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The things people throw away simply because they’re not “new” or are somehow worn. I’ll take an old beat up piece of real furniture over any cheaply constructed Ikea crap hands down. Two examples above, an original David Rowland 40/4 chair and an old slat bench. Hey New Yorkers, please keep throwing away this stuff!

Scottish soul singer Joseph Malik burst onto the scene in 2002 with his sparkling neo-soul debut “Diverse”. Produced by David Donnelly it was a stunning blend of acoustic and electronic elements. Its melancholic and introspective mood gained critical acclaim for Malik and showed a new side to his label, Munich’s Compost Records. “Diverse” became a…

Jazzinho´s founder Guida de Palma seems to have been destined for a career in music. She was just sixteen when bass legend and Jaco Pastorius joined her on stage at her very first gig in Paris. Blessed by this almost divine collaboration, Guida went on singing her way onto various stages across Europe supporting performers…

Mundovibes: I’m sure you’ve got a lot going on right now? J. Boogie: I do, but it’s all good. I’m having fun with it. I’m trying to stay up, getting ready for this record release party on Saturday and an Amoeba (records) in-store. I’m really excited. MV: Well, you have very good reason to be.…

BY KOEN MARIËN Bernd Friedmann is a very busy man. Besides running Nonplace Records he is also part of the Ninja Tune “nu-jazz” project Flanger (together with Atom Heart), makes experimental records with Jaki Liebezeit (former Can drummer) and is the impetus of Burnt Friedman and the Nu Dub Players. With “Can’t Cool” he delivers…

When they rip off Will Smith (‘And doesn’t it just feel good/lovin us’) it is not done in a mean spirited way, a small part of the underground cell of MC’s that raps on the Majesticon’s project is really enjoying impersonating a mega-seller. Majesticon’s is ultimately an advanced role playing game, kind of like a…

Mundovibes: Clearly you are a big fan of Morricone…what has been his influence on you? Michael Reinboth: He is not only the greatest and most influential film music composer of all times but he is also the one who touched our heart, soul and mind simultaneously: while film scores are often only background music and…

50 years ago, the US government imprisoned people for expressing the sort of politically volatile rhetoric that Def Jux MC Mr. Lif has been spewing lately. For the past year-and-a-half, Mr. Lif has used his albums as a platform to confront his listeners with topics ranging from the hypocrisies and inhumanities inherent in our war on…

BY ROSE PARFITT A world-class jazz musician producing groundbreaking dance-floor records; a national hero in New Zealand completely at home in West London’s broken soul scene; a sharp-suited Kiwi in a world of T-shirted British studio dwellers. Maybe talent is born of contradiction, who knows? The conclusion is that Nathan Haines is exceptional, in all…