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Artist: Motivators
Side A - Jobu
Side B - Le Groove de Prune
Physical release: 18th February 2008
Digital release: 17th March 2008
Dom Servini from Wah Wah 45s loves Jobu and has been repeatedly playing it all over Europe
- Le Groove de Prune played on Craig Charles Soul & Funk show BBC 6 Music
- Jobu played on KCRW by Jason Eldredge from LA
- Le Groove de Prune repeated played on Solar Radio by Kev Beadle
- Jobu played on Happy Jazz show by Adrian Leach
- Jobu played on Hood Radio, Straight Up Recordings
- Le Groove de Prune played on Soft Rocks radio
- Jobu played on Deep Frequency radio
Also getting dj support from:
- Rainer Truby, Compost, Germany
- Tom Wieland from Les Gammas, Compost, Germany
- Kay Suzuki, Bipolar, UK & Japan
- Shannon Harris, Urbanicity, USA
- Faze Action, UK
- Yam Who, UK
- Simon S from Futuristica, UK
- Andy Newcombe from Dial Music, UK
- DJ Kwak, Back To Niceness, Belgium
- Rob Coley, Soul Identity, UK
MOTIVATORS are made up of MANU DIBANGOâ€™s rhythm section aka Noel Ekwabi on bass & backing vocals, Conti Bilong on drums & Afrika Mkhise ..boards plus MAX GRUNHARD & SCOTT BAYLIS from IMPOSSIBLE ARK RECORDS, HANNAH KEMOH from REEL PEOPLE on vocals and a whole host of other fine players. The project was recorded at Studio Patagonia in Paris and the FAZE ACTION studio in London by Robin Lee from FAZE ACTION.
Side A is a monstrous live disco funk extravaganza and on the flip an afrobeat mover. The Manu Dibango rhythm section gelling brilliantly as expected!
It is both written and produced by the very talented Steve Laviers, organizer and resident dj of the FUNK 4 FOOD parties in London and Paris. These parties have seen such notable guests as CITIZEN KANE, The IDJUT BOYS, SOFT ROCKS, Martin Brew from FAT CITY RECORDS, JC from HERE AND NOW RECORDINGS and many more.
http://funk4food.org/
1st YAM WHO release of 2007- You Don't Care About Our Love b/w Flunky Gone Punky (We Are Ready)
Prins Thomas loves FLUNKY GONE PUNKY!! Also getting plays from Todd Terje, Lindstrom, Bill Brewster!
Fresh from not only remixing JOSS STONE, but being the first producers to do so and because RAPHAEL SAADIQ hooked them up, YAM WHO? return with their first own production of 2007. And itâ€™s a monster release. The A Side a cover of the obscure British disco cut, CHINA BURTONâ€™s YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR LOVE. The original has recently fetched Â£300 (yes pounds!) on the â€˜Bay! Yam Who? has created a contemporary upbeat chunky boogie masterpiece complete with Norman Andersonâ€™s soulful falsetto vocal delivery.
