The Lightmen | Fancy Pants
Drummer, bandleader and activist Bubbha Thomas had toured America with R&B revues, served as a session musician for Peacock and Back Beat Records, and played straight ahead jazz with legends before the political and social upheaval of the late 1960s led him to a path first charted by Coltrane. “Fancy Pants” is his second LP […]
Fabiano Do Nascimento | Tempo dos Mestres
“Tempo dos Mestres” (Time of the Masters) is the second album from the tireless, young Brasilian guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento. It finds its roots in the depths of the Amazon rain forest, passed down through generations of Native Brasilians, and is imbibed by the Afro-Brasilian culture that arose after Portuguese colonization. It is the third Brasilian […]
the last transmission
Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker, musician, author behind the landmark movie ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ and the trilogy of ‘Brer Soul’ albums he released in the 70s has teamed with the UK ensemble Heliocentrics to create an interplanetary space/love odyssey told in twelve chapters. For the Heliocentrics, “The Last Transmission” represents their third Now-Again album, following Out There in 2007 […]
quatermass sessions 1
Returning after their “13 Degrees of Reality” album with a full on volley of psychedelic-funk songs first heard on Gaslamp Killer’s HELIO x GLK EP, the Heliocentrics offer nine tracks that Rolling Stone describe as “…sprawling, with percussive patterns that suddenly morph into extraterrestrial sound blasts and opaque, detouring patterns.” Grab an free download of the Jeremy Steig inspired […]
oh no vs. now-again
Oh No‘s second volume of Now-Again’s music library series is soon ready. Oh No combs through a now-much-more-vast catalog from American soul, funk and jazz to Iranian folk to Zambian hard rock. Fans of the variety of projects that Oh No is a part – from his Gangrene project with Alchemist to his production for […]
13 degrees of reality
Over three years in the making, the UK collective Heliocentrics’ second album for Now-Again Records, “13 Degrees of Reality” is now available at Now Again‘s online store or on iTunes. Read more on Pitchfork and listen below. Support: Facebook | Soundcloud | Now-Again | MySpace
acting, thinking, feeling
‘Acting, Thinking, Feeling’ the Stark Reality’s complete works is out now on Now Again Records. Available on 3CD box set/digital. LP box set out March 5th. You can still download Monty Stark’s ‘All You Need To Make Music’ and, if you’d like, subscribe to Now-Again Deluxe and get get the entire box set and a […]
loving on the flipside
“Loving On The Flip Side” collects the overlooked ballads from the flip sides of the funk 45s in the Now-Again and Truth and Soul vaults. Loving On The Flip Side again offers the enthused a chance to listen to, read about and reflect on another great burst of black American creativity: the creation of a sublime […]
a soul cal disco special
France’s Radio Nova just broadcast Egon’s exclusive Soul Cal mix stream it below or via Radio Nova’s podcast page. Included in the mix are a few unique companions to our definitive survey of America’s best, independent, 70s soul-ensembles, “Soul Cal” in stores now. [haiku url=”http://www.novaplanet.com/documents/podcast/48615_2012-04-12_168.mp3″ title=”Egon’s Radio Nova Mix – A Soul Cal Disco Special”] […]
original raw soul III
The collective that includes the Poets of Rhythm, Whitefield Brothers and Karl Hector & The Malcouns presents ” Original Raw Soul III” in a series of rare funk, jazz, soul and world-psych singles compiled as an album. The album is now available on Now Again (more info here). Download the track “Money for Born Money […]
deep sounds from the left of stax
“True Soul, Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax – Volume 1” is now ready for purchasing. The CD/DVD of Vol. 1 – and the deluxe, 4 LP vinyl box set – will be available in an exclusive pre-sale at Stones Throw in late June, and will be available worldwide on July 26th. [haiku url=”http://nowagainrecords.com/up/ThomasEastSlippingAround.mp3″ title=”Thomas East – Slipping Around (45 Version)”] […]
santa claus go straight to the ghetto
Enjoy Thomas East‘s cover version of James Brown’s “Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto”Found via Now-Again! [audio:http://blog.bklyn.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thomas-east-santa-claus-go-straight-to-the-ghetto.mp3|titles=Thomas East – Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto] Thomas East – Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto [audio:http://blog.bklyn.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/james-brown-santa-claus-go-straight-to-the-ghetto.mp3|titles=James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto] James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight To […]
dark sunrise
Now-Again presents “Dark Sunrise”, an anthology of Zambian “Zamrock” godfather Rikki Ililonga and his groundbreaking band Musi-O-Tunya. Order via Stones Throw. [audio:http://blog.bklyn.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/musi-o-tunya-dark-sunrise.mp3|titles=Rikki Ililonga – Dark Sunrise] Rikki Ililonga – Dark Sunrise
we sleep on stones
Now-Again is giving away an exclusive download of the instrumental to Mr. Chop‘s remix of Cherry Ghost’s ‘We Sleep On Stones’ – featuring Heliocentrics Malcolm Catto on drums and Jake Ferguson on bass. His remix will be on the first 12″ release from Cherry Ghost’s forthcoming ‘Beneath This Burning Shoreline‘ album on Heavenly Records and […]
label love (free album)
Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe – each track plucked and presented by label heads from Bastard Jazz, ESL, Fania, Now Again, Plug Research, Tru Thoughts and Ubiquity. Free Download here. Tracklist 1. Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dog […]