Joe Armon-Jones | Turn To Clear View
Bass-heavy dub and contemporary club culture are the foundations for Joe Armon-Jones’ phenomenal second album. “Turn to Clear View” builds on the celebrated keys player’s singular vision, exhibiting a sound with flourishes of R&B, hip-hop and p-funk, and featuring regular bandmates Oscar Jerome, Moses Boyd and Nubya Garcia. He builds on his close-knit core personnel […]
Matthew Halsall | Oneness
A collection of unreleased meditative, spiritual jazz from the Gondwana archives in a 3xLP vinyl set. The recordings on “Oneness” date from Jan, March and September 2008 and were born from a period of experimentation as Halsall first began to explore the music that would provide the inspiration for his spiritual jazz recordings Fletcher Moss […]
Jeen Bassa | Cassava Pone
This is a classic beat-tape style LP from one of the most under rated Hip Hop producers in the UK right now. Warm and woozy productions that stand out in a world saturated with bland Dilla and Madlib-esque pastiches. Heavily influenced by Bassa’s Mauritian roots, the album takes you on a journey through aboriginal and […]
FloFilz | Transit
In 2019 things have changed. Today jazz is not only about diggin’ old records and learning about Bird and Trane. Jazz is very much alive and the city of London has become one of its epicenters. The UK jazz scene is happening because it is deeply connected with hip-hop, soul and club music. A perfect […]
Kinkajous | Hidden Lines
Kinkajous’ debut album ‘Hidden Lines’ is a compelling mix of tonalities and influences, drawn from their London home. The band has condensed their diverse experiences from across the artistic spectrum – orchestral to jazz, world and electronic – into a transcendental exploration of sound and time. “Hidden Lines has been a sculpting process, an ever […]
Tiago Frúgoli Ensemble | Casa
Brazilian keyboardist, beatmaker, and composer Tiago Frúgoli released their album “Casa”. Musicians on this album, all of them from the greater São Paulo area, include upright bass player Noa Stroeter and drummer João Fideles, who play together on their own project, Caixa Cubo; Valério, who plays kalimba on three tracks, including the lead single “Árvore”; […]
Resavoir | Resavoir
Chicago collective Resavoir return with their first full length effort. The self-titled album presents a juicy suite of elegantly-orchestrated lo-fi jazz instrumentals germinated from home recording experiments by the group’s producer/arranger Will Miller. Applying a compositional approach attributable to his experience producing hip-hop beats as much as his studies at Oberlin Conservatory, Miller built melodic […]
Alfa Mist | Structuralism
Named after the theoretical breakdown of the basic elements of conscious experience, Alfa Mist’s latest album ‘Structuralism’ is based around a conversation between Mist and his sister, discussing themes of debate culture and personal growth and is an intricate and profound glimpse into the East London artist’s battles with self and the societal pressures that […]
Noble Metal | The Bluest Blue
Noble Metal is a band of spirits led by the wand of artist A.M. Frison, previously known as Coultrain. He combines music, performance, video, and writing into a cross-disciplinary practice. The Bluest Blue was initially composed as a score for the book “Wet Grass”, but also stands on its own, open for the listener to […]
favourite things | 2.19
favourite things 2.19 – Poppy Ackroyd feat. Hauschka, DJ Shadow, Mophono, The Cinematic Orchestra, Amon Tobin, Alma Negra feat. Michal Turtle, Meitei, Organic Pulse Ensemble, Daniel Thorne, Yusufla, Rōnin Arkestra, Sarah Tandy, Culross Close, Nubiyan Twist feat. Mulatu Astatke, Ben Hayes feat. Nubya Garcia, OK;KO, Cykada, Mark de Clive-Lowe, SEED Ensemble, Vibration Black Finger feat. Ebony Rose, […]
Yusufla | Yusufla
Yusufla new EP was recorded and mixed at Soup Studios with Giles Barrett and pushes their unique, cinematic sound forward. In their two years of existence they have performed at the Elgar Rooms at the Royal Albert Hall, Open Senses Festival, Woodburner at Styx, Wilderness, Boomtown, NozStock, Virgo Festival, Battersea Arts Centre supporting Mammal Hands, […]
favourite things | 1.19
favourite things 1.19 – Kokoroko, Ruby Rushton, Mark de Clive-Lowe feat. Brandon Combs, Brandon Eugene Owens, Carlos Nino & Josh Johnson, Long Arm, Ill Considered, Ambrose Akinmusire, Seed Ensemble, OK:KO, Myele Manzanza, Rosie Turton, Nihilism, Black Taffy, Kassa Overall, Erik Blood feat. Theo Croker, Paper Tiger, The Cinematic Orchestra feat. Roots Manuva, Chester Watson, Planet Giza […]
favourite things | 12.18
favourite things 12.18 – Angel Bat Dawid, Eskapist feat. Daulat, Resavoir, Rosie Turton, Theon Cross, Takeo Moriyama, Cotonete, Billy Bang’s Survival Ensemble, Ishmael Ensemble feat. Yazz Ahmed, Horatio Luna feat. JK, Pedro, Joe Armon-Jones feat. Nache, Z.Z. & Olive Tree, Elsa Hewitt, Melo-Zed, Melodiesinfonie, Naye Fshr, Medline, Louis VI, Children Of Zeus feat. Black Milk, Curren$y, […]
Melodiesinfonie | Sichtexotica IV
Swiss producer Melodiesinfonie recently released his fourth installment “Sichtexotica IV” on record label Sichtexot. “Sichtexotica IV” released November 23rd, limited to 500 pcs. 10inch, available on Bandcamp. Coverartwork by Mathilda Mutant. Sichtexotica IV by Melodiesinfonie
Marcus Strickland | People Of The Sun
When last we heard from Strickland on 2016’s Nihil Novi, he was experimenting with hip-hop-inspired production, blending genres with a little help from album producer Meshell Ndegeocello. In the process, something big happened: “I was no longer concerned about what is or isn’t jazz,” he says. “I got rid of those barriers and was […]
favourite things | 10.18
Annabel (lee) feat. Novo Tempo & Jake Telford, Alder Ego, Harvey Sutherland, Amethyst feat. Nubya Garcia, Ferg Ireland Trio, Ishmael Ensemble, Shida Shahabi, Viktor Orri Árnason and Yair Elazar Glotman, Mammal Hands, Etienne Jaumet, Maisha, Sarathy Korwar, Maarja Nuut & Ruum, Tiana Khasi, Te’Amir, Building Instrument, James Wright Trio feat. Danika Smith & Horatio Luna, […]
Leifur James | A Louder Silence
A Louder Silence is the London-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Leifur James’ first proper release; his two earlier singles feature on the record, after gaining support from Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM with a live airing and interview in 2017, plus continued backing from XLR8R, Stamp the Wax, and BBC Radio 6 Music DJ’s. The album is […]
Mansur Brown | Shiroi
Guitarist Mansur Brown has released his debut album “Shiroi” via Kamaal Williams Black Focus Records. A key part of Williams and Yussef Dayes’ Black Focus album in 2016, and a collaborator on a number of projects since, Brown has been tipped as heir apparent to London’s genre-defying so-called ‘jazz’ scene. Mansur Brown’s Shiroi is available digitally […]