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Here And Now Recordings presents the allstar line-up of DJD, Chaz Jankel and Angie Brown. Together they give us the soulful house of Into The Night and the jazzy hip hop instrumentals of Dawn and Dusk.

DJD aka Dominic Dawson, no stranger to writing recording arranging and producing fantastic house music for such outlets as Defected Records, Zoom, Guidance and strictly rhythm.

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Chaz Jankel, multi instrumentalist and co-writer in Ian Dury & The Blockheads. He penned such hitss as Sex & Drug & Rock & Roll, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Reasons To Be Cheerful plus solo recordings Glad To Know You, 3000000 Synths and Ai No Corrida which Quincy Jones, producer of Michael Jackson Off The Wall and Thriller, covered taking it to worldwide success. 2008 has seen Chaz Jankel writing with Robbie Williams in place of Guy Chambers!

CHAZ JANKEL Website

Uk soul and house music sensation Angie Brown has worked with everyone from The Rolling Stones to Chaka Khan. …

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For not only the Here And Now Recordings catalogue but also a vast selection of soulful house and jazzy beats from the likes of Quentin Harris, Bugz in the Attic, Seiji, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Restless Soul, Domu, Afronaut, Seu Jorge, The Incredible Bongo Band, Fertile Ground, Quantic, Osunlade and from such credible labels as Counterpoint, Papa, Spacekat, People, Mr Bongo, wah wah 45s, Sick Trumpet, do right music, Yoruba, Pantone and many many more.

If its soulful, jazzy, afro, latin, or funky then check out

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1st YAM WHO? release of 2007- You Don't Care About Our Love b/w Flunky Gone Punky (We Are Ready)

Prins Thomas loves FLUNKY GONE PUNKY!! Also getting plays from Todd Terje, Lindstrom and Bill Brewster!

Fresh from not only remixing Joss Stone, but being the first producers to do so and because Raphael Saadiq hooked them up, Yam Who? return with their first own production of 2007. And it’s a monster release. The A Side a cover of the obscure british disco cut, ChiNA BURTON’s YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR LOVE. The original has recently fetched £300 (yes pounds!) on the ‘Bay! Yam Who? has created a contemporary upbeat chunky boogie masterpiece complete with Norman Anderson’s soulful falsetto vocal delivery.

With FLUNKY GONE PUNKY (WE ARE READY), a dancefloor anthem in the making, Yam Who? have gone back to their roots. There are definite Arthur Russell and The Clash influences in thisdubby, synthy, punk funk disco bomb with reggae influences and wicked drumbreaks thrown in for good measure.
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Boston Rodriguez works his studio trickery on Funkanala's Babakar to create a Bugz in the Attic meets Letta Mbulu meets The JBs afro boogie party classic!

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Physical release: October 2007
Digital release: December 2007

afro latin, afro funk, afrobeat and afro house flavours from the Anglo senegalese collective put together by dj and avid vinyl collector, Here And Now Recordings label boss John Cunningham and Us3s Jim Hawkins.

Be There Tomorrow, Funkanala's debut album has had incredible dj support from the likes of Patrick Forge from Da Lata, Shuya Okino, Stacey Pullen, Carl Craig,Mr Scruff , Spiritual South, Seiji and Defected Records' Simon Dunmore who licensed Economy Class from us for the Miami 2006 cd.

It features nine glorious tracks showcasing the talents of master drummer Omar Diop and british jazz session players Andy Panayi, Mornington Lockett and Dave Lewis who is currently tenor saxophonist for britfunk legends The Blockheads and Robin Lee from Faze Action on bass for the trcak Economy Class and string arrangements for GOREE.

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