Children Of Zeus | The Story So Far
Children of Zeus, the Hip-Hop duo from Manchester/UK released their EP. Konny Kon and Tyler Daley met back in 2005, after both performing a show near Paris in their respective crews, Broke’N’£nglish and Body Roq. The duo met up back home in Manchester, spurred on initially by a mutual admiration of each others music, and […]
favourite things | 9.16
Lee Fields & The Expressions, DeRobert & The Half-Truths, Charles Bradley, Bobby Oroza, René Schier, Isaiah Rashad feat. Sir, Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Aaron Abernathy feat. Phonte & Black Milk, NxWorries, Josh Hey, Tall Black Guy feat. Yusef Rumperfield, Mndsgn, Dennis Ayler, Torii Wolf feat. Rapsody, Unda, White Glock, SumoChief feat. OthaSoul, Like, K-Lone & […]
food for my soul | vol. 51
After a two years hiatus, i finally uploaded the new episode of bklyn’s ‘Food For My Soul’ compilation series. #51 is a slow but powerful selection of soul by great artists such as Kool Blues, Black Merda, Lee Bonds, Eunice Collins, Albert Smith, Thomas East, or Eddie Finley. Unmixed 50 minutes of music – enjoy. Listen below – Find more bklyn ‘Soul Food’ on Mixcloud.
philadelphia summer of ’64
To celebrate the Residency Philadelphia Summer of ’64 series, the guys from Paxico Records released a compilation featuring Sigmund Washington, MoGiLLaH, Stainless Steele and Josh Hey. “Over the past summer, Residency and Paxico Records curated a series of performances to pay tribute to the Summer of 1964 in Philadelphia and all the monumental music that […]
va | label love vol. 7
The seventh installment of Label Love is available. Presented by veteran electronic soul label Tru Thoughts, and carefully curated by the imprint’s US label manager Jasmine De La Paz, “Label Love Vol. 7” showcases 16 free tracks from nine labels around the world. Volume 7 presents music from Erased Tapes, Five Easy Pieces, Finders Keepers, Soundway […]
guts & mambo | beach diggin‘ vol. 3
Guts and Mambo are about to release the third volume of their beach-soundtrack series. “Beach Diggin’ Volume 3” contains 14 rare tropical groove tracks, perfect for a chilled day on the beach. Available on CD, Double LP Gatefold out 10th July on Heavenly Sweetness. Pre-Order direct, on iTunes and Amazon. See the complete tracklist and listen to the snippets after the jump […]
favourite things | 5.15
The soundcloud-playlist for may 2015 contains 19 tracks and 1:06:02 selected tracks/remixes/productions by: Adrian Younge, Karolina & Loren Oden, Bilal, Ghostface Killah, BadBadNotGood & Island Riot, Slum Village, Je$u$, Devaloop, Blunt One, CoryaYo, Hubert Daviz, Adam Santoya, JuJu Rogers, Lion Babe & Suff Daddy, Jordan Rakei x Kiran Kai, Beauville, Es-K & Loupo, Flako feat. Dirg Gerner, […]
favourite things | 4.15
Our monthly soundcloud playlist “Favourite Things 4.15” contains 23 tracks and 1:14 hours of music by artists such as: BluntOne, nepo, KA-YU, FloFilz, Hubert Daviz, Wun Two, Dexter, Swarvy, Freddie Gibbs x KAYTRANADA, Nomine, Emanative, Four Tet, Roots Manuva, Sonzeira x Werkha, Lapalux feat. Andreya Triana, Frameworks, Annabel (lee), Bahamadia x aCatCalledFRITZ, Jonwayne feat. Anderson Paak, Suff Daddy, Kàhmi Wan, Nugat, Mecca-83 x Tom Misch, Saga […]
favourite things | 3.15
Favourite Things 3.15 contains 28 tracks and 1:53 hours of music by artists such as: Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Loyle Carner, Bishop Nehru, glue70, Melo B Jones, Eric Lau, Pacific Shore, Nosaj Thing, Chance The Rapper, The O’My’s, Jeen Bassa, Hubert Daviz, Wun Two, Mounika, FloFilz, Flako, Nomine, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Portico, Jamie Lidell, Jazzator, Contrast Trio, Kamasi Washington, Javi […]
miscRWD
