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KELAN PHILIP COHRAN & HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE
Kelan Philip Cohran & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble CD

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Phil Cohran was a star of the classic, early-sixties Arkestra lineup — masterpieces like Angels And Demons. He was co-founder of the AACM and taught Maurice White to play thumb piano. In the...

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SIMONE WHITE
Silver Silver CD

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Silver Silver is LA-based singer-songwriter Simone White’s most affecting and ambitious album yet. In contrast to her folk/country-tinged 2007 debut, I Am The Man, and 2009's quiet offering,...

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ACTRESS
R.I.P. CD

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Between sleep and the void lies the electronic interzone of Actress. Following the noted 2010 album Splazsh (voted number one in The Wire magazine’s Top 50 Releases Of The Year) South London...

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ROCKET JUICE & THE MOON
Rocket Juice & The Moon CD

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Deep, triumphant variations of Afro-funk: organic, exuberant, communal music-making. From the off, the liquid pulse of classic Fela drives the action: the greatest drummer in the world has never...

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VARIOUS ARTISTS
Honest Jon's 2012 FREE Promo CD

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FREE Sampler containing tracks from one of London's finest labels. Tracks include Actress, Rocket Juice & The Moon, Shangaan Shake, Kehlan PhilipM Cohran & the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and...

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VARIOUS ARTISTS
Shangaan Shake CD

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In the summer of 2010, just before the World Cup, Honest Jon’s unleashed a bolt from the blue: Shangaan Electro, a startling compilation of jacking dance music from the South African...

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PINCH & SHACKLETON
Pinch & Shackleton CD

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The two dubstep pioneers at the top of their game. Truly an album, the music is multi-levelled — dark as anything at times, but engrossingly varied and emotionally shaded, always on the move.

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LEE SCRATCH PERRY
The Return of Pipecock Jackxon CD

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Originally released in 1980, this album is the final work to emerge from the BlackArk studio, before its permanent destruction. It concludes a series of such LPmasterworks as Super Ape, War In A...

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MORITZ VON OSWALD TRIO
Horizontal Structures CD

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Honest Jons say about the latest Moritz Von Oswald Trio release... Palpably more open and expressive than Vertical Ascent, with more contrast, more light and shade. Guests Paul St Hilaire (aka...

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VLADISLAV DELAY QUARTET
Vladislav Delay Quartet CD

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“There’s absolute freedom here to do what you think is right,” explains Vladislav Delay, referring to his home on Hailuoto, a speck of an island off Finland’s northern coast, in the frigid...

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MORITZ VON OSWALD TRIO
Vertical Ascent CD

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The fastidious density of sound, the massive bass and detailed upper registers (Ricardo Villalobos has called Vertical Ascent ‘a frequency massage’), the stripped, stepping repetitiousness,...

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HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble CD

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HBE are eight brothers from the south side of Chicago. They come from an extraordinary musical family. Other sisters and brothers are professional musicians, their mothers are singers, and Philip...

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CANDI STATON
Who's Hurting Now? CD

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Three years after "His Hands" comes the follow-up, and rather wondrously "Who's Hurting Now?" is just as vital as its predecessor, filled with more exceptionally written songs about heartbreak,...

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TONY ALLEN
Lagos Shake Up CD

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A very handy compilation of the various remixes of Tony Allen's works as comissioned and now compiled by Honest Jons. Takes from artists as diverse as Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Diplo, Carl Craig,...

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AMBROSE CAMPBELL
London Is The Place For Me 3 CD

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Ambrose Campbell was acclaimed by Fela Kuti's generation - by Fela himself - as the founder of modern Nigerian music. Several of his recordings lit up London Is The Place For Me 2: now volume 3 is...