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Collectors Item - Music, Art and Life: Flying Dutchman Records
Come And Stick Your Head In To The Funky Jazz of Spontaneous Combustion

By JR on 10:18 AM

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For carefree instrumental grooving with an edge in the vein of John Klemmer or Stark Reality, Spontaneous Combustion cook up something funky that's bound to have you stickin your head in. You're invited to a fusion affair like none other as this band blow up with a blend of Jazz, Funk and Psych. Exciting moments of improvisation, boundless experimentation and soulful melodies dominate this obscure '69 release from Flying Dutchman Records. Bear witness to a band who not only drop a memorable album, they also give Beatnuts affiliate and Missin Linx member Black Attack the sound for "My Crown."

 

Flying Dutchman Records Returns In 2023 With A Cover of Gil Scott-Heron's "Home Is Where The Hatred Is"

By JR on 10:58 AM

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After nearly 40 years, the great Flying Dutchman Records is set to return with the March 17 release of 'Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth'. Listen To Valentine’s cool take on Gil-Scott Heron’s “Home Is Where The Hatred Is”. Featuring drumming legend James Gadsen, bass great Pino Palladino, Jeff Parker & Larry Goldings. Strings arranged and performed by Rob Moose. 

 Below, DJ Funkshion spins some gems below in trubute to the Flying Dutchman Records catalog.

 

BGP Records Inks Deal With Flying Dutchman, Releases Remasters, Limited 7"s & SuperFunk

By JR on 9:25 AM

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As British label BGP reaches their 25th birthday, they announce a deal with the Flying Dutchman label: Bob Thiele’s label from the early 70s that launched the careers of Gil Scott-Heron, Leon Thomas and Lonnie Liston Smith, as well as important records by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and others. As they kick off 2015 on a note of ground breaking Funk and Soul, BGP presents a collection of reissue projects from this classic catalog below plus a massive collection of rarities in "Soul Emissaries – Super Funk – Rare Black American Music From The 1970s & 80s On BGP Records"

The dance-driven vibe of "SuperFunk" by British label BGP taps into a modern thirst for rare Funk, R&B and Soul built for the party in an extensive archive of rare black American music from the 1970s and 80s. Enjoy in-demand rarities, previously unreleased gems, classics and more than a few obscurities as a collection of soulful funky music at its finest.

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