Ill Considered & Rob Lewis | Emergence
Ill considered are a band comprising of musicians interacting with each other to create freely improvised music, based loosely around simple pre-written themes or composed on the spot. Deep grooves and plaintive melodies ranging from whispered chants to monstrous climaxes, the group react to the mood of the audience and the sonics of the room […]
Agile Experiments | Loukoumades
‘Loukoumades’ is the latest album from the Dave De Rose led international improvisation project Agile Experiments. With 11 prior releases under it’s belt, featuring some of the most admirable musicians across the UK (Ruth Goller, Dan Nicholls & John Edwards to name a few) and Greece (Fotis Siotas, Jan Van, Kyriakos Tapakis) this record was […]
Kinkajous | Heliosphere
Mellifluous and rich, the astonishing new studio album from London-based experimentalists Kinkajous – led by drummer/ producer Benoît Parmentier and saxophonist Adrien Cau – is a whirling dreamland of electronic orchestrations and instrumental sensibility. Tentatively titled “Nothing Will Disappear”, on one hand their compositions play like little manifestos against an overstimulated world: an effort to […]
Eddie Chacon | Lay Low
“Low-key R&B legend” Eddie Chacon returns with Lay Low, out January 31st. Having collaborated with John Carroll Kirby on his last two albums, Eddie Chacon teamed up with Nick Hakim to produce this new collection of songs of loving and letting go. Lay Low by EDDIE CHACON
Nate Mercereau | Excellent Traveler
I consider the music on this album in different ways — as environments, a forest or a city, or some type of new not yet created combination of those things. The album as a place to visit, look around, explore, and travel through … It’s also a type of diary, or a moving sonic photo […]
Marysia Osu | Harp, Beats & Dreams
Brownswood Recordings are proud to present their latest signing, the immensely talented harpist and composer Marysia Osu. A key member of Levitation Orchestra, and graduate of Brownswood’s heralded ‘Bubblers’ academy – Marysia now prepares to unveil her alluring and transcendent debut album ‘harp, beats & dreams. Hailing originally from Poland, Marysia discovered her love for […]
The Pro-Teens | MF TEEN
MF TEEN: Your Concurrence In The Above Is Assumed recognises the legacy of rap’s Illest Villain, traversing MF DOOM’s discography and personas, flipping selections from Madvillain, MM.. FOOD, Viktor Vaughan, Danger Doom and more, taking care to ensure recognisable tunes such as Doomsday and Curls are represented alongside more obscure cuts such as The Gas […]
YAI | Sky Time
NYC dream jazz abstractionists YAI (David Lackner and John Thayer) return with ‘Sky Time’, a mesmerizing mix of woodwinds, waves, and ethereal echo. Moving deftly from ambient soundscapes through fourth world aesthetics, ‘Sky Time’ is a joyful and clear-eyed exercise of stop motion in slow motion. All Songs written and performed by YAIYAI is David […]
Sissi Rada | Demeter in Aexone
Toy Tonics sublabel Kryptox comes with a new album by Greek harpist SISSI RADA. “Demeter in Aexone” is a 45’ pure solo improvisation on harp. Using no post production techniques and no overdubs, the album was recorded one afternoon in her studio in Voula, Athens, overlooking the ancient demos of “Aexone”. It is a tribute […]
Tristan de Liège | Searching
This is an album I’ve been trying to make for 10 years, but I didn’t know how I would do it or what exactly it would be like. I only had a relatively vague vision of making an album that featured many different brilliant musicians and crossed many different genres, but tied it all together […]
Nala Sinephro | Endlessness
Performed by Nala Sinephro, James Mollison, Morgan Simpson, Sheila Maurice-Grey, Nubya Garcia, Lyle Barton, Natcyet Wakili, and Wonky Logic. Out on Warp Records, released September 6, 2024. Endlessness by Nala Sinephro
Neue Grafik | Dalston Tapes Vol.1
Releasing now for well over a decade – Neue Grafik: known to friends as Fred, has successfully transplanted from Parisian rookie to one- man London Institution. Beginning as a solo producer and DJ, Fred spread his wings upon relocating to South London – at first with his Neue Grafik Ensemble and later with his now […]
Lampen | Halogen
Finnish duo Lampen presents their second album “Halogen” on We Jazz Records, September 20. Lampen is Kalle Kalima and Tatu Rönkkö. Kalle plays guitar, Tatu plays percussions and sampler. The band makes its home between Helsinki and Berlin, where Kalima is based. Lampen’s sound is reminiscent of the wide-screen meditations of the likes of Earth […]
Allysha Joy | The Making of Silk
Allysha Joy is a deeply-expressive singer, songwriter, producer & keys player hailing from Naarm (Melbourne), known for both her solo work and as front woman for 30/70. A uniquely-talented artist, her husky soulful voice, formidable Fender Rhodes prowess and raw poeticism has garnered legions of attentive fans the world over. As an integral performer in […]
bklyn | favourite things 8.24
bklyn favourite things 8.24 – GOkU, Fellas, Alfa Mist & Amika Quartet, Svaneborg Kardyb, Evelyn Glennie, Owen Gardner, John Edwards, Bex Burch, Hania Rani, Tim Koh & Sun An, Howie Lee, JJ Whitefield, Okvsho feat. Akira, Bashy, Vhoor, Bu$hi, Cordae feat. Anderson .Paak, Koralle & Francesco Giampaoli, Drum Dance, Luke Elliott, Pauli Lyytinen, Lampen, Ellen […]
El Michels Affair – Glorious Game (Instrumentals)
The Instrumental version of the underground classic El Michels Affair & Black Thought collaborative album Glorious Game. When Leon Michels and El Michels Affair released their first record, Sounding Out The City, in 2005, it was hard to guess what was next for Michels and his then-introduced, now-patented “cinematic soul” sound. Now, four EMA studio […]
Fellas | ‘Ndonti
Hailing from Toulouse, France, FELLAS is a groundbreaking Nu Jazz band that seamlessly blends Jazz, Hip-Hop, and cinematic influences to create a soundscape that’s as intense and sensual as it is emotionally captivating. Led by saxophonist Charlie Burg, this five-piece ensemble crafts music that transports listeners far from reality, into a world defined by raw […]
Masayoshi Fujita | Migratory
Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita returns with Migratory, his masterful new solo album, where his sonic explorations into the unknown continue. In 2020, after 13 years of living in Berlin, Fujita returned to his native Japan with his wife and their three children, fulfilling his life-long dream of living and composing music in […]