Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre Total Refreshment Centre

• 1 Visions 04:22
• 2 Closed Circle 07:19
• 3 Crescent (City Swamp Dub) 08:32
• 4 Eloquence 03:48
• 5 Isa 05:48
• 6 Black 02:47
• 7 Plight 07:33
• Total Runtime 40:09

Info for Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre

Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre is an eclectic new collection that features a wide range of artists who are part of London’s vibrant Total Refreshment Centre community including Byron Wallen, Jake Long, Matters Unknown, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Neue Grafik, and Resavoir.

All the best music has a community underneath it, and the extended family around TRC—a music venue and recording studio founded by Lex Blondel that serves as a vital hub in London’s jazz scene—connects continents and generations, creating the rich relationships that are in full effect on Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre.

The collection draws from new school jazz, hip hop, dub, soul, funk, and drill: sounds you’ll hear trailing out of cars as they spin up the Kingsland Road or spiraling out of doorways like so much smoke. Turn it up loud to hear the widescreen young cousins of Guru’s landmark Jazzmatazz in full effect: top players from London, Chicago, and Melbourne seeking out new collaborations, new ways of working, or just new tunes, always coming back to that central truth – that we all need each other.

During the fall of 2022, Blue Note Re:imagined returned with a brand new collection out today featuring fresh takes on music from the Blue Note Records vaults recorded by an exciting line-up of the UK jazz, soul, and R&B scene’s rising stars. Following the widespread international success of the first volume in 2020, Blue Note Re:imagined II once again infused the spirit of the new UK jazz generation into the legendary label’s iconic catalog, balancing the genre’s tradition with its future and reflecting the melting pot of talent and diversity within the current scene.

Betamax, drums
Danalogue, Roland SH-101, Roland Juno-60, Moog Sub Phatty
Tom Herbert, bass
Poppy Daniels, trumpet
Kieron Boothe, vocals

Total Refreshment Centre
Over the past ten years the Total Refreshment Centre has played a central part in fostering London’s jazz and dance music scene. This special edition TRC takeover, at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room and curated by TRC founder Lex Blondin, will feature some of the most exciting emerging artists from the TRC family.

This album contains no booklet.