Patchwork is the latest EP from Canadian singer‑songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson, arriving as a concise yet deeply expressive statement in her evolving catalogue. Known for her warm, soulful voice and introspective songwriting, Wilson continues to blur the lines between R&B, jazz, and alt‑soul with this release. Across its tracks, Patchwork
Elysian Invocation / “Pollen on the Earth” is a soaring, life-affirming longform dialogue between a cast of stellar musicians, every artist in symbiosis with each other and the work’s organic beating heart. Made from guitar, drums, saxophone, synthesis, percussion, and the scorching, fluid Voice of Saul Williams, the pieces commune
With Your Invasion Is A Lie, producer and composer Scrimshire returns with a striking blend of avant‑jazz, electro‑ambient textures and incisive conceptual depth. Featuring master saxophonist Idris Rahman, this 2026 single stands out as both a political statement and a musical exploration that balances intensity with introspection. Rahman’s commanding tone
On ‘PASSION’, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and sonic visionary Terrace Martin delivers one of his most emotionally charged and musically expansive statements to date. Known for his deep roots in jazz, hip-hop, and soul — and for collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Herbie Hancock, and Robert Glasper — Martin channels all of that
On Quiet Miles, Toronto producer and multi-instrumentalist HARRISON delivers a smooth and reflective album that fuses jazz, funk, soul, and hip-hop into a warm, cohesive sound. Known for his vibrant production style and nostalgic textures, HARRISON leans into a more relaxed, late-night mood here — crafting tracks that feel like
I Guess I’ll Never Learn” is S. Fidelity’s third solo album on Jakarta Records, after “A Safe Place to Be Naked” (2017) and “Fidelity Radio Club” (2021). It’s by far the most complex project of the Swiss-born and Berlin-based artist and producer. On 13 songs, together with seven guest vocalists,
Tartelet steps into 2026 with Medusozoa Vol V, the fifth instalment in its annual compilation series, focusing on the label’s deepest and most laid-back transmissions. Spanning 20 tracks, Medusozoa Vol V brings together select cuts from Tartelet mainstays including Doc Sleep, Max Graef and Space Ghost, alongside previously unreleased material
Intervals is the new record from Naarm-based musician and producer L Lewis out now on Bathtub Music. Blending jazz harmony, electronic production, and improvisation, the release expands on the sonic palette introduced in their debut. Built from live studio recordings in Naarm (Melbourne) with L Lewis, Lachlan Thompson, Finn Milne,
On Good Intentions, South London singer-songwriter Ego Ella May returns with a soulful and introspective collection that blends jazz, R&B, and poetic storytelling into something deeply personal and resonant. Her warm, effortless voice glides over laid-back grooves and dreamy chords, carrying lyrics that reflect on growth, self-worth, vulnerability, and healing.
bklyn favourite things 12.25 – Mick Jenkins, Alfa Mist feat. Homeboy Sandman, Larry June, keiyaA feat. Rahrah Gabor, Tay Jordan, J4MZ, Lucy Liebe, Doechii, Takuro Okada, Matthew Herbert, Robohands, Tremendous Aron & Moritz Land, Shay Hazan, Felicity J Lord, Pink Siifu feat. Armand Hammer, Tyler Daley, Chiminyo, Greentea Peng, Schnitzl
Ambient Works For The Highways Of Los Angeles is a meditative and cinematic offering from pianist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Elijah Fox. Inspired by long drives through the sprawling urban landscapes of Southern California, the album captures the introspective quiet of motion — the in-between moments of transit, reflection, and solitude.
