SoulParlor

Evoluzion

After two dozen single releases, club residencies all over Europe, music scores for Mercedes-Benz and MTV, successful remixes for James Brown, Juan Aktins and so much more, it’s high time for their new album to drop.

« Evoluzion » is backwards for « Noiz U Love » and reflects the musical range of their incredibly eclectic DJ sets. Conceptualized as a truly collaborative album, all 19 tracks feature SoulParlor’s music partners over the years, who for the most part came to their home studio in Mainz (Germany) to create in the flesh. Guest vocalists featured include Cecilia Stalin (Koop), Jacob And The Appleblossom (Wagner Love), Colonel Red, Oddisee, Replife, Stan Smith and others. Bonus remixes are delivered from longtime collaborators from West London and beyond including legends of the underground such as Afronaut, Daz-I-Kue (Bugz In The Attic), Dego (4hero/2000black), MdCL, Pure P (Raw Fusion), Souled and Tokyo Dawn’s funk maestro Opolopo. This evoluzion just started!

http://www.tokyodawn.net/soulparlor-evoluzion/

V/A – The Boogie

(Tokyo Dawn Records)

Based on groove fundamentals such as 80’s and 90’s R&B, Minneapolis funk and early electro, this compilation holds 18 modern approaches to what we like to call boogie music.

Combining neon synths and soul chords with a decent portion of future funk, we’re invited to ride an exciting new wave of artists combining latest production techniques with classic grooves deeply rooted in 80’s boogie wonderland.

Finely collected by TDR conductor Marc Wallowy, this amazing compilation features 74 minutes of dirty g-funk bangers, sweaty robot grooves, cosmic p-funk bombs and anthems of intergalatic existentialism. ‘The Boogie’ also features appetizers from forthcoming albums by Amalia, Blaktroniks, Replife, Soulparlor, Vindahl and others dropping 2011 via TDR. Connecting the dots between electro, rap, house and R&B, this exclusive outlook is equally recommended for fans of funk past, present and future!

tracklisting:
01.     Opolopo & Amalia – Life’s A Dance (Nu Opo Swing Mix)
02.     Chacho Brodas – Siente Mi Funk
03.     Spinnerty – Just Listen feat. John Robinson (B. Bravo Remix)
04.     Stray – If Lovin’ U
05.     Saturn Never Sleeps – The Magic Hour
06.     Aybee – In Every Way feat. Omega
07.     Soulparlor – Planet Sex feat. Replife
08.     Blaktroniks – It Can Get Ugly
09.     B. Bravo – Computa Love
10.     AD Bourke – Aries
11.     Favorite Flava – So Cruel (Sasac Remix)
12.     Vindahl – Sometimes (12 » Groove Version)
13.     The Rah Band – Messages From The Stars (Original 12 » Astro Mix – Atjazz Re-Edit)
14.     Reeno – So Funky
15.     Portformat – Mothership feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow (Opolopo Remix)
16.     Swedeart – I’m A R.O.B.O.T. feat. Blaktroniks (Tokimonsta Remix)
17.     Addiquit – Take U Home
18.     Eagle Nebula – What I Like

http://www.tokyodawn.net/

OPOLOPO

VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FEELINGS

Voltage Controlled Feelings’ is the sonic testimony of more than two decades of serious electro, funk and boogie studies from Swedish synth commander Opolopo!

Blending epic Blade Runner soundscapes and Krautrock sequencer lines into cruising west coast beats and beyond, he proves that science fiction and funk are not only compatible, but have always belonged together. ‘Voltage Controlled Feelings’ is a newly discovered planet orbiting a distant star, that also pays homage to the synthesizers, drum machines and the artists who influenced Opolopo’s music. Echoes of Prince, Herbie Hancock, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and Isao Tomita can be heard throughout the album.

Fellow electronauts include L.A. vocalist Erik Rico, known for his work with Marc Mac and Tupac Shakur, Farah from the UK hit collective Incognito, Toronto-based jazz vocalist Sacha Williamson and Stockholm-based vocal talent Amalia Miz Fuze Townsend.

