bklyn | favourite things 2.26
bklyn favourite things 2.26 – Alabaster DePlume, Anenon, Ash Walker, Booker Stardrum, Carlos Niño feat. Saul Williams, Charlotte Day Wilson, Ego Ella May, Elori Saxl feat. Henry Solomon, Ezra Collective, Fabiano Do Nascimento & E Ruscha V, FloFilz feat. Gabiga, GENA, greenSLLIME feat. Mick Jenkins, Gregory Uhlmann, Jiaao, Mansur Brown, Matt Gold & Dustin Laurenzi, […]
Flea | Honora
Honora sees Flea stepping away from his familiar role and into a more introspective, composition-driven space. The album trades funk-driven energy for a stripped-back, reflective sound, rooted in piano, trumpet and minimal arrangements. Across the record, the focus is on tone and emotion rather than complexity. Melodies are sparse but deliberate, often unfolding slowly and […]
Horatio Luna | Action Reaction
On ACTION REACTION, producer and multi-instrumentalist Horatio Luna crafts a fluid, genre-blurring record that moves between jazz, broken beat, and electronic soul with ease. Built on tight rhythmic interplay and richly layered textures, the album explores the constant push and pull between motion and response — tension and release. Warm keys, intricate percussion, and subtle […]
14KT | Morning Meds
On Morning Meds, Detroit producer 14KT delivers a warm, groove-driven collection that sits somewhere between instrumental hip-hop, jazz, and soulful beat music. Known for his MPC craftsmanship and rich sampling palette, 14KT leans into a more reflective, easy-flowing sound here — built for slow starts, clear heads, and steady momentum. The album unfolds with dusty […]
Gnarls Barkley | Atlanta
With Atlanta, Gnarls Barkley return with their first new album in years, revisiting the creative chemistry that made the duo of CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse one of the most distinctive voices in modern soul and alternative hip-hop. Named after CeeLo’s hometown, the album feels like both a tribute and a reflection — rooted in […]
Fink | The City Is Coming To Erase It All
These days – on the new, ninth Fink album – Greenall is operating within a lineage of authentic, quietly revolutionary artists from England’s verdant southwestern toe. Artists like Michael Chapman. In 1970, the elusive acoustic guitar wizard released an album called Fully Qualified Survivor. The cult-classic served as a lodestar for Greenall – along with […]
Booker Stardrum | Close-up On The Outside
On Close-up On The Outside, drummer and composer Booker Stardrum presents a deeply textured solo statement that balances organic sound with electroacoustic exploration. Released via We Jazz Records, the album blends field recordings, handmade percussion, and electronic processing into a warm, tactile sound world that feels both intimate and expansive. First conceived during an artist […]
Błoto + Ion D & Plevna | Zmiany / Schimbări
Polish quartet Błoto has always resisted fixed aesthetics, favoring experimentation and instinct over genre boundaries. With Zmiany / Schimbări, the band opens a new chapter—one shaped by a creative residency in Bucharest and collaborations with musicians from the underground Future Nuggets scene, led by producer Ion D. The project marks the beginning of a series […]
Jasmine Myra | Where Light Settles
Saxophonist and composer Jasmine Myra presents nine beautiful and powerfully grounded compositions that express her ruminations on life, growth, and progression, powered by the artist’s vision of duality. “It’s those bittersweet moments which are heart-breaking but so important. Looking forward and trying to make sense of life,” she says. “Pain is unavoidable, and you’ll have […]
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart | BODY SOUND
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart unite strings, voice, and analog tape manipulation to create BODY SOUND — an immersive work rooted in improvisation, intimacy, and spatial awareness. Built from viola, cello, violin, and wordless vocals, the trio’s music moves between tranquil drones and disquieting textures, shaped in real time through deep listening and […]
bklyn | favourite things 1.26
bklyn favourite things 1.26 – Jill Scott, Amir Bresler feat. KerenDun, Benjamin Herman feat. Akihito Obama & Ko Ishikawa, Bhairavi Raman, Boukas & Likeness, Charlotte Day Wilson feat. Saya Gray, Eddie Chacon feat. Jake Viator, Ego Ella May, Fabiano Do Nascimento & E Ruscha V, Felicity J Lord, Gavsborg, GoGo Penguin, Gregory Uhlmann feat. Alabaster […]
Alabaster DePlume | Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew-Epilogue
‘Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue’ is a new EP by Alabaster DePlume, recorded during his March 2025 US tour. Performing with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Tcheser Holmes, DePlume had been presenting material from A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole. The trio’s immediate onstage chemistry led to a spontaneous studio session […]
Błoto | We Remember J Dilla
Every year, when February arrives, the global hip-hop community comes together to remember one of the greatest innovators in contemporary music, J Dilla. Born on February 7, 1974, James Yancey, also known as Jay Dee, revolutionized the sound of hip-hop and soul during his lifetime, and, in the years after his passing, his influence reached […]
Thundercat | Distracted
Six years to the date of his last LP, Thundercat will release his fifth studio album, Distracted, coming out April 3rd via Brainfeeder. The new album features contributions from A$AP Rocky, WILLOW, Tame Impala, Channel Tres, Lil Yachty and a previously unreleased collaboration with the dearly departed Mac Miller. Distracted was primarily created in close […]
Charlotte Day Wilson | Patchwork
Patchwork is the latest EP from Canadian singer‑songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson, arriving as a concise yet deeply expressive statement in her evolving catalogue. Known for her warm, soulful voice and introspective songwriting, Wilson continues to blur the lines between R&B, jazz, and alt‑soul with this release. Across its tracks, Patchwork feels like a thoughtful mosaic […]
Carlos Niño & Friends | Elysian Invocation / Pollen on the Earth
Elysian Invocation / “Pollen on the Earth” is a soaring, life-affirming longform dialogue between a cast of stellar musicians, every artist in symbiosis with each other and the work’s organic beating heart. Made from guitar, drums, saxophone, synthesis, percussion, and the scorching, fluid Voice of Saul Williams, the pieces commune with many worlds, natural, cosmological, […]
Scrimshire | Your Invasion Is A Lie feat. Idris Rahman
With Your Invasion Is A Lie, producer and composer Scrimshire returns with a striking blend of avant‑jazz, electro‑ambient textures and incisive conceptual depth. Featuring master saxophonist Idris Rahman, this 2026 single stands out as both a political statement and a musical exploration that balances intensity with introspection. Rahman’s commanding tone weaves through Scrimshire’s nuanced production […]
Terrace Martin | Passion
On ‘PASSION’, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and sonic visionary Terrace Martin delivers one of his most emotionally charged and musically expansive statements to date. Known for his deep roots in jazz, hip-hop, and soul — and for collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Herbie Hancock, and Robert Glasper — Martin channels all of that experience into a project that […]