With FLUNKY GONE PUNKY (WE ARE READY), a dancefloor anthem in the making, Yam Who? have gone back to their roots. There are definite ARTHUR RUSSELL and THE CLASH influences in this dubby, synthy, punk-funk-disco bomb with reggae influences and wicked drumbreaks thrown in for good measure.
YAM WHOâ€™s profile is second to none. Beyond JOSS STONE they have remixed THE FRESH PRINCE & DJ JAZZY JEFF, JOHN LEGEND, ZERO 7, INCOGNITO, THE SUNBURST BAND, CHAZ JANKEL, AMP FIDDLER, JILL SCOTT, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, ALISON CROCKETT, NATHAN HAINES, ONLY CHILD, LIZ FIELDS, EMMANUEL, and BEBEL GILBERTO to name but a few and done stuff for the following labels SONY, BROWNSWOOD, PAPA, UBIQUITY, COUNTERPOINT, COMPOST, STEREO DELUXE, WAH WAH 45s, RAW FUSION, FAR OUT, KINDRED SPIRITS and SCHEMA. They have recorded covers of the LEROY BURGESS boogie classic SUMMERTIME the MINNIE RIPERTON rare groove anthem HERE WE GO , plus HEATWAVESâ€™s two step STAR OF THE STORY and LA BOPPERS WRAP YOU UP. And now Yam Who well and truly put CHINA BURTONâ€™s YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR LOVE on the soul map. Yam Who is Andy Williams, formerly of dubby funk disco outfit FUZZ AGAINST JUNK who recorded for NUPHONIC RECORDS and avid collector dj musician Des Morgan who plays percussion and bass.
NORMAN ANDERSON is no stranger to the soul and dance music industry having worked with, amongst others, Tony Allen, US3, Chaz Jankel and Altered Vibes the record label; he also has previous with the Yam Who? boys.
The FUNKANALA project is a combination of AFRO & LATIN rhythms with the worlds of JAZZ, FUNK & DANCE. Recorded and produced by the exploits of Jim Hawkins and John Cunningham in numerous studios, bedrooms, offices & warehouse spaces in North London and featuring master drummers, dancers & singers from SENEGAL plus the finest BRITISH JAZZ session players including Dave Lewis, Andy Panayi & Mornington Lockett.
And in the fall of 2005 we issued a limited run of white labels of "BAMAKO" written by OMAR DIOP and featuring the Coltrane-esque talents of master saxophonist MORNINGTON LOCKETT with "ECONOMY CLASS" on the flip showcasing BLOCKHEADS regular and co-writer DAVE LEWIS. This 12 was popular with a bright array of experienced dj's including SHUYA OKINO (KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE), PATRICK FORGE, SIMON DUNMORE (DEFECTED RECORDS), BEN CHAPMAN (BBE), MR SCRUFF, CARL CRAIG, STACEY PULLEN, MICHAEL RUETTEN (WORLDWIDE FAMILY), TOM WIELAND (LES GAMMAS), BEN SMITH (REDBULL MUSIC ACADEMY, TRUSTTHEDJ), FAZE ACTION, MARK SPIRITUAL SOUTH, NIGEL PRANKSTER (3HEDZ / FORWARDSBACKWARDS), ROB LIFE & SKEG (BREAKIN BREAD), FRANKIE VALENTINE, SPIN DOCTOR (SOULBREW / BBE) and ALEX, JOHN & CEDRIC (VOICES COLLECTIVE) . And of course GOYA MUSIC who distributed for us getting the music to the far reaches of the planet. Let us take a moment to thank you guys for the support, it is most appreciated!!!