Live Under the 7 is a raw, immersive document of Nathaniel Young’s signature blend of noise, techno, and industrial ambient — recorded live beneath the elevated tracks of NYC’s 7 train. This isn’t just a live set, it’s a confrontation: pulsing bass, metallic textures, and decaying synths clash with the
Producer/composer Elori Saxl & prolific saxophonist Henry Solomon present their new debut project as a duo: Seeing Is Forgetting, a torch of minimalism fused with an electronic sensibility informed by soundsystem culture and modern pop production. Across its nine tracks, Solomon’s baritone sax and bass clarinet weave tendrils around Saxl’s
Recorded between the iconic Abbey Road and Polish Radio studios, Hania Rani’s original music for Joachim Trier’s Cannes winning, Golden Globe nominated Sentimental Value is a deeply intuitive collaboration, composed before a single frame was edited. Intriguingly Hania worked on the score for Sentimental Value without an edit in hand;
With Chapter 1, the enigmatic UK collective SAULT opens a new sonic and thematic cycle. Known for their genre-defying sound and radical independence, this release marks another bold shift. Moving further into orchestral soul, stripped gospel, and meditative minimalism, Chapter 1 feels like both a reset and a continuation —
“Piano Pieces” is an instrumental mini-album where Ol’ Burger Beats samples music from his father Hans Peter Neergård’s albums “Til deg” (2023) and “Evening Light” (2025). Hans Peter Neergård has been writing music and playing the piano and saxophone since the 70s, but only started recording it the last few
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma returns with Gift Songs, a deeply introspective suite of five minimal compositions blending guitar, modular synth, acoustic instrumentation, and rich arrangements. Drawing inspiration from the natural world and his spiritual practice as a Zen priest and hospice worker, the album channels a profound sense of presence and human
On Hallelujah! Don’t Let The Devil Fool Ya, 70-year-old soul survivor Robert Finley returns with a voice as raw and commanding as ever. Backed once again by producer Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Finley blends Southern soul, swampy blues and gritty gospel into a powerful, deeply personal statement of resilience
bklyn favourite things 11.25 – Yussef Dayes feat. Minami Kizuki, Likeness, Oscar Jerome, Nala Sinephro, SML, GODTET feat. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra & Novak Manojlovic, Kinkajous, Yukimi, SHOLTO feat. Thomas McBrien, Armand Hammer feat. Silka & Cleo Reed, Shungu feat. Pink Siifu, NCY Milky Band, Mick Jenkins, Kae Tempest, Sampa
The wonderful husband-and-wife duo from Japan – neo-soul guitarist Toshiki Soejima & trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist Nahokimama are back with another album. The 10-track Kimama Beats is a sonic garden born from spontaneity & pure creativity – a cross-continental bloom, led by Nahokimama & supported by Toshiki Soejima. Drawing from the free-spirited essence
Music From Memory is thrilled to present ‘Aquáticos’, a captivating new record from Los Angeles producer Eddie Ruscha and Brazilian guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento. Blending Nascimento’s expressive, Afro-samba- and choro-inflected guitar with Ruscha’s cosmic, groove-driven sound, ‘Aquáticos’ marks the start of a vibrant musical partnership—an organic, free-spirited collaboration full of
Joy Spheres Rees is the coming together of three essential innovators in contemporary music, who have fused their distinct individual sounds into a definitive collaboration for their debut album, ‘Solina’. Allysha Joy, Hidden Spheres and Finn Rees together forged a new sonic landscape which draws on vast inspirations from Balearic
With Please Don’t Judge Me, Argentinian producer and multi-instrumentalist Gas-Lab delivers another soulful blend of laid-back hip-hop, jazz and Latin influences. Known for his smooth, sample-infused beats and live instrumentation, Gas-Lab continues his tradition of crafting mellow grooves that feel both nostalgic and fresh. The album flows like a warm
Chicago-based violist/composer Whitney Johnson, cellist/composer Lia Kohl, and violinist/composer Macie Stewart debut a new trio project with the release of BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE] on cassette. The release previews a new album by the trio coming via International Anthem in 2026. “Stone Piece I” and “Stone Piece II” were born
Back in 2022, fate crossed Jazzbois & Gnork’s paths. The Bois fresh from rehearsal, Gnork cycling home. Two days later, they were in the studio, jamming, and “Discoboiz” was born. Then life took over — touring, work — and the music slept. Two years later, they met again in a
