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ULTIMATETHE TOOL IN BREAK BEAT SOUND MANIPULATION! This DVD contains favorites from the legendary Ultimate Breaks & Beats compilation, broken down to their very last compound TRACK LISTING: • I Believe In Miracles • Synthetic Substitution • Do The Funky Penguin • I Know You Got Soul • The Mexican • Funky President • It's A New Day • Think About It • Get Me Back On Time • Last Night Changed It All ...and lots more! With this production library manipulated and organized for the modern day producer, you will have at your fingertips all you need to create the sound- scape you aim for, from slow-creeping cinematic tension to uptempo party- vibe dance classics. With 4.25 GBs of organic and crisp sounds, you will be well-prepared to take your production to a new level, enabling you to remix and reshape audio in infinite ways. For each song, there are three corresponding Pro Tools sessions, multi tracked and tempo mapped for endless sampling and manipulation capabilities. There are over 150 loops that have already been created from the thirteen songs, available in two convenient formats: WAV and RX2 (Recycle). All of the memorable bass lines, guitar riffs, drum loops, horn stabs, and even flute melodies have been isolated as loops in organized folders. With this set, there are endless sampling possibilities ready-to-go right out of the box, with all of the painstaking steps already taken care of for you. Now let's get busy! • More than 150 loops available out of the box (WAV & RX2 formats) • 3 Pro Tools sessions available for each of the songs – All multi tracked and grid-locked in tempo • Manipulate the pre-assembled loops AND create new loops of your own with ease! FORMAT: Data DVD • CAT NO: GET 59999 • LABEL: Get On Down • STREET DATE: Feb. 1st Click here for a two-minute product demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cClC98rd8Uw SLAVE JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE TRACK LISTING: 3. FUNKY LADY (FOXY LADY) 6. THANK YOU 1. JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE 4. ROOTS 7. SHINE 2. ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE? 5. PAINTED PICTURES 8. WARNING Get On Down continues to establish itself as the premier label for top-shelf reissues with another classic release from iconic Ohio funk band Slave. Released amidst the group’s most prolific era, 1979’s Just a Touch of Love features the lush arrangements and intense rhythms that are the band’s signature. Showing their versatility, the album features songs like the space boogie bounce of “Warning” and the inspirational “Roots,” with soaring vocals from Mark Hicks, plus the title track, which was a Top 10 hit on the R&B charts. Though Slave continued to record into the 80s, they never again reached the heights heard on this very special album. This edition of Just a Touch of Love features the same high standard of quality expected with every Get On Down title, with digitally remastered audio and packaged in a paste-on mini-LP case in a clear poly bag. FORMAT: CD • CAT NO: GET 52706 • LABEL: Get On Down • STREET DATE: Feb. 1st KING TUBBYS MEETS ROCKERS UPTOWN TRACK LISTING: 4. EACH ONE DUB 5. 555 DUB 8. CORNER CREW DUB 1. KEEP ON DUBBING 6. BRACES TOWER TUB 9. SAY SO 2. STOP THEM JAH 7. KING TUBBY MEETS 10. SKANKING DUB 3. YOUNG GENERATION DUB ROCKERS UPTOWN 11. FROZEN DUB Within any musical style, there are a few select works that resonate so strongly with audiences that they come to define the genre itself, taking on a mythical quality that transforms the album into something greater than the sum of its individual parts. Meets Uptown Rockers, the 1976 collaboration between producer instrumentalist Augustos Pablo and visionary dub engineer Osbourne “King Tubby” Ruddock, is one of those historic releases. The album, which features Pablo playing melodica, clavinet, piano and organ, contains some of the greatest dub songs of all time, including Jacob Miller’s “Baby I Love You So,” and the darkly seductive title track. The chemistry between Pablo’s beautiful “Far East” signature sound and King Tubby’s meticulous attention to sonic detail results in an album the Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae says is “regarded by many as one of the greatest dub albums of all time.” Though previously released by different labels with various track listings, Get On Down’s reissue of Meets Rockers Uptown is the definitive edition of dub’s definitive album, featuring audio mastered from the original analog tapes and packaged in a paste-on mini-LP slip case in a clear plastic poly bag. FORMAT: CD • CAT NO: GET 50758 • LABEL: Get On Down • STREET DATE: Feb. 1st LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY AND THE UPSETTERS SCRATCH AND COMPANY CHAPTER 1 TRACK LISTING: 3. TIGHTEN UP 7. STRATCH WALKING 1. STRATCH THE DUB ORGANIZER 4. SERIOUS JOKE 