{"title":"VJ Selects #6","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"access-all-areas","title":"Access All Areas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCATALOG\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e CLMN-12077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 10\/9\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay it please the people of the known universe that the multi-monikered musical ensemble legally trading as Kay-Bee Funk Music Group are releasing what will alphabetically be their first album, ‘Access All Areas’. Created with Karate Boogaloo’s patented ‘Lovely Recording Technique’ these recordings let you know that everyone’s a VIP when you’re listening to KB.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Access’ was the one word maxim philosophically guiding The Old Kar-Boo’s this innings. If a tune became convoluted, to the bin it went. Only those that could be hummed by any and all were kept. This sieve was on hand throughout the whole process, arrangements and forms were kept watertight, bells and whistles to a minimum. If 2024’s ‘Hold Your Horses’ was an epic, ‘Access All Areas’ is a haiku.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe band’s tried and true recording process was dutifully respected save for one wonderful addition, the magnificent ‘Sound Recordings’ helmed by its proprietor and engineer extraordinaire Alex Bennet. Steering the 4 track Ampex 440 off road when required and making sure the vibes were constantly correct, Alex is a bonafide Booger.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough it feels only a moment, the clock tells us it’s been nearly 20 years since Kay’s Bees first tried to play the songs of their musical heroes, The Meters, Booker T \u0026amp; The MG’s, and The JB’s to name but a few. Since then The Famous Flying Karate Boogaloo Brothers have put one foot in front of the other and distilled their own sound, one that respectfully acknowledges the history of instrumental Funk \u0026amp; Soul music, and reflects the time they’ve spent crafting their distinctive sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs bright as each member shines individually, it is a special event when all four planets in the Booger System align. ‘Access All Areas’ is one such eclipse, it is an artistic expression of equal measure by each member and it casts a shadow unique to the occasion. Every second of music was composed and produced with all hands on deck, mixing was handled by Henry Jenkins, artwork by Hudson Whitlock and Callum Riley, and Darvid Thor did things you’d have to see to believe. Music is a team sport and there’s no I in Funk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComing out on the two greatest record labels in the galaxy ‘Colemine Records’ from Loveland, USA, and College of Knowledge from Coburg, Australia, please listen to Karate Boogaloo’s new album ‘Access All Areas’.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr\u003e1. Butterfly\u003cbr\u003e2. Hooks, Lines and Sinker\u003cbr\u003e3. Tremendous Fantastic\u003cbr\u003e4. Wet Day Timetable\u003cbr\u003e5. Head First\u003cbr\u003e6. Small Business\u003cbr\u003e7. Booger's Bounce of Joy\u003cbr\u003e8. Ballroom Blitz\u003cbr\u003e9. AAA\u003cbr\u003e10. Down Home\u003cbr\u003e11. We've Lost Something We Can't Replace\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colemine Records","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":67915087544599,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pastel Pink","offer_id":67915087577367,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/6983\/6055\/files\/CLMN12077_Digital_art_400x_ec41ee0c-1025-4850-bb28-d7dd9a7fd73f.webp?v=1791524851"},{"product_id":"love-stories","title":"Love Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCATALOG: CLMN-12074\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 9\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatching up with Thee Sinseers ahead of their new Colemine Records release, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, one thing becomes abundantly clear: this is not an LP that explores a neat and tidy love story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe vision of love put forth on this record is full-spectrum. Think of the seminal 1993 East LA film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlood In Blood Out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — three protagonists bound together through hardship, strife, and diverging roads, who ultimately circle back to reckon with why they remain. It's a similar story here. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e isn't interested in the happy ending. It's interested in everything that comes before it, after it, and in spite of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf course, none of this is accidental. More than a new record, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a portrait of a band that has finally grown into itself — one that knows exactly who it is and isn't shy about saying so. As Quiñones puts it: \"It's a solidifying statement of where we are now. This is our style.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBassist Christopher Manjarrez described that confidence as something you can hear: \"Everything was just that notch up.\" In contrast to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSinseerly Yours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which had developed organically from a four-piece into an eleven-member ensemble, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was built from the ground up as a collective effort — every role established before the band entered the studio. \"We went in knowing these are the roles that are gonna be played by these people,\" Quiñones says. \"Everybody was considered wholeheartedly in every arrangement aspect.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat collective approach extended into the sonic choices themselves. Every member zoomed out — listening not just to their own parts but to the record as a whole, what Quiñones calls thinking like \"a beautiful painting\" rather than a collection of individual tracks. With that foundation in place, the band handed the final mix to engineer Kelly Finnigan. \"We could get so far with our opinions,\" Quiñones admits, \"but at the end of the day there's still 10 or 11 of us trying to figure out what's right.\" The band also leaned into earthier instrumentation — standup bass, guitars run through amplifiers for a warmer sixties-adjacent tone — pulling inspiration from wherever it presented itself, even the most unlikely of places. It's that cross-genre thinking that Quiñones sees as the record's defining quality. \"It didn't feel like we were making soul music at any point,\" he says. \"It felt like we were making our music.