Featuring the Gamelan Semar Pagulingan — the ‘Gamelan of Love in the Bedchamber’ —playing instruments that no longer exist, in repertoire originally performed just outside the private residence of a raja during meals and quiet times… and when he was up to no good with one of his wives.
Geezers, this time, no groups or female singers. Old friends reinforced by series debuts from the likes of Herman Moore, Dan Brantley, Roy Lee Johnson and Anon, sticking close to the golden years, 1966-8.
King Curtis scorcher.
Gong, angklung and gender wayang under the direction of Anak Agung Gede Mandera.
The forgotten music of the Austro-Hungarian diaspora in the mid-west of the United States. An Ian Nagoski compilation to inaugurate the label, with a cover by Eric from Mississippi Records.
Rollicking, mid-sixties, post-Skatalites ska thriller, led by Bobby Ellis and Roland Alphonso, with slightly different soloing to the original release.
Backed with a charming, forsaken, rare Summertairs: ‘I love you, Errol… come back today… but not too late… Errol, my dear.’