Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Les Stances à SophieAs the legendary Art Ensemble Of Chicago celebrates its 50th anniversary, Soul Jazz Records release a new, fully re mastered edition of the groups seminal 1970 album Les Stances Sophie, which features the great singer Fontella Bass on the opening track Theme de Yoyo, a stunning 9 min opus that continues to startle and compel new audiences today. Drawing upon the mutual soul and funk background of Bass and her then husband Lester Bowie with all the

Nots recorded the album in the summer of 2014 in their hometown with Doug Easley (Sonic Youth

the definitive arrangements

marking the beginning of a new chapter for singer-songwriter Joel Gibb

Nothing sounded like 'Pornography'

Special guest appearance by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze reciting Nietzsche

• Reissue vinyl LP

now available on vinyl for the very first time

Traditional Folk

Every artist has a piece of work that niggles them‰ÛÓsomething that they wish they could redo

they set about their shared journey of dubbing

it is still very much a Cure record

Fertitia's talent for wringing the most out of only the most essential notes worked in seamless tandem with Helders' pushing himself and his new bandmates to unforeseeable heights and depths