The Instrumental version of the underground classic El Michels Affair & Black Thought collaborative album Glorious Game. When Leon Michels and El Michels Affair released their first record, Sounding Out The City, in 2005, it was hard to guess what
Hailing from Toulouse, France, FELLAS is a groundbreaking Nu Jazz band that seamlessly blends Jazz, Hip-Hop, and cinematic influences to create a soundscape that’s as intense and sensual as it is emotionally captivating. Led by saxophonist Charlie Burg, this five-piece
Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita returns with Migratory, his masterful new solo album, where his sonic explorations into the unknown continue. In 2020, after 13 years of living in Berlin, Fujita returned to his native Japan with his
Summer of 2023: Koralle wants to escape the heat of Bologna for a few weeks. He is heading South and rents a small hut by the sea near Ravenna. One night he meets Francesco Giampaoli, a seasoned jazz & world
On the 6th of October 2023, the release date of her third solo album ‘Ghosts’, Hania Rani organised a special album release concert with a string ensemble in a very unique location – Witold Lutosławski’s Concert Studio at the Polish
Featuring a handful of brand new, never-before-heard tracks (alongside a number of expansions of previous releases), ‘Recurring’ sees Alfa drawing inspiration from classic live Jazz recordings, capturing a unique moment in time that can never be replicated or replayed. Creating
bklyn favourite things 7.24 – Sandman Project, Qwalia, Sam Wilkes, Arjuna Oakes, Okvsho, Curiosa, Phi-Psonics, Superposition, Ms Ray, Lex Amor feat. BXKS, Pauli Lyytinen, AINON, Kessoncoda, Vels Trio, EABS, Childish Gambino feat. Khruangbin, Or Kantor, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Oso Leone, Francesca
‘GOkU’ is a project from London born, Glasgow based multi-instrumentalist Daniel Ashton. Crossing borders and transcending musical boundaries 2023 style. ‘Evolution Practice’ is Ashton’s new composition, flute, bamboo flute, guitar, keys, spoken word, production, it will be released on August
LESKY (Production) and Waywell (Guitar & Bass) team up again for new album “Samaya”. Since meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, the two expats, originally from Germany and the UK, have released three projects through Melting Pot Music, with “Mesame” and “Upper
Qwalia is the experimental, improvisational home for a quartet of some of London’s most prolific and inspiring musicians. Led by drummer Yusuf Ahmed (Joy Crookes, Unknown to Known), much of the band’s music to date surfaced in a single two-day
Finnish saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen makes his We Jazz solo debut with Lehto / Korpi, a widescreen environmental jazz ambient album effortlessly bringing together Lyytinen’s saxophone, field recordings and extended instrumentation. Lyytinen’s solo music is built on textural compositions, extended saxophone
Flores para Verene (“Flowers for Verene”) brings together solo clarinet-and-trumpet versions of compositions by Tomin’s musical paragons — Mingus, Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Albert Ayler, Eddie Gale, among others. They were recorded to honour his life’s great hero, his maternal
Bolbec, brand new project of childhood friends and multi-instrumentalists Axel Concato and Barth Corbelet, present their debut record, “Victime De L’aube”, on Batov Records. Drawing on their wide blend of musical tastes, from spiritual jazz and folk to classical and
Mong Tong’s music is heavily influenced by Southeast Asian culture, including its mythology and folklore, as well as 60s and 70s psychedelic music. Their sound is characterized by hypnotic rhythms, dreamy melodies, and otherworldly atmospheres. “Earlier this month, a diving
Psychedelic jazz supergroup Apifera is back for their second album on Stones Throw, Keep The Outside Open. When these musicians – Nitai Hershkovits, Yuvi Havkin, Amir Bresler and Yonatan Albalak – come together, they create a new kind of alternative
After his debut album ‘Happy Floating’ in 2022, Leipzig-based producer Damian Dalla Torre returns to Squama with ‘I Can Feel My Dreams’. Developed during a residency in Santiago, Chile, it incorporates electronic, jazz and ambient influences utilizing Andean quena flutes,
Shinji Wakasa’s “Dawn” is a conceptual ambient music album inspired by the ancient Chinese poem “The Fisherman” and the picture book “Dawn” by Uri Shulevitz, which uses this poem as its original title. In Shulevitz’s picture book, a beautifully evolving
Originally from Toulouse, La Cantina is basically a trio created in 2013. After practicing by making a series of mixtapes for the webradio Good Morning Toulouse, then for the webzine Cultiz, the trio released their first instrumental project in 2015.