bklyn | favourite things 11.22
bklyn favourite things 10.22 – Dezron Douglas, Contour, Elmo & Nico Harris feat. Israel Strom, Sebastian Mikael feat. Pink Siifu, Vienna, Venna feat. Yussef Dayes, Marco Bernardis & Rocco Palladino, David Kofi, Mount Kimbie, Orions Belte, L E F, Eddie Chacon, Haziz, Eyal Talmudi & Rejoicer, John Carroll Kirby, Lady Wray, Careless, Curren$y feat. Jade […]
Lady Wray | Piece Of Me Instrumentals
Big Crown Records is proud to present the instrumental version of Lady Wray’s instant classic album Piece of Me. Heralded as one of the best albums of 2022, Lady Wray and producer Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) hit a new height with this album. Here the instrumental versions give a chance for the production and […]
Eyal Talmudi & Rejoicer | The Audience
The Audience is 10 tracks of stripped-down, beautifully flowing free jazz: Talmudi perpetually weaving in and out of cosmic melodies and Rejoicer setting his partner’s sax afloat with echoing pianos and quivering synths. The friends dreamed up the project in late 2020 — a truly minimal sound, ideas distilled to their essence — and recorded […]
Mount Kimbie | MK 3.5: Die Cuts, City Planning
MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning shows how Dom Maker and Kai Campos have grown over the past decade, and demonstrates the two sides of Mount Kimbie’s aesthetic coin – each side produced entirely by either member. Dom’s side, Die Cuts, is colourful and melody-led, thriving on the spark of collaboration; Kai’s, City Planning, […]
Seahawks | Infinite Echo
“Infinite Echo” is a fresh suite of voyaging Balearica, tinged with ocean mist. Over the years, the incredible British duo Seahwaks have crafted an expansive catalogue of trippy and cosmically-influenced, ambient instrumentals, which has seen them collaborate with the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, Tim Burgess and Jon Goddard (of Hot Chip). Helmed by perennial […]
Twit One | Venetian Blinds
Next in line is “Venetian Blinds” by Cologne’s music aficionado Twit One. Expect that trademark vibe on 17 slaps full dusty drums and hazy hi-hats paired with laid back loops and melodies. The vinyl edition is limited to 300 copies and comes in a cardboard sleeve. Venetian Blinds by Twit One
bklyn | favourite things 10.22
bklyn favourite things 10.22 – Robohands, L E F, Duval Timothy, Contour, Fiendsh, Ifsonever, Silk Mob feat. Donvtello, Fid Mella, Jamin, Lex Lugner & Opti Mane, Mount Kimbie feat. Dom Maker, Slowthai & Danny Brown, Louis VI feat. David Mrakpor, Silvan Strauss, Mansur Brown, Vritra, Bokoya, Nick Hakim, Victoria Jane, FKJ, Homeboy Sandman, Freddie Gibbs […]
Silvan Strauss | Facing
Hamburg-based drummer/composer, Silvan Strauss flips crunchy Madlib-soaked beats with hazed-out contemporary jazz on debut album Facing, forthcoming on artist/producer Farhot’s label, Kabul Fire this November 2022. Featuring UK jazz luminary, Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia) and a medley of Hamburg’s most exciting new jazz talent, Strauss’s Facing connects the dots between Badbadnotgood, Yussef Dayes […]
Kafari | Riffs and Lullabies Vol. II
The new Kafari album “Riffs and Lullabies Vol. II” was recorded between 2017 and 2022 with a Sony ICD-UX533 compact digital voice recorder. “I think of being a musician as a private public journey. My intention is to care for myself and to cultivate a personal relationship with music that is expressive, healing, and that […]
Sarathy Korwar | Kalak
The follow up to the politically charged, award-winning More Arriving is an Indo-futurist manifesto – in rhythmic step with the past and the present, it sets out to describe a route forward. KALAK celebrates a rich South Asian culture of music and literature, which resonates with spirituality and community, while envisaging a better future from […]
ifsonever | ifsonever
If you ever wondered what ambient music of the 21st century could sound like, then you should explore the musical spheres of “ifsonever”. This colorful debut-album draws a blueprint of an urban ambient club record of a parallel universe. A collage of beautifully improvised pieces, strictly recorded in “one takes”. A gripping fusion that brings […]
bklyn | favourite things 9.22
bklyn favourite things 9.22 – Casisdead feat. La Roux, Little Dragon feat. JID, Sampa The Great feat. Kojey Radical, Buddy, David Versace, Contour, Jazzbois, Sheldon Agwu, Layfullstop, Bokoya, Boukas, Math-Mic & Anton Klavborn, High Pulp feat. Theo Croker, Makaya Mccraven, Hamish Balfour, Athletic Progression, Mansur Brown, Nico Harris, Tenderlonious, Asta Hiroki x Tristan de Liège, […]
Tom Skinner | Voices of Bishara
Drummer and producer Tom Skinner (The Smile, Sons of Kemet) announces this lean and beautiful mini-album, in which he edited a starry recording session into a sonorous, tuff and beguiling new shape. The title of Tom Skinner’s first release under his own name is a reference to cellist Abdul Wadud’s ultra-rare 1978 solo album ‘By […]
Mansur Brown | NAQI Vol.2
“NAQI Vol.2” is Mansur Brown’s second EP this year. It follows Vol. 1 early this year released on Amai Records. You can now pre-order the vinyl including all tracks via Bandcamp. Mansur Brown is an Artist, Producer and Multi-Instrumentalist, from Brixton, London. Mansur released his debut Album ‘Shiroi’ in 2018, followed by ‘Heiwa’ in 2021, the […]
Surprise Chef | Education & Recreation
Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet’s distinct sound pulls from 70s film scores, the funkier side of jazz, and the samples that form the foundation of hip hop. They push the boundaries of instrumental […]
Robohands | