La Cantina x Mog x Future of Lofi | Fractales
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. Developing a Hip-Hop style, La Cantina now joined forces with producers Mog a Future of […]
Khruangbin | A LA SALA
“‘A La Sala,’ I used to scream it around my house when I was a little girl, to get everybody in the living room; to get my family together. That’s kind of what recording the new album felt like. Emotionally there was a desire to get back to square-one between the three of us, to […]
Louis VI – Earthling Instrumentals
Louis VI new album ‘EARTHLING’ is packed with nature-fuelled field recordings from Amazon storms, to UK forests, to tropical birds on Mexican coasts. The sentiment of EARTHLING builds on the pivotal keynote speech that he gave at the COP26 summit in Glasgow in 2021, as well as his documentary ‘Nature Ain’t A Luxury’ & award-winning […]
Move 78 | Space For The Kidd / Neuralgia
Move 78 are a Berlin-based band whose signature sound is a balance between free-flowing, improvised jazz and programmed, automated hip-hop. Village Live Records presents “Space For The Kidd” / “Neuralgia”, the new 7” vinyl release by Berlin-based band Move 78 & vocalist Douniah. Both tracks were initially recorded as part of a jam session Move […]
Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo | Minari
Experimental hip-hop/jazz quartet Bokoya team up with Cologne-based producer/guitarist Gianni Brezzo (Jakarta Records) for collabo album ‘Minari’ on Melting Pot Music. Bokoya describe themselves as a four-headed human drum machine that play impro-vised beat music. You can call it jazz if you like (all four members are graduated jazz musicians btw) but be ready to […]
Coryayo | AUM
“This is a sacred healing album heavily inspired by my experiences with Plant Medicine, Ego Death and Sound Healing. A powerful and meditative exploration of sound, Cory takes you on a journey of sound through the use of many different organic instruments, chants, textures of nature & healing vibrations. Every track is tuned to the […]
Kai Meara | Statik
London-based beatmaker Kai Meara presents Statik, a new 12-track LP, following on from his previous effort, ‘Morii’ on XVI Records last year (which caught the attention of Benji B, Tom Ravenscroft, Raji Rags & more). With this latest offering, Kai channels broken grooves and blissful melodies across Statik’s 25 minute hazy trip, creating music intended […]
LESKY, Waywell & MAS | Upper Vera
Lofi musicians LESKY & Waywell are expanding their sound spectrum. With Norwegian guitar-hero MAS on board, our duo is giving their Lofi beats a Balearic twist and inject a healthy dose of jazz & fusion. All created during some long session in Tbilisi, Georgia. Listen to the first tracks below. Upper Vera by LESKY, Waywell […]
Allmos | Mostly Instrumentals
A full-length instrumental LP from hi-fi instrumental producer Allmos (aka Allan Cole, ½ of The Stuyvesants) – the instrumental companion to his white label ‘Mostly Remixes’ tape, the second half of which was first released as an EP in between his ‘Sound Affects’ Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 albums, in February of 2021. Mostly Instrumentals […]
L E F | Antidote
Upcoming South-African producer L E F releases his first EP on Melting Pot Music. Hailing from Johannesburg, L E F is bringing a new vibe to the beat scene. “Music should be a reflection of one’s experience” – and this is exactly what he does on his upcoming 7-track-EP. “Music should be a reflection of […]
Whatitdo Archive Group | Palace of a Thousand Sounds
U.S. Cinematic outfit Whatitdo Archive Group returns to explore the worlds of Mid-Century Exotica and Library Music with “Palace of a Thousand Sounds,” out on May 5th. From the instrumental cinematic-soul outfit behind 2021’s critically acclaimed The Black Stone Affair comes Whatitdo Archive Group’s most recent foray into the realms of the esoteric and arcane, […]
Lady Wray | Piece Of Me Instrumentals
Big Crown Records is proud to present the instrumental version of Lady Wray’s instant classic album Piece of Me. Heralded as one of the best albums of 2022, Lady Wray and producer Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) hit a new height with this album. Here the instrumental versions give a chance for the production and […]
Bokoya | Hausensession
Bokoya is a four-piece jazz/hip-hop band from Cologne who plays improvised beat music. Like a four-headed human drum machine, Bokoya improvise, shape, and develop beats in the electric field of repetition and variation. It’s impossible to put a tag on Bokoya’s music. BADBADNOTGOOD, Dilla, Krautrock, Ambient and dub might work as rough reference points for […]
Moderator | In The Garden
Moderator is a Greek producer who has been making music for almost ten years. From Athens, he succeeded in building a large loyal audience who tunes in to enjoy his dazzling and unclassifiable tunes. After the success of his latest works, he comes back with the EP In The Garden, a refined jazzy blend of […]
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 […]
Oh No | Offair Dr. No’s Lost Beach
OFFAIR Records released the new album by acclaimed Hip Hop producer and beat-maker Oh No. “OFFAIR: Dr. No’s Lost Beach” is his fifth solo release following his last solo masterpiece Dr. No’s Ethiopium. Oh No is the brother of Madlib and the second half of their duo ‘The Professionals.’ Pitchfork praised Oh No as the kind […]
IAMPAUL | Loose Thoughts
After the release of “DaydreamNightwalk” EP back in 2018, “Loose Thoughts” is IAMPAUL’s new instrumental beat-jazz/fusion album. All instruments played, arranged and mixed by himself. Loose Thoughts by IAMPAUL
Emze | Meditation(s)
Emze’s meditation(s) is a collection of songs that make introspection and the search for inner peace a positively vibe-y expedition. The seven-track EP is effortlessly uplifting on the surface, but also allows entry into a deeper meditative state, one that opens up the possibility for an honest conversation with ourselves. By design, meditation(s) guides us […]