Chip Wickham - Astral TravelingGondwana Records are delighted to welcome saxophonist and flautist Chip Wickham to the family. An original member of the Gondwana Orchestra, Chip played on Matthew Halsall's debut album 'Sending My Love' and has regularly played with the Orchestra while also leading his own excellent band. We're super delighted that Chip has joined Gondwana Records and even more delighted to be releasing his first ever covers 12" in our occasional spiritual jazz 12

recorded in the turbulent decades between 1966 to 1985

this 1984 masterpiece from Ini Kamoze is heavy

three elements that cohered almost mystically in the process of making this EP

or Sylvian & Sakamoto’s ‘Bamboo Houses’

Besides producing cologne bands like Keshavara

our two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980

a longtime companion for repeated listening

Drinking from the Mirage

Small Window on the Cosmos D2

This creation of soundscapes defines dream-like iterations of a post-Internet reality and is uncanny in its ability to quintessentially emulate potential futuristic states of being

Meticulously programming near perfect drum loops and placing them onto subtle layers of otherworldly synthesis

All three of them as you'll hear are music fiends/collectors/diggers and lovers