Eclipse at Dawn

Adolph Johannes Brand was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1934. He adopted the stage name Dollar Brand for his first few recordings, before changing his name to Abdullah Ibrahim on his conversion to Islam in 1968. The recording dates of both these sets are from that brief period between the burst of South African jazz and when Ibrahim and fellow musicians fled apartheid in 1962.

This marvellous album from Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand) is as good way as any to start listening to this great South African Jazz Pianist. Listen to 'Sweet Basil Blues', its instantly catchy and it sounds very simple (probably fiendishly difficult actually!), and it certainly has a blues influence. All of Abdullah's self-penned tracks are like this. The musicians playing with him are of all of the highest quality, amongst the better known are Blue Mitchell and Basil Coetzee.
Abdullah actually stood in for Duke Ellington in the early 60's, and his influence and Monk's can certainly be heard in his Piano playing. On a few tracks here Abdullah gives a nod to that American influence, playing covers of two Monk tunes, and some of his own compositions are clearly Monk/Ellington inspired.

Mamomam Records would like to present you our new EP release - Fiery Dawn - "Into The Deep". 4 psychill/psybient tracks wirtten and produced by Giorgi Shavgulidze. Giorgi's mostly known for his up-tempo work: driving, melodic and acidic neo-goa sound, but is no stranger to slower tempos either - his "Into The Deep" EP released by Mamomam Records is a great testament to that. The 4-track release takes the listener on a travel through cold, peaceful and vast spaces of the cosmos and undersea, accentuated by well-chosen, rich and reverberating sounds and droning harmonies, occasionally sprinkled with melancholic melody, distant voices and effects…