Organ-driven Afro-beat, cosmic Afro-funk and raw, psychedelic boogie … just some of the flavours to be found on this highly danceable compilation by Samy Ben Redjeb, founder of Analog Africa.

African Brothers Band – Ngyegye No So

No effort has been spared! To dоcument these 15 irresistible tracks and the music scene from the’70s, Samy crisscrossed the lengths of Ghana and Togo in search of the producers and artists – or their relatives. In the process he recorded a dozen interviews, scanned 90 pictures and transferred 120 master tapes. All the evidence can be seen in the 44-page full colour booklet accompanying these 75 minutes of heavy West African sounds. Afro-Beat Airways showcases an amazing diversity of local rhythms spiced with Afro-American funk, soul and jazz. These tracks have been hiding for 30 years and as you will hear these are modern African sounds created to stand the test of time. Afro-Beat Airways is like a time capsule, and promises to take you on a fascinating musical journey through West Africa´s vintage Afro Sounds.

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Late 60s & early 70s sounds from Brazil’s Jovem Guarda movement – raw numbers influenced by the Brit Invasion and rock & roll sounds of the US from the early-to-mid 60s onward – great stuff from Brazilian singers who would go on to be very famous and other comparable obscurities!

Jovem Guarda Golpe Final! “Luzes da Avenida (1971)”

The Jovem Gurada scene is rooted in the mid 60s and this set features a bunch of tunes that came at sort of the tailend of the movement in the early 70s, and some 60s groovers, too. Includes “Se Penssamento Falasse” by Jerry Adrani, “Garotinha” by Jose Roberto, “Superman” by The Fevers, “Voce Nao Serve Pra Min” by Roberto Carlos, “Vendeddr De Bananas” and Eu Te Amo Meu Brasil” by Os Incriveis, “Nao Posso Controlar Meu Pensamento” by Wanderley Cardoso and more. 13 in all.

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Stones Throw has several new signings we’re proud to announce, and a few more in the works. With several new projects being prepared for this year and next, Peanut Butter Wolf has compiled 17 tracks from our current, new, and future recording artists on the sampler CD Clouds over the Pacific. We are giving away this CD with any shipping order at Stones Throw’s online shop, while supplies last.

Danimals – Nightshift In Blue

The title Clouds over the Pacific is taken from the James Pants track, used here as reference to Stones Throw’s pop-up shop at United Arrows in Tokyo running 8/26-9/13, where this CD will also be given away.

The artists on this compilation are sequenced in alphabetical order: Aloe Blacc, Arabian Prince, Baron Zen, Bruce Haack, CX Kidtronik, Dam-Funk, Danimals, Guilty Simpson, James Pants, J Rocc, Madvillain, Mayer Hawthorne, MED, Steve Arrington, Strong Arm Steady, Tony Cook and Vex Ruffin, including 3 tracks produced by Madlib.

Only 6 of these 17 tracks are currently released. Release dates on the others? As it says on the back of this disc, “Stones Throw 2010, 2011, 2012.”

This long-lost Parisian skin flick 'Jeunes Filles Impudiques' (AKA Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) marks a particularly vulnerable period in the career of one of the most underrated and misunderstood directors to emerge from the rising smoke of the 1968 Parisian social explosion.

From a director with early links with the Paris underground, The Letterists, The surrealists, improv theater and the free-press comes the reclaimed audio tracks from one of his rarest celluloid moments - but lets not confuse this for high-art. Finders Keepers make no bones, this is Jean Rollin's maiden voyage into adult entertainment, directed under the pseudonym of Miche Gentil with a flimsy plot, questionable acting skills and an awesome little schizophrenic soundtrack.

Pierre Raph – Schoolgirl Hitchhikers

The Brutus Drums percussion workout, the acidic folk pastoral movements, the Cul-De-Sac-esque jazz theme and the UK library sound-alike tile-tune all make up this 5 track veritable banquet of Gallic sleaze and second-class sound providing fans of cult cinema and b-music with an unexpected glimpse into the No-No generation at its most candid.

The interests of good taste have ensured that this long-lost movie has been buried for some 40 odd years with a musical score bursting to jump out of the can and down your tone arm which has now been made possible by a recently renovated negative print and new source material. These original Pierre-Raph (of ‘Requiem For A Vampire’ infamy) compositions from the publishing Library of Paris’ Musicale Editions Dellamarre (of Acanthus / Unity fame) come straight from Rollin himself as an introduction to Finders Keepers’ new Rollinade series documenting some of the finest musical moments of the director’s career as an avant-gardener, counter-culture vulture and Gallic vamp-tramp all housed in their original hand-painted promotional artwork for the first time ever on vinyl.

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Recorded live in Los Angeles at Grand Performances, California Plaza July 23, 2010.

Produced by:
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Co-Produced by:
Andrew Lojero

Recording Engineer:
Benjamin Tierney

MIxed by:
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Benjamin Tierney

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble:
Flying Lotus (laptop)
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (violin, arrangement)
Evan Francis (flute)
Dontae Winslow (trumpet)
Joey Dosik (alto sax)
Kamasi Washington (tenor sax)
Garrett Smith (trombone)
Rebekah Raff (harp)
Marcel Camargo (guitar)
Brandon Coleman (keys)
Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner (bass)
Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave (drums)
Nikki Campbell (percussion)

Directed and Edited by:
Greg Ponstingl

Camera Crew:
Alex Meader
Conner Hair
Grace Oh
Greg Ponstingl
Theo Jemison
Todd Mazer

Photos:
Azul Amaral
Mike Park