8. COME ALONG 2. WHO YOU GONNA RUN TO 5. LITTLE FLUTE CHANT 9. BUSH WEED CORN TRASH 6. WHEN JAH CAME 10. CURLEY DUB Placed within legendary reggae producer Lee “Scratch” Perry’s prolific discography, The Upsetters Chapter 1 stands out as one of the eccentric genius’s most interesting, adventurous works. Using a combination of established collaborators and new musicians, Perry creates a classic dub record that pulses with deep bass, echoing percussion and dissonant sound effects. Spiritual cuts (“When Jah Come”) are balanced by grand dub productions (“Tighten Up”), creating a cohesive, infectious sound that rivals the Upsetter’s finest material. After releasing Perry’s landmark album Blackboard Jungle Dub, Get On Down is proud to present another masterpiece from reggae’s supreme musical architect. Remastered from the original analog tapes, The Upsetters Chapter 1 features the highest quality audio transfer and is packaged in a paste-on mini-LP with slip case and clear plastic poly bag, with art based on the original LP picture sleeve. FORMAT: CD • CAT NO: GET 50757 • LABEL: Get On Down • STREET DATE: Feb. 1st A1. “State of the Nation” feat. Damon Albarn A2. “3030” A3. “The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza” feat. Prince Paul A4. “Things You Can Do” B1. “Positive Contact” B2. “St. Catherine St.” feat. Beans, Mr. Lif, P. Wingerter, Peanut Butter Wolf, Verna Brown B3. “Virus” B4. “Upgrade (A Brymar College Course)” B5. “New Coke” feat. Mark Ramos-Nishita C1. “Mastermind” C2. “National Movie Review” feat. Brad Roberts C3. “Madness” C4. “Meet Cleofis Randolph the Patriarch” feat. MC Paul Barman C5. “Time Keeps On Slipping” feat. Damon Albarn C6. “The News (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Microsoft Inc.)” feat. Hafdis Huld D1. “Turbulence” (Remix) Remixed by Mark Bell D2. “The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza Part II” feat. Prince Paul D3. “Battlesong” D4. “Love Story” D5. “Memory Loss” feat. Sean Lennon D6. “The Assmann 640 Speaks” The super group Deltron 3030 is composed of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala and sometimes features guest artists who also take on varying futuristic pseudonyms. Originally released in 2000 on the now-defunct 75ARK record label, this Hip Hop concept album was released the same year as the Gorillaz’ first 12” and is on a similar plane. Following the release of Deltron 3030, all three members participated in the Gorillaz’ self-titled debut album. With Del aka Deltron Zero on vocals, Dan the Automator aka The Cantankerous Captain Aptos on production, and Kid Koala aka Skiznoid the Boy Wonder on turntables, this album takes the listener on a paranoid journey set in a dystopian year 3030 dealing with viruses, the apocalypse, an oppressive government, and a war waged against a huge company called the Corporate Bank of Time that rules the universe, all to the well-crafted and consistent musical backing of the Automator. Appearances by Damon Albarn (The Gorillaz, Blur), Prince Paul, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Money Mark, Paul Barman, Mark Bell (Bjork, production), Sean Lennon, and Mr. Lif compliment Del’s vocal style and add the right amount of flavor to this classic period piece. ORDER CUT OFF DATE FOR THIS ITEM: JAN 18th Format: 2xLP Cat. No: DEL 75033 Label: Deltron Partners LP Available: FEBRUARY 1st A1. Kitty Cradle Fog A2. Gone-O-Tron B1. Metal Snake Rider with Richard Eigner B2. Loins Now-Again presents the leftside-genius beatsmith’s vocal stylings If Dimlite’s recent Prismic Tops EP served as a stunning wills between the dreamer and the cynic, the traveller and the reintroduction to one of electronic music’s most underrated talents, trapped. Just check “Loins”, in which long-time collaborator then My Human Wears Acedia Shreds is a warning to listeners and Misel Quitno’s drums thump out a brutish ode to Can while peers alike: keep up or be left behind. This quartet of songs finds the Dimlite’s celebratory harmonies are taunted by the anxious Swiss producer creating wide-eyed and progressive music that squall that lurks beneath. Though ask its creator and he’ll tell you synthesises free jazz, prog- and kraut-rock, and much more. There is simply, “it’s about loins and using them properly”. no one else quite on his level, no one who inhabits a world so By the time you have adjusted to the dream-world of My Human complete and unique. Wears Acedia Shreds Dimlite will pull the plug, dropping you While he built his reputation with a string of pioneering releases on back into your monochromatic doldrums. It’s OK though. As you Germany’s Sonar Kollectiv label that took hip-hop as their starting unravel the secret code in EP closer “Gone-O-Tron”, you’ll know point, these days Dimlite is more Soft Machine than drum machine, a it’s not forever.
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