The new LP is at the moment strictly available at a couple of shops, including the Rush Hour store and Kindred Spirits web shop.

This is also a great occasion to let you know about 2 concerts Build An Ark will be doing in Europe next week. On November the 18th, they’ll be performing in Paradiso, Amsterdam (tickets here). Expect us to come home inspired and with a bunch of photos, video and audio from the night.
The next day Build An Ark will be playing the London Jazz Festival, on the Broad Casting night by Karen P and the Red Bull Music Academy. This event takes place on November the 19th, at Cargo (London) (tickets here).
Build an Ark actually brings Tribe’s founder, trombonist Phil Ranelin centre-stage along with vocalist and composer Dwight Trible – who has performed with Harry Belafonte, Bobby Hutcherson and notably, Pharoah Sanders.

We’ve got to add none other than IG Culture will be paying special attention during this concert at Cargo, because after the BAA show, IG Culture will step up to the decks for a special and unique dj set. Having spent the afternoon sampling, looping and re-working Build an Ark’s rehearsal and sound-check, IG will create unique and exclusive tracks to perform for the Broad Casting audience.
IG Culture also opens the Broad Casting night with a live concert performing music including some tracks from his incredible Japan only LP Zen Badizm, released earlier this year on Freedom School records.
Sounds like something you definitely can’t miss if you’re in the greater London area.

2562 - Unbalance

label: Tectonic
releasedate: 12 October 2009
cat #: TECCD006
style: Dubstep

Well, it is without any sense of exaggeration that we can say that this album is genre-defining in itself – a true classic. In 11 tracks and an intro, Huismans paints a very personal portrait devoid of guest appearances or vocals. There are no obvious influences here, no quick-cash anthems that ride along on the current dubstep craze – only very deep, layered and dark dubstep. The title Unbalance fits just perfectly. It may not be for everyone, but it will without any doubt be in my album top 3 of the year. Terrific!

www.myspace.com/2562dub

Emanative - Spacebeats EP

label: Futuristica
releasedate: end of November 2009
cat #: FM017
style: space jazz

emanativespacebeats.blogspot.com

Portico Quartet – Isla – Real World
Build An Ark – How Do We End All This Madness? – Kindred Spirits
Robert Mitchell 3io – Third Stream – Raw Canvas
Timo Lassy – Deeper Into – Ricky-Tick
The Life Force Trio – Alice! (Live) – Dublab
The Long Lost – The Siren Song – Ninja Tune
Little Dragon – Come Home – Peacefrog

Mount Kimbie – Fifty Mile View – Hot Flush
Some Freak, Andreya Triana & Ritornell – The Light (Dorian Concept Remix) – Wald Entertainment
Samyiam – Manmachine – Porn Slab
Hudson Mohawke – Zoooom – Warp
Nosaj Thing – Coat Of Arms – Alpha Pup
Paul White – So Far Away – One Handed Music
Sensational Saints – How Great Thou Art – Now Again
Amnesty – Everybody Wants To Be Free (Part 1) – Now Again
J.Rocc – Hot Feel – Stones Throw

James Pants – Thin Moon – Stones Throw
Linkwood – Who La La (Linkwood Edit) – Firecracker
San Soda – Jek Zonder Pad – We Play House
Joseph Malik – Futuristica (Grand Unified Remix) – Compost
Ogris Debris – G Thong – Compost Black Label
Yosaku – Valdez – Fresco

Alice Russell – Universe (Dusty Remix) – Tru Thoughts
Nicolay – Shibuya Station – Foreign Exchange
Nicolay – Crossing – Foreign Exchange
2562 – Unbalance – Tectonic
Joy Orbison – J. Doe – Doldrums
A Made Up Sound – Closer – A Made Up Sound

Autumn faves from Simbad, Dom Servini and Aybee. Plus their guestmixes.

