Tenderlonious | TEK-88
2021 brings the return of 22a sublabel – DAM (Dennis Ayler Music). The third release on the label sees the prolific multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer, Tenderlonious make his debut on DAM with a brand new collection of studio productions. The 4 track EP is inspired by the iconic Roland TR-808. Classic analog beats and twisted synth […]
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra | Promises
Even when he was a DJ fashioning beats in a techno club in Berlin, Sam Shepherd, aka Floating Points, wasn’t afraid to drop the needle on 20 continuous minutes of spiritual jazz, courtesy of the 1977 song, “Harvest Time” by Pharoah Sanders. Now, the 34-year-old composer-producer and son of a vicar has joined forces with […]
Mathias Modica | Kraut Jazz Futurism Vol. 2
The Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation shows what’s cookin’ in the new German Jazz scene. Young German bands and a few of the international musicians working in Berlin now. Fresh artists that combine Jazz, Kraut Rock, Afro, Hip Hop and Electronica in a new way. The first part of the compilation came out last year and was described by The Wire as […]
JAB | Currents
Currents is JAB’s latests contribution as he creates and arranges a perfect synergy of heavy percussion and epic strings for the worlds movers & shakers to get lost in, meditate with and move within. Orchestrated with the emotional journey the world was experiencing throughout 2020 in mind, Currents does the focused and joy- stirring work […]
Carlos Niño & Friends | More Energy Fields, Current
‘More Energy Fields, Current’ is a definitive new peak in the recorded continuum of prolific producer/percussionist Carlos Niño. Featuring heavy contributions from many of the most exciting instrumentalists in the creative music constellation of Los Angeles (of which Niño’s has been a central force for over 2 decades), the album collects 10 pristine gems of […]
Black Nile | The Further Side
“Second Serving” is the first taste of the jazz fusion album The Further Side by brothers Aaron and Lawrence Shaw aka Black Nile, which will be released December 4, 2020 on World Galaxy / Alpha Pup Records. The single reflects the R&B and hip hop roots of the multi-instrumentalists brothers who have been jamming together […]
Coma World | Coma World
Coma World is a new collaboration between Maxwell Hallett, a.k.a. Betamax (The Comet Is Coming/Soccer96) and Pete Bennie (Speaker’s Corner Quartet) bringing together their potent chemistry in an intoxifying debut LP. Betamax drives the duo with his signature ‘rhythmadelic’ drum rapture as Pete elegantly pummels bass tones into an assortment of wonky pockets. Both layer […]
The Colours That Rise | Mixtape 1
The Colours That Rise return for a quick lap around Earth with this special offering , “Mixtape 1” – comprising of one brand new studio production and two new compositions recorded live from the mothership in 2020 AD. The mixtape will be distributed on this planet via a “bandcamp” Vinyl campaign and never repressed again. […]
Alfa Mist | Bring Backs
East London producer and composer Alfa Mist made his debut in 2014 collaborating with Emmavie on the recently rereleased Epoch EP. Since then he’s released two solo LP’s and EP’s. He’s also worked with drummers Yussef Dayes, Richard Spaven (44th Move) and producer Lester Salmins (2nd Exit). 2017 saw the release of Alfa’s breakthrough record, […]
Godtet | III
Guitarist and Producer Godriguez (producer of Sampa the Great’s “The Great Mixtape”) marshalled together some of the best musicians of the new generation in Sydney: A head priest of the Cuban Ifa religion, the step-son of Australia’s greatest ever funk and soul musician, Australia’s leading drummer in this new generation and a deeply emotionally gifted […]
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger | Force Majeure
Force Majeure is an uplifting suite of real, soulful comfort music – an album that cathartically encapsulates an all-too-familiar human experience of 2020. Featuring 11 pieces performed by bassist Dezron Douglas & harpist Brandee Younger across a series of live-streamed shows from their living room in Harlem, NY, the album was self-recorded by the duo […]
Yussef Dayes | Welcome to the Hills
Yussef Dayes has released new live album ‘Welcome To The Hills’. The jazz percussionist duelled with Tom Misch on a full length studio project earlier this year, a superb album that ranks as one of 2020’s best. Ending the year on a high, Yussef Dayes has shared a full live album, recorded in Copenhagen last […]
Sarathy Korwar And Upaj Collective | Night Dreamer
On their Night Dreamer debut, Sarathy Korwar and his allstar “UPAJ Collective” gain brand new ground in their mission to rebalance spiritual jazz with authentic Indian classical music. “UPAJ” means “to improvise” inHindi, and recording direct-to-disc at Artone Studios with almost no preconceived directions, they truly capture the “spirit of spontaneous improvisation”, as Sarathy puts […]
Matthew Halsall | Salute to the Sun.jpg
Composer, trumpeter, producer, DJ and founder of Gondwana Records, Matthew Halsall has always worn many hats. But at the heart of everything that he does Halsall is first and foremost an artist and a musician. A trumpeter whose unflashy, soulful playing radiates a thoughtful beauty and a composer and band-leader who has created his own […]
Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty | January 12th
January 12th, 2020, a Sunday night in Toronto – Matthew Tavares and Leland Whitty (of BADBADNOTGOOD fame) are reunited at Burdock for a live improvised Jazz session. The pair are joined on stage by bassist Julian Anderson – Bowes and drummer Matt Chalmers as part of Burdock’s Piano Fest, an annual event at the city’s […]
Paul Grant | Waves
DeepMatter is proud to announce the forthcoming full-length solo album from California-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Paul Grant – ‘Waves’. Having released a collaborative album with vocalist Adrienne Indigo titled ‘ Rebirth’ earlier this year, ‘Waves’ sees Paul Grant return to his instrumental roots with fifteen tracks fusing together influences from the worlds of hip hop, […]
Jahari Masamba Unit | Pardon My French
Drums: Karriem Riggins. Instruments: Madlib. We would have called it Spiritual Jazz but Phil Ranelin told us to call it Black Classical Music. We are proud to announce the long-awaited debut album from Jahari Masamba Unit, Pardon My French. Among all of the projects Madlib presented as part of his Jazz Universe, this collaboration was […]
Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes | Heritage of the Invisible II
Telepathic Afro-Caribbean improvisational trumpet-and-percussion duo Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes are longtime friends, collaborators, and tireless hustlers on the creative music scenes of New York City. “Heritage of the Invisible II” follows Navarro and Holmes’s rise to prominence as members of free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements. In March of 2020 in “The Nation” writer Marcus […]