Bolbec | Victime De L’aube
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 electronic sounds, to create an imaginary soundtrack that could easily sit beside the best of […]
Or Kantor | Sarda Sarda
Introducing Or Kantor, a respected tattoo artist and the creative force behind the renowned “Love Light” studio. In a fortuitous encounter, Or Kantor crossed paths with Johnny Sharoni of the band “Garden City Movement” and a prominent A&R at “Anova” label. During a tattoo session, Or Kantor shared musical sketches, capturing Johnny’s interest. Impressed by […]
Caoilfhionn Rose | Constellation
With her third Gondwana album, ‘Constellation’, Caoilfhionn Rose has come of age as an artist, digging deep to find experimental new ways of expressing her wonder at nature’s beauty, her love of music in all its diversity, and her belief in the restorative powers that both afford in the troubled post-COVID world. The ten tracks […]
Anoushka Shankar | Chapter I: Forever, For Now
Anoushka Shankar, the acclaimed sitar player, producer and composer, shares a new mini-album: ‘Chapter I: Forever, For Now’ is out via LEITER on limited edition vinyl and on all digital platforms. Recorded at Berlin’s celebrated Funkhaus complex, the four new tracks make up the first chapter in a trilogy of mini-albums Shankar will be writing […]
Fabiano do Nascimento | Das Nuvens
Los Angeles-based Fabiano Do Nascimento is a multi-string guitarist and songwriter who melds the traditional idioms of his native Brazil (i.e., samba, choro) with the more contemporary and experimental strains of jazz, pop, and electronic music. Das Nuvens (“The Clouds”), out July 21, 2023 on Leaving Records, is a crisp, frequently blissful, and deceptively groove-oriented […]
Alabaster DePlume | Come With Fierce Grace
In order to record the compositions in his critically-acclaimed 2022 release GOLD, Alabaster DePlume instilled a culture of creativity by leading his ensembles in spontaneous composition and development. To allow them to be present, he kept the musicians constantly creating across several weeks of sessions at London creative hub Total Refreshment Centre. This process resulted […]
Huw Marc Bennett | Days Like Now
Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett is set to release his beautiful new album ‘Days Like Now’. Steeped in organic sounds of jazz, folk, soul, dub and the earthy, psychedelic roots of his homeland; the music has history but also harmonises with the new world around it, understanding the changing landscape. “I feel as […]
Smote | Genog
The brainchild of Daniel Foggin, Smote has evolved seemingly of it’s own volition. “I had the idea for years” he relates, “I love Pärson Sound, Träd, Gräs Och Stenar, Traditional Irish Folk and all sorts of different Drone and Folk music. It was simply finding the opportunity to sit down and get recording. A very […]
Rob Mazurek – Exploding Star Orchestra | Lightning Dreamers
Lightning Dreamers is new work by composer, trumpeter, interdisciplinary abstractivist and modern music mogul Rob Mazurek, who wrote the music for a compacted version of his long-running Exploding Star Orchestra. A follow-up to the acclaimed 2020 Mazurek/ESO release Dimensional Stardust, the album features guitarist Jeff Parker, vocalist Damon Locks, drummer Gerald Cleaver, and pianists Angelica […]
Phil Stroud | Apparitions
On this double length LP, Phil Stroud offers listeners a diverse selection of instrumental works; the result of numerous writing and recording sessions with close friends in both Boorloo (Perth) and Naarm (Melbourne). A distinct ensemble focus on ‘Apparitions’ allows for the development of modal and rhythmic ideas that have for a long time been […]
Anteloper | Pink Dolphins
Jaimie Branch and Jason Nazary are Anteloper. When prompted about their name, branch comes back rhyming: “An Anteloper, is an antelope, interloper,” adding in a jovial manner, “an antelope walks up to a party, but you know, people don’t want him around.” Turns out, she had the name before the band was formed, and once […]
Recordings from the Åland Islands
In 2017 Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer traveled together to the Åland Islands (an archipelago that is host to around 6,500 islands) in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. They headed to the islands with the intention of helping two friends (mother/daughter duo Jannika/Sage Reed) barn raise a small inn named Hotel Svala […]
Houeida Hedfi | Fleuves de l’Âme
Originally a percussionist, Hedfi first met Dreijer when he visited Tunisia and produced her contribution to a 2011 compilation of female Tunisian artists. This kindled a nine-year collaboration which culminates in ‘Fleuves de l’Âme’, an elegant marriage of traditional folk music and contemporary sound design drawing references from Hedfi’s drumming expertise and the textures of Tunisian music […]
Jeff Parker | Forfolks
Jeff Parker’s Forfolks – a new album of solo guitar tracks – released via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. The album features interpretations of Thelonious Monk’s “Ugly Beauty” and the standard “My Ideal,” as well as six original compositions, including “Four Folks” (a piece Parker first wrote and recorded in 1995) and “La Jetée” (a […]
Fabiano do Nascimento | Ykytu
Ykytu is Brasilian guitarist Fabiano do Nascimento’s fourth album for Now-Again Records. Produced by Nascimento’s longtime engineer Jason Hiller, this album is do Nascimento’s first solo guitar album and, like his previous album, Preludio, is reliant on do Nascimento’s own compositions, with a little help from like-minded musical travelers. In keeping with the trajectory of […]
marla | madawaska valley
Marla is a German/Spanish singer-songwriter, her upcoming debut album ‘Madawaska Valley’ was recorded in Toronto and will be released April 8th via Melting Pot Music. Even though Marla sang her whole life, she never thought she’d pursue music. As her sister quit the guitar, Marla picked it and covered tunes until she started writing around the […]
rodrigo amarante | cavalo
After the indefinite break of “Los Hermanos”, in 2007, Rodrigo Amarante began to devote himself to the Orquestra Imperial, and the group Little Joy, who founded together with Fabrizio Moretti and Binki Shapiro. After the release of the first album of the trio in 2008, the band was on tour in Brazil and around the […]
lianne la havas | blood
After the first LP in 2012 “Is Your Love Big Enough?”, the 25 years old, English songwriter Lianne La Havas released her long awaited second album. Watch her new acoustic live performance of the single “Unstoppable”. The album ‘Blood’ is now out and available on iTunes.