With a name like Cinephonic, you can imagine some of the sound here – but that's also only the tip of the iceberg, as there's a heck of a lot going on with the record! There's definitely a cinematic vibe to the music, yet the work isn't just any retro-styled material influenced by film scores – as these guys have all sorts of wonderful instrumentation of their own, including great use of flute, tenor, trumpet, and some especially nice organ, clavinet, and vibes – all handled by Pierre Chretien, the maestro behind the whole project! Strings provide a nice backdrop, but they're used sparingly, and with a nicely sinister tone – that darkness you might find in the larger charts of David Axelrod at his best. The whole thing's great – every bit as wonderful as their previous record – and titles include "Pyramides", "L'Etoile", "Les Souterrains", "Penombre", "Douleur", "Cendres Et Poussieres", and "Le Combat". CD

A nice little record that lives up to the name of the group – a record that's maybe jazz at the core, but served up in very cinematic ways – very much the spirit of the dark, moody image pictured on the cover! This isn't chase, crime, or cop music – but instead maybe the sounds you'd hear on the journey home after the battle – slow funk in the rhythms, peppered with great work on vibes, piano, and mellotron from Pierre Chretien – who also wrote, arranged, and produced the whole record too! Most tunes have a nice light melody over heavier drums and percussion on the bottom – never too over the top, but well-paced in a way that really makes this one stand out from the pack. Titles include "Les Corbeaux", "Eveil De La Cite", "Aube Sur La Ville", "Fleurs De Bitume", "Le Petit Cimetiere", "Apres Le Deluge", and "Illusions Perdues". CD

A nice little record that lives up to the name of the group – a record that's maybe jazz at the core, but served up in very cinematic ways – very much the spirit of the dark, moody image pictured on the cover! This isn't chase, crime, or cop music – but instead maybe the sounds you'd hear on the journey home after the battle – slow funk in the rhythms, peppered with great work on vibes, piano, and mellotron from Pierre Chretien – who also wrote, arranged, and produced the whole record too! Most tunes have a nice light melody over heavier drums and percussion on the bottom – never too over the top, but well-paced in a way that really makes this one stand out from the pack. Titles include "Les Corbeaux", "Eveil De La Cite", "Aube Sur La Ville", "Fleurs De Bitume", "Le Petit Cimetiere", "Apres Le Deluge", and "Illusions Perdues". LP, Vinyl record album

With a name like Cinephonic, you can imagine some of the sound here – but that's also only the tip of the iceberg, as there's a heck of a lot going on with the record! There's definitely a cinematic vibe to the music, yet the work isn't just any retro-styled material influenced by film scores – as these guys have all sorts of wonderful instrumentation of their own, including great use of flute, tenor, trumpet, and some especially nice organ, clavinet, and vibes – all handled by Pierre Chretien, the maestro behind the whole project! Strings provide a nice backdrop, but they're used sparingly, and with a nicely sinister tone – that darkness you might find in the larger charts of David Axelrod at his best. The whole thing's great – every bit as wonderful as their previous record – and titles include "Pyramides", "L'Etoile", "Les Souterrains", "Penombre", "Douleur", "Cendres Et Poussieres", and "Le Combat". LP, Vinyl record album

Marlowe's music shows us that the North Carolina scene is alive and well – and has evolved strongly since the work from other artists on that scene in the first decade of the century! The production of L'Orange is fantastic – really fresh and crisp, and with a vibe that feels like he's got a globe's worth of elements layered down in the mix – a perfect match for the unique phrasing and intensity of Solemn Brigham, easily one of the most unique MCs to emerge in recent years1 The whole thing's great – a new standard-setting record – with cuts that include "Otherworld", "Later With It", "Small Business", "Same Team", "OG Funk Rock", "The Machinations Of EW Godfist", and "Dead A Lot". LP, Vinyl record album

... LP, Vinyl record album

... LP, Vinyl record album

Great early 50s work from Paul Quinichette – sides recorded when the tenor legend was at the height of his powers, and featuring some uncollected material done for the Dale and Decca labels, as well as some great sides for Emarcy! The CD has 5 different clusters of material – from as many different sessions – and players include Marlowe Morris, Jimmy Golden, Skeeter Best, Kenny Drew, Freddie Green, and Henry Coker. Tracks are all in a hard-swinging mode that has Quinichette pushing that raspy tone of his very nicely – and the set features 24 tracks that include "Galoshes & Rubbers", "Green Is Blue (parts 1 & 2)", "Bustin Suds", "PQ Blues", "Birdland Jump (parts 1 & 2)", "Mine", "The Heat's On", "Humpty Dumpty", and "The Heat's Off". CD