After a three-year break, Błoto returned with a surge of creativity, recording a wealth of new tracks at Studio Pasterka. Following two 7” singles and the Grzybnia LP, they now complete this chapter with the album Grzyby (Mushrooms). Vinyl collectors
Grammy-nominated harpist Brandee Younger returns with Gadabout Season, her most introspective album yet. Set for release on June 13, 2025, via Impulse! Records, the album showcases Younger’s original compositions that blend spiritual jazz, R&B, and hip-hop influences. Described by Younger
With Self Titled, Kae Tempest unveils their most personal work to date. Set for release on July 4, 2025, via Island Records, the fifth studio album dives deep into themes of self-reflection and artistic expression. Produced by Fraser T Smith,
‘Cabuya’ is the new EP that Joaquín brings us from Ecuador, a sonic journey that explores sensitive and enveloping landscapes. Most of the EP was produced during an electric shortage in Ecuador that lasted for almost 4 months due to
Amanda Whiting is a celebrated Welsh harpist and composer who has established herself as a key figure in the UK jazz scene. Supported by major radio platforms like BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, Jazz FM, and more, she has
bklyn favourite things 3.25 – Amy Gadiaga, Alabaster DePlume, Rachel Kitchlew & SHOLTO & David Bardon, Brandee Younger, Arjuna Oakes, Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch, And Is Phi feat. Hector Plimmer, Daylight Robbery feat. Nick Marks, Greg Spero feat. Nicole McCabe &
Lindsay Olsen aka Salami Rose Joe Louis is a genre traveller multi-instrumentalist female producer and a signee to Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label. She returns with her most personal album to date on April 25th, 2025. Delightfully raw and heartfelt, ‘Lorings’
Yowzers is a new album by Chicago composer, improvisor, instrumentalist and musical folklorist Ben LaMar Gay. The twelve track collection is a leap forward in the lexicon of Gay’s recorded output, and a veritable masterwork of ancient inner-body rhythms and
Keyboardist, producer and songwriter Joe Armon-Jones shares his most elevated solo project to date, All The Quiet. A galvanising statement of intent, traversing jazz, funk, dub, hip hop, and soul music, entirely written, produced and mixed by Armon-Jones himself. All
British collective SAULT has released their latest album, 10, on April 20, 2025. This marks their twelfth full-length project and continues their tradition of genre-defying music. The album features lead vocalist Cleo Sol, producer Inflo, and collaborators such as Chronixx,
This highly anticipated album is the epitome of analog transcendence, a sonic world fueled by a 30-piece orchestra, analog synthesizers, breakbeats and Brazilian vocalists that carol psychedelic melodies in Portuguese. Something About April III (SAA III), Adrian Younge pushes the
Cosmic Ear is a new group bringing together Christer Bothén, Mats Gustafsson, Goran Kajfeš, Kansan Zetterberg and Juan Romero. Their debut album TRACES is released by We Jazz Records on 23rd of May, 2025. Including 6 deep cuts, TRACES is
Music From Memory announces We Carry Eden, a new album by Son Of Chi – an immersive, two-part composition blending spoken word, field recordings, and drones with elements of dub, jazz, fourth world, and ambient music. Son Of Chi is
GoGo Penguin, the instrumental trio from Manchester, is back with a new album, Necessary Fictions, set for release on June 20 via XXIM/Sony. This is their first studio album since 2023’s Everything Is Going to Be OK. The band also
Hector Plimmer, the acclaimed South London producer and multi-instrumentalist, is set to release his highly anticipated new album, Infinity Mirrors, this June. Known for his genre-defying blend of electronic, jazz, and soul influences, Plimmer’s latest work promises to be a
Horizon is the collaborative LP from Chicago musicians Will Miller (Resavoir) and Matt Gold. Blending their love for ‘60s/’70s Brazilian music with lush orchestration, the album unfolds across 10 immersive tracks. Rooted in nylon guitar and expanded with horns, strings,
Italian jazz trio Collettivo Immaginario announce the release of their second full-length album, ‘Oltreoceano’. Known for their slick sound and energetic live performances, their style is firmly rooted in the jazz tradition of collective improvisation, through which they have developed
Imagine curating a dream lineup of MCs and producers from every corner of the rap world—sounds impossible, right? Not for artist and illustrator Gangster Doodles, who has been bringing this vision to life for the past decade. Now, with “Gangster
