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Bennson's 'Let The Love' out late September (Aust / NZ) - Raw Fusion Rest of World.
"WOW! BET U BOYS N GIRLS MUST HAVE DIED N GONE TO HEAVEN WHEN THIS LANDED ON THE DOORMAT. NICE TO HEAR HUMAN BEINGS SINGING IN THE PROPER FASHION AGAIN.. AWESOME..
Yam Who?
Johnson&Jonson's debut self titled album (licensed from Tres) out October - Aust & NZ!
'Among the new school of underground MCs to emerge during the past few years, Blu sits at the head of the class... Whether up or down, in deep thought or just slick talking, Blu’s words burn brightly enough to illuminate dim times.' - VIBE MAGAZINE
Cookin On 3 Burners - 'Brunswick St Breakdown' CO3B Live & Remixed
Digital exclusive! 9 of the Burners' best tracks plus some covers of The Meters and Eddie Bo as well as remixes from Soup, Sneaky Fox, Edseven and Omegaman!
Exile - Radio
Incredible album from LA producer made out of 100% radio waves and a sampler. Exile is known from his work with Blu, Kardinall Offishall and more.
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'Arguably Sydney's best underground hip hop/soul/funk operation.'
Time Out Sydney - Feb 08
Knowfoowl Music (pronounced no fool) is an Australian based hub for all things soulful, working with artists around the world to bring back the kindness to our dancefloors and headphones. Drawing inspiration from what could be loosely described as freestyle, the sound of Knowfoowl is somewhere between Funk-Jazz-Hip Hop-Soul-Afro-Latino and its marriage to contemporary beat culture.
Established in 2005 (some twenty three years in the making - boom tish!), the label involves heavy collaboration with musicians, producers, Djs, managers, promoters, radio presenters and label people from around the world. The catalogue is shaped and nurtured through a network of primarily Sydney and Melbourne based artists working in association with MCs, remixers and beatsmiths from the US, Stockholm, Vienna, the UK, Netherlands, NZ and Canada.
Label boss Huwston (real name is just Huw) has been involved in the music industry via independent label and distribution since he was sixteen in the late nineties. Currently working by day in licensing for Emstream (www.emstream.com.au) and writing the weekly column Bebop & Rocksteady for Syd streetpress Three D World, music has always been a responsibility for the uber-enthused young twenty-something. Locally Huwston has been involved in the compiling of compilations such as Jugglin With Raw Fusion, Evolutionary Vibes 6, Hemmesphere Two and the inaugural Good Vibrations Festival 2004 Sampler and working festivals, clubs and events such as Good Vibrations, Vibes On A Summers Day, Amnestys Freedom Festival, Chinese Laundry, In Transit and has been a regular at clubs like The Loft, Tonic, Honkytonks, Revolver and many more between Sydney and Melbourne. As a DJ he has played on stages with the likes of Jamie Cullum, Jazzanova, Mr Scruff, Katalyst, Che Fu, The Cat Empire, Neotropic, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Ohmega Watts and many more. Knowfoowl Music got its first break after Huw Ellis was a finalist in the 2004 Nescafe Big Break youth awards scheme. Finding himself in the company of inventors, designers, architects and sports people, Huw came in as a runner-up but still pursued his dream and set the label up on a shoestring. During this lengthy experience Huwston has worked in A & R, promo and marketing, warehousing and freight logistics and licensing for label and distributors like Creative Vibes, Jam, Inertia, Universal Music Australia and Pulver.
Knowfoowl is represented by team mascot Genki, an evolving, involving little character invented whilst waiting for remixes of the first single to materialise. As Knowfoowl grows, Genki grows, giving way for some cute art direction in releases to come. If youve read this far, Genki wants to give you a hug and a kiss and maybe make you a mix-tape. This is actually some bull-shit I wrote when I was 22 and the logo hasn't actually done anything yet but he remains an absolute cutey and your girlfriend will love him.
Debuting in November 2005 was the 12" single release from Melbourne's Cookin On 3 Burners. Cressy St Breakdown is a deep funk monster with remixes from No Comply and Rephrase and is sure to spark attention with Djs and tastemakers across a number of genres. The joint was played across the world and featured on the comps 'I'm Staying Home', and 'Nova Soul III'. Following from that was Rephrase's 'Boulevard/Good Feelin' 12" which had remixes from Parov Stelar and Flevans and got licensed to an Italian compilation (whose name eludes me right now).
Deciding to put vinyl on hold for now (gracious thanks to Groove Distribution and Rainbo Records for their assistance in the beginning and getting me off the ground!), Knowfoowl Music now works closely in a label partnership with Inertia Music, Australia's best independent music distributor. in 2007 the label released Rephrase's second album 'Little Victories', 2UP's EP 'Boomin', Cookin On 3 Burners' 'Baked Broiled & Fried' and Watussi's 'Tequila, Sangre Y Fuego.'
2008 =
V/A - ArtDontSleep presents 'From LA With Love' Feb 08 (licensed from Milan Records)
Rephrase - 'Swaps' Feb 08
Jackson Conti - 'Sujinho' June 08 (licensed from Mochilla)
Bennson - 'Let The Love' September 08
Johnson & Jonson - Self titled October 08 (licensed from Tres)
Cookin On 3 Burners - 'Brunswick St Breakdown - LIVE' Oct 08 (digital only)
DJ Dusk's Rootdown Soundclash DVD - November 08
Exile - 'Were All In Power' video - from the album 'Radio'
Exile "Were All In Power" from Okayplayer on Vimeo .
DJ Dusk's Root Down Sound Clash DVD
Johnson&Jonson EPK .. VIMBY - BoomBox LA
Johnson & Jonson 'Bout It Bout It' video - self titled album out in Aust/NZ 1/10/08
Madlib & Mamao are Jackson Conti
Watussi 'Echale Fuego' Video clip directed by Nick Mckenzie
Unofficial video - Flying Lotus 'It's A Secret' from 'From LA With Love'
From Leaf Leaf To Feather 'Nightsun' off the 'From LA With Love' comp From Leaf To Feather
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Check Watussi playing 'Candela' LIVE on ABC TV's 'The Sideshow'
Cookin On 3 Burners live EPK
Check 2UP's 'Boomin' video clip
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