The Comet Is Coming | The Complete Channel The Spirits Recordings
Exploding In Slow Motion looks back at the formative years of The Comet Is Coming, bringing together the complete recordings surrounding their Mercury Prize-nominated debut Channel The Spirits. The collection combines the original album with the Prophecy and Death To The Planet EPs, rarities, early material, and four previously unreleased recordings from 2013–2017. Across 28 […]
Damon Locks & D Composed | Dawning
With Dawning, Chicago artist and composer Damon Locks joins forces with D-Composed, a Black chamber music collective dedicated to music by Black composers. The collaboration brings Locks’ sample-based practice, electronics, and archival voices into dialogue with strings, creating music that sits somewhere between contemporary classical composition, experimental jazz, and sound collage. Rather than treating the […]
Spiritual Jazz 19 | West Coast USA Part 2
The nineteenth volume of Jazzman’s long-running Spiritual Jazz series turns its attention to the lesser-known spiritual, modal, and Afrocentric sounds that emerged on the American West Coast. Part 2 concentrates on the 1970s and ’80s, tracing how counterculture, Black political consciousness, alternative spirituality, and independent labels helped shape a jazz scene far removed from California’s […]
Telemakus | Eight Ring Revival
With Eight Ring Revival, Los Angeles pianist and producer Telemakus turns a period of physical limitation into an expansive exploration of jazz, hip-hop, fusion, and electronic music. Much of the project emerged while he was recovering from complications related to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, forcing him to rethink his approach to composing and, at times, create music […]
Michael Sarian | In This Desert
On In This Desert, New York trumpeter Michael Sarian and his long-standing quartet stretch electric jazz into expansive, psychedelic territory. Alongside Santiago Leibson on keyboards and Mini Moog, Marty Kenney on electric bass, and Nathan Ellman-Bell on drums, Sarian builds seven extended pieces around collective improvisation, atmosphere, and patient rhythmic development. The music moves between […]
Shatter Hands & Friends | Live At SMK Fridays
Recorded at Copenhagen’s SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst during the Surreal on Paper exhibition, Live At SMK Fridays captures Shatter Hands in an unusually spacious setting. Joined by Viktoria Søndergaard on vibraphone, Flavia Huarachi on flute and vocals, and Sofie Birch on tape recorder, percussion, zither, and sampler, the quartet transforms material from A […]
Fabio de Almeida | Requiem for a Dragon
With Requiem for a Dragon, Fabio de Almeida creates an evocative world between contemporary jazz, ambient music, and cinematic composition. The album unfolds patiently, favoring atmosphere, texture, and emotional weight over conventional structures, with acoustic instrumentation moving through spacious and often dreamlike arrangements. There is a quiet sense of mystery throughout, shifting between delicate, introspective […]
Finn Streuper | What It’s Like To Be A Bat
With What It’s Like To Be A Bat, Dutch composer and multi-instrumentalist Finn Streuper creates an intriguing world between contemporary jazz, experimental composition, ambient music, and electronics. The music feels both carefully constructed and wonderfully unpredictable, moving through unusual rhythmic patterns, delicate melodies, and richly detailed acoustic textures. There is a playful curiosity running through […]
Martyn | Music for Existing
With Music for Existing, Martyn steps away from the club-focused framework often associated with his work, creating a more spacious and introspective record shaped by ambient music, jazz, dub, and understated electronics. Rhythm remains important, but here it often feels suspended, surrounded by warm synths, drifting melodies, and carefully placed fragments of sound. There is […]
Okonski | Additions
With Additions, pianist and composer Steve Okonski continues his exploration of intimate, groove-centered instrumental music, drawing from jazz, soul, and the warmth of classic piano trio recordings. The music feels deliberately unhurried, allowing melody, rhythm, and the natural character of the instruments to remain at the forefront. Okonski’s understated piano playing is surrounded by supple […]
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson | Ananta: Spirit Of Coltrane
Marking the centenary of John Coltrane’s birth, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson approaches his music not as something to preserve, but as a living spiritual language. Leading a 21-piece ensemble, the Los Angeles composer and multi-instrumentalist reimagines pieces including “Naima,” “Giant Steps,” “My Favorite Things,” and “A Love Supreme, Pt. II – Resolution,” opening them toward contemporary jazz, […]
Blue Earth Sound | Everything to Remember
With Everything to Remember, Blue Earth Sound creates a quietly immersive world shaped by ambient textures, gentle electronics, and organic instrumentation. The music unfolds patiently, favoring atmosphere and emotional resonance over conventional song structures, with small melodic details emerging and disappearing like fragments of memory. Warm tones, spacious arrangements, and subtle rhythmic movement give the […]
VA | Future Sounds of Jazz Vol. 16
With Future Sounds of Jazz Vol. 16, Compost Records continues its long-running exploration of the spaces where jazz meets electronic music, broken beat, house, and experimental production. Rather than defining a single “future” for jazz, the compilation brings together different approaches to rhythm, improvisation, and sound design, reflecting how fluid those boundaries have become. Across […]
Peter Gall | Drum Seeds
With Drum Seeds, Berlin-based drummer and producer Peter Gall takes a sharp turn from the expansive jazz of his award-winning Love Avatar. Originally conceived as a pure drum record, the project grew from hours of grooves, layered percussion, and rhythmic experiments into a much broader solo work, with Gall adding vintage synthesizers, keys, programming, and […]
Clifford | Wildflower Season
With Wildflower Season, Clifford creates a warm and intimate collection that moves between contemporary jazz, soul, folk, and subtle electronic textures. Organic instrumentation and understated production give the music a soft, natural character, while delicate melodies unfold with an unhurried sense of space. There is a gentle, reflective quality throughout, balancing moments of melancholy with […]
KOMA | Spirits
With ‘Spirits’, KOMA create an atmospheric meeting point between contemporary jazz, electronic music, and deep, rhythm-driven experimentation. The album moves fluidly between hypnotic grooves and more spacious passages, allowing acoustic instrumentation and electronic textures to constantly reshape one another. There is a strong sense of collective interplay throughout, with repetition, subtle melodic shifts, and layered […]
Omasta | Hits Different
With Hits Different, Austrian quartet Omasta continue to explore the fertile ground between contemporary jazz and instrumental hip-hop. Deep grooves, warm keys, bass, and tightly locked drums give the music the immediacy of a beat tape while retaining the spontaneity and interaction of a live jazz ensemble. There is an easy confidence to the record: […]
Alfa Mist | Live at Real World Studios
Ever since his 2015 debut EP, Nocturne, Alfa Mist has effortlessly moved between jazz, hip-hop and classical music and built unique sonic worlds. Across six critically acclaimed albums, the east Londoner has eroded genre boundaries with an expansive vision. On his last album Roulette, the prolific producer, songwriter, pianist and MC went one step further […]