Moses Boyd | Displaced Diaspora
Displaced Diaspora by Moses Boyd
Ichiro Fujiya & Takeshi Kurihara | Elephant And A Barbar
Musilogue has released its 1st album “Elephant and a barbar” by Bass player Ichiro Fujiya and Sax player Takeshi Kurihara. This album was originally made for selling at venues where they would play. Due to popular demand Musilogue decided to release it more widely. Ichiro Fujiya is an amazing bass player who has supported Jazztronik […]
emanative | Earth
Led by drummer and producer Nick Woodmansey, Emanative have created a cosmic strand of multi-cultural UK jazz with African, Indian and Middle Eastern influences unlike any other act on the UK scene. Following on from their previous record on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label back in 2015, Earth celebrates the diverse backgrounds of it’s galaxy […]
Otis Sandsjö | Y-OTIS
Helsinki’s We Jazz Records presents “Y-OTIS”, the debut album from Berlin-based Swedish saxophonist/composer Otis Sandsjö, joining forces with keyboardist Elias Stemeseder, bassist Petter Eldh and drummer Tilo Weber. The album is a forward-reaching, multilayered collection of eight originals penned by Sandsjö and produced by Sandsjö and Eldh. Otis Sandsjö hails from Gothenburg, Sweden. He […]
Aqueduct Ensemble | Improvisations On An Apricot
Aqueduct Ensemble is a collaboration between Ohio (USA) based artist Keith Freund and his neighbour Stu, who is a piano tuner and professional pianist. Their debut album together, “Improvisations On An Apricot” is the second release from label Last Resort. “It’s been a couple years, but I’ve put together a new record, this time […]
Kamaal Williams | The Return
The Return is a natural evolution from the Yussef Kamaal project, mining the influence of visionary jazz but blended with all kinds of texture, sounds and signals from the over-saturated London streets. The Return will be the debut album released on Wu’s new label Black Focus Records, releases May 25, 2018. Kamaal Williams – Keys, Pete […]
DJM Trio | Cave Art Two
DJM trio breathes fierce artistry into grooved out renditions of Solange, Patrice Rushen, Slum Village, Madvillain, Ohbliv and more. It’s upon this precipice that Dominic James Marshall makes his mark, at the helm and on the keys of Cave Art Two – a slate of scintillating digital sounds, spontaneously arranged, etched in wax. The project […]
WVR BVBY | WVR BVBY
WVR BVBY (pronounced WAR BABY) is the next link in the chain to the Melbourne soulful sound that has been developing strongly over the past decade. They create cinematic sounds through roaring horns, synth arpeggiation and a rhythm section that sways from meditative grooves to dramatic, complex rhythmic interplay with tight precision. Recorded at Fitzroy’s Plug Seven […]
Ill Considered 3
The third album from Ill Considered has been a revelatory part of the journey for its members. While the first album was completely improvised in a two hour session involving all four musicians and no pre-written tunes, the second album was a live gig recorded at The Crypt Jazz Club, London, involving mainly compositions. A […]
Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984
In the years following the World War Two, Japan developed one of the most insatiable, dynamic and diverse markets for jazz. For a crucial period of little over a decade – from the late 1960s to the early 1980s – Japanese jazz culture progressed at an astonishing rate, producing an extraordinary array of artists, recordings […]
The Lightmen | Fancy Pants
Drummer, bandleader and activist Bubbha Thomas had toured America with R&B revues, served as a session musician for Peacock and Back Beat Records, and played straight ahead jazz with legends before the political and social upheaval of the late 1960s led him to a path first charted by Coltrane. “Fancy Pants” is his second LP […]
VA | We Out Here
A primer on London’s bright-burning young jazz scene, this new compilation brings together a collection of some of its sharpest talents. A set of nine newly-recorded tracks, We Out Here captures a moment where genre markers matter less than raw, focused energy. Surveying the album’s running order, it could easily serve as a name-checking exercise […]
Black Flower | Intermediate State
Having released their critically acclaimed second album ‘Artifacts’ in early 2017, Belgium’s Black Flower return with a new 10” vinyl entitled ‘Intermediate State’. The inspiration of came from Salvador Dali’s creative dreaming ritual. With a pair of scissors in his hand, he sat back, closed his eyes and slid into sleep. The moment his body […]
Mast | Thelonious Sphere Monk
MAST’s Thelonious Sphere Monk is a cosmic journey reinterpreting the great Thelonious Monk Song Book in celebration of his 100th birthday. MAST tackles sixteen Monk compositions, including the acclaimed “Round Midnight,” “Blue Monk,” “Straight No Chaser,” “Epistrophy” and “Well You Needn’t.” As well as more obscure titles like “Misterioso,” “Pannonica,” “Friday The 13th” and “Bemsha […]
favourite things | 11.17
favourite things 11.17 Om, ADB & DRB of Drumetrics, Noya Rao, Jitwam., Flockey Ocscor, Feelgood Experiment, Poppy Ajudha, Oscar Jerome, Darkhouse Family, Mick Jenkins, Blue Lab Beats feat. OthaSoul & Daniel Taylor, KALA, Nubya Garcia, EABS, Evidence, WESTSIDE GUNN & MF Doom Remix by Je$u$, Talib Kweli feat. Anderson .Paak, Madvillain & Four Tet, Kojey Radical […]
Drumetrics | DRB-ADB-001
The Drum Broker teamed up with Drumetrics to bring you the digital version of their “DRB-ADB 001” release. Drumetrics is a collective of artist that produces sounds that can be categorized as a harmonious blend of electronic, psychedelic, funk music inspired by the minimal sound of Library Records from the 1960’s. The Drumetrics Collective DRB-ADB […]
EABS | Repetitions
EABS debut album entitled “Repetitions (Letters To Krzysztof Komeda)” is a dedication to Polish Jazz legend Krzysztof Komeda. This album is an analysis of conscientiously selected compositions by Komeda between 1962-1967. EABS explores some of Komeda’s lesser-known compositions featured in ballet etudes, movies, short films, documentaries, animations and compositions illustrating Polish poems recited in German. […]
Horatio Luna | Victual Tincture
Horatio Luna released a new tape “Victual Tincture”. Henry Hicks is a melbourne based musician and founding member of the “30/70 collective“. They released a new project entitled “Victual Tincture” . – Stream the entire Session”Victual Tincture” below. Henry Hicks on Bass/Synth/Percussion, Mondo Flockard on Drums/Percussion and The First Baboon Civilization on Guitar/Synth/Percussion/Flute.