Bremer McCoy | Kosmos
It is with immense pleasure that we get to tell you—on the solstice of all days—that Bremer/McCoy has a new album coming out. They’re calling it KOSMOS, which we think is a fitting title for a body of work so airy and ethereal and gossamer-lite. Morten McCoy took a break from enjoying the incredible but […]
Jerome Thomas | Submerge
Jerome Thomas returns alongside producer Pitch 92 with ‘Submerge’, a deeply human exploration into ethereal Jazz, R&B and 70’s Soul. Lyrically the project explores themes of lust, blackness, security and compassionate love. Sonically, it combines the sophisticated musical arrangements of the past yet with seductive contemporary production in the lower frequencies. The true heart and […]
Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs | Constitution
This is the repeated call and the rallying chorus of the nearly 40-minute centerpiece to composer and percussionist Asher Gamedze’s new album Constitution. The expansive double album, a minoritarian fellowship in breath, is Gamedze’s follow-up to 2023’s Turbulence and Pulse (IARC0057/M3H013), and his first with The Black Lungs, a ten-piece ensemble. The album – recorded […]
Kessoncoda | Outerstate
West London’s Kessoncoda are the duo of drummer Tom Sunney and keyboardist Filip Sowa. Standing firm between acoustic tradition and electronica, Kessoncoda is founded on a unique blend of melodic ostinato-laced piano and unwavering drums. Drawing on their array of musical interests, Fil and Tom take influence from rock, electronica, ambient, breakbeat and soundtracks for […]
Nonkeen | All good
‘All good?‘ is the latest release by childhood friends Nils Frahm, Frederic Gmeiner, and Sebastian Singwald, who form Nonkeen. The album – their first since 2016’s ‘The Gamble’ and partner album ‘Oddments of the Gamble’ – serves as a heartfelt homage to the legendary Herbert Laser, the innovative mind behind ‘Laserjazz’ and a longtime musical […]
Total Blue | Total Blue
Music From Memory is excited to introduce ‘Total Blue’, the Los Angeles-based trio of Nicky Benedek, Alex Talan, and Anthony Calonico. Despite collaborating for over a decade, ‘Total Blue’ represents a new chapter in their artistic journey together as a trio. Embracing chance, inviting the unknown, and guided by a spirit of sheer play and […]
SML | Small Medium Large
SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann. Their debut album ‘Small Medium Large’ began as a collection of long form improvisations recorded during two separate two-night stands at beloved Highland Park, Los Angeles venue ETA. Unfortunately, this major development site for […]
Svaneborg Kardyb | Superkilen
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 Frahm, […]
bklyn | favourite things 5.24
bklyn favourite things 5.24 – Amaria, LayFullstop, Radio Citizen & Masajjaa feat. Bajka & Lehto, IYAMAH, Low Leaf, Hiatus Kaiyote, Hermanos Gutierrez, Boztown & La Cantina, Ebi Soda, Oakland, Tom Misch, BADBADNOTGOOD, Sam Morton feat. Alabaster DePlume, Mondlane, Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi, Black Decelerant, Klaus Schulze, Greg Foat feat. Warren Hampshire & Ayo Salawu, […]
Goran Kajfeš Tropiques | Tell Us
The Swedish quartet Goran Kajfeš Tropiques share their new music We Jazz Records on May 3rd. Tell Us, an album consisting of three long pieces composed by the group, is “slow music” to the bone, a deep body of work utilising the language of jazz as its core mode of communication but echoing way beyond. […]
Hugh B | Brainwashing
“I often leave Sydney feeling bittersweet, exploring the idyllic summer drenched landscapes and the warm hospitality of friends makes me feel like I could almost call Sydney home. It’s a magical place, my proof of that is captured in the world of Brainwashing. Call it Brainwashing, or call it the rare treat of visiting friends […]
Greg Foat | Live at Villa Maximus, Mykonos
Greg Foat’s Greek jazz quartet with Sokratis Votskos, Warren Hampshire and Ayo Salawu, recorded live in Mykonos. Fat synth bass lines with psychedelic guitar, hypnotic bass clarinet, mystical flute and killer drums. Greg Foat · Live at Villa Maximus, Mykonos
LAVAGXRL | return
New ambient album “return” by LAVAGXRL is out now on Bandcamp. “FORGED BY FIRE, INFUSED WITH THE POWER TO TRANSFORM AND DESTROY, LAVAGXRL EXISTS TEMPORARILY ON THIS PLANE. LAVAGXRL IS A GENDERLESS, TIMELESS, MULTIDIMENSIONAL BEING—A STARSEED PLANTED TO PUSH BOUNDARIES AND ENCOURAGE THE ABANDONMENT OF HUMAN MIND-BODY WORSHIP. LET THESE VOLCANIC SOUNDS FROM ANOTHER PLANE […]
Jerk | Mood Swings
Jerk returns to some of their core influences, embracing vulnerability, and an authentic experience of the self on the forthcoming ‘Mood Swings’ album. Releasing on Friday 14th June via DeepMatter Records, the album is an eclectic collection of pieces spanning varying compositional and production styles, captured on analogue instrumentation. Channeling the beatmaking sensibilities of J […]
Kinkajous | Nothing Will Disappear
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 […]
Àbáse | Awakening
Science informs us that while we’re still in the womb, we’re able to hear our parents’ voices; and after birth, as we develop consciousness and memory, we’ll be soothed by these familiar sounds. As humans trying to make sense of our time on this planet, we may wishfully imagine a similarly comforting course to the […]
Don Glori | Don’t Forget To Have Fun
A product of the not-so-underground, genre-bending melting pot that is Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Don Glori (AKA Gordon Li) prepares to unleash his forthcoming album ‘Don’t Forget To Have Fun’ via DeepMatter Records. Following the release of his much-heralded 2022 LP ‘Welcome’, a subsequent sweep of the Australian festival circuit and an […]
JJ Whitefield & Forced Meditation | The Infinity Of Nothingness
Having plied his trade around the world for more than three decades, German guitarist, bandleader and musical explorer JJ Whitefield has always instilled in his craft a natural aesthetic of authenticity, a key component which has seen him amass a sizeable and varied catalogue of material which has remained timeless where some of his contemporaries […]