Simbad – October Chart PART 1

1   Tony Lionni  Treat Me Right EP      Freerange
2   Joy Orbison  Hyph Mngo (Andreas Saag House Perspective)   CDR
3   Hyperdub 5 Years Comp    Various Artists     Hyperdub
4   Favorite Flava   So Cruel (Sauce 81 Remix)     CDR
5   Yellowtail    Mongoose EP    Backpack Music
6   Pangaea    Why/Dead Living/Beacause Of You/5-HTP        CDR
7   Bonobo ft Andreya Trianna   The Keeper (Redeyes Remix)    Ninja Tune
8   Youthman   Various Nu   CDR
9   AFMB    Here & Ther (Sunshin & Rain Live version)     Compost
10  The Revenge   Forever In Debt  EP      Home Taping Is Killing Music
11  Eddy Ramich   Booba Mah Ra    CDR
12  Redlight     Lobster Boy EP    CDR
13  Shuanise    Voice Of Reason EP   Up My Alley
14  Robert Walker  Nobody Else (Nomumbah Remix)    CDR
15  Portico Quartet   Lines (SBTRKT Mix)    CDR
16  The Clonious  Between The Dots LP     Ubiquity
17  Flore  ft Rodney P   We Rewind (Youthman War Dub)     CDR
18  Roses Gabor   See Mi Inna Dance    CDR
19  Domu    Various Edits   CDR
20  Keziah Jones   Lagos-NYC  (GP & Simbad REMIX)    CDR

No Sleep In America October Chart PART 2

1   Burial    Fostercare  (Simbad Remix)      CDR
2   Club  Ice   Looking For Someone (HHA Re-Edit)     restless soul
3   Milton Jackson   Revolutions EP      Dark Energie
4   Ramadanman   Revenue (Original & Untold Mix)     2nd Drop
5   2562    Unbalance  LP        Tectonic
6   Various/4 Hero     Extensions LP      Raw Canvas
7   A Made Up Sound     Various     CDR
8   Funkineven 1956    Kleer ft Fatima     Eglo
9   Floating Points    People’s Potential    CDR
10  Mark P    A Special      CDR
11  Planas    Agbekor       Ranking Rec
12  F    Nightdive       CDR
13  King Cosmic     Freaky Queen      Hot Milk
14  Robert Strauss   Odissey Man Ep       BBE
15  Mr Beatnick     Fallin’ Apples/The 4th Day         Futuristica
16  Fantastic Mr Fox      Sketches EP     White
17  Stagga    Face Gets Splat Ep     Rag’n Bone
18  Trus’ Me    In The Red  LP         Fat City Rec
19  Aardvarck     Bloom 3 EP          White
20  Breakage   Rub ‘Em Out     Soundboy
21  Fluxion   Constant Limber LP     Resopal
22  Various   Steppa’s Delight Vol 2     Souljazz
23  Jekal    Jekal (Widdler Remix)    CDR
24  Falty DL     Party     Ramp
25  Q-Tip ft D’Angelo     I Believe (Simbad Remix)  CDR

blogs.myspace.com/djsimbad & guestmix at Eclectech Radio

DOM SERVINI’S ALLO LOVE TEN OCTOBER 2009

1. Matthew Halsall / Colour Yes (Gondwana Promo CD)
2. Donny vs Beatsy Collins & Jose Who / One Of These Days / Everything (Dubplate Test)
3. Ashley Thomas / A Tale Of Four Remixes (Wah Wah 45s 12)
4. Roe O vs Monk O / Extra Special Category (Dubplate 7)
5. Palov & Mishkin / Never Forget (Castablast CD)
6. Alister Johnson / Invitation (Wah Wah 45s 7)
7. Grand Union / Morning Brings The Light (Acid Jazz)
8. AFMB / A Friendly Ride On The Pleasure Boat (Compost Digi Download)
9. Greenwood Rhythm Coalition / Remixes (NYCT Digi Download)
10. Vijay Iyer Trio / Mystic Brew (ACT promo CD)

www.wahwah45s.com & guestmix at Groovement Radio

AYBEE – In The Headspace October 2009

Mike Dehnert – Umlaut2 (First Version)
Anthony Nicholson – Gotta Have It (GU Techno Soul Rework)
Joakim – The Cotton Gun
Afrikan Sciences – It’s Kinda Hard Being (cdr)
Two Faith – Stars (Ron Trent’s Nite Grooves Mix)
o1o – Release The Kraken (cdr)
Bobby Caldwell – Coming Down From Love
Joseph Malik – Believe And See (Plastic Avengers Remix)
Cassio Ware – I Love You (Trinidadian Deep Remix)
Jus-Ed – Teckno Soul (cdr)
The Crusaders – Feel It
Stevie Wonder – Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
Fred P – Teapot Science
James Brown – Hot Pants
Outkast – Yall Scared
Van Hunt – Character
Comfort Fit – Wicked Game
Robert Johnson – When You Got A Good Friend
Floating Points – Shangrila
Erik Rico – Piece of Mind

