream of thought, when it’s just you and God in conversation with one another. That focus also peppers a track like “Arvores, (Trees)” an airy folk-influenced tune that feels remarkably wide open and scenic, as if Domenico is surveying heaven, looking toward brighter days. In what might be the bleakest time in modern politics (and the world at large), The Good is a Big God is a much-needed respite from the rigors of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eA large-scale recording with grand implications, the album’s subtle nuances and insightful words only strengthen Domenico’s stature as one of Brazil’s most forthright Tropicalia musicians, and as a person who has the audience’s best interest at heart. He wants us all to love, to look up and embrace the sky, to forge ahead with a hug and a smile. “From the Olympics to the Olympiad, I witnessed a lot,” Domenico concludes. “The world ends and resumes every day. I got a star in the form of people who now walk beside me. I know that work never ends, but for now that’s it.” Fellowship isn’t crazy. That’s what God intended. — Marcus J. 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He fled to California and joined a gang before becoming born again, spending the rest of his days traveling with his electric guitar to congregations and people’s homes from San Jose to Shreveport. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe started working with Pastor Champion a few years ago while we were researching another release, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Time for Peace Is Now: Gospel Music About Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. We found him on the YouTube channel of the 37th Street Baptist Church in Oakland, California, which was put together by their pastor Bishop Dr. W.C. McClinton. And we liked Champion so much that in 2018 we decided to make an album together, and to record it analog like the gospel recordings we love, on a two-track Nagra reel-to-reel. 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He didn’t want to talk about being jailed for 90 days for using a “whites-only” bathroom, being in gangs or having a street name. We said that was fine—he could talk about what he wanted to talk about. And he said that he didn’t really want to talk about anything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUnfortunately those conversations ended as Pastor Champion died in the last month of 2021.  So we have this album as a remembrance of him. It’s quite a different record for us, almost Alan Lomaxian in feel, if Alan Lomax recorded outsider, soul gospel artists who played electric guitar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChampion knew that this record wasn’t going to be for everyone. He didn’t really care. The important part for him was just getting the message out there in the same way that he always had: traveling alone with his electric guitar. “I want to say what I mean,” he said, “be practical, precise, to the point, and, at the same time, diplomatic.” In other words, he just wanted to be a good man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGod bless Pastor Champion and Mother Champion, peace be with them and their family. 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The Staples Jr. Singers were part of a vanguard of soul gospel artists in the 1970s that broke from tradition to testify with the groove. When they wrote these songs — all of them stone cold soul — they had one question on their minds: When Do We Get Paid? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“We were so strange and we were so young,” said\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEdward Brown, a singer in the Staples Jr. Singers, “and a lot of people didn’t understand that.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLike many gospel groups at the time, the Staples Jr. Singers were a family band: Annie, A.R.C., and Edward Brown from Aberdeen, Mississippi. They were just teenagers when they started, in 1971—they named themselves after their idols (the Staple Singers, if we need to spell it out for you)—and they built a reputation by playing school talent shows and front yards near their hometown on the banks of the Tombigbee River, until they eventually began touring with regional acts on the gospel circuit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEvery weekend, they would pile into their family van and travel across the Bible Belt, performing sometimes as many as three shows in a single day. Back then, the South was desegregated on paper but not always in practice, and the Staples Jr. Singers weren’t always sure what kind of welcome they would receive—whether a new audience would embrace them, whether local restaurants would serve them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Browns got their big break in 1975, when a traveling gospel singer Joe Orr introduced them to a man who ran a now long gone recording studio in Tupelo—like a figure from a parable, he only went by the name of Big John. At the time, Annie was only 14, A.R.C was 15, and Edward was 16—and they drew inspiration straight from their lives. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“It was kind of like some of the things that my parents were going through,” said Annie. “They didn’t have much, but the little they had, they tried to take care of the family. My daddy used to work, come home and make sure that we had food, clothes on our back, and a place over our head. So, those songs had the meaning of some of the things that we were going through.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey sold the records themselves, sometimes after their shows, other times right out of their childhood home. “People used to come by—and people liked our style that we had back then,” said Edward, “we had our own style of music right there.