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Badder Weather / As I Walk (feat. Josephine Oniyama) - (Ltd Clear edition 7"Gondwana Records are delighted to announce '7" Series', our first ever 7" vinyl collection series. Featuring bespoke artwork from Gondwana Records designer Daniel Halsall, cut at Calyx in Berlin, and manufactured at Optimal, each 7" is limited to strictly 300 copies and housed in a reverse board printed sleeve with classic 'dinked' centre holes.To launch this collectable series, we are excited to share new and previously unreleased music from Mammal Hands and two catalogue favourites from Matthew Halsall. Over the next coming months, we will share series part 3 and 4 and beyond.Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra ft Josephine OniyamaBadder Weather / As I Walk 7" (GOND07003)Manchester based composer, arranger, producer, DJ and band-leader Matthew Halsall has carved out a niche for himself as one of the UK's brightest talents. His languid, soulful, beautiful music has won international acclaim and for his first ever 7" he revisits his 2015 masterpiece, Into Forever, selecting two classic cuts, featuring the great vocalist Josephine Oniyama to create an instant, timeless, classic.Side A Badder Weather is deep and soulful built around a groove that never quits.Side B As I Walk is a lush, soulful affair, featuring swelling strings and deep vocals.Manchester based composer, producer, trumpeter, DJ and founder of Gondwana Records, Matthew Halsall is one of UK's most creative talents. A gifted trumpeter with a beautiful, expressive tone, his music has explored his love of the transcendental spiritual and modal jazz of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, as well as more contemporary dance music and electronica.

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After his international debut #1 in 2018, the north Ghanaian Kologo (a two stringed proto-banjo) master Guy One is back with his brand new band, consisting of Kumasi's finest young talents, plus Florence Adooni and Tenni Akagam as his choir voices.So La Ma La has a straight forward Highlife rhythm which melts together with some funky articulated afrobeat-a-like bass line. To Kale Na'nabala is instead in the traditional Kete rhythm, a bounce poly-rhythm in 12/8. But both songs are mostly defined through Guy One's Kologo lines and his soulful interpretation of the typical north-ghanaian vocal style.

Les 12 premiers volumes des très populaires séries Spiritual Jazz ont permis de découvrir une multitude d'enregistrements historiques, rassemblant une variété d'œuvres des années 50 aux années 80 par des artistes du monde entier. Avec le volume 13, Jazzman s’intéresse à ce qui se passe MAINTENANT.Sur 24 morceaux, la label présente un aperçu des représentants contemporains du jazz spirituel, des musiciens qui ont l'intention d'apporter quelque chose de personnel à cette musique tout en reconnaissant l'importance de ceux qui leur ont ouvert la voie. On retrouve sur cette compilation de la musique enregistrée au cours des 20 dernières années et provenant de 15 pays différents, y compris des classiques modernes des vétérans Steve Reid et Idris Ackamoor, qui constituent un lien vital entre les maîtres du passé et la nouvelle génération pleine de talents. Plusieurs des artistes qui figurent sur cette compilation, comme Cat Toren et David...Jazzman present their overview of the contemporary exponents of Spiritual Jazz; musicians who are intent on bringing something personal to the table, as much as they recognize the importance of those who have paved the way for them. Features music recorded within the past 20 years and from 15 different countries, including modern classics from the likes of Vibration Black Finger, Wildflower, Angel Bat Dawid through to veterans such as Steve Reid, providing a vital link between the past masters and the enlightened new generation.