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During August we made the usual two-week pause to reset and rediscover inspirations. This month’s playlist is even more essential, showcasing a lot of new projects that came out and we didn’t had the opportunity to write about.
Read MoreReleased by Deep Matter, this is the second album from multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, Jerk - the brainchild of Brooklyn-based Joshua Kinney. Some Cosmic Shift follows a trio of EPs (Pink, Yellow, and Green) and a full-length beat tape entitled Pressing On, and is Jerk’s most complete work to date.
Read MoreAnnounced today, the first single from Okvsho’s upcoming new album is a musical journey, up and down the rivers of life. Dropping on September 25th Kamala’s Danz is their second LP coming out via Boyoom, adding more live instrumentation and inviting an array of talented young musicians to their sessions.
Read MoreShaman!, released last week via Strut Records, is the band’s new album - a daring suite that incorporates sub-Saharan jazz, free jazz, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban music, spoken word, and more.
Read MoreClassic house music, broken beat, hip hop - both instrumental and with rap -, R&B, jazz soul and world music. The selection, more than including all of this music, is an invitation for everyone reading to go deeper.
Read MoreLinking back to Otis Sandsjö’s previous work, Y-OTIS 2, released by We Jazz, is an inviting and inspiring audio mosaic whose rhythmic approach is informed as much by hip hop and electronica as by jazz.
Read MoreDropping tomorrow, Kamaal Williams’ sophomore album Wu Hen is a landmark record for 2020, fusing moments of jazz, funk, hip hop and r&b, but also indebted to typical London underground sounds like grime, jungle, house and UKG.
Read MoreIn 1976, after moving to the USA to work with fellow countrymen Sergio Mendes, Manfredo Fest recorded and self-released a golden nugget of Brazilian music: Brazilian Dorian Dream, now reissued by Far Out Recordings.
Read MoreGeniality from Italy tonight. Sunset Tapes, from jazz wizard Marcello Cassanelli, is a cool trip by a chilled, magnificently performed, jazz-funk album. Strong influences of house and disco music are evident as Marcello drives us through his sensibilities on keys
Read MoreThe one only Jeff The Fish is back with the second volume of his Modern Jazz Dance Classics compilation. Sourcing the depths of contemporary jazz music, the French DJ continuously hunts for new dance material to play in his legendary acts, finding on this golden compilation artists from all over.
Read MoreExpansive and widescreen. Symphonie Pacifique, by Greg Foat - one of the UK’s leading jazz pianists and composers -, is a cinematic piece made of haunting compositions, soul-jazz fusions and electronic soundscapes.
Read MoreDifferent paces, moods and rhythms, but increasingly influenced by club music. Maybe because that’s one of the things we miss right about now. Touches of hip hop, soul and jazz and a lot of pleasurable moments.
Read MoreOver the course of its eight original compositions, Jazz Is Dead 002, made in collaboration with Roy Ayers, sounds startling, new and unexpected. Like an unearthed an unreleased album from Ayers’ classic period in the 1970s.
Read MoreWaaju’s music revives soundscapes from Mali folk music, with Ali Farka Touré being a fundamental inspiration. But the quintet goes beyond that, embracing the different layers of London’s own musical culture. We can hear influences of Moroccan gnawa, Caribbean carnival music, Latin polyrhthms, Malian psychadelic blues…
Read MoreLCSM, standing for Likwid Continual Space Motion, is IG Culture’s new afrofuturistic, nu-jazz, broken beat project connecting the inner sound of London’s melting-pot-type-culture with the streets of Amsterdam and distant outer space. Earthbound contains 21 tracks that, played together, are more like trips to the unattainable spirits.
Read MoreAfter the success of his SJ’s Pockets, Vol. 1 in 2017, it is a pleasure to get back to Jefferis’ new project, his debut LP named Vibrations that dropped via DeepMatter last week - showcasing his evolution as an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist and adaptive producer.
Read MoreBeatmaker Reinier Thijs drops his debut project as a saxophone player and composer through Rucksack Records. Under the name of Thijsenterprise, this Dutch prospect presents Snits, bridging the gap between jazz and hip hop grooves.
Read MoreThe third and final chapter of the Jazzvolution series follows the spirit of its predecessors, showcasing experiments in jazz-influenced hip hop and bringing together a cast that blends celebrated producers with names that need more attention.
Read More50 for the soul. May went by supersonic in the waves of the usual eclectic features we made over this month. Contemporary jazz from some of today’s greats, exciting new hip hop records, electronic bangers for the summer and, through the whole selection, true-to-the-soul creations.
Read MoreFollowing the strong debut from last year, PYJÆN is about to drop a new EP entitled Sage Secrets. The 5-track record mixes the quintet’s influences: from afro-beat to funk, from hip hop to disco, played in a free-flow of ideas that is hard to catalog in any genre.
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