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Karriem started out as jazz drummer, working with vocalist Betty Carter and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. He is also a producer, and has worked with people like The Roots, Common, Slum Village and J Dilla. He is also part of The Detroit Experiment, along with the likes of Amp Fiddler and Marcus Belgrave. If jazz and hip-hop passionately and cleverly intertwined with one another, the hybrid result would be a musically gifted lovechild. Born August 25, 1975 in Detroit, MI, Karriem Riggins’ parents realized their son was gifted when he began digging through their records. He joined his father Emmanuel (who...

Karrin Allyson is a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist on Concord Records. Allyson projects an instantly recognizable tonal personality, illuminating hidden layers of emotion within songs that are drawn from a vast well of styles and genres—from the blues, contemporary pop, and the Great American Songbook, to the bossa nova, chanson, and the more specialized jazz and bebop repertoire. What really separates Allyson from her peers is her ability to communicate oceanic emotions with minimal artifice. “The idea of craft permeates her music,” wrote Richard Cook, author of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Records in a 2004 performance review that admirably encapsulates...

Karri Ojanen started producing music with a friend of his on a pair of Commodore Amigas in 1992. Since then this preoccupation has led him in many directions, including event promotion and vinyl vending. Over the years he's played at clubs and parties around the world, from Detroit to Toronto to Berlin to St. Petersburg to Tokyo. Originally from Helsinki, Finland, Karri O. moved to Toronto, Canada in 2007. He concentrates on producing his own distinctive style of minimal techno and microhouse, the ultimate goal still being to fill the dancefloor. He has several releases out now or coming soon...

Exact reissue of excellent rare early '70s Deram psych / prog. One of the most interesting albums on the label with powerful distinctive male vocals, heavy guitar, bass, keyboards and string arrangements. A bit like T2 in places... certainly a grower.... 01 - Country Out Of Reach - 4.03 02 - Who Gave You Love - 3.58 03 - Never Reachin´ - 4.55 04 - The Unknown Years - 6.59 05 - Sunny Side - 3.39 06 - Spring Of Fate - 3.17 07 - Let Us Change - 3.50 08 - Don´t Cry - 4.11 09 - Cosmic Bridge...