Marcin Grochowina | Rhodes Dream
Pianist Marcin Grochowina from Poland released three albums containing improvisations played on his collection of Fender Rhodes Mark I 1975 and Mark V from 1984. Wonderful composed and eased tracks, perfect to work or relax by. Check out his releases on bandcamp. Rhodes Dream by Marcin Grochowina
Svaneborg Kardyb | Over Tage
Svaneborg Kardyb are Nikolaj Svaneborg – Wurlitzer, Juno, piano and Jonas Kardyb – drums, percussion a multi award winning duo from Denmark, where they won two “grammys” at the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2019: New artist of the year and Composer of the year. Drawing on Danish folk music and Scandinavian jazz influences, including Nils […]
Eyal Talmudi & Rejoicer | The Audience
The Audience is 10 tracks of stripped-down, beautifully flowing free jazz: Talmudi perpetually weaving in and out of cosmic melodies and Rejoicer setting his partner’s sax afloat with echoing pianos and quivering synths. The friends dreamed up the project in late 2020 — a truly minimal sound, ideas distilled to their essence — and recorded […]
Twit One | Venetian Blinds
Next in line is “Venetian Blinds” by Cologne’s music aficionado Twit One. Expect that trademark vibe on 17 slaps full dusty drums and hazy hi-hats paired with laid back loops and melodies. The vinyl edition is limited to 300 copies and comes in a cardboard sleeve. Venetian Blinds by Twit One
Silvan Strauss | Facing
Hamburg-based drummer/composer, Silvan Strauss flips crunchy Madlib-soaked beats with hazed-out contemporary jazz on debut album Facing, forthcoming on artist/producer Farhot’s label, Kabul Fire this November 2022. Featuring UK jazz luminary, Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia) and a medley of Hamburg’s most exciting new jazz talent, Strauss’s Facing connects the dots between Badbadnotgood, Yussef Dayes […]
Sarathy Korwar | Kalak
The follow up to the politically charged, award-winning More Arriving is an Indo-futurist manifesto – in rhythmic step with the past and the present, it sets out to describe a route forward. KALAK celebrates a rich South Asian culture of music and literature, which resonates with spirituality and community, while envisaging a better future from […]
Tom Skinner | Voices of Bishara
Drummer and producer Tom Skinner (The Smile, Sons of Kemet) announces this lean and beautiful mini-album, in which he edited a starry recording session into a sonorous, tuff and beguiling new shape. The title of Tom Skinner’s first release under his own name is a reference to cellist Abdul Wadud’s ultra-rare 1978 solo album ‘By […]
Mansur Brown | NAQI Vol.2
“NAQI Vol.2” is Mansur Brown’s second EP this year. It follows Vol. 1 early this year released on Amai Records. You can now pre-order the vinyl including all tracks via Bandcamp. Mansur Brown is an Artist, Producer and Multi-Instrumentalist, from Brixton, London. Mansur released his debut Album ‘Shiroi’ in 2018, followed by ‘Heiwa’ in 2021, the […]
Robohands | Giallo
Robohands, aka Andy Baxter, joins the Bastard Jazz family with a new EP titled “Giallo.” Partly inspired by Italian Giallo (meaning “yellow”) film soundtracks of the late 70s and 80s, as well as the experimental sounds of pioneering krautrock bands like Tangerine Dream and NEU! Armed with an old Juno 60 synthesizer, Andy wrote, recorded, […]
Kham Meslien | Fantômes... Futurs
A festival organizer asks for a solo, and it is for Kham Meslien the trigger as much as the revelation. Twenty years of loyal service in a band, and Kham left the artistic direction of his career to the strings of his double bass. From now on, this one should take the less codified road […]
Mansur Brown | NAQI Vol.1
Mansur Brown is a London-based musician, also known for his collaboration with Yussef Dayes for Love Is The Message. Mansur announced the release of his solo EP called “NAQI Vol. 1” which will be out on September 30th via his own label, AMAI Records. “Rise” is the first excerpt. “Rise is a track about overcoming […]
Saul | Mutualism
SAUL enlist the help of talented friends for their new EP – a feel good, summer-ready soundtrack, bursting with uplifting synths and groove-heavy broken beats. SAUL, is a joint project from the minds of Jack Stephenson-Oliver (keys player of fellow Rhythm Section INTL signee, Vels Trio) and producer Barney Whittaker, aka Footshooter. With the success of […]
Bokoya | Hausensession
Bokoya is a four-piece jazz/hip-hop band from Cologne who plays improvised beat music. Like a four-headed human drum machine, Bokoya improvise, shape, and develop beats in the electric field of repetition and variation. It’s impossible to put a tag on Bokoya’s music. BADBADNOTGOOD, Dilla, Krautrock, Ambient and dub might work as rough reference points for […]
Caytra
Formed in late 2019, Caytra are a London based Jazz trio whose members are Sam Ithell, James Gullis and Conor Cotteril. With London’s diverse nightlife at the heart of their sound and the UK Jazz scene at the forefront of their influence, Caytra’s defining characteristic is their unique blend of technicality and dance-ability tied to each of the […]
The Yussef Dayes Experience Live at Joshua Tree
Welcome to ‘The Yussef Dayes Experience Live At Joshua Tree Presented By Soulection,’ This 5-track EP is inspired by the blissful nature of one of the world’s most iconic nature reserves. In collaboration with Soulection, a global music collective, this sonic journey prompts us to ask, “what is more spiritually uplifting than summer in Joshua […]
Joe Armon-Jones & Mala | A Way Back
Mala and Joe Armon-Jones unite on A Way Back; a five track collaborative project that calls back the golden age of dubstep, released on Armon-Jones’ imprint Aquarii Records. Joe Armon-Jones, keyboardist, composer and producer, is pushing the boundaries of his sound, blurring the lines between bass- heavy dub, contemporary club culture and his background as a […]
Rude Skøtt Osborn Trio | The Virtue of Temperance
Martin Rude & Jakob Skøtt Duo released 2 albums in 2020: The Discipline of Assent & The Dichotomy of Control. For the third installation in their Stoic opus, they join forces with Tamar Osborn on saxophone & alto flute. Similar to their first 2 albums, Rude & Skøtt improvised a tidal wave of ideas and […]
Carlos Niño & Friends | Extra Presence
“Extra Presence” is a 90 minute, 17-track collection showcasing Los Angeles modern music scene pioneer Carlos Niño’s unique, highly developed, self-described “Spiritual, Improvisational, Space Collage” sound, and featuring an incredible cast of collaborators (including Jamael Dean, Nate Mercereau, Shabazz Palaces, Deantoni Parks, Sam Gendel, Laraaji, Jamire Williams, Iasos, and more). It’s an expanded edition of […]