Wilma Archer – A Western Circular
New album by Wilma Archer is out – Within A Western Circular lies an exciting and varied crew of guest artists including MF DOOM, Samuel T. Herring (Future Islands), Sudan Archives, and Laura Groves, all contributing vocals to his rich, dextrous compositions. Supple and multi-layered, honouring his acoustic heritage and influence, A Western Circular builds […]
Foshe & Horatio Luna | Nice To Meetcha
Zigi Blau on keys, Mike Bentley on drums, Henry Hicks on bass. Fully improvised, recorded in fish bones tone shack. Engineered by Fabian Hunter and mixed by Mike Bentley. Nice To Meetcha by Foshe & Horatio Luna
Alfa Mist | On My Ones
Alfa Mist’s solo piano project ‘On My Ones’ is out now on Sekito Records with a new video on all the streaming places. “Have a listen when you get a chance & thank you if you already have.” On My Ones by Alfa Mist
Alabaster DePlume To Cy & Lee | Instrumentals Vol. 1
DePlume is a Manchester-born, London-based bandleader, composer, saxophonist, activist and orator. He’s a resident at the legendary London creative hub Total Refreshment Centre, a recording artist for the off-grid, Scottish Hebridean island label Lost Map, and now the latest arrival into Chicago-based International Anthem’s growing family of progressive musical explorationists. Whilst much of his music […]
Irreversible Entanglements | Who Sent You?
Who Sent You? they said from their liquid cryo-chamber, from a low-light induction field cobbled together with lithium rods, with melted down Romare Bearden and Howardena Pindell paintings, stitched with chaos fibers and placed in the center of the carrion husk of a burnt out shanty town. They took time to scrape ashen samples of […]
Wilflower | Season 2
Wildflower (Leon Brichard, Tom Skinner, Idris Rahman) continue to explore areas of groove-based improvised jazz on their 2nd album. Taking a slightly freer approach to the writing process, simple but effective melodies and bass motifs are explored to to create fully realised pieces with dynamic extremes that bring a full range of emotion. Recorded over […]
We’re New Again | A Reimagining By Makaya McCraven
To mark the tenth anniversary of the release of Gil Scott-Heron’s “I’m New Here”, the thirteenth – and last – studio album from the legendary US musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron, XL Recordings will release a unique reinterpretation of the album by acclaimed US jazz musician Makaya McCraven. Titled We’re New Again , the […]
Moses Boyd | Dark Matter
London jazz star Moses Boyd will release his debut album, ‘Dark Matter’, on February 14. The Valentine’s Day release sees Boyd take over the reins as a producer and band leader, with contributions from the likes of Joe Armon Jones, Obongjayar, Klein, Nubya Garcia and his mentor, Gary Crosby OBE. “I still love jazz but […]
Nick Walters | Active Imagination
Trumpeter and composer Nick Walters returns to 22a with his second album for the label – a free and spiritual journey into avant-garde jazz! ‘Active Imagination’ is the result of the bringing together of musicians for a day in the studio, with minimal rehearsal, to collectively experiment and improvise in the moment – in contrast […]
Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity | Underground Canopy
Emerging from endless improvisation sessions and re-interpreting their heroes, Paris-based band Underground Canopy presents their first body of original work via MENACE : “Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity present Underground Canopy” drops on January 31st, 2020. The debut EP was produced, recorded and mixed by critically acclaimed Jakarta Records artists Bluestaeb and S. Fidelity in London. […]
Jeff Parker | Suite for Max Brown
“I’m always looking for ways to be surprised,” says composer and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Parker as he explains the process, and the thinking, behind his new album, Suite for Max Brown, released via a new partnership between the Chicago–based label International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. “If I sit down at the piano or with my guitar, […]
VA | Kraut Jazz Futurism
Mathias Modica’s “Kraut Jazz Futurism” compilation is evidence of a new musical wind blowing through Germany – especially in Berlin. After years of having been the techno capital of the world, the city now is embracing a much wider musical palette, attracting a new generation of sonic adventurists: international jazz musicians as well as German […]
Yussef Dayes | Duality
Drummer Yussef Dayes returns with new EP “Duality” featuring Rocco Palladino (Bass) and Charlie Stacey (Keys/Synths). He fuses both tracks “For My Ladies” and “Othello” into one expansive, complex performance video. Available now, listen and watch below.
Jazzbois | Jazzbois Goes Blunt
Jazzbois is a Budapest based jazz/hiphop trio. They have been working together actively in the past years, and after I saw them live on a festival in the middle of a forest – which was the best live shows I have ever seen in my life – I decided to ask them to make a […]
30/70 | Collective Fluid Motion
Melbourne’s 30/70 released their third album ‘Fluid Motion’. Since the last record was released, the music has brought the band on world tours and to the attention of the wider public and key tastemakers alike. Strongly supported by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft, Jamie Cullum, Matthew Halsall and Bradley Zero, the UK has […]
Petter Eldh | Koma Saxo
Koma Saxo is a highly potent new five-piece produced by the visionary Berlin-based Swedish bassist-producer Petter Eldh. The lineup brings together five heavy jazz names on the Berlin–Nordics axis, including Eldh on bass, Christian Lillinger on drums and the frontline of three saxes: Otis Sandsjö, Jonas Kullhammar and Mikko Innanen. Despite the top-billing names, make […]
Yelfris Valdés | For The Ones...
Hugely talented Afro-Cuban composer and trumpeter, Yelfris Valdés (Yussef Kamaal, Daymé Arocena, 2000black family), delivers an incredible new album for the debut release on Tim Garcia’s Musica Macondo Records. ‘For The Ones…’ cooks up a hypnotic blend of jazz, cuban rhythms and electronics, paving the way for a new Cuban sound of the future. Fans […]
Jaimie Branch | Fly Or Die II
“FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise” is the much-anticipated follow-up to composer, trumpeter, and singer Jaimie Branch’s debut “Fly or Die“, which was dubbed one of the “Best Albums of 2017” by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, WIRE, Stereogum, Aquarium Drunkard, and more. Written while on her first European […]