In March 2006 we licensed ECONOMY CLASS by FUNKANALA to SIMON DUNMORE'S label DEFECTED RECORDS for the MIAMI 2006 compilation. This has exposed our music to many thousand more people worldwide and was a start to HERE AND NOW RECORDINGS that we couldn't have hoped for!
The latter part of 2006 has seen FUNKANALA recording the rest of their fantastic album and for HERE AND NOW RECORDINGS the future holds an additional FUNKANALA 12 set for an early 2007 release and in short succession the FUNKANALA debut long player BE THERE TOMORROW. To follow this HERE AND NOW RECORDINGS is releasing a YAM WHO 12, a cover of a classic uk disco tune by CHINA BURTON and then and project recorded in Paris featuring MANU DIBANGO's rhythm section, the outcome a fantastic offkey vocal disco funk track with an afrobeat tune on the flipside. This will be with you in time for New Year! I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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JOHN COLTRANE, BOBBY HUTCHERSON, DUKE ELLINGTON, CHARLES MINGUS, VICTOR FELDMAN, WAYNE SHORTER, JOE ZAWINUL, WEATHER REPORT, AHMAD JAMAL, GEORGE DUKE, LARRY BRIGHT, KENNY BARRON, MICHAEL GARRICK, MCCOY TYNER, MILES DAVIS, HERBIE HANCOCK, EYE-EAR-TOE, CHICK COREA, FLORA PURIM, FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, THE MIZELL BROTHERS, GARY BARTZ, JOHNNY HAMMOND SMITH, BOBBI HUMPHREY, CHARLES EARLAND, IDRIS MUHAMMAD, HARVEY MASON, STEVE GADD, FUNKADELIC, PARLIAMENT, PARLET, ROY AYERS, HARRY WHITAKER, JAMES MASON, TARIKA BLUE, SYLVIA STRIPLIN, EIGHTIES LADIES, PRINCE, LONNIE LISTON SMITH, GATO BARBIERI, PHAROAH SANDERS, ASHFORD & SIMPSON, LUTHER VANDROSS, CHANGE, CURTIS MAYFIELD, BABY HUEY, EARTH WIND & FIRE, MADAGASCAR, FREE LIFE, MARVIN GAYE, LEROY HUTSON, JOAO DONATO, ED MOTTA, TIM MAIA, JOYCE, SOM TRES, LUIZ GONZAGA, EDU LOBO, JORGE BEN, WILSON SIMONAL, RAY BARRETTO, EDDIE PALMIERI, HOMMY SANZ, JOE BATAAN, IRAKERE, TITO ALLEN, WILLIE ROSARIO, WILLIE COLON, WILLIE BOBO, JUSTO BETANCOURT, JOE CUBA, DANDYS DANDY, GUARERE, MANGO, ORQUESTA DEE JAY, CELIA CRUZ, SONORA PONCENA, ROBERTO TORRES, RALFI PAGAN, TITO RODRIGUEZ, WILLIE RODRIGUEX, TITO PUENTE, JERRY GONZALEZ, DJ ROGERS, ZULEMA, ISAAC HAYES, JAMES BROWN, KOOL & THE GANG, IKE STRONG, JOHN LEE, GERRY BROWN, DARRYL DOUGLAS, ULLANDA MCCULLOUGH, DIANNE REEVES, OLLIE BABA, INNER LIFE, GREGG DIAMOND, VOICES OF EAST HARLEM, CREATIVE SOURCE, DONNY HATHAWAY, QUINCY JONES, DEBARGE, BENNY GOLSON, CONFUNKSHUN, DEXTER WANSEL, JEAN CARN, NORMAN CONNORS, THE COUNTS, THE NATURAL FOUR, CARL DAVIS, BRIDGE, MASS PRODUCTION, BRASS CONSTRUCTION, TOWER OF