Legendary US saxophonist Gary Bartz meets the UK spiritual jazz collective Maisha for Night Dreamer’s Direct-To-Disc Session, dropping by the end of this week. Recorded in just one take, at Haarlem’s Artone Studio, the sessions capture the vitality of their collaboration.
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2019 introduced us to Ebi Soda, an emerging and exciting contemporary jazz act from Brighton. Following the acclaimed Bedroom Tapes EP, comes Ugh, a collection of tunes from the collective’s first ventures into professional recording.
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Soulstatejazz is a new live ensemble led by Tom Ellis, that just released its first LP on Banoffee Pies Records. The project, entitled Annwn, is composed by six tracks consisting of this hybrid live/electronic jazz-house music and was born out of a 3 day improvisation session.
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Gilles Peterson’s new label Arc Records presents another lost golden nugget, the imprint’s second reissue. One For Me is Shirley Scott’s deeply personal album, a defiant tribute to the music she always desired to create but was shrouded by the demands of her vibrant career.
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Under the name of The Sultan’s Swing, the multi talented musician Tom Funk delivers his new project entitled Ignite - a spiritual, psychedelic and cosmic journey of eight full-of-life tracks.
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Key Elements self-titled debut album drops from Berlin with the Sonar Kollektiv quality stamp, transporting us to a combination of elements from hip hop, trip-hop and soul music into eight tracks of modern, fresh jazz.
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Released in 2008, Kaidi Tatham’s second album is considered a kind of holy grail record for dance music fans and jazz heads. In Search Of Hope was Tatham’s statement at that time. A sign of what was to come from him as an artist: uncompromisingly and unapologetically sophisticated modern black music.
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For eleven tracks, that go by with absolute smoothness, we are taken into Miles Shannon’s (a.k.a. Cassowary) ideas, challenging us sonically. A melting pot of influences and a lot of things working at the same time.
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April’s playlist contains 55 tracks, that summarize the artists we’ve showcased during this month. Blend of live music with electronic approaches, groovy basslines and infectious percussion, club moments and home meditations. Almost everything is new.
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Dego’s 2000BLACK label releases have accustomed us to a certain music standard. Project X, presumably created by the minds of Dego, Kaidi Tatham, Mr. Mensah and Matt Lord, is the label’s latest work - an organic trip through the fusion of soul, electronic and broken beat elements.
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Sharing a lot of the same influences, Alfa Mist and Richard Spaven create a cross-genre canvas where they freely explore hip hop, jazz, soul and broken beat aesthetics.
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Deeply rooted in in brutal hip hop grooves and loosely inspired by the sound of the ‘90s, Błoto’s music is somehow dirty and uncompromising, flying through the rawness of its drums and bass.
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JK Group, led by saxophonist Josh Kelly are a powerhouse nu-jazz band, creating organic music blending raw, live jazz and electronic/dance productions. The Young Ones LP, their debut, is a another golden chapter of the Melbourne sound we are currently living, appreciating.
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Alfa Mist and Emmavie are two of the most successful artists that emerged from the music movement that bloomed in the UK over the past few years. So we go back to 2014 to listen for the first time to their collaborative album Epoch, now remastered and re-released via Sekito Records.
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The success of both Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol. 1 and the band’s first live show saw further show requests, plus a tour through Australia in 2019. The Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol. 2 was bound to happen and now it’s here, dropping this week via Middle Name Records.
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Bringing an atmospheric jazz-hop to the table Athletic Progression is a head nodding album, inviting us to sit and appreciate life in peace. Groovy bass lines and deep drums are all over this, while the keys add a mysterious and mesmerizing texture.
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Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange synthesizes dance music in human form providing a live band experience in the club-influenced work they present. Their second album ZFEX Vol.II blends synths, flutes, jazz drums and the raw energy of classic broken beat and house records.
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March ‘20 playlist is composed by 50 tracks summarizing many different releases and artists we’ve showcased here. The quality is very high. Every each one of these artists have something real to tell you.
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Connection Paris-Northeastern Brazil to present Camarão Orkestra’s Nação África, founded in the rhythms of candomblé, in the drums of enslaved Africans, in a ritual that invokes numerous deities.
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In 2010 the São Paulo-based collective Mental Abstrato releases its first album: Pure Essence. With the Goon Trax stamp on it the record got great international reviews, becoming a classic of underground jazz rap, from Brazil to the world.
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