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| MoonJune Records FREE SAMPLER / Most Read Article in 2018 in All About Jazz: Interview with MoonJune's Leonardo Pavkovic Dear Friends In Music 2018 was a great year for MoonJune Records, a one-man operated boutique record label from New York City. All About Jazz, the world's biggest jazz website, established in 1995 by Mike Ricci, has just announced that my interview with the renown journalist Chris Slawecki, is the website's most read article in 2018. Read the interview here: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/leonardo-pavkovic-nothing-is-ordinary-leonardo-pavkovic-by-chris-m-slawecki.php And in the recent Readers Poll in the world's most prestigious jazz magazine, DownBeat, MoonJune Records has landed at the 3rd place as the Record Label Of The Year 2018, immediately after two prestigious giants Blue Note and ECM. My immense gratitude goes to all the musos on my label, who happened all to be my friends, and who are making wonderful and exceptional music, and specially a big thanks to all those who are following my activities and activities of my pals moonjunistas, and many of You have voted for MoonJune Records in DownBeat's Readers Poll, directly supporting all the artists on the label. If You fancy some great music that You still do not know about, and You wish to discover music of the artists from over a down of different countries that you might not know about, I suggest two completely different MoonJune Samplers, one is on the jazzier side of the progressive musical equation, and the other one is the first of 4 volumes of Invitation To MoonJune Records, representing one featured tune from almost 100 releases on the label. All You can do is to download two samplers and at the checkout You put the $0 (zero) amount. Of course, You are more than welcome to contribute with any amount You wish. Thank You again for Your continuous support and check many exciting MoonJune's releases in 2019! Start with brand new releases of STEPHAN THELEN "Fractal Guitar" (featuring Markus Reuter and David Torn, among others) and DEWA BUDJANA "Mahandini" (featuring Jordan Rudess, Marco Minnemann, Mohini Dey, John Frusciante). Yours truly LEONARDO PAVKOVIC MoonJune Records New York I invite You to download for FREE this great MoonJune Records Sampler FREE DOWNLOAD in any format of Your choice: WAV, FLAC, M4A/ALAC, MP3-320. It's FREE, but donations are gladly accepted! Made in collaboration with Audio Anatomy, Poland. Special thanks to Andrzej Mackiewicz. DISK ONE 1. Stick Men - Prog Noir (6:15) https://stickmen-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/prog-noir 2. Mark Wingfield - Restless Mountains (5:15) https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/proof-of-light-hd 3. The Wrong Object - Glass Cubes (8:30) https://thewrongobject.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-exhibition 4. Slivovitz - Fat (5:03) https://slivovitz.bandcamp.com/album/bani-ahead 5. Marbin - Burning Match (5:11) https://marbinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-cycle 6. Moraine - Okanogan Lobe (7:41) https://dennisrea-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/groundswell 7. Doubt - Invitation (4:03) https://thewrongobject.bandcamp.com/album/mercy-pity-peace-love 8. Beledo - Bye Bye Blues (5:38) https://beledo-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/dreamland-mechanism-hd-24-96khz 9. Tohpati Ethnomission - Janger (6:31) https://tohpati-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/mata-hati 10. Dusan Jevtovic - Yo Sin Mi (8:34) https://dusanjevtovic-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/no-answer 11. Dwiki Dharamwan - Spirit Of Peace (8:52) https://dwikidharmawan-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/pasar-klewer-hd 12. Machine Mass - Third Stone From The Sun (7:54) https://thewrongobject.bandcamp.com/album/plays-hendrix DISK TWO 1. Vantomme - Double Down (7:37) https://dominiquevantomme.bandcamp.com/album/vegir-hd 2. Dewa Budjana - Duaji & Guruji (6:56) https://dewabudjana-moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/album/surya-namaskar-hd 3. Soft Machine Legacy - Black & Crimson (5:05) https://softmachine-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/burden-of-proof 4. simakDialog - Tak Jauh Kedua (9:11) https://simakdialog.bandcamp.com/album/demi-masa 5. Mark Wingfield & Nicolas Meier - Mars Saffron (5:37) https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/ten-shades-of-light-free-download 6. D.F.A. - La Ballata De 'Si Sposa 'E Mannorri (6:14) https://dutyfreearea.bandcamp.com/album/4th 7. Xavi Reija - John's Song (6:26) https://xavireija-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/resolution 8. Vasil Hadzimanov Band feat. David Binney - Zulu (10:26) https://vasilhadzimanov.bandcamp.com/album/alive 9. Savoldelli Casarano Bardoscia - The Great Gig In The Sky, Money (7:41) https://borissavoldelli.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-jazz-gig-in-the-sky 10. Wingfield Reuter Sirkis - A Hand In The Dark (4:54) https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/lighthouse-hd 11. Mahogany Frog - Saffron Myst (4:02) https://mahoganyfrog-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/senna 12. Holdsworth Pasqua Haslip Wackerman - Red Alert (5:50) https://www.amazon.com/Blues-Tony-Allan-Holdsworth/dp/B002PXJZGU There are, in these times of reduced music sales, fewer and fewer models that help niche labels to survive. In the case of New York-based MoonJune Records and its intrepid head Leonardo Pavkovic, the path to survival seems increasingly more about doing what he does for the love of it, and less about fiduciary gain (much as he would, like anyone, love to reap some financial benefits for his hard work). That said, few labels could not only survive but, as MoonJune has over the past two-or-three years, actually thrive and expand based upon nothing more than one man's passionate love of music and those who make it. MoonJune may never have a million-seller, but its profile has certainly grown, even as Pavkovic has looked even farther across the globe to locate top-drawer musicians, astutely introduced them to other world-class players, and put them together in a studio to watch the sparks fly. Few labels, in fact, beyond the much larger ECM Records, have managed to bring so many diverse musicians from seemingly disparate backgrounds and cultures together to make music so glorious, so magical and so seemingly effortlessly groundbreaking. This, as it supports the adage of music being a universal language that brings people together, comes at a time when there are far too many factors conspiring to sow division. - John Kelman, All About Jazz write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |