Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary | Evicted In The Morning
Saint Abdullah consists of Tehran-born brothers Mohammad and Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh, who have been exploring a diverse palette of sounds over their releases to date, including collaborations with Eomac on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People label, and Model Home on Purple Tape Pedigree, as well as their own duo album on Important Records. Jason Nazary is a […]
Twoosty Mayonez | Carmin
Twoosty Mayonez consists of Bartosz Wolert (drums) and Dominik Kaniewski (bass guitar and synthesizers). “Carmin” is their debut album, which is released primarily on vinyl by U Know Me Records. Twoosty Mayonez is something your grandfather would listen to with your younger sister. Non-standard-jazz approach combined with the search for strange sounds, resulted in the […]
Mammal Hands | Gift from the Trees
Mammal Hands fifth album ‘Gift from the Trees’ offers a fresh perspective on the unique trio’s singular music. The first to be recorded in a residential studio, the band enjoyed the opportunity to go late into the night searching for a deeper, more organic experience, closer to both their writing process but also their trance-like […]
Lukas Traxel | One-Eyed Daruma
Swiss artist Lukas Traxel releases his powerful debut album One-Eyed Daruma on We Jazz Records, March 10. The trio features Traxel on double bass, Otis Sandsjö on sax and Moritz Baumgärtner on drums. Compact, deep, and organic to the bone, Traxel & co’s sound echoes the innovations of rhythmically driven avantgarde jazz while keeping things […]
Kai Meara | Statik
London-based beatmaker Kai Meara presents Statik, a new 12-track LP, following on from his previous effort, ‘Morii’ on XVI Records last year (which caught the attention of Benji B, Tom Ravenscroft, Raji Rags & more). With this latest offering, Kai channels broken grooves and blissful melodies across Statik’s 25 minute hazy trip, creating music intended […]
Conic Rose | Heller Tag
‘Heller Tag‘ is the debut album of Berlin-based jazz collective Conic Rose. The young musicians come from the most diverse musical backgrounds. What connects them is their love toexplore, create, redefine and effortlessly move between abstraction and accessibility, high quality sound and the beauty of the imperfect – interweaving electronic elements, cinematic jazz, vibey soundscapes and […]
LESKY, Waywell & MAS | Upper Vera
Lofi musicians LESKY & Waywell are expanding their sound spectrum. With Norwegian guitar-hero MAS on board, our duo is giving their Lofi beats a Balearic twist and inject a healthy dose of jazz & fusion. All created during some long session in Tbilisi, Georgia. Listen to the first tracks below. Upper Vera by LESKY, Waywell […]
Andrew Wasylyk | Parallel Light
With ’Parallel Light’, AndrewWasylyk offers an alternative mix album to 2020’s spiritual-jazz and neo-classical masterclass in melody, ‘Fugitive Light And Themes Of Consolation’. This new LP, his third with Athens Of North Records, is as much a different perspective as a companion piece. The ten songs still circle landscapes for meaning, channelling half-heard melodies and […]
bklyn | favourite things 2.23
bklyn favourite things 2.23 – Joaquin Cornejo, Laraaji, Maria Spivak & Prins Emanuel, Carlos Niño feat. Nate Mercereau & Josh Johnson, The Light Surgeons, Graham Reynolds feat. Tosca String Quartet, Argile, Andrew Wasylyk, Om Buschman, Total Art Of Percussion, Pedro Ricardo, GoGo Penguin, Minihi, Rave At Your Fictional Borders, Brintex Collective, Mammal Hands, Close Counters, […]
Jan Schulte | Tropical Drums Of Deutschland
Back in 2017 Schulte has pulled together a collection of ‘tropical drum’ music made in and around Germany and says the compilation stems from a “general fascination for music that describes places where the artists have never been.” Much of the music on ‘Tropical Drums Of Deutschland’ came out on small imprints in the late […]
Okonski | Magnolia
The studio at 122 West Loveland Avenue was not an unfamiliar space for Steve Okonski, the leader of his eponymous trio Okonski. Ever since the Colemine label set up shop in Loveland, Ohio it has been a host to a number of groups passing through town, including Durand Jones and the Indications who all of […]
Laraaji | Segue To Infinity
The definitive collection of Laraaji’s earliest works, Segue To Infinity compiles his 1978 debut Celestial Vibration and six additional side-long studio sessions from previously unknown acetates from the same period. A lengthy essay by Living Colour’s Vernon Reid chronicles the origins of Edward “Flash” Gordon, illustrated with dozens of previously unpublished photographs that capture this […]
Adrian Quesada | Jaguar Sound
“Jaguar Sound” holds twelve cinematic and soulful instrumentals from Black Pumas co-founder Adrian Quesada”. Out November 2022, available on vinyl and all other formats. The brand new album by GRAMMY-winning guitarist, producer and Black Pumas co-founder, Adrian Quesada, serves as acelebration of the super funky, slightly delirious and deeply soulful sounds that transcended the cultural […]
Pacific Yew | Son Of Rene
Oakland, California artist Pacific Yew released a new vocalised project titled Son Of Rene back in january. Follow up his recent lo-fi instrumental projects like (((( T r e e s )))) (2017) and (((( Maidenhair )))) (2019). “His often minimalistic production over 15 tracks makes for a perfect soundscape for him to rap effortlessly over, as […]
Lance Skiiiwalker | Audiodidactic
„It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Lance Skiiiwalker, but the TDE rep is officially back in action with the release of his new album, Audiodidactic. A title derived from the fact that Lance is a self-taught musician, the album marks his first full-length release since 2016’s Introverted Intuition and first project since dropping […]
Hania Rani | On Giacometti
Hania Rani announces “On Giacometti” a tender meditation on the life and art of Alberto Giacometti and family. “On Giacometti” is a collection of beautiful recordings inspired by the renowned artist and family and features some of Rani’s most profoundly delicate compositions to date. Invited by film director Susanna Fanzun, to score her forthcoming documentary […]
bklyn | favourite things 1.23
bklyn favourite things 1.23 – Niontay, Makzo, Anu & Nico Harris, Quickly, Quickly, Alfa Mist, Silvan Strauss, Braithwaite & Katz, Surprise Chef, Yazmin Lacey, Ab-Soul feat. SiR, Ceeow, Allblack & Curren$y, B. Cool-Aid feat. Liv.e, Butcher Brown, Jimetta Rose, V.C.R & Maurice II, Allmos, Jaze Baqti, Kaelin Ellis, Joey Bada$$, Venna feat. Masego & Mick […]
Quiet Dawn | Simple
First Word Records welcomes back Quiet Dawn to the label for 2023, with an all-new 14-track digital beat tape simply entitled ‘Simple’. This follows on from two very diverse EPs, both acclaimed in their own rights. 2018’s organic ambient-jazz project ‘Human Being – The Short Story Of The Reed’, and 2022’s broken-beat influenced EP ‘Movements’, […]