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eForty years, three generations, and countless performances later, the original members of the Staples Jr. Singers are still on the circuit, performing almost every weekend with their families. Although they don’t go by the Staples Jr. Singers anymore—they changed their name to the Brown Singers in the late 70s, then marriage made two bands out of one: Annie Brown Caldwell formed a gospel dynasty of her own, the Caldwell Singers, with her husband and daughters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhile the Browns and Caldwells have written an entire catalog of gospel music since the era of 1975’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhen Do We Get Paid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, for the Staples Jr. Singers, the incantatory funk of this music still holds the power to help make a way out of dark and troubled times. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“I can be a witness,” Annie said. “Back then you could feel it. You were basing it on yourself. These are the songs that are really going to take us over.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Get on Board\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. I Feel Good\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 34px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 34px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 34px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 34px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. 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On My Journey Home\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. I’m Going to a City\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Too Close\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Somebody Save Me\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. Send It On Down\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Trouble of the World\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 48.6863%; height: 17px;\"\u003e13. I Got A New Home\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 45.3137%; height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. 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Alongside the original record, we’re including two previously unreleased live performances of his masterpiece, “Harvest Time,\" and a 24-page booklet with rarely seen photographs and ephemera, which tell the story of this album and this moment in Pharoah’s life in a way that has never been done before—including through interviews with many of the participants and a conversation with Pharoah himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFor those of you who already know this record, then you know that its origin story is as elusive as Pharoah was about everything Pharoah. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the India Navigation producer Bob Cummins, and was recorded when he was at a crossroads in his career with an unlikely crew. Among them was a guitarist who was also a spiritual guru, an organist who would go on to co-write and produce “The Message,” and a classically trained pianist—his wife at the time, Bedria Sanders—who played the harmonium despite never having seen one. At times ambient and serene, at others funky and modal, PHAROAH radically departed from his earlier work. And it became beloved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLast fall, we were working with Pharoah on this project when he unexpectedly passed away. At first, it was hard to know what to do. We loved him, and the reason you do all of this is not solely for the music, but also for the person who made it. It’s their personality, their humor, and their wishes that drive you forward. So, we decided to go deep into the research. We set out to create something that showed Pharoah and his music in a new light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOver the next few months, we’re going to share with you all the amazing things we found, from personal photos of Pharoah to newspaper clippings that people saved in their time capsules. (Sign up at the link in our bio to get updates.) 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But how often does that rediscovery happen when the band is still around? And how often does it lead to a new album? That’s the surprising circumstance behind the Staples Jr. Singers’ long-awaited second album, \u003cstrong\u003eSearching\u003c\/strong\u003e (out June 14).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou likely know the Staples Jr. Singers—the family band from Aberdeen, Mississippi—from their first and only record, 1975’s \u003cstrong\u003eWhen Do We Get Paid\u003c\/strong\u003e (Luaka Bop, 2022). They made that record themselves when they were only teenagers. Finally, in a moment they’ve been waiting for most of their lives, the family is back with their sophomore album. Recorded in 2023 in West Point, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, and produced by Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, the first pressing comes with a booklet of photos by Adam Wissing and notes by Anton Spice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-tooltips='{\"tooltips\":[],\"dash_seen\":false}' class=\"trackView leftMiddleColumns has-art\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"leftColumn\" id=\"trackInfo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"track_table\" class=\"track_list track_table\" style=\"height: 224px; width: 523px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr rel=\"tracknum=1\" class=\"track_row_view\" style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track-number-col\" style=\"height: 19px; width: 18.875px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 19px; width: 18.875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track_number secondaryText\"\u003e1.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"title-col\" style=\"height: 19px; width: 462.297px;\" data-mce-style=\"height: 19px; width: 462.297px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiving In This World Alone feat. 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I have never heard anything quite like this.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Brian Eno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday we bring you LEENALCHI.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s so much to tell you about this amazing band—but what will get you to listen? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs it that they play futuristic psych pop? 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