In the late 1970s, four young musicians from Marsberg, Germany—despite the absence of a local jazz scene—came together to form Green Cosmos, a quartet whose sound drew equally from John Coltrane’s spiritual fire, world music traditions, free jazz, and Indian classical influences. Morgenmusiken marks a pivotal stage in the group’s
bklyn favourite things 10.25 – Tom Skinner, Dorian Concept feat. Bibio, Kojey Radical feat. SOLOMON, Mick Jenkins, Barney Arist feat. Joshua Baraka, Shungu feat. Pink Siifu & Maxo, Alfa Mist, Josh Hey, Omasta, SHOLTO, Run Logan Run feat. BB. James, Awkward Corners, Daisuke Tanabe, Kutiman, Yoni Mayraz, Ecco Orchestra, Jack
Neue Grafik’s upcoming new album ‘Rachael’ is an intimate vision of love in all its forms, its gorgeous highs, its devastating lows, its moments of quiet magic. Through this record, Neue Grafik bares the rawness of emotion: the butterflies that flutter with desire, the insecurities that gnaw at the heart,
Mt. Fuji FM is a breathtaking new live release from drummer and producer Yussef Dayes, capturing the energy and spirit of recent performances in Japan. Featuring both new and reimagined material, the record brings together Dayes’ core collaborators — Venna, Rocco Palladino, and Elijah Fox — alongside special guest Minami
On Faith in the Unknown, Brussels-based producer ShunGu brings together a dream ensemble of collaborators — including Pink Siifu, Liv.e, Fatima, Maxo, Fly Anakin, Navy Blue, and others — for a 14-track exploration of trust, vulnerability, and creative risk. Each song unfolds as a conversation between artists, moods, and eras,
‘As Night Falls’ is the latest release from Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Jerk (Joshua Kinney) – a moody, shape-shifting EP that traces the arc of a single night. Made in close collaboration with drummer and longtime friend Martine Wade, the project moves through moments of tension, introspection, and groove-driven release.
Dorian Concept returns with Miniatures, a collection of his renowned one-take synthesizer recordings that he’s been known for sharing online since the mid-2000s. “This release was right under my nose” he says. Over the past two decades, Dorian Concept has uploaded videos of himself fooling around on various synthesizers and
The Australian ensemble GODTET take a bold leap with their latest album, ＋The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, released 14 November 2025 via La Sape. The record captures their landmark live performance at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, merging their groove‑driven electronic jazz with the expansive palette of a full orchestra.  Composed and
Oranj is a 14 track LP, recorded in 2025 between Chicago’s Rax Trax studios and Dock Street Studios in London, Andy Baxter taking on drums, keys, bass guitar with long time collaborator Francesca Uberti joining on Rhodes piano for four tracks. Featuring mix engineering from Hackney Recording Studio’s Sean Woodlock
SML — the forward-thinking quintet of Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Booker Stardrum, and Gregory Uhlmann — return with their second album How You Been, a bold leap forward in their collective language of experimental jazz and post-genre sound design. Built from live improvisations and carefully sculpted in post-production,
bklyn favourite things 9.25 – Fabiano Do Nascimento feat. U-zhaan, Buttering Trio, Tom Skinner, Obey, Offthewally, Kojey Radical, Jaywalk and The Cadillacs, Ebi Soda feat. Jianbo, Jamie Leeming feat. Alfa Mist, Or Kantor, Rachel Kitchlew & SHOLTO & Dave Bardon & Deanna Wilhelm, SML, Syd, Hena, Run Logan Run feat.
Instrumental four-piece Yuuf return with new six-track EP ‘Mt. Sava’, out now on Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour. The release follows their earlier 2025 EP ‘Alma’s Cove’ – a journey through natural soundscapes and quiet introspection. Described by the band as the “spiritual sister to ‘Alma’s Cove’”, ‘Mt. Sava’ shifts the
First Word Records proudly presents Ghouls, the sixth studio album from Bastien Keb—a 19-track journey through psychedelic chamber-funk, cinematic instrumentals, warped anti-ballads, and ethereal ambience. Part soundtrack, part beat tape, part memoir, Ghouls feels like a dream stitched from late-night thoughts and faded memories. Entirely sample-free, Keb crafts each piece
Oscar Jerome returns with The Spork, set for release on November 21 2025 via New Soil.  In this inventive project, he revisits and reimagines tracks from his previous albums (The Spoon and The Fork), offering “Spork Versions” of familiar songs—now filtered through fresh arrangements and his signature guitar-led vision.  Recorded and sculpted with his sensitive
There’s a quiet intensity to Kinkajous’ score for Bahman with an H, the new short film by Sam Motazedi. Rather than accompanying the film with cues or fragments, the London-based duo — Benoit Parmentier and Adrien Cau — composed a continuous, 18-minute piece that slowly unfolds like a breath held
