"Yellow" is the third album of the working band BLAER, founded in 2012 by the composer and pianist Maja Nydegger. YELLOW is the result of a longstanding and diligent ...
JK Group are a powerhouse nu-jazz band fronted by Melbourne saxophonist Josh Kelly, best known for his work with future soul-jazz collective, 30/70, and being the 2019 PBS Young ...
Multifaceted musicians Alfa Mist and Richard Spaven announce identities behind their 44th Move project and drop their debut self-titled EP on Black Acre. The pair are two of London’s ...
After the 2019 release of their debut album “Dark Smoke”, the Danish trio Athletic Progression has gone from strength to strength in Denmark. Multiple sold out shows in DK ...
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), ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