http://deepblakmusic.com/db2/?p=579

oemebamo

Build An Ark – This Prayer (For The Whole World) (Kindred Spirits)
Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue (Warp Records)
Bonobo – The Keeper (Ninja Tune)
VA – Hyperdub 5: Five Years Of Low End Contagion (Hyperdub)
The Clonious – Between The Dots (Ubiquity)
Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass (Hot Flush)
Paul White – Versus The BBC / So Far Away (One Handed Music)
Shuanise – Voice Of Reason (UpMyAlley)
2562 – Unbalance (Tectonic)
JToTheC – NoNo (Nag Remix) (On-Point)

Beyondjazz

Clark – Outside Plume – Warp
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – Make Me Stronger (Floating Points Ensemble Remix) – Ubiquity
Hudson Mohawke – FUSE – Warp
TOKiMONSTA – Lucid Waking – cdr
Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl’s A Computer – Hyperdub
Robot Koch – 101 – Planet Terror
Julien Dyne – Fallin’ Down feat. Parks – Wonderful Noise

JtotheC – NoNo (Nag Remix) – cdr
Waajeed – Tetris – Scion
Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix) – Stones Throw
Bonobo – The Keeper ft. Andreya Triana – Ninja Tune
Shuanise – Baggage For Sale – UpMyAlley
Electric Wire Hustle – Tom Boy – Electric Wire Hustle
Bill Withers – Use Me – Columbia
Air – African Velvet – Virgin
Zero 7 – Mr McGee – Warner

Emanative – Naima – Futuristica
Nu Tropic – Why Don’t You Talk? – Raw Canvas
Fara – Waiting (Opolopo Refix) – Broadcite
José James – Black Magic (Untold Remix) – Brownswood
Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass – Hotflush

Hyetal – We Should Light A Fire – Planet Mu
A Made Up Sound – Rework – A Made Up Sound
Burial – Fostercare – Hyperdub
Portico Quartet – Line (SBTRKT Remix) – Real World
Chase & Status – Eastern Jam – Ram Records
Sage Emeralds – A Little Love – Sage Emeralds
Joy Orbison – Wet Look – Hotflush

Wrapped around the ambient session is brand new work from Ursula Rucker (in a Dego production), Nicolay, I:Cube, The Clonious and more…

Ursula Rucker – And You Know What? – Five Six Media
The Clonious – Bugs n’fools – Ubiquity
Cottam – Cottam 1B – Cottam
Mark E – Gunstone – Endless Flight
*** Ambient selection
Nosaj Thing – 2222 – Alpha Pup
The Future Sound Of London – Elaborate Burn – Virgin
Marsen Jules – Coeur Saignant – City Centre Offices

Strategy – After Momeraths – Mule
Biosphere – Kobresia – Touch
Loscil – Zephyr – Kranky
Cliff Martinez – We Don’t Have To Think Like That Anymore – Edel
The Cinematic Orchestra – Soda – EMI
Âme – Doldrums – Innervisions
Mark Pritchard – Question Mark – Warp

Shed – Ostrich-Mountain-Square – Ostgut Tonträger
LFO – Goodnight Vienna – Warp
Autechre – Nine – Warp
Slag Boom Van Loon – Sutedja – Planet Mu
To Rococo Rot + d – As Compasses Go – Soul Static Sound
Newworldaquarium – The Force (Âme Alternative Version) – Delsin
Ken Ishii – Loop – R & S
***
Nicolay – Rain In Ueno Park – Foreign Exchange

Nicolay – Satellite – Foreign Exchange
I Led 3 Lives – Juini’s Arrival (I:Cube Remix) – Nublu
Mr. Scruff – Sky Blue – Ninja Tune
Zed Bias feat Jenna G – Fly (Bopstar Remix) – cdr
ArtOfficial – Big City Bright Lights – Sony
Gagle – High Drama – Jazzy Sport

To celebrate episode #350 of the Beyondjazz radioshow, we take a trip down memory lane! The show first aired back in 2001, but it wasn’t until 2003 that we had the weekly two-hour slot and when the beyondjazz.net website launched.