POWER, MANDRILL, SYLVESTER, YAMBU, THE CHI-LITES, STEELY DAN, CYMANDE, ATMOSFEAR, LIGHT OF THE WORLD, INCOGNITO, LEVEL 42, 3RD ARMY, DEFUNKT, BRIAN AUGER, PASSPORT, SHAWN PHILLIPS, BARRABAS, TRAKS, PETER MICIONI, SUPERMAX, ROCKET, RINDER & LEWIS, ESG, LIQUID LIQUID, KASSO, CERRONE, CHINA BURTON, RIPPLE, EDDIE KENDRICKS, CHAKA KHAN, RUFUS, ERASMUS HALL, SEAWIND, INGRAM, PLEASURE, SIDE EFFECT, NEWBAN, PATRICE RUSHEN, OJEDA PENN, THE BLACKBYRDS, RONNIE FOSTER, WEBSTER LEWIS, CORTEX, MONK HIGGINS, RON CARTER, EERO KOIVISTOINEN, CHICO HAMILTON, BRUCE CAMERON, HUBERT EAVES, MANFREDO FEST, JOSE MANGUAL JNR, FRANCISCO AGUABELLA, CLARE FISCHER, SONNY FORTUNE, PATSY GALLANT, KENIA, TERUMASA HINO, KAZUMI WATANABE, BOY KATINGDIG, MASABUMI, KIKUCHI, STOMU YAMASHTA, YOSHIAKI MASUO, RYO KAWASAKI, DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, JANET LAWSON, CESAR MARIANO, HARRIS SIMON, BOBBY VINCE PAUNETTO, EMILIO SANTIAGO, BABATUNDE LEA, CARLOS FRANZETTI, BYRON MORRIS & UNITY, JON LUCIEN, PAT METHENY, STEVE REICH, EMMANUEL GOTTSCHING, BRIAN BENNETT, NEIL MERRYWEATHER, LABI SIFFRE, ANANSI, ADELE SEBASTIAN, CHUCK RAINEY, RONALD SNIJDERS, RANDY WESTON, ARCHIMEDES BADKAR, SAKHILE, BUARI, LAFAYETTE AFRO-ROCK BAND, TWINS SEVEN SEVEN, MIRIAM MAKEBA, HUGH MASEKELA, HEDZOLEH SOUNDZ, MANU DIBANGO, JABULA, ORLANDO JULIUS, ONENESS OF JUJU, OSIBISA, PETER KING, EMMA DORGU, DAKTARIS, ANTIBALAS, NOMO, YUSEF LATEEF, ARCHIE 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16, REVERSO 68, SHANNON HARRIS, GREG LEE, RON HALL, DJ SPINNA, KERRI CHANDLER, LIL LOUIS, CARL CRAIG, KIRK DEGIORGIO, UR, STASIS, DOMU, IG CULTURE, BUGZ IN THE ATTIC, BEMBE SEGUE, JAZZANOVA, SLEEPWALKER, KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE, SOIL & PIMP SESSIONS, TEDDY ROK SEVEN, FIVE CORNERS QUINTET, JAZZ INVADERS, JAZZTRONIK, QUANTIC, NICOLE WILLIS, SHARON JONES, SPEEDOMETER, NATURAL SELF, NOSTALGIA 77, ALICE RUSSELL, MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE, 4 HERO, SILHOUETTE BROWN, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, PEVEN EVERETT, Q-TIP, ATCQ, COMMON, DE LA SOUL, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, SLEEPY BROWN, D-ANGELO, MAXWELL, OMAR, N’DAMBI, ERYKAH BADU, BEYONCE, MARY J BLIGE, TWEET, ADRIANA EVANS, MICA PARIS, JOMANDA, RACHELLE FERRELL, JAGUAR WRIGHT, SWEETBACK, BAHAMADIA, KIM HILL, JAZZY JEFF, JULIE DEXTER, RANDOLPH, D’NELL, PETE ROCK, MADLIB, THE ROOTS, OUTKAST, THE NEPTUNES, JILL SCOTT, KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL, JAZZYFATNASTEES, BEATNUTS, MAIN SOURCE, DITC, BIG L, OC, DIAMOND D, LORD FINESSE, SHOWBIZ & AG, KMD, NAS, GANGSTARR, PLANT LIFE, ESTELLE, 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Deep Frequency Radio -Fantastic Internet radio site

