Yoni Mayraz | Dybbuk Tse!
Dybbuk, known from Jewish folklore, is a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person. It’s a cursed soul of a dead one that wanders tirelessly for sins committed during their life. The most vulnerable victims are the young and the sinful. Possession can be taken literally or as an […]
Sampology & Charlie Hill | Galaxy
An intergenerational meeting of minds, Galaxy is the first collaborative EP from Meanjin, Brisbane musicians Sam Poggioli aka Sampology and Charlie Hill. Equal parts brain dance and body music, Galaxy’s seven tracks represent a vivid intermingling of 70s jazz-funk, fusion, machine-funk, Latin house and broken beat, accented by flourishes of minimalist composition. Considered as a […]
Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music
Multi-instrumentalist and visionary artist Yussef Dayes announces his highly anticipated debut solo studio album ‘Black Classical Music’, released on September 8th via the revered Brownswood Recordings, Warners and Cashmere Thoughts Recordings. Alongside this, Dayes shares a first taster of the record, the title track “Black Classical Music” featuring Venna & Charlie Stacey. Dayes introduces Black […]
Chiminyo | NRG 1
NRG 1 is the first album in a new series from London based drummer/producer, Chiminyo, in which he and members of his musical community exchange (strictly improvised) NRG with audiences and capture the spontaneous beauty to be shared with the world. NRG 1 features an all-star line-up (band members of Jorja Smith, Nubyan Twist, Gary […]
Venna | Equinox
Grammy Award winning artist and multi-instrumentalist Venna has released his sophomore EP. ‘Equinox’ was teased by the release of ‘Casa Lopez’ which saw Venna link up with US heavyweights Masego and Mick Jenkins. The new project also contains features from JADA, as well as Yussef Dayes, Marco Bernardis & Rocco Palladino. Venna received a Grammy […]
Midori Takada | Tree of Life
Originally recorded in September 1998 at legendary Ginza (Tokyo) studio Onkio Haus (founded in 1974 and where Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and many more were recorded) and released on CD only for the Japan market in 1999, Tree of Life is Midori Takada’s best kept secret, a lost gem of minimalism and percussive […]
Sarathy Korwar | KAL (Real World)
“4/5th August 2020: This was the first time we met and played together with other human beings in the same room in almost a year. It was a hopeful time where for a brief period we believed things were getting better. There was a lot of fondness, camaraderie and kindness in the room and playing […]
Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary | Evicted In The Morning
Saint Abdullah consists of Tehran-born brothers Mohammad and Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh, who have been exploring a diverse palette of sounds over their releases to date, including collaborations with Eomac on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People label, and Model Home on Purple Tape Pedigree, as well as their own duo album on Important Records. Jason Nazary is a […]
Twoosty Mayonez | Carmin
Twoosty Mayonez consists of Bartosz Wolert (drums) and Dominik Kaniewski (bass guitar and synthesizers). “Carmin” is their debut album, which is released primarily on vinyl by U Know Me Records. Twoosty Mayonez is something your grandfather would listen to with your younger sister. Non-standard-jazz approach combined with the search for strange sounds, resulted in the […]
Mammal Hands | Gift from the Trees
Mammal Hands fifth album ‘Gift from the Trees’ offers a fresh perspective on the unique trio’s singular music. The first to be recorded in a residential studio, the band enjoyed the opportunity to go late into the night searching for a deeper, more organic experience, closer to both their writing process but also their trance-like […]
Lukas Traxel | One-Eyed Daruma
Swiss artist Lukas Traxel releases his powerful debut album One-Eyed Daruma on We Jazz Records, March 10. The trio features Traxel on double bass, Otis Sandsjö on sax and Moritz Baumgärtner on drums. Compact, deep, and organic to the bone, Traxel & co’s sound echoes the innovations of rhythmically driven avantgarde jazz while keeping things […]
Conic Rose | Heller Tag
‘Heller Tag‘ is the debut album of Berlin-based jazz collective Conic Rose. The young musicians come from the most diverse musical backgrounds. What connects them is their love toexplore, create, redefine and effortlessly move between abstraction and accessibility, high quality sound and the beauty of the imperfect – interweaving electronic elements, cinematic jazz, vibey soundscapes and […]
Okonski | Magnolia
The studio at 122 West Loveland Avenue was not an unfamiliar space for Steve Okonski, the leader of his eponymous trio Okonski. Ever since the Colemine label set up shop in Loveland, Ohio it has been a host to a number of groups passing through town, including Durand Jones and the Indications who all of […]
Alfa Mist | Variables
“I’ve been focused on who I am in my music, but now I’m exploring where I am,” Alfa Mist says. “I’m asking: how did I get here?” This is the journeying question that underpins Alfa’s fifth album, Variables. Traversing luscious, big band swing, head-nodding boom-bap rhythms and yearning vocal melodies, the record is expansive, soulful […]
Rob Mazurek – Exploding Star Orchestra | Lightning Dreamers
Lightning Dreamers is new work by composer, trumpeter, interdisciplinary abstractivist and modern music mogul Rob Mazurek, who wrote the music for a compacted version of his long-running Exploding Star Orchestra. A follow-up to the acclaimed 2020 Mazurek/ESO release Dimensional Stardust, the album features guitarist Jeff Parker, vocalist Damon Locks, drummer Gerald Cleaver, and pianists Angelica […]
Raffy Bushman | E Minor String Quintet + Rhythm
As musical director of Unit 31 and founder of The NuShape Orchestra, pianist and composer Raffy Bushman has honed his craft among some of the finest like-minded musicians in the London music scene. His debut release ‘Look Up’ – available on a limited run of vinyl for the first time – tells the honest and […]
Charlie Stacey | The Light Beyond Time
Keyboard player and pianist Charlie Stacey fuses jazz-piano virtuosity with dark synth textures and grooves on his first solo project – a direct-to-disc, one take recording for Night Dreamer Records. One of the UK’s leading keys players, Charlie Stacey improvisational skills are unmatched. Known for his work with Yussef Dayes and fellow Tomorrow Warriors alumni […]
Carlos Niño & Friends | Assortment for Susan’s
Special selections and sequences by Carlos Niño, from his (& Friends) Records: Aquariusssssss, Aurorasmushroomtenderness, Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening!, Going Home, and Bliss On Dear Oneness + 2 new recordings: “Bioluminescence (featuring Laraaji and Ariel Kalma, with Surya Botofasina)” & “Drum Solo, “Sounds like memory” (featuring Marcus Gilmore, with Devin Daniels, Nate Mercereau, Maia, and […]