So, what better way to commemorate this event by throwing a party like it’s 2003?! In this show we play nothing but classics from the golden era 2001-2003. Maybe we’re just in a nostalgic mood here, but boy those were the days… If you have as much fun listening to this show as we had while making it, you’re in for a blast.

*** lensco’s selection
Recloose – Chiqwanga – Astralwerks
Shaun Escoffery – Let It Go (Jazzanova Remix) – Oyster
Plej – You – Exceptional
Clara Hill – Here – Sonar Kollektiv
Pepe Bradock – 4 – Atavisme

Acimo – Framework – Lab Records
Somatik – Interaktion – Twisted Funk
Tweak – Harvest – Straight Ahead
Maddslinky – Make Your Peace – Laws Of Motion
Swag – Higher Purchase (Atjazz Remix) – Version
Dwele – Trust – Virgin

*** oemebamo’s selection
Dudley Perkins – Flowers – Stones Throw
RH Factor – Poetry – Verve
The Detroit Experiment – Highest – Ropeadope
Red Astaire – Follow Me – GAMM
Ty – Oh U Want More? – Ninja Tune
Irfane – Just A Little Lovin’ – white
RSL – Wesley Music – Players
Inverse Cinematics – Shoot The Pianist – Fluid Ounce

Amp Fiddler – Love & War (Version) – Genuine
Rednose Distrikt – Gotta Make A Move (Space Cadets Remix) – Kindred Spirits
Alison David – Dreams Come True (Afronaught Remix) – Goya
DKD – Future Rage – Bitasweet

Portico Quartet - Isla

label: Real World
releasedate: 19 Oct 2009
cat #: RW174

The long awaited second album from the Mercury Prize Winner jazz collective, Portico Quartet has arrived. Isla, released by Peter Gabriel’s impressive label Real World Records, is truly a great follow up to their magical debut back in 2007.  Seventy per cent of the album was performed live at the famous Abbey Road studio and the result is nine beautifully arranged and pulsating jazz compositions. You can check all of them here. One of the new songs, Line is already remixed by the up & coming dubstep producer SBTRKT and aired by Gilles Peterson or Benji B lately, press play:

portico quartet – line (SBTRKT remix) by sbtrkt

VA - 5 years of Hyperdub

label: Hyperdub
releasedate: Oct 2009
cat #: HDBCD005

The finest dubstep label in UK, Hyperdub is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year with a compilation offering classic and fresh songs from its musical family including artists like Kode9, Burial, Cooly G, Zomby or Flying Lotus. So this one is a must purchase and available in double CD & 5 vinyl EPs formats. For more sound, tracklists and event info, go to Hyperdub’s myspace site. Happy Birthday to the Hyperdub kru!

VA - 3 of A Kind EP

label: Fresh Minute Music
releasedate: Oct 2009
cat #: FMM

Ben Tidy and Adam Cook aka Souled are not only great producers but their own label Fresh Minute Music has put out only killer releases so far. This brand new single is also a winner containing 3 new dancefloor gems by 3 fresh worldwide house producers. Listen to the whole EP on soundcloud:

3 of a Kind EP by Souled

The Clonious – Emora – Ubiquity
Dukehugh – Gemkraft – Red Bull
Dexter Wansel – The Sweetest Pain (OOFT Edit) – none
Gagle – Round’n'Round – Jazzy Sport
Christo – Derby London Paris – M8MC
José James – Blackmagic (Izmabad Remix) – Brownswood
Soul Renagades – I Won’t Let You Go – Fresh Minute Music

Burial & Four Tet – Moth – Text
Little Dragon – Looking Glass – Peacefrog
The Long Lost – Ballroom Dance Club – Ninja Tune
Daedelus – Fair Weather Friends – Ninja Tune
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Addis Black Widow – Strut
Dyno – 400 mggg – none
Rustie – Zig-Zag (Reprise) – Wireblock
Bluermutt – Welcome to a Bluer Blue Sky – Afine

Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms – Alpha Pup
Daedalus – Dnt Fk Sgr – Dublab
Hudson Mohawke – Spotted – Planet Mu
Shafiq Husayn – Nirvana (Mark de Clive-Lowe Remix) – Plug Research
JToTheC – Late in the Evening/Funkin’ That Ship – On-Point
DJ Day – Can You Feel Me – MPM
Bill Withers – Kissing My Love – Sussex
Cookin’ On 3 Burners – Four N Twenty – Freestyle

Soil & “Pimp” Sessions – Stolen Moments ft. Jamie Cullum – Victor
Zero 7 – Pop Art Blue – Warner
The Cinematic Orchestra – Lullaby – Ninja Tune
The Clonious – 693 Ballons – Ubiquity
Dimlite – Ravemond’s Young Problems – Rush Hour

This evening (saturday October 3rd) Brussels’ based On-Point, Laid Back and Onda Sonora will kick ass with their RELEASE party. Part of the Nuit Blanche concept these three crews of well respected music blogs, radioshows, dj crews, documentary makers, … (well whatever) decided to kickstart a project in which they’ll be presenting you new music.

“We’ve got a compulsive need to put other people’s art we like in the spotlights. Through blogs, radio shows, video features, interviews, … . During all the years we’ve been doing this, we’ve noticed that there’s a vast amount of what we would like to call “Bedroom artists” busy in their own familiar surroundings but unknown to most outside of that little universe. This for many reasons. Out of shyness or insecurity, because they don’t know the way to a bigger exposure or simply because the establishment doesn’t bother to look their way.” (from the Release website)

The line up is an ambitious mix of fairly undiscovered bedroom producers, ranging from beat scientists (eg. Dyno), funkateers (eg. JToTheC), house cats (eg. San Soda), as well as a whole bunch of visual artists. Regular listeners of the Beyondjazz radioshow will recognize the producers as we’ve been featuring them in several of our podcast episodes. We expect a mix of tempos and styles, with a fresh and creative vibe.

• dj Azer mixing Belgium’s unreleased finest + vj
  This dj has got an excellent show on the LaidBack radio. Check below for a mix by his hand of tracks that have been sent in for the Release party.
• I-SA + live painting
  i-Sa is a trio of musicians from different directions. The music is mostly inspired by and made from analog synthesizers, old records or whatever’s got ‘that’ sound! i-Sa will tweak, layer drums, add keys … and ‘make it ours’. Up High Collective member SIR-5 will do live graphics & painting during their show.
• InfinitSkills + vj
  You might know the InfinitSkills crew from their beat tapes, or maybe more likely, from their recent release on Jazzy Sport: the Louie Gee Ensemble version of the ‘Scrabble’ classic by Rene Costy.
• JtotheC + vj
  JToTheC, the man the legend, has just released his first (and free) ep on the also new On-Point label that definitely has that raw funk feel to it. Check the documentary and get inspired by the man’s enthousiasm.
• Dyno + vj
  Dyno’s work can be described as challenging, innovative electronic music inspired by tribal drums, crunk, dubstep, 80’s electro and indie folk. We love the man not only for his out-there-spaced-out-challenging beat music, but also for his Mac Fly shop, a small store selling the freshest music … and then some (magazines, kicks and clothes). The best of Belgium in its kind, based in Gent.
• San Soda
  Residing on the We Play House record label of dj Red D (the best you can get when it comes to house in Belgium), San Soda has in a short amount of time gained lots of praise. There’s some banging deep house tracks around. At Release he’ll be doing his first official live show.
• OndaSonora
  The Onda Sonora dj crew keeps it real, no doubt. They’ve been pushing deep music, in all of its forms, by bringing over awesome dj’s from all over for their own parties, and their blog definitely ranks as one of our favourite sites. They’ll be playing the unreleased music that has been sent in for this project.

It’s said to be not only a musical event, though; there’ll be artwork hanging on the walls of the Beursschouwburg. Featured artists include Alex Deforce, who?, Y84, d-composition, Bruno Morez, Sergej Culumarevic, Sir-5 and Lizairo. The works for this exhibition and for the vj’s were partly gathered via the Laid Back flickr pool, an excellent source of inspiration if you like urban and street art.

