AS Colour classic tee.

AS Colour box tee.

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White-to-indigo, black rings, on faded bone. AS Colour heavy tee.

AS Colour classic tee.

AS Colour heavy L/S.

‘The significance of Alice Coltrane’s presence in 20th century music cannot be overstated. Andy Beta’s Cosmic Music is a remarkable detailing of this visionary woman’s vocation in devotion to a sanctified art. From her childhood playing piano in the community of Pentecostal and Baptist churches, where ecstatic transcendence was at the heart of practice, to her engagement with the Detroit Jazz scene, and finding a kindred spirit in a life shared with the great John Coltrane, her music expressed a timeless expression of both divinity and dignity’ (Thurston Moore).
‘Alice Coltrane was co-architect of some of the most spiritually profound and formally challenging music ever made. The way Andy Beta tells it, it is one of the greatest adventures of the 20th century’ (David Keenan).

‘If Alice had been the wife of a Detroit auto worker, she’d obviously be a nonentity’; ‘a sincere but virtually talentless lady who married the right man’ (Down Beat, 1977).

Clearly written and thoroughly researched — wide-ranging and stuffed with interest — it’s a must. Warmly recommended.
Hardback; 450 pages.

Balouch imbibed the Islamic mysticism and devotional songs of Sindh in southeastern Pakistan, before travelling to Gibraltar in the early 1930s. There he became fascinated by the cante jondo across the border in southern Spain.
Running backwards, his book — originally published in 1955 — traces the roots of flamenco’s ‘deep song’ deep within the ancient musical culture of his homeland. It messes with geographical, musical, and spiritual boundaries, taking personal feeling and intuition, and free musical imagination, as its guide.
65 pages; with a litho printed cover and French flaps, more like a snazzy booklet than a book.
Absorbing and liberating.

Glorious artwork by the one-and-only Limonious, originally drawn for a compilation of sides on Edgar Whyte’s excellent Parish label.
Gildan Hammer tees.
Last chance saloon.

‘The AS Colour Heavy Faded Tee, crafted from 100% carded cotton for durability and comfort. With a heavy 240 GSM weight and garment dyed finish, it features a boxy relaxed fit, dropped shoulders, and twin-stitched wide neck ribbing.’
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Another cracker of a book. Going on three hundred flyers, one per page; a handful in colour. Poignant loveliness from beginning to end. Click through for a couple more images.

Calling all HJ massive: here is a terrific, vivifying guide to your record collection, and a political kick up the bum. Within ten minutes of engaging with this book, you’ll sprout a fresh pair of ears and a fifth lobe, or your money back.
This is a riveting, bracingly militant account of the racist British policing of Black Atlantic musical culture, from slavery days bang up to date. Extended sections consider the suppression of African drumming and dancing; calypso, and reggae sound systems; rap and drill.
The writing is deep, wide-ranging and richly erudite, but accessible and unstuffy. Compellingly, Lambros takes it all personally, and crucially his book blazes with love for a bunch of our favourite music: a long, diverse playlist in the back ricochets from Count Ossie and Salah Ragab through to A Tribe Called Quest and 24-Carat Black.
It joyously celebrates Black music as a reparative safe space, but also a key to getting to grips with the world; a contagion of ‘creole planetarity’, in the words of Paul Gilroy’s foreword, ‘capable of facilitating and intensifying political mobilisation, collective refusal and acting in concert. It can do this because it has promoted and amplified meaningful, relational life amidst a general haemorrhaging of meaning…’
‘The healing force of the universe,’ in Albert Ayler’s phrase. ‘My sanctuary… my life,’ as Gary Bartz put it. ‘Songs in the key of life.’

Very warmly recommended.

Excellent condition. Unopened, tight, no knocks.

Top-quality AS long-sleeve tees, expertly printed. The colours zing.
‘Heavy weight, 240 GSM, 16-singles, 100% carded cotton. Dropped shoulders, side neck ribbing with twin stitching, cuffed sleeves, side seamed, shoulder to shoulder tape, double needle hems, garment dyed, preshrunk to minimise shrinkage.’
Relaxed fit; very generous sizing. Click through the image for a size guide.

These sweatshirts from AS Colour are exceptionally well-made; soft to the touch, with perfect heft, and excellent ribbing around the neck, cuffs and hem.
‘Mid-weight, 320 GSM, 80% cotton 20% recycled polyester CVC fleece. Pre-shrunk to minimise shrinkage, pullover crew, drop shoulder, crew neck, garment dyed, sleeve cuff ribbing.’

The sizing is very generous. Some of you will prefer a size smaller than usual. Please click through the image for a guide.

A terrific new print magazine from Habibi Funk!
Sun Ra’s first trip to Cairo, and the jazz scene in Egypt at the time… Fouad Zerrei, a Moroccan studio photographer… an interview with the incredible Pale Jay… Beiruti vs Brazilian Bossa… and much more.
A4 format, 88 pages.
Don’t miss it!

A Jeff Parker special.
Jeff Parker by Andy Beta, Peter Margasak & Scott McNiece, Elaine Brown by Pierre Crépon, David Murray by Bret Sjerven, Adele Sauros by Wif Stenger, Rafael Toral by HT Nuotio, Lush Life by Seymour Wright, The Connection by Patrick Preziosi, Nels Cline by Bret Sjerven, Discaholic Column by Mats Gustafsson, album reviews, book reviews, live reviews, photo essay & more.

A Sun Ra special.
Writing by Francis Gooding, Mats Gustafsson, Rui Miguel Abreu, Stewart Smith, and Joshua Lane; and rare Arkestra photos by Guy Stevens.
Plus considerations of Larry Stabbins, Angélique Kidjo, Heli Hartikainen, Alan Wilkinson, Black Artists Group, and Mike Stern; and album reviews, book reviews, live reviews, a photo essay…

‘A rousing counter-narrative to the usual depictions of Krautrock, which paints a vivid picture of the old Federal Republic of Germany, with all its contradictions. What is now celebrated as Krautrock emerged in this environment, as an attempt to provide the revolution with a soundtrack. This is a vivid, fly-on-the-wall account of the squats, demos and first concerts of bands such as Cluster, Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel; also a judicious consideration of the influence of minimalist composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass, the origins of many Krautrock musicians in jazz, and the role of the synthesiser.’

Great reviews: ‘compelling,’ says Mojo; ‘passionate and revealing,’ says Record Collector.