favourite things | 10.13
We’ve closed our soundcloud-selection for october. The set includes tracks by artists such as Zo aka La Chauve-souri, Zara McFarlane & Leron Thomas, Kwabs, Diggs Duke, Rox, Milosh, Fatima, Iamnobodi, Polyrhytmics, Kronos Quartet & Stuart Bogie, Sola Rosa, Alice Russell, The Poets Of Rhythm, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Jaze Baqti, FloFilz, Twit One, Dynasty, UNDA, […]
distant oceans
Ross McHenry’s debut album “Distant Oceans” brings together six of the worlds foremost musical innovators for the first time on record. The ensemble features one of the most exciting and in demand producers and keyboardists in the world today, Mark de Clive Lowe, the rhythmic foundation of renowned NZ ensemble Electric Wire Hustle, Myele Manzanza, […]
home
After their “Live in Paris” project back in 2012, french band Electro Deluxe now released their new work entitled “Home”. Order the twelve-track strong jazz-album now on iTunes. You can now stream the track “Devil” and the remix by 20Syl below. Support: Official | Soundcloud | Facebook | Twitter
favourite things | 9.13
Here’s our latest soundcloud-selection. The september set contains mostly new tracks by some our favourite artists and producers, like Es-K, Evil Needle, Oddisee, Jaze Baqti, K-Def, Slowy & FloFilz, Gummy Soul, J Rocc, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Beat Gates, Betty Ford Boys, Oh No, K Henkka, Camille Safiya, Iamnobodi, Byron The Aquarius, and many more. Hope […]
no lucky days
A new and unexpected project by deep house maestro Charles Webster. He teams with Peter Wraight, british orchestra and soundtrack arranger. He’s the man behind the arrangement of the Herbert’s big band. A storming jazz big band album with several vocal tracks, a great jazz album with an electronic feeling. “The Ruins Of Britain” is […]
conmigo
You can now stream the first track “Conmigo”, which will not be featured on Georgia Anne Muldrow’s upcoming new project. Under the new alias Jyoti she’s working on a jazz album called “Denderah”, it will be a limited-edition 7-inch single. Pre-order now on Amazon and Bandcamp – realease date is September 20th. The entire LP is now available for streaming via Bandcamp – enjoy! Denderah by […]
low leaf
After their appearance on our HIATUS mix back in july, L.A. based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and producer Low Leaf is about to release two EPs via Melting Pot Music. The video below is “June Gloom” it’s the first song taken from the first EP called “Alchemizing Dawn”. Vinyl release dates are Oct. 11th for Alchemizing Dawn and Nov. 11th for […]
whatever
Jazz Trumpeter, composer and vocalist, Leron Thomas will soon release his eighth project, “Whatever”. An impressive lineup of musicians is featured on the new album. Joining Thomas on piano is Taylor Eigsti, Harish Raghavan on bass, Justin Brown and Eric Harland on drums with guitarists, Michael Valeanu and Matthew Stevens. The album will be available on September 16th, pre-order now on […]
if
Ninja Tune teamed up with mainstay London record shop If Music for a special compilation celebrating the shop’s tenth birthday. The album features exclusive tracks from Bonobo featuring Fink, Mr. Scruff, Skalpel, Dobie, Cougar and more, including a track from Dave Okumu of The Invisible. Released in April, available on if or Ninja Tune. Support: Ninja […]
come to my door
After releasing his Blue Note debut “No Beginning No End” to wide acclaim in January, the genre-bending singer-songwriter José James has released the 5-song “Come To My Door” EP. The EP features remixes of NBNE tracks by José‘s frequent collaborator Taylor McFerrin, as well as FaltyDL, Oddisee, and Flako. It also includes the radio mix […]
liquid spirit
As we announced few months ago, Gregory Porter‘s Blue Note Records debut album “Liquid Spirit” will be released this September. He now dropped the lead-single of the album, listen below. You can now pre-order on iTunes or Amazon. Support: Official | Facebook | Twitter | Blute Note Records
porter chops glasper
Denaun Porter‘s new project is an instrumental hip-hop album inspired by jazz musician Robert Glasper. He flipps 22 tracks of Glaspers official release and even cuts from live performances he ripped from YouTube. It tooks nine days until the album was finished, and more to come. Download the wohle thing for free here. Support: Facebook | […]
raws : three
RAWS is an intimate party held in the amp café in Tokyo, where underground beatheads unite. After a live performance by a jazz band which gets recorded, the beatmakers have an hour to chop up the freshly recorded samples, flip it, and make a beat right there on the spot. “RAWS – THREE” is the third […]
live today
In 2011 Derrick Hodge released the title track “Live Today” featuring Common of his debut recording. The album “Live Today” will be released August 6 on Blue Note Records. Pre-order the album now on Amazon. “This whole album was about putting on a composer’s hat,” Hodge explains. “I wanted to be honest and transparent to all of the people who […]
transcendence
The trio featuring drummer Jaimeo Brown, saxophonist J.D. Allen, and guitarist Chris Sholar released his debut album”Transcendence”. The album is acoustic jazz rooted in African-American spirituals and East Indian concepts, highlighted with electronic textures. Read more on Motema Music – listen below. Album out now, purchase on Amazon or iTunes. Support: Official | Facebook | Twitter | MySpace […]
a lion in the subway
After his great success of both albums, Gregory Porter now signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records. “Water” (stream below) which received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Porter was buoyed by another Grammy nod in 2012 following the release of his sophomore LP “Be Good”. Porter released both LPs on Motéma Music prior to […]
spanning will
The Rongetz Foundation teamed up with dj/producer Blanka. You can now watch the official video to their song “Spanning will”. The EP features two tracks and is still available on iTunes. Support: Facebook | Wikipedia | iTunes | Heavenly Sweetness
exquisite basement
Jesse Futerman returns once more to complete his trilogy of free digital EPs for Jus Like Music Records with his Exquisite Basement EP. Following on from “Super Basement” and “Fuse The Witches“, the new EP, “Exquisite Basement” exudes a grown sound from Jesse. Commencing with the house-like ‘Trouble Man’ – a glimpse into his more uptempo material – […]