The night starts at 9PM, concerts at 11PM. We’ll be there. It’s needless to say we’re eager for what this night might bring and look forward to it … and more to come;

“What we can promise about the future is that this will be no one-off. We’re already working on other things in a similar vein. So keep an eye out for RELEASE. We’ve begun a mission which we won’t stop until we think we’ve reached our goal.” (from OndaSonora.be)

Blacktop feat. Amalia – Reversed (Opolopo Remix) – Exchange Bureau
OOFT – This Sound – Instruments Of Rapture
Deborah Jordan – Let Go – Futuristica
LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 (Theo Parrish’s Space Cadet Remix) – DFA
Linkwood – Falling – Prime Numbers

Dâm-Funk – I Like Your Big Azz (Girl) – Circle Star
Sam Irl – Lakes – Fresh Minute Music
Joey Negro And The Sunburst Band – Our Lives Are Shaped (Grant Nelson Mix) – Z Records
Kay Suzuki – Something To Say (Bopstar Remix) – Fresh Minute Music
Phil Asher – They Heard ft. The Mighty Zaf (Dub Mix) – Restless Soul Music

Basic Soul Unit – Things Pass – Ostgut
Zomby – Tarantula – Hyperdub
Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie – Eglo
Andre Lodemann – Vehemence Of Silence – Room With A View
Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo – Hot Flush
Gravious – World Of Tomorrow – Highpoint Lowlife

2562 – Love In Outer Space – Tectonic
Zomby – Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix) – Hyperdub
Joker & Ginz – Stash – Hyperdub
Nosaj Thing – Lords – Plug Research
Aarvarck – New Acid (Bonus 1) – Eat Concrete
Little Dragon – Fortune (Afta-1 x Gas’D Remix) – none
Kid Sublime – This Way ft. U-Gene – Kindred Spirits

A big thank you to José James, Jef Neve, Michael Campagna, Neville Malcolm and Richard Spaven for a very special night and thanks to the AB crew for the ability to relive this moment.

Bruno Bollaert (cc)

The first time we saw José James perform was at the gig with Lefto, Marc Mac and Drumlesson in Depot (Leuven), soon after releasing his debut album ‘The Dreamer’ in 2008 that left everybody stunned. Later that month his performance at the Jazz Middelheim festival led to lots of exposure in the local press and was by many considered one of the highlights of that year’s festival season.
Jef Neve invited him to his radioshow Neve (Klara), and that guest performance was breeding ground for 3 more shows to happen. They were brought together on stage for the first time on a night in Brussels’ Ancienne Belgique. That concert got one of Belgiums quality newspapers De Morgen so excited, they gave it a rare five-star-rating.

Neve: “We played the standard Lushlife. Just for fun, no rehearsing. It’s a complex piece of music, but it went so easily. It felt like playing around.” Magic was happening, so they decided to get into the studio together.
Neve: “After that first concert, we recorded some songs in “The Galaxy Studio”, a little studio in Mol. We listened to the recording in the car back home and it was so fresh and sparkling; we both agreed it was the best thing we’ve ever put on tape. I hardly listen to myself, but that moment, I thoroughly enjoyed.”

The recording will be released as the album “For All We Know“. Each track from the album was recorded in one take, “only piano, voice and good acoustics” and features ballads and standards. They didn’t explicitly choose for an album full of jazz standards, though.
James: “The whole idea was a short process, and standards just felt right. And it didn’t actually become just a standard jazz album. Jef plays in his own way.”
Neve: “For me José is a story teller. He really impresses with his own way of sculpting the text and atmosphere of a standard. In fact, for most of the standards, I now only realize what the lyrics are all about.”
James: “Standards are universal. They allow you to tell more. I approach my own compositions in an abstract form, open for the listener to create his own story. A same kind of intimacy can be found in this collaboration.”
The album will be released in the spring of 2010 on Verve Recordings.