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the sonic ambition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e only tells half the story. The band sought to capture something more honest than a highlight reel — showcasing the highs and lows of romantic relationships while expanding the frame to include the familial, the complicated, and the unresolved. On \"Let's Fall In Love (Again),\" Quiñones's protagonist pleads for a second chance before stopping mid-song to acknowledge his own role in the heartbreak — trading wishful fantasy for something far more honest. It's that kind of emotional candor that runs throughout the record. The band's parents appear in the album art, their own love stories folded into the record's visual identity, some of those stories still standing, others not. As Manjarrez puts it: \"Every single song title directs you down a different road of love — whether you win or lose.\" Quiñones wanted listeners to sit with that ambiguity. \"Love is never-ending,\" he says. \"It stretches beyond lifetimes. I want people to still be confused — I want it to be left like an open book.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo achieve what they're reaching for, every member of Thee Sinseers has had to check their ego at the door — and mean it. \"The sense of ego is, in a weird way, non-existent when it comes to recording and writing,\" Quiñones says. \"We're all fans of each other at the end of the day.\" It's the kind of trust earned on the road, forged through years of shared miles and close quarters — and reflected in a lineup that welcomed new additions seamlessly, including expanded roles for familiar faces and string arrangements from newcomer Skip Heller that push the songs into new territory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat spirit of trust extends to their partnership with Colemine Records, built on patience and creative freedom. \"Terry's like a homie,\" Quiñones says. \"He gives us his input but we get a lot of freedom because he trusts us.\" For a band still actively defining itself on its own terms, that kind of label support isn't just appreciated — it's essential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet one thing remains constant throughout: Thee Sinseers' commitment to where they come from. That East LA identity doesn't announce itself — it simply exists, woven into the fabric of the music without being worn as a badge. As Francisco Flores puts it: \"We're from here. You can hear it a thousand miles away. You can't deny it — but we don't try to. It just comes out that way.\" Nowhere is that more apparent than on \"Minute by Minute,\" which Quiñones describes as the album's most neighborhood-feeling moment — a slow dance number that conjures the gymnasiums of Roosevelt and Garfield High, intimate and unhurried, like a memory you didn't know you were making. There's no performance of heartbreak here, just the real thing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike an unsent love letter finally delivered, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e carries the weight of everything that was felt but never quite said. The universality of that feeling is perhaps best captured in Quiñones's own words: \"It's never too late to change. It's never too late to tell a person you love that you love them.\" After any song on this record, Eric Johnson says, there's really only one appropriate response. \"Damn.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr\u003e1. Oh Love\u003cbr\u003e2. Did Ya Know?\u003cbr\u003e3. Let's Fall In Love (Again)\u003cbr\u003e4. There She Goes\u003cbr\u003e5. Let 'Em Shine\u003cbr\u003e6. How Lonely Is Lonely\u003cbr\u003e7. What Can I Do?\u003cbr\u003e8. Cry Baby\u003cbr\u003e9. Minute By Minute\u003cbr\u003e10. She Was In Love\u003cbr\u003e11. 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The union between Italian cinematic funk visionaries Calibro 35 and internationally acclaimed master of noir fiction and New York Times bestselling author James Ellroy is undoubtedly one of them. When Calibro 35 were invited to compose the original soundtrack for Francesco Zippel’s documentary Ellroy vs L.A., they didn’t simply write music for film. They stepped directly into Ellroy’s universe the most dangerous corners of American crime fiction and discovered, to no one’s surprise, that its darkness felt strangely familiar. The result is Ellroy vs L.A., the band’s new album out October 9 on Record Kicks. Twelve brand new tracks of cinematic crime funk, psychedelia, and hypnotic groove that don’t accompany Ellroy’s world so much as inhabit it. The soundtrack’s move through Ellroy’s fictional and real-world mythologies with deliberate precision. Stylistically, the album finds Calibro 35 in their most natural yet most cinematic state: crime funk, psychedelia, and hypnotic groove pushed into darker, more narrative-driven territory by the weight of Ellroy’s world. From the gloomy, suspense-laden groove of the opener Black Dahlia to the evocative closing piece Moonlight Sonative, the album unfolds as a complete cinematic arc, showcasing Calibro 35 at their very best. L.A. Confidential delivers a super-suspenseful, thrilling tension that feels like a chase through neon-lit streets, while Riots erupts into explosive cinematic funk, capturing chaos and urban unrest in full force. LSD on Sunset Boulevard drifts into a hazy, instrumental soul journey psychedelic, warm, and disorienting, like a late-night hallucination of the city itself. The Big Nowhere (Part I \u0026amp; II) expands the narrative into a slow-burning, atmospheric descent, unfolding like a two-act crime saga. Welcome to the Land of Vacation and Probation hits with kick-ass, uptempo crime-funk madness, urgent and relentless in its propulsion, while White Jazz is a mood of suspended, noir-infused jazz tension cool, shadowy, and unresolved. Together, the tracks map Los Angeles as a fractured yet hypnotic landscape suspended between glamour and violence, beauty and decay, myth and reality Born in Milan in 2007 with the mission of excavating the golden age of Italian film music Morricone, Piccioni, Trovajoli, Calibro 35 have spent nearly two decades transforming that initial obsession into a singular artistic language. Their work bridges vintage Italian soundtracks with contemporary jazz and cinematic funk, earning them a global following rare for an Italian instrumental act. Their music has been sampled by Dr. Dre (Compton, “One Shot One Kill” feat. Snoop Dogg), Jay-Z (“Picasso Baby”), and Damon Albarn’s The Child of Lov. Rolling Stone described them as “the most fascinating, retro-maniac and genuine thing that has happened to Italy in the past few years,” while Far Out Magazine called them “one of the most skilful and innovative instrumental outfits on the planet right now.” The band (Enrico Gabrielli, Massimo Martellotta, Fabio Rondanini, and Tommaso Colliva) continue to evolve without losing their core identity. In 2025 they released the critically acclaimed Exploration, further expanding their sonic universe, and were invited to perform at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games at the Arena di Verona, confirming their growing international stature. With Ellroy vs L.A., Calibro 35 don’t just compose a soundtrack they translate a mythology into rhythm, tension, and groove. Between fiction and reality, they find a city that never truly sleeps, only pulses in darkness. 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