Lucia Cadotsch | AKI
Award-winning vocalist and producer Lucia Cadotsch’s newest musical guise is AKI, a quartet of some of the most brilliant and distinctive voices working in contemporary jazz. Kit Downes (piano/organ), Phil Donkin (bass), James Maddren (drums), and guest Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar) collaborate with Cadotsch to create an affecting debut album, full of robust musicianship and emotive […]
Jazzbois | Higher Dimension Waiting Room
Jazzbois is a jazz-hip-hop fusion trio from Budapest, Hungary. Their debut album “Jazzbois Goes Blunt” had a strong impact on both the jazz and hip-hop scene, creating a unique psychedelic-flavored fusion that shook the bones of jazz masters and beat lovers alike. As complete newcomers into the scene they were recognized by many key figures […]
Myele Manzanza | Focus
This recording came together as an offset from the Crisis & Opportunity Vol. 3 – Unfold creative development phase. For 4 days in early 2021, Lewis Moody, Benjamin Muralt and I bunkered down in a tiny studio near Finsbury Park, tracking some of the pre-planned ideas (The final productions of Gone Up In Flames, Child […]
bklyn | favourite things 6.23
bklyn favourite things 6.23 – Eje Eje, EABS meets Jaubi, Arthur Hnatek Trio, Oh No & Roy Ayers, NaraBara, DARGZ feat. Charlie Stacey, Buscrates, Krs., Che Lingo feat. Kojey Radical, Speakers Corner Quartet feat. Léa Sen, Samrai, LINTD & Raheel Khan, Butcher Brown feat. Vanisha Gould, Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo, WVR BVBY, Tropics – Minor […]
The Pacific Visions of Martin Glass
Exiled in Taiwan working on a deal that never gets done, an American businessman falls under the hypnotic spell of the Pacific. His is an Asiatisch fever dream – seaside lovers, translucent virtual vocalists, glass-y ’80s synthesisers and multinational muzak. It’s an ode to Pacific bubble decadence, beamed from a lilo or a roof garden […]
Chester Watson | Fish Don’t Climb Trees
The internet has a funny way of distorting our sense of time. When Chester Watson debuted in the mid-2010s with verbose, technically precise music indebted to MF DOOM, Earl Sweatshirt, and more obscure artists from the stratosphere and the blogosphere, it was as if he was simultaneously from the past and future. Enterprising fans reacted […]
Alabaster DePlume | Come With Fierce Grace
In order to record the compositions in his critically-acclaimed 2022 release GOLD, Alabaster DePlume instilled a culture of creativity by leading his ensembles in spontaneous composition and development. To allow them to be present, he kept the musicians constantly creating across several weeks of sessions at London creative hub Total Refreshment Centre. This process resulted […]
Hania Rani | Ghosts
Hania Rani announces her new album, Ghosts, bringing her songwriting and beautiful vocals to the fore and featuring special guests Patrick Watson, Ólafur Arnalds and Duncan Bellamy (Portico Quartet). Ghosts is the sound of an ever-evolving artist and, just as the album’s title suggests she passes repeatedly and gracefully between musical worlds: as composer, singer, […]
Speakers Corner Quartet | Further Out Than The Edge
The journey of South London collective Speakers Corner Quartet to where they are today has been a self-less, community driven calling. Starting as the house band at the legendary Brixton spoken word and hip hop night Speakers Corner in 2006, they spent the following decade backing up other artists and helping them shape their visions […]
Boukas & A D M B | Dreams in Colour
Endless Sunday is the sub-label of Chillhop Music, dedicated to showcasing the best and most innovative sounds from around the world. From electronic to hip hop to pop and beyond, we support talented artists and help them share their music with the world. Enter a dreamlike state with Boukas & A D M B’s new […]
Azamiah feat. India Blue | In Phases
Following the release last year of Rebecca Vasmant’s acclaimed album With Love, From Glasgow (nominated for Scottish Album Of The Year 2022), Vasmant’s Rebecca’s Records label have announced their latest release, the debut album from spiritual jazz outfit ‘Azamiah’ led by India Blue. Azamiah have emerged from Glasgow’s bubbling jazz scene with their debut album, […]
bklyn | favourite things 5.23
bklyn favourite things 5.23 – Kae Tempest, Chester Watson, Yussef Dayes feat. Tom Misch, Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo, Matt Wilde, Huw Marc Bennett, Phi-Psonics, Mononome, Gia Margaret, Little Dragon, Axian & SoBe, Rival Consoles, Palm Skin Productions, Synkro, Eje Eje, Tropics, Markandeya & Joaquín Cornejo, TOTEK, A D M B & Boukas, Hania Rani, Azamiah, […]
David Kofi | Live at Late Night Jazz
David Kofi´s new EP “Live at Late Night Jazz Royal Albert Hall”. Recorded Live at the Elgar Room (Royal Albert Hall) on Thursday 23rd February 2023. Featuring David Kofi on the piano, Jeremy Wilson on the drums, Leslie Essel on bass, Simmy Singh on violin, Klara Schumann on cello, Peter Solomon on the guitar and […]
High Pass Filter | Nice Coordinated Outfit
Nice Coordinated Outfit is a journey through history to a time before the internet and social media and before inner city gentrification, when Fitzroy was the beating heart of Australia’s avant-garde music and culture. Musically, it showcases the band’s incredible range from deep minimal dub to bizarre electronica with elements of shoegaze and experimental noise. […]
Phi-Psonics | Octava
Phi-Psonics is a meditative, deeply soulful, immersive jazz group from Los Angeles, led by bassist Seth Ford-Young and featuring Sylvain Carton on woodwinds, Mitchell Yoshida on electric piano, and Josh Collazo on drums. Their beautiful music draws on jazz and classical influences together with Ford-Young’s own musical experiences, relationships, and his introduction to spirituality, yoga […]
Carlos Niño & Friends | (I’m just) Chillin’, on Fire
While the album compiles live and studio arrangements recorded in places like Venice, Leimert Park and Woodstock over the past three years, it feels harmonious, as if captured in one space with all musicians present. This highlights Niño’s ability as a conductor and producer. That he could winnow such vast experimentation into a seamless set […]
Huw Marc Bennett | Days Like Now
Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett is set to release his beautiful new album ‘Days Like Now’. Steeped in organic sounds of jazz, folk, soul, dub and the earthy, psychedelic roots of his homeland; the music has history but also harmonises with the new world around it, understanding the changing landscape. “I feel as […]
EABS meets Jaubi | In Search of a Better Tomorrow
A few years ago, a very interesting relationship began to develop. A bridge was built out of Jaubi’s releases on Astigmatic Records and the increasingly frequent collaborations between musicians from Europe and Asia – out of Latarnik’s trip to Pakistan resulting in the widely acclaimed album Nafs at Peace and Zohaib, Dhani and Ali’s revisit […]