bklyn favourite things 2.25 – Astrobal, Elsa Hewitt, Yukimi feat. Lianne La Havas, Scrimshire, Daylight Robbery feat. Nick Marks, Elori Saxl, Eddie Chacon feat. Nick Hakim, Alabaster DePlume, Rainy Miller, Park Jiha, JD. REID, Footshooter, Tibshelf, Waak Waak Djungi, Yazz
It was the Spring of 1977 and two Interstellar Mariners were to be sent hurtling into deep space. Glass was to provide weekly “sonologues” of their progress, audio diarist for a pair of mute mechanical adventurers. Delivered with a near
Inspired by the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north-west of Madrid, his home since August 2022, Milo Fitzpatrick presents Sierra Tracks the new album from his expansive, cinematic, chamber-jazz project Vega Trails. Having cut 2022’s beautifully resonant debut
Goya Gumbani loves getting dressed, guided not by stylists or trends but by his own research and self-expression, an excitement for fabrics, fits, and fundamentals. The Brooklyn-born, South East London-based artist approaches Warlord of the Weejuns, his first LP on
London-based producer Vanilla returns with Time Goes By Pt. I, the first instalment of a new double album concept featuring a vibrant fusion of rare and iconic samples and signature smooth, soulful production. Known for his impeccable craftsmanship, Vanilla has
Flirty Ghost is an evocative LP by Rachel Kitchlew, a jazz and contemporary harpist known for pushing the boundaries of her instrument. A blend of jazz, ambient, and experimental sounds, the album was crafted in a spontaneous, deeply personal atmosphere,
‘Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes’ is the debut album from Gregory Uhlmann (SML, Anna Butterss, Duffy x Uhlmann, Perfume Genius), Josh Johnson (SML, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet & New Breed, Meshell Ndegeocello, Anna Butterss, Leon Bridges), and Sam Wilkes (Sam Gendel, Louis
Under a Familiar Sun is the new album from The Vernon Spring, the solo project of British composer and producer Sam Beste. Over twelve elegant, empathetic songs, Beste wades into parallel yet opposing dimensions of family devotion and global responsibility
Emmanuel Mario returns to Karaoke Kalk with his third album under his Astrobal moniker for the Berlin-based imprint. »L’uomo e la natura« (»Man and Nature«) sees the prolific drummer and producer, who has worked with artists such as Laetitia Sadier
‘New Moves’, the new long-awaited album by Sol Monk, is a bright piece of sonic alchemy: Joined by Dor Sam’s pulsing bass, Tamuz Dekel’s inspiring guitar, and many other friends, they fused their moves into vibrant soundscapes. “I brought my
bklyn favourite things 1.25 – Alabaster DePlume, Eddie Chacon, Suso Sáiz, Gaister feat. Coby Sey, Akihide Monna & Olivia Salvadori, Ak’chamel, Ray Lozano, Oxhy, Phaeleh, Den Grimme Elling, Rosa Brunello, Marlene Ribeiro, Emma DJ, K15, Agile Experiments, Waldo’s Gift, Harrison,
Norwegian rapper Ivan Ave has released his latest album, “Side Quest Living,” on February 28, 2025. The 12-track project continues his exploration of soul, jazz, and funk-infused hip-hop, featuring collaborations with artists like Harald Lassen, Sarah Vestrheim, Zee, and Byron
Phi-Psonics is a spiritual exploration of being together and connecting,” says acoustic bassist Seth Ford-Young of the immersive project he initiated in East Los Angeles in 2016. For his third long-player under the Phi-Psonics banner, Ford-Young marshalled a series of
Big Crown Records is proud to present Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek’s latest album Yarın Yoksa. The show stopping intensity of Derya backed by the psychedelic soul of Grup Şimşek with production by Leon Michels has yielded a stand out
London-based producer/guitarist Sheldon Agwu has been thinking about creativity as both a general concept and an intimate and crucial element of his own life. Kintsugi is, in a sense, Agwu’s conclusion. Drawing inspiration from a range of artists across a
After nearly two years, Okonski returns with Entrance Music — an album that finds the trio at the height of their improvisational prowess and celebrating the spontaneous and meditative. On the heels of 2023’s debut Magnolia, pianist and leader Steve
Yukimi, the celebrated vocalist and co-founder of Grammy-nominated outfit Little Dragon, announces the release of her debut album For You, which is set for release on March 28th on Ninja Tune. Alongside the album announcement, Yukimi shares two new singles,
Emma-Jean Thackray, the visionary producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, today announces her highly anticipated second album, “Weirdo”, set for release on April 25th via Gilles Peterson’s celebrated record label Brownswood Recordings / Parlophone Records. Known for defying musical boundaries, Thackray’s latest
