{"title":"Travis Biggs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Biggs was a talented keyboardist who collaborated with Isaac Hayes in the late '70s, a time when Hayes explored disco music. Alongside his work with Hayes, Biggs released two captivating albums of his own during this period: 1976's Challenge on TB\u0026amp;C and 1979's Solar Funk on MCA subsidiary Source. His most notable contribution is the widely-sampled track \"Tibetan Serenity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tibetian-serenity-autumn-jewel","title":"Tibetian Serenity \/ Autumn Jewel","description":"\u003cp\u003eTravis Biggs was a keyboardist who worked with Isaac Hayes during the late '70s, a period that found Hayes flirting with disco. Biggs released two spacy, synth-driven LPs of his own during that era: 1976's Challenge, on TB\u0026amp;C, and 1979's Solar Funk, on MCA subsidiary Source. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three tracks presented here are take from the latter album and including the track famously sampled by hip-hop legend J Dilla “Tibetian Serenity”. Also included are Autumn Jewel and After The Storm. Remastered by Phil Kinrade and presented in a 12” Discobag sleeve mirroring the original album artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Demon","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50388746666315,"sku":"2024588","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TravisBiggs12Packshot_460a9aee_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726347760"},{"product_id":"solar-funk-rsd-2024","title":"Solar Funk - RSD 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n                            This product is a Record Store Day exclusive title and is not available to pre-order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy in-store: 8am, 20\/04\/2024 (Record Store Day).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy online: 8pm, 22\/04\/2024. (Subject to availability).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            Don’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Bigg’s first album, released in 1976, was called \u003ci\u003eChallenge\u003c\/i\u003e. Initially pressed on independent Detroit imprint TB\u0026amp;C enterprises, the record had little impact on the wider landscape of contemporary black music – save for local radio play. Three years after the release of \u003ci\u003eChallenge\u003c\/i\u003e, Source Records picked up on Biggs’ underrated talents, a multi instrumentalist and synth merchant whose list of instrumental credits on this release numbers 14, from harp to clavinet. Biggs would also rack up writing, production and instrumental credits among an assortment of funk, soul and disco names from Linda Clifford, Betty Lou Landreth, Isaac Hayes, Hamilton Bohannon and Michael Henderson. Solar Funk would eventually be released on Source, a mixture of new compositions and revamped versions of earlier material from \u003ci\u003eChallenge\u003c\/i\u003e, such as After The Storm (previously recorded as a cover of the Steve Miller Loft classic ‘Fly Like An Eagle’) and ‘Ven A Bailar Conmigo’, a Latin lilted stepper that too existed in a more stripped back guise on Challenge. Solar Funk also features ‘Tibetian Serenity’ – a track that was revived in the hip-hop scene as sampled by J Dilla in ‘Jay Dee 39’. Expressive, ethereal shades of spiritual jazz linger, with mandolin and harp imbibing an Alice Coltrane \/ Dorothy Ashby aesthetic. The intro to Tibetian Serenity would also be sampled by Italo-house impresarios Black Box in their rendition of the Earth, Wind and Fire anthem Fantasy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis, the first ever full reissue of \u003ci\u003eSolar Funk\u003c\/i\u003e, packages the ‘79 release in its full glory for the modern crate digger as a limited RSD ’24 run on translucent solar speckle vinyl. The original has climbed up in price on Discogs in recent years, averaging at 60 dollars per copy. So grab our reissue this RSD, with newly mastered audio from Phil Kinrade at AIR Studios, and an exclusive liner essay with fresh insights from Will Fox. \u003ci\u003eSolar Funk\u003c\/i\u003e: Reissued with Soul!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Demon","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50414003749195,"sku":"2181454","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TravisBiggsOBILPPackshot_3bc6a1f9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726680895"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_20fb1143_thumbnail_4096_a42c03b3-e042-434e-91c5-28ce78b7dee6.jpg?v=1726347742","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/travis-biggs.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}