Om'Mas Keith, Taz Arnold, and Shafiq of SA-RA Creative Partners. © Pablo Aguilar Photography

To start it the way it ends, SA-RA is about to take over. From their latest full album, Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love, to the EPs and singles and group members’ solo efforts like Shafiq’s Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka and Om’Mas’s forthcoming City Pulse, it’s clear that something special is continuously unfolding. The following is a conversation with Om’Mas, the multi-instrumentalist whose abstract answers reflect his group’s enigmatic sound. read more »

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Bobby Williams
Funky Superfly
Label: Jazzman

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Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque de Hollanda Vol. 3
Label: Som Livre

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Various Artists
Ghana Funk
Label: Hippo Records

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Various Artists
Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro-sounds And Nigerian Blues
Label: Soundway Records Ltd

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Wax Poetics x Converse 45 Series Presents Adrian Younge and the Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra “Shot Me In the Heart”

· 9 CDs of rare & unissued recordings
· 208 page full-color hardbound book
· New essays by Amiri Baraka, Val Wilmer & other Ayler scholars
· Unpublished photos & family encounters with Ayler’s music
· Exhaustive chronology of Ayler performance activities
· Housed in lavish Spirit Box cast from handcarved original

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This week’s free track is brought to you by our friends at Blow Up Records with a tune from Big Boss Man, VIP 233, off their album Full English Breakfast. Funky, Soulful and coupled with feet-stomping percussion and breakdowns, this British trio continues to keep people moving.

Come join Wax Poetics and Fania Records celebrate Joe Cuba’s El Alcalde Del Barrio
The Architect of the Nuyorican Sound (In Stores February 23rd) record release event with live performances by:

Chico Mann
The Boogaloo Assassins
DJ Bobbito Garcia
DJ Turmix

Le Poisson Rouge
Wednesday February 24th
158 Bleecker (at Thompson)
www.lepoissonrouge.com

Free Event- 10pm Doors
for guaranteed entrance RSVP to rsvpfaniany@waxpoetics.com
Facebook Event

Black Dynamite, like Michael Jai White’s character of the same name, has always been on the down-low, but now it’s your chance to take care of business and buy it on Blu-ray and DVD. If you haven’t purchased the  soundtracks on vinyl, it’s still not too late; but don’t wait long, because these hand-numbered beauties will soon become rarities.

Photo by Doron Gild

When we go to sleep, our bodies go through several stages before reaching the point of rapid eye movement (also known as REM sleep). It is during this phase where our dreams take over, exposing us to a universe filled with our strongest and deepest emotions. read more »