Matthew Halsall
When The World Was One

Until recently Leong Lau's records of the 1970s were wellkept secrets of only the most avid Australian recordcollectors. Left Ear Records, along with the help of Leong,are proud to give collectors a chance to add ThatRongeng Sound to their collection. Leong's uniqueMalay-jazz-meets-Aus-funk identity, takes listeners on ajourney through funky beats and flowing melodies and isthe reason the album is arguably one of the mostinnovative and exciting Australian funk/jazz albums originally released in 1977.

Following Ben UFO and Four Tet’s selections last year, Hunee helms volume three which includes three tracks, this time including music from Digital Justice, Dorothy Ashby and Frantz Tuernal. First press comes with a folded A2 insert with words from and about the artists.In his own words : "These three distinct pieces of music tap into different layers of my memory. One being part of the imagination, the other two rooted in the memories of a special morning in the woods of Houghton (and other times and places).On one side we have a beatless ecstatic piece of electronic music by Digital Justice called Theme From “It’s All Gone Pearshaped. Originally released in 1994 on Rob Gretton’s (ex-manager of Joy Division and New Order) label Robs Records, Pearshaped is a 13 minute live jam from two friends messing around in a loft studio full of synths, inadvertently creating magic that can “take many shapes and forms in the hands of a DJ and the movement of a dance floor, whilst its harmonic counterpoint shines through the wildest mixes and combinations”On the flip, we have Dorothy Ashby’s spiritual piece featuring Koto and spoken word “For Some We Loved” from her classic album “The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby” originally released in 1970 on Cadet and Frantz Tuernal’s “Koultans originally released in 1986 by l’AMEP (Association Martiniquaise d’enseignement Populaire) which was also a school in Martinique.