Electronic producer and composer Leifur James released ‘Magic Seeds’ via Night Time Stories last November, his most collaborative and personal offering yet. Blurring the lines between genres, James is a rare artist who is capable of driving you to great
British band OMA pays tribute to legendary producer J Dilla with their live session “OMA – J DILLA Instrumentals (Live at Barouche 2025)”. Recorded at Barouche in Cornwall, UK, the performance features 26 instrumentals from Dilla’s catalog, reinterpreted by OMA
Songs For Lost Travellers is a collaborative album by Con and Bastien Keb that merges unexplored pathways between rap, folk, and jazz into a spiritual triumvirate. Each genre is a balancing force within the record. The result is an album
‘Inner Spaces’ is a collaboration between Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and composer Amir ElSaffar and electronics virtuoso Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch. The music explores the intersections of Maqam modes of the Middle East, jazz improvisation, and electronics, creating an immersive,
British jazz producer Daylight Robbery releases new album ‘Third Island Suite’ (aka ‘Third Eye Land’) on Melting Pot Music. Connecting the dots between Spiritual Jazz, Fusion & Hip-Hop. Recorded in collaboration with New York pianist Nick Marks. Follow-up to his
Yazz Ahmed, hailed as one of the most influential trumpet players of her generation. An Ivor Novello award winning composer who makes sweeping epics that are rich with storytelling, depicting evocative ancient worlds and mythological muses. With her fourth studio
Mexican musician Tron Yavolta released his new album “Sensuality In Dub Echoes” on January 9th, 2025. Producer: Omar Monterde and Jorge Adrian Perez Arias Artwork by Jorge Adrián Pérez Arias Sensuality In Dub Echoes by Tron Yavolta
Joona Toivanen Trio returns to We Jazz Records with their new album “Gravity”, out 31 January 2025. A landmark work for the long standing group, the album showcases the forward-looking sound of the band, moving way beyond the basic scope
Tartelet kickstarts 2025 with the fourth edition of its Medusozoa compilation, a seasonal trip into ambient and downtempo soundscapes. With each edition of Tartelet Record’s annual Medusozoa series, the sound gets more intimate and more expansive. For its 2025 compilation,
Songwriter, guitarist and producer Oscar Jerome releases his third solo LP, The Fork, weaving sophisticated and nuanced narratives into the recognisably lyrical guitar style with which he made his name in London’s vibrant musical community. A former member of celebrated
44th Move is the combined creative force of world class Jazz talents Alfa Mist and Richard Spaven. As individuals both artists have a rich history spanning classic projects like Alfa’s Antiphon & Rich’s legendary drum work with Flying Lotus and
Guitarist, composer and producer Thomas Naïm began playing guitar at the age of 12. Initially influenced by rock music, he later took an interest in a wide range of musical styles, before finally developing a passion for jazz. Since then,
Alabaster DePlume often asks a simple question: what do people need? In his work, at his shows, in his collaborations, the Mancunian singer-saxophonist and poet-philosopher poses this to the people around him. What are people looking for? In recent years,
bklyn favourite things 12.24 – Suso Saiz, Azizi Gibson, Elsa Hewitt, Joona Toivanen Trio, Svaneborg Kardyb, Tibshelf, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Caoilfhionn Rose, Fingaz, Scrimshire, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Unionen, Asra, Cumulus Frisbee, Tom Misch, Tomin, Makushin, Derya Yildirim,
Soul Burger” is the sixth studio album by American rapper Ab-Soul, released on November 8, 2024, by Top Dawg Entertainment. The album serves as a tribute to his late friend Doeburger, who passed away in December 2021, and features a
GAISTER (Olivia Salvadori, Akihide Monna and Coby Sey) release their self-titled LP via AD 93 on the 1st November 2024. The record captures the embodiment of an encounter, one moment of the trio’s ongoing relationship as artists who communicate with
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek’s Dost 1 & 2 reunited in a unique gold foiled album with an insert with lyrics and pictures ! Such a pleasure to deliver this beauty, especially as Dost 1 was sold out for a
Acts of Faith is the eleventh studio album from British R&B musical group Sault. Originally previewed in December 2023 at a one-night only concert in London (which was the group’s first performance), the album was originally released for free as