Voices Collective -Providers of some of London’s best parties

The Bottom End -Great site, check out The History of the Jazz Dance scene

Eclectic Jazz -Another great site for The Knowledge of all things Jazzy

Freefrom -Great Site for Jazz, Fusion, Funk and Soul reviews and info

Coopr8 -For futuristic artmakers in club culture the world over, set up by Bopstar and Afronaut

The Legends Of The Underground -Multimedia spectacle encorporating animation, dance and an amazing soundtrack

Beyond Jazz -The Jazz Community united

Future Boogie -The Soul-Boogie Community united

Dj History -Bill Brewster’s fantastic dancefloor music site

Deep House Page -The House, Disco music community site

Soul Brew -The Fantastic Promotions company

Mana Mana -Hungarian Dance Music website

Strut Records -The Fantastic compilation label returns!

Agogo Records -Fantastic German label responsible for Mo Horizons plus many more great acts

Soundway Records -Responsible for unearthing some the of the deepest, rarest and top quality Afrobeat, Latin and funky tropical music

Impossible Ark Records -Purveyors of quality retro jazz sounds

Jazzman Records -Longstanding authority on rare funk, jazz, soul and latin music

Pure Pleasure Music -Consistent supplier of obscurities across the specializing in disco, soul, funk and jazz vinyl

Dj Friendly -A Fantastic source of rare disco, jazz, funk and soul vinyl

Superfly Records -For your rare afro, funk and soul vinyl

Disco Soul Rap Funk -It does exactly what it says on the tin. The knowledge when it comes to disco, boogie and house music on vinyl

Cyber Soul Music -Across the board selection of disco, soul, funk and dance music on vinyl

The Breaks -A great source of sample info

Groove Collector -A great shop for soul, funk, jazz, and afrobeat vinyl

Soul Identity -Soulful underground dance music and eclectic beats radio and promotions
Sounds Like: JOHN COLTRANE, FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, FATBACK BAND, CARL CRAIG, KING BRITT, RUSS GABRIEL, FUNKANALA.
Record Label: Here and Now Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Here And Now show 3

Here&IntroCarl Craig presents Paperclip People the climax re-worked Ministry Of SoundAril Brikha - groove la chord FragileVolcov & Paradox no europe Domu remix Archive2562 kameleon ...
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Here And Now Show 1 - Deep Frequency Radio

Here And Now Radio Show 1 - 17/04/08Here&disco, afro, houseIntroMonsieur Charles the flute plays on - Jon Silva Dub - UCMGIsolee beau mot plage - Freefrom Reform Rework - ClassicFreestyle Orches...
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JC dj set at CAFE ZUN ZUN saturday 3rd November 2007

JC dj set at Café Zun Zun, Vibe Bar, Brick LaneSHUGGIE OTIS strawberry letter 23 One Rascal Extended Mix- Giant StepJOHNNY GUITAR WATSON superman lover DJMSHARON REDD beat street instrumenta...
Posted by Here And Now Recordings on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:49:00 PST

JC's FAVOURITE THINGS - Monday 16th April 2007

Guest DJ Set at Favourite Things Monday 16th AprilANANSI Big G (Ebusia)ALEX BAND Zderzenie Mysli (Tonpress)JERRY GONZALEZ Evidence (American Clave)DADISI KOMOLAFE Speak No Evil (Nimbus)MEL MARTIN...
Posted by Here And Now Recordings on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:15:00 PST

BARRY MILES interview

Check out this great interview with the legendary pioneer of jazz fusion Barry Miles.Seymour Nurse talks to Barry Miles
Posted by Here And Now Recordings on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:33:00 PST

JC Dj set -FUNK 4 FOOD 29/03/07

FUNK 4 FOOD at the Market Place 29/03/07RONI SIZE Sing -Kenny Dope Instrumental (V Recordings)DJ SPINNA Ladbroke Groove (Tronicsole)MOODYMAN Joy Pt II (KDJ)FUTURE BEAT INVESTIGATORS Forthosewhokno...
Posted by Here And Now Recordings on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:59:00 PST

JC Profiles The VAMPI SOUL Label

LABEL PROFILES: Vampi SoulPredominantly reissuing soul and latin grooves though featuring some new recordings the most notable being that of the legendary Joe Bataan with his great Call My Name album ...
Posted by Here And Now Recordings on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:20:00 PST

Gilles Peterson interview for Tunetribe / Dingwalls compilation -Ether Music

Here & Now Recordings highly recommends the fabulous new Dingwall's album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge and available now on the ever consistent Ether Music label. The Dingwalls co...
Posted by Here And Now Recordings on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:51:00 PST

The Legends of The Underground showcase /Ocean, Hackney 30th October 2006

MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE, SEIJI, DOMU, BEMBE SEGUE the legends of the underground OST (KINDRED SPIRITS)Taking the jazz renaissance & broken beat thing to heights not reached before, with score composed ...
Posted by Here And Now Recordings on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:53:00 PST