tracklisting:
01.     Glide
02.     Kobayashi Maru
03.     Our World feat. Erik Rico
04.     Reversed feat. Blacktop & Amalia
05.     Voltage Controlled Feelings
06.     The Singularity
07.     Take It Slow feat. Sacha Williamson
08.     Step Into The Light
09.     Bonafide feat. Amalia
10.     Waiting feat. Farah
11.     The Wow Signal
12.     Tweak My Knobs
13.     Ballad For Amalia

http://www.tokyodawn.net/opolopo-voltage_controlled_feelings/

Tokyo Dawn Records

The Heart

The heart is a vital muscle organ responsible for pumping blood through vessels by rhythmic contractions. This symbol of life and love is the quintessence of the sound concept behind Tokyo Dawn Records’ new compilation project of love-drenched heart beats.
Including over a dozen previously unreleased songs from some of today’s most engaging producers such as Machinedrum, Swede:art, Robot Koch, Jay Scarlett, Simbad, fLako, Comfort Fit and more, ‘The Heart’ also features special vocal appearances from Georgia Anne Muldrow with her original song for Mos Def’s latest album, Questlove’s sister Donn T, Quadron singer Coco, soul queen Jimetta Rose, Blaktroniks and many more.
Eighteen declarations of life, love and lust!

tracklisting:
1. Jimetta Rose – Glory Us
2. Kris Mars – Wake 2.0 feat. Non+
3. Soulparlor – I Told You feat. Colonel Red
4. Georgia Anne Muldrow – Roses
5. Wallis Bird – La La Land (Comfort Fit Remix)
6. Jay Scarlett – Gentle Persuasions feat. Reggie B
7. Swede:art – Linguistics feat. Stray (B. Bravo Remix)
8. Addiquit – Open Eyes
9. Exes4Eyes – Blow You
10. Donn T – Kisses
11. Union Analogtronics – Janasa feat. Rachel Claudio
12. Slow Drag Travellers – Feel
13. Portformat – Scream & Shout feat. Miles Bonny
14. Hygher Baby – Let U Go (DJ Asparagus Remix)
15. fLako – I Want You feat. Dirg Gerner
16. Robot Koch vs Numaads – Now
17. Blaktroniks – Fais Moi Fremir feat. Sheila Monique

http://www.tokyodawn.net/

Swede:art

Emotional Colors

Good News! Germany’s most promising hip hop newcomer Swede:art teams up with Tokyo Dawn for his highly anticipated debut album ‘Emotional Colors‘.
From boombap to boogie and beyond, this album has it all! Influences from modern techno and 90s hiphop melt into unorthodox funk, subbass staccatos, saw tooth wave attacks and colorful bleep action in slow  motion. In short, ‘Emotional Colors’ is a must for the passionate space traveler.
Guest artists on the album include Duktus (Brownswood), Note, Persuit Grooves, Stray, Blaktroniks, Caits Meissner and Comfort Fit.

Swede:art hype! The year started very well for 20 year old Bavarian wunderkind Swede:art. After being selected as participant of RBMA London, coops with music peers such as Hudson Mohawke, Comfort Fit, Tokimonsta and others quickly followed. Altough completely overloaded with remix and cooperation requests, Swede:art will be playing at countless festivals and clubs this summer.

tracklisting:
1. Black Mining
2. I’m A R.O.B.O.T. (feat. Blaktroniks)
3. Embrace The Chill (feat. Persuit Grooves & Comfort Fit)
4. Linguistics (feat. Stray)
5. You Live Forever (feat. Duktus)
6. Sex On The Airplane
7. King Of Orleans
8. Snapshots On A Sunday Night
9. Wonkybikez
10. A Room Of Prayers (feat. Caits Meissner)
11. Mosambique
12. On My Way (feat. Note & Duktus)
13. Underpurpled
14. Change
15. My Home Is Not Here
16. Samklang

http://www.tokyodawn.net/

Comfort Fit

Polyshufflez Remixes (Tokyo Dawn Records)

Comfort Fit’s masterpiece long player “Polyshufflez” goes into the second round with fourteen impressive and unique re-interpretations by Laurent Garnier, Domu, Opolopo, Atjazz, Boom Clap Bachelors, Robot Koch, Jay Scarlett and more brilliant artists.
Techno superstar Laurent Garnier produces his first remix since more than four years for this release, turning Comfort Fit’s “Ask the Devil” into a stunningly hypnotizing club anthem of more than 11 minutes play time. Needless to say, his remix is already receiving fantastic feedback from Carl Craig and other international A-list DJs.
UK house don Atjazz (Innervisions/Sonar Kollektiv) also remixes Comfort Fit’s “Ask the Devil” featuring the bestselling book author Howard Marks, philosophizing about God, the Devil and the smoke inbetween.
Further dancefloor crashing remixes come from Comfort Fit himself, Sweden’s finest funkateer Opolopo (Especial/Tokyo Dawn Records), Germany’s house newcomer Jacob Korn (Running Back/Permanent Vacation), global bass buccaneer Tim Turbo from Berlin and finally a very special remix from UK breakbeat guru Domu (Treble O/Tru Thoughts). He recently announced his retirement from the music business to the shock of the worldwide music scene, but we hope this won’t be his last output.
Further serious headnodders are contributed by Jay Scarlett, best known for his work with Spacek and the Beat Dimensions compilations, Death Star Lazer Trooper Robot Koch (Robots Don’t Sleep), who’s been releasing on Tokyo Dawn Records since the late 90s under different monikers, Singing Statues (aka Jack High, Ghostly International) and Germany’s up and coming Hip-Hop producer fLako (Kwatro). Denmark’s finest Boom Clap Bachelors, whom you may know from Gilles Peterson or Jazzanova compilations, also join the show. And last but not least Portformat, who has just released his well received debut album ‘The Repeat Factor‘ featuring Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gajah, Blaktroniks and more on Tokyo Dawn Records (TDR09-002).
Time to get polyshuffled again!

