Allmos | Mostly Instrumentals
A full-length instrumental LP from hi-fi instrumental producer Allmos (aka Allan Cole, ½ of The Stuyvesants) – the instrumental companion to his white label ‘Mostly Remixes’ tape, the second half of which was first released as an EP in between his ‘Sound Affects’ Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 albums, in February of 2021. Mostly Instrumentals […]
L E F | Antidote
Upcoming South-African producer L E F releases his first EP on Melting Pot Music. Hailing from Johannesburg, L E F is bringing a new vibe to the beat scene. “Music should be a reflection of one’s experience” – and this is exactly what he does on his upcoming 7-track-EP. “Music should be a reflection of […]
Alfa Mist | Variables
“I’ve been focused on who I am in my music, but now I’m exploring where I am,” Alfa Mist says. “I’m asking: how did I get here?” This is the journeying question that underpins Alfa’s fifth album, Variables. Traversing luscious, big band swing, head-nodding boom-bap rhythms and yearning vocal melodies, the record is expansive, soulful […]
Rob Mazurek – Exploding Star Orchestra | Lightning Dreamers
Lightning Dreamers is new work by composer, trumpeter, interdisciplinary abstractivist and modern music mogul Rob Mazurek, who wrote the music for a compacted version of his long-running Exploding Star Orchestra. A follow-up to the acclaimed 2020 Mazurek/ESO release Dimensional Stardust, the album features guitarist Jeff Parker, vocalist Damon Locks, drummer Gerald Cleaver, and pianists Angelica […]
Jonah Yano | Portrait Of A Dog
Jonah Yano is the Hiroshima born, Montreal based singer-songwriter, whose journey into music began with recording music using his cellphone in 2016. Having played piano and guitar as a child, it wasn’t until Yano moved from Vancouver to Toronto in 2016 that he began putting his songs online, catching the eyes of Toronto’s thriving local […]
Whatitdo Archive Group | Palace of a Thousand Sounds
U.S. Cinematic outfit Whatitdo Archive Group returns to explore the worlds of Mid-Century Exotica and Library Music with “Palace of a Thousand Sounds,” out on May 5th. From the instrumental cinematic-soul outfit behind 2021’s critically acclaimed The Black Stone Affair comes Whatitdo Archive Group’s most recent foray into the realms of the esoteric and arcane, […]
Coultrain | MUNDUS
Musician A.M. Frison, known mononymously as Coultrain, is well-known for his experimental, psychedelic and world-building music. Coultrain is an esteemed experimental artist and active member of 577 Records’ sub-label, Positive Elevations, which is dedicated to electronic experimentation and avant soul. On MUNDUS, Coultrain overlays spoken word performance and his honeyed voice over smooth soul-inspired instrumentation, […]
Eddie Chacon | Sundown
“Low-key R&B legend” Eddie Chacon’s first album for Stones Throw is Sundown, produced by John Carroll Kirby – coming March 31, 2023. In 2021, Eddie Chacon and John Carroll Kirby decamped to Ibiza for two weeks. There, they rented the island’s only Fender Rhodes from one of the local rave crews. John posted it against […]
Raffy Bushman | E Minor String Quintet + Rhythm
As musical director of Unit 31 and founder of The NuShape Orchestra, pianist and composer Raffy Bushman has honed his craft among some of the finest like-minded musicians in the London music scene. His debut release ‘Look Up’ – available on a limited run of vinyl for the first time – tells the honest and […]
Charlie Stacey | The Light Beyond Time
Keyboard player and pianist Charlie Stacey fuses jazz-piano virtuosity with dark synth textures and grooves on his first solo project – a direct-to-disc, one take recording for Night Dreamer Records. One of the UK’s leading keys players, Charlie Stacey improvisational skills are unmatched. Known for his work with Yussef Dayes and fellow Tomorrow Warriors alumni […]
bklyn | favourite things 12.22
bklyn favourite things 12.22 – Gotts Street Park feat. Rosie Lowe, Ksr., S. Fidelity, Eddie Chacon & Mndsgn, Rainy Miller, Young Meyerlack, Arjuna Oakes, Allmos feat. Reginald Chapman, Mansur Brown, Cumulus Frisbee, Curren$y, Melodiesinfonie, Makzo, Leavv & Kenji, Knuckles, Silk Mob, Reason, Che Lingo feat. Mick Jenkins, Little Simz, Kendrick Lamar, Shatter Hands & Yellow […]
Rainy Miller | Limbs
Rainy Miller’s effortlessly soul-nuzzling beauty of a debut album introduces the crucial node of a new movement originating in our native North West England, dispensed on his burgeoning label, Fixed Abode. First issued in early 2019, the low-key neo-R&B electronica glow of ‘Limbs’ has become Rainy’s accomplished calling card, leading to hugely impressive work as producer […]
Carlos Niño & Friends | Assortment for Susan’s
Special selections and sequences by Carlos Niño, from his (& Friends) Records: Aquariusssssss, Aurorasmushroomtenderness, Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening!, Going Home, and Bliss On Dear Oneness + 2 new recordings: “Bioluminescence (featuring Laraaji and Ariel Kalma, with Surya Botofasina)” & “Drum Solo, “Sounds like memory” (featuring Marcus Gilmore, with Devin Daniels, Nate Mercereau, Maia, and […]
Marcin Grochowina | Rhodes Dream
Pianist Marcin Grochowina from Poland released three albums containing improvisations played on his collection of Fender Rhodes Mark I 1975 and Mark V from 1984. Wonderful composed and eased tracks, perfect to work or relax by. Check out his releases on bandcamp. Rhodes Dream by Marcin Grochowina
Dawuna | Glass Lit Dream
Astonishing smouldering R&B flex from Brooklyn’s Dawuna, making strong debut moves on the ace O___o? label that gave us LA Timpa’s first record. If u like it slow x dripping in a prince/d’angelo style with intricate. almost concrète production – this is as good as it gets. The debut of the decade? Aye, we reckon […]
Little Simz | NO THANK YOU
“NO THANK YOU” is the fifth studio album by British rapper Little Simz. It was released on December 12, 2022 through the independent label Forever Living Originals after being announced less than a week prior. No Thank You is a hip hop album containing elements of gospel, soul, funk, and electronic music. The songs on […]
Svaneborg Kardyb | Over Tage
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 […]
Silk Mob | New Silk
Spätherbst 2022. Deutschrap TikTok-tänzelt zur zweihundertsten lieblosen Drill-Attrappe. Es wird höchste Zeit für neuen Druck aus dem Untergrund, neue Disteln im Beton, neue Banger vom SILK MOB. Tatsächlich haben Donvtello, Opti Mane, Jamin, Fid Mella und Lex Lugner in Wiener und Berliner Basements auf neuen gemeinsamen Songs genistet, haben einmal mehr fünf avantgardistische Welten zu […]