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RHYTHMETHOD RELEASES:

METRIC ~ Fantasies

2011 2CD edition of the critically acclaimed chart topping Fantasies - the fourth studio album by Canadian the indie rock band. Disc 1  features the hits 'Front Row', 'Help I'm Alive'&'Gold Gun Girls'which featured in Grey's Anatomy, The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl and Entourage'’ & Zombieland.Disc 2 features bonus tracks including ‘Eclipse All Yours’ featured in the movie ‘The Twilight Saga; Eclipse and ‘Black Sheep’ featured in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Buy this if you like: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florence and the Machine, Sia & Phoenix.

Rocksteady The Roots of Reggae

Tells the story of the Rocksteady era (1966-69), considered by music experts to be the golden age of Jamaican music. Forty years after Rocksteadys peak, documentary filmmakers brought the remaining great Rocksteady singers and musicians together to record an album of their greatest hits, to perform live at a reunion concert and to tell their stories - all of it captured in this stunning film.

Buy this if you like: Bob Marley, Stranger ColeJudy Mowatt, Dawn Penn, Hopeton Lewis & U-Roy.

And don’t miss Stranger Cole performing at Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae showcase in Auckland later this month!!!

DAVID RODIGAN ~ Fabriclive.54

Pioneering broadcaster, nightclub disc jockey, and victorious veteran of countless sound system clashes, UKs David Rodigan - easily the best-known reggae DJ in the world – has put together this stella mix compilation.

Buy this if you like: King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Sly and Robbie and Keith & Tex.

JANE BIRKIN ~ Di Doo Dah

A re-release of Jane Birkin’s 1973s electronically charged and erotically fuelled debut solo albumfeaturing 2 bonus tracks plus original artwork, unseen photographs, and extensive liner notes by renowned music journalist Andy Beta (Spin, The Fadar). This reissue truly allows listeners to delve into the album’s witty and frank world of sex, sin, voyeurism, motorcycles, Brighton, and banana boats. Also featuring French pop maverick Serge Gainsberg and jazz-orchestral Svengali Jean-Claude Vannier

GIFT OF THE GAB ~ Escape To Mars

Gift of Gab is a Hip Hop institution. From the breakout success of Blackalicious in the late 1990s and beyond as well as an impressive and lauded solo debut, he has built one of the most enduring coalitions of discerning music fans of most in the world of thinking man's Hip Hop. This is the second fully realized solo record of his illustrious career.  Guests include Brother Ali and Del The Funky Homosapien.

Anika ~ Anika

London/Berlin-based political Journalist Anika met Portisheads Geoff Barrow in early in 2010, the producer was looking for a new singer to work with his band Beak>, and it was immediately clear they shared the same musical vision, including a love of punk, dub and 60s girl groups. Self-titled debut, Anika, is the result. The collaboration is political, trashy, dub, punk, funk ... a cohesive sound, and experience in uneasy listening.

Buy this if you like: Portishead, Nico & The Slits

TONY COOK ~ Back To Reality

Anthology of rare & unreleased 1982-1986 funk, boogie and disco recordings from James Brown’s drummer, and creator of “the Granddaddy of all House music” unearthed & remixed by Peanut Butter Wolf.

These 31 tracks channels James Brown's raw funk as well as Jimi Hendrix's fuzzy psychedlia; music that flirts with Fela's Afro-Beat and Congolese rumbas and simultaneously brings the blues of Taj Mahal back to Africa.

RADIO CITIZEN ~ Hope And Dispair

On the sophomore album Hope and Despair producer Niko Schabel and friends, AKA Radio Citizen take a blend of raucous live instrumentation and work it into gritty songs and walls of sound with deft mixing and subtle studio trickery all rooted by heavyweight bass lines. Schabel balances being accessible and exciting by way of his ability to blend the electronic with the organic.

Buy this if you like:  Ursula Rucker, Massive Attack, and Nostalgia 77.

ODE RECORDS RELEASES:

New Zealand String Quartet ~ Notes From A Journey

The depth, eloquence and diversity in this collection of works, shows that New Zealand composers feel free to draw upon an enormous range of influences and that they are working in a global context.

SHANE ~ Full Circle

Rockin’ since the 60s’, Iconic NZ pop singer’s come Full Circle by name and nature – this album is inspired by the late Eldred Stebbing – the man who helped Shane since the beginning and features a fine selection of new and older original recordings and covers which Shane breathes new life into.

LENA HORNE ~ Stormy Weather

A fantastic collection of 26 tracks from Lena Horne (1917 – 2010) the enchanting jazz singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist. This album moves between the bands of Noble Sissle (which boasted Sidney Bechet amongst its ranks) Charlie Barnet, Hot Lips Levine, Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Horace Henderson, and Lennie Hayton, whom she (secretly) married. Great liner notes – with dates and notes accompanying each track and a biography of Lena Horne.

JOAN SUTHERLAND ~ Art Of The Prima Donna

Gramphone Magazine 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time / Rosette (highest rating) - Penguin Stereo Guide

Sydney Australia Opera star Joan Sutherland (1926 – 2010) was one of the most remarkable female opera (Soprano) singers of the 20th century – once called "Voice of the Century" Art Of The Prima Donna is widely recognized as one of the most cherished of all operatic recitals. Recorded in 1960 and originally released on 2LPS Art Of The Prima Donna features the Orchestra Royal Opera House Covent Garden and was conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

FOURPLAY ~ Let’s Touch The Sky

Fourplay are nominated for Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards 2011. Now approaching its third decade as a top contender in the smooth jazz field, like the well-oiled precision machine that it is, Fourplay’s latest cements its reputation as a one of the genre’s best-ever contemporary jazz bands.

CRAIG SMITH ~ Not Just For Kids

Representing - and in brand new blue packaging – Craig Smith’s award winning Not Just For Kids. Featuring ‘The Wonky Donkey’ ‘Willbee The Bumblebee’ and 8 more fun tracks the whole family will enjoy.

And remember Tami & Lauren coming to a town near you on the Chanteuses & Shotguns Tour

And…. That’s all folks, enjoy your weekend and your music!

Thanks to www.rhythmethod.co.nz for this story.

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