Tracklisting:
1. Next Incarnation feat. Caits Meissner (Boom Clap Bachelors Remix)
http://www.boomclapbachelors.net
2. Seen Not Heard feat. NOTE (Jay Scarlett remix)
http://www.myspace.com/bassboulevard
3. Yer Daddy feat. Wallis Bird (Domu remix)
http://www.trebleo.co.uk
4. Peter Pan (Portformat remix)
http://www.myspace.com/portformat
5. Exabyte (Singing Statues remix)
http://www.myspace.com/singingstatuesss
6. Exabyte (fLako remix)
http://www.kwatro.info
7. Fired up! feat. Blaktroniks (Opolopo remix)
http://www.opolopo.com
8. Ask The Devil feat. Howard Marks (Atjazz Deeper remix)
http://www.atjazz.co.uk
9. Seen not heard feat. NOTE (Tim Turbo remix
http://www.krop.com/timturbo
10. Wicked Game (Swede:art remix)
http://www.myspace.com/hrschwede
11. Fired up! feat. Blaktroniks (Robot Koch remix)
http://www.robotsdontsleep.com
12. Superposition (Comfort Fit remix)
http://www.comfortfit.de
13. Snare Wars (Jacob Korn remix)
http://www.myspace.com/granufunk
14. Ask The Devil feat. Howard Marks (Laurent Garnier remix)
http://www.laurentgarnier.com

Tokyo Dawn Records is the name of a fine little music unit established 1997 by Marc Wallowy and friends. Having strong roots in the early netaudio scene, they’ve been releasing music on the internet since 1997, prioritizing open-source music, web 2.0 communities and online music-distribution a decade before most record labels realized how the digital music revolution can positively affect their creative work. During the last three years TDR took a break as personal projects needed more time, but the passion to work on the Tokyo Dawn idea lasted, so Marc Wallowy and Fabien Schivre knocked on open doors for the TDR comeback summer 2009.
We stand for futuristic & soulful music highlights – dirty soulclaps since 1997!

Portformat

The Repeat Factor

(Tokyo Dawn Records)

Shooting to Sirius and beyond, the intense and intergalactic slowmotion grooves of Portformat finally hit space! NASA-compatible Hip Hop Funkadelica is what to expect on Portformat’s debut album released into orbit, musically combining space themes of the 70s with the golden moments of 90s R’n'B.
R’n'B shooting stars such as Georgia Anne Muldrow, Shuanise and Suzi Analogue shine on Portformat’s beats from his Repeat Factory. Rappers such as Madlib-vocalist Dudley Perkins, Blaktroniks, Obey The Altar Native, Bless1, Gajah and Thesaurus Rex also join the ride. The album was even mixed by Comfort Fit for an extra galactic boom!

tracklisting:
1. Knock Knock (feat. Bless1)
2. U Gotta Find (feat. Shuanise)
3. Purple Planet
4. Mothership (feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow)
5. Provide Everything (feat. Obey The Altar Native & Denone)
6. Thunder and Lightning
7. Fairy Child (feat. Shuanise)
8. Bionic Arms
9. The Myth (feat. Caits Meissner & Yarrow Lutz)
10. Everything U Change (feat. Obey The Altar Native)
11. 37 Degrees
12. It’s On (feat. Blaktroniks)
13. Put Your Love To The Test (feat. Joe Kickass)
14. Life Water (feat. Thesaurus Rex)
15. For The Hungry Cats
16. U$ (feat. Suzi Analogue)
17. So Thankful (feat. Gajah & Olmeca)

Portformat – Dark Matter Mix