Last summer, Gent Jazz was smart enough to program the duo at the 2009 edition, and again they struck a chord. Around that time they confirmed more details about the Coltrane project “Facing East“. Two days from now, we’ll see José realising one of his dreams; scatting to the work of the legendary John Coltrane. Jose and Jef both cite Coltrane as one of their main influences.
James: “I’ve been writing lyrics to Coltrane’s compositions for the past 13 years. I can’t just sing anything, but with Trane’s music it just feels right.”

From an interview with De Morgen more then a year back we knew José James had some plans in this direction.
James: [Answering a question about who his influences were] “Coltrane rewrote the alphabet of jazz, so that’s an example in itself. I’ve even written lyrics for his compositions, but the people who manage his legacy apparently found that sacrilege. A huge disappointment, as my version of ‘Equinox’ was to primarily serve as the basis around which the rest of the record would be constructed. I see it especially as a missed opportunity to introduce a new, younger audience to his music.” But now it is happening!
James: “I’m very thankful for being invited to bring this to the public. I’m doing my very best to make this something very personal and unique.”
Neve: “You see he’s grown up with Coltrane’s music. It’s in his blood. It’s not just about copying Trane’s music, we’re adding our own arrangements. It’s a challenge for both of us.”

The first concert of this series will be on Coltrane’s birthday, 23rd of september. James and Neve will play with a quartet, including the relatively unknown tenor saxophone player Michael Cabana.

Also on the solo front, the coming months will be exciting for the two. Jef Neve has written the score to Belgium’s contender for the oscars De Helaasheid Der Dingen, which will be screening soon. The film recently won the “Prix Art et Essai” at this year’s International Film Festival of Cannes. And José James will release his second solo lp in October. About that album Jose says: “I see my debut lp ‘The Dreamer’ as my love letter to John Coltrane and Billie Holiday. “Blackmagic“, the new one, focuses on todays music, and is an ode to Marvin Gaye. Eclectic, with touches of soul and hiphop.’

Update: (22 sep) On his MySpace blog Jose James shares some more info on tomorrows concert and the upcoming Blackmagic LP.

The show at Ancienne Belgique will be recorded live and some snippets from those recordings might appear on his MySpace soon after. The full line up for the concert is: Michael Campagna on tenor saxophone, Jef Neve on piano, “Level” Neville Malcolm on bass, Richard Spaven on drums and José James on vocals.

Due to additional production needs Blackmagic will be released only in 2010 on Brownswood, and not next month as stated above. The new release date will probably be mid January.

Update (23 sep): Looks like ABconcerts.be will be streaming the concert live. From 8.30PM tonight.

More:

• Facing East at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels (NL)
• Love Is Supreme, at Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
• More about Jame’s upcoming album Blackmagic
• MySpace José James

Sources: Jazz Magazine, De Morgen, De Standaard.

Cookin’ On 3 Burners – Four N Twenty – Freestyle
6ix Toys – Paint The Toon ft. Connie Lush – First Word
The Soul Snatchers – Good & Plenty ft. Curtis T. – Social Beats / UNIQUE
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – Feeling Free (Instrumental) – Timmion
The Quantic Soul Orchestra – Hold It Down – Tru Thoughts
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Alyo – Honest Jon’s
Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro – Dont Touch, Just Watch Me – P-Vine
Fredericks Brown – Betrayal – none

Fela Kuti – Question Jam Answer – Editions Makossa
Kaleta & Akoya Afrobeat – The Spirit Of Fela Is Alive & Well! (Guynamukat Edit) – Mukatsuku
The Louie Gee Ensemble – Scrabble – Jazzy Sport
Ed Kelly – Samba – Temposphere
Robert Glasper – Think Of One – Blue Note

Kindred Spirits Ensemble – Naima – Kindred Spirits
Sun Ra – I Am The Alter Destiny – Evidence
Sun Ra – Somebody Else’s World (feat. June Tyson) – Evidence
Bugge Wesseltoft – Singing – Jazzland
The Cinematic Orchestra – Brother – Ninja Tune
Moss – Mind That Child – Pork

Les Gammas – Afternoon At Rossi’s – Compost
Chanan Hanspal ft. Imaani – It’s Only Just A Garden – Here & Now
D’Angelo – Africa (Acoustic) – none

Carl Craig presents TRIBE – Rebirth CD is out on Community Projects/Planet at October 6th, 2009 (Special iTunes digital pre-release – August 25th)