‘miscRWD2015’ holds some of our recent favourite tracks. The opening comes by Swarvy, followed by Jordan Rakei over to ‘Keep On Running’ by Gabriel Garzón-Montano. J.Mo’s J Dilla tribute, ‘Epiphany’ by Tom Misch and the slow-grooved ‘Loungiiin’ by Kerem Akdag ends the instrumental section. Moods introduces the remix/beat-section to LORE’s ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’ and the Al Green cover ‘Simply Beautiful’ by Sly […]
favourite things | 2.15
Most of the tracks in the “favourite things 2.15”-selection are well known to the bklyn-audience. The february-collection holds 29 tracks and 1:56hrs of selected songs out of our monthly soundcloud research. Featuring: Eska, Leon Bridges, Ghostpoet, Phil France, Dabrye, Melanie De Biasio, The Cinematic Orchestra, Lapalux, Romare, Jonwayne, Flako, Mo Kolours, Henry Wu, Pazmal & Corey Chase, Brady Watt, SWARVY, […]
favourite things | 1.15
“favourite things 1.15” our first soundcloud-collection in 2015 is now online. The january set features 28 tracks and productions by artists such as Miguel, Jaël, Kate Tempest, Kali Uchis, Ruck P, Jay Prince, Drew Dave, Jack Garratt, Nosidam, Erykah Badu, TAJ, Lewpz, Nicest Dudes Around, Radsch, Jamevu, Robert Glasper, Es-K, HOW2, El. Train, Emmavie, Andreya Triana, Quincy Vidal, Teeko, Chris […]
favourite things | 12.14
Our 2014 final “Favourite Things” collection for 2014 is packed with 2:20 hours of selected music. The set features music through various styles of music, by artists and producers such as Sly Johnson, Iamnobodi, Kerem Akdag, D’Angelo, House Shoes, Swarvy, Es-K, J Rocc, Binkbeats, dko, Jay Prince, Billie Black, Rainy Milo, Tom Misch & Carmody, .sinh, The Broken Orchestra, […]
favourite things | 11.14
Our monthly installment of the soundcloud selection holds 42 tracks/2:30hrs of new music. The ‘Favourite Things 11.14’ features tracks, productions and demos by musicians such as Silk Rhodes, JMSN, Anderson Paak, Street Rat, Harris Cole, FKJ, James Tillman, Leon Bridges, Al Dobson Jr., FloFilz, Pawcut, Iamnobodi, Wun Two, Tom Misch & Carmody, Stray, The Stand4rd, Funkadelic & Soul Clap, Skinshape, Romare and Bonobo. Check out […]
brownswood bubblers 11
Gilles Peterson and Brownswood Recordings return with their latest instalment of the much loved Bubblers Series. Volume 11 contains tracks by Gogo Penguin, Mirror Signal, Hector Plimmer, Kuage, Al Dobson Jr., Billie Black, To Be Frank, Like, James Tillman, Zackey Force Funk, Photay, Moonchild, A/T/O/S, JWhy, Evan, Nick Hakim, Segilola, and Nightports. Pre-order now on Bandcamp, release is November 18th. Stream some of the tracks in our soundcloud below. Known as something of […]
favourite things | 9.14
The monthly “favourite things“-soundcloud expedition no. 9.2014 is a three hour playlist. The collection contains 48 selected tracks, productions and songs by artists such as Moods, Esta, S. Fidelity, 14KT, Herr Styler, Chief, Sola Rosa, Blockhead, Scrimshire, Flying Lotus, Bonobo, Daisuke Tanabe, Vanilla, Black Milk, Mammal Hands and many more. Check out the latest selections and the bklyn music (almost) […]
favourite things | 7.14
Our soundcloud-selection for july is now ready for streaming. ‘Favourite Things 7.14‘ holds 47 tracks, with a total playtime of 2:51 hrs. The set is a journey through electronic music and hiphop. Featuring productions and songs by some of our favourite artists, such as Chet Faker, Flume, Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Gang Colours, Jimmy Whoo, Bahamadia, KA-YU, UNDA, SIAM, Electric […]
shapes: rectangles
“Shapes: Rectangles” is the latest in Tru Thoughts’ series of essential label compilations, compiled by A&R and label co-owner Robert Luis. 2014 sees Tru Thoughts celebrating its 15th Birthday, and this compilation illuminates a hothouse of musical talent, bringing a wealth of newer signings in amongst the more established artists on the label. The first CD contains […]