On their self-titled second album, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio—featuring Roman Norfleet, Harlan Silverman, and Kennedy Verrett—dives deeper into the spiritual soundscapes that first defined their genre-defying approach. Based in Portland, Oregon, the trio crafts a transcendent listening experience rooted in both meditative stillness and rhythmic propulsion. Blending cello, alto
Daisuke Tanabe returns with ‘Hole on Layers’, his first full-length solo album in over a decade since 2014’s ‘Floating Underwater’. After years of collaborations and EPs—such as the kidsuke project with British artist Kidkanevil—he has been quietly shaping his delicate, detailed sound. On ‘Hole on Layers’, odd time signatures, shifting
On his fourth Awkward Corners release, A Book of Imaginary Beings, Chris Menist strips his sound back to its essence—exploring minimal electronic textures, meditative percussion, and abstract global grooves. Inspired by the writings of Borges and shaped during the dark winter evenings of early 2025, the album unfolds like an
Makaya McCraven returns with Off The Record, a bold and sprawling double‑LP (or 2‑CD) compilation that gathers four separate yet interconnected EPs — Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop.  What ties the project together is McCraven’s signature process: live, improvised performance captured in the moment, then transformed through post‑production editing, overdubs and
To Cy and Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 introduced a new side of Alabaster DePlume—the Manchester-born poet, saxophonist, and composer known for his theatrical performances and spoken-word intensity. Here, his focus shifts to quiet, wordless melodies: serene, intimate, and deeply human. These instrumentals, once gentle interludes between his vocal works, became the centerpiece
Award-winning composer and producer Sarathy Korwar to release new album celebrating the melodic power of the drum ensemble Sarathy Korwar, genre-breaking drummer, producer and composer, announces the release of his seventh album, There Is Beauty, There Already, out on Otherland on 7th November 2025. Celebrating the melodic power of the
With A Murder of Crows, Mick Jenkins and British producer EMIL deliver an 11-track collaboration that feels dark, cinematic, and uncompromising. Jenkins brings his signature lyricism—mixing introspection, social critique, and poetic imagery—while EMIL’s production provides moody backdrops rooted in jazz texture, subtle electronics, and a restrained but immersive atmosphere. From
A Few We Remember is the new album by Jonah Parzen-Johnson and Lau Nau. The recording debut for the new duo of Finnish composer Lau Nau, aka Laura Naukkarinen, and American baritone saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson, it cycles between moments of knotty ambience, whispered melody, and innocent tinkering, as the duo
Lady Wray returns with Cover Girl, her third album on Big Crown Records, and a radiant celebration of self-love, growth, and joy. Opening with the affirming “My Best Step,” the record blends ‘60s/’70s soul, disco, gospel, and ‘90s R&B/hip-hop influences into a deeply personal and empowering sound. It marks a
slandman reimagines the deep-rooted sounds of Anatolia through a modern lens. To them, this music isn’t frozen in time — it’s alive, shifting, and always becoming. Tradition, in their hands, isn’t something to preserve in glass, but something to carry, stretch, and let grow. To be released in the autumn
At daybreak, as sunlight travels through the atmosphere and begins to reach Earth’s surface, daylight gradually emerges. This marks the transition from night to the beginning of a brand-new day. As the temperature rises—especially after clear, calm nights—relative humidity decreases, and mist, formed of tiny suspended droplets, begins to evaporate.
bklyn favourite things 8.25 – El Michels Affair, Lord Of The Isles, Astrid Engberg feat. Jonas Cook, Jaywalk and The Cadillacs, Illa J and Ash Walker, Yoni Mayraz feat. Fly Anakin, Makaya McCraven, SUCADO, Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Saul Williams feat. Aja Monet, Fata Morgana, Wilder Maker feat. Joseph Shabason, Morcheeba
Jaywalk and The Cadillacs is a dynamic soul duo blending vintage aesthetics with modern groove. Their music is a fusion of timeless soul, jazz-infused rhythms, and contemporary production, creating a sound that is both nostalgic and fresh. With a deep appreciation for classic artistry, they craft records that embody rich
The second volume of Invisible Inc’s 10-year anniversary celebrations has landed, hot on the heels of the scorching first volume. Where Volume 1 focussed on the dub-style, electronic and ambient side of the label’s output, the second volume leans towards the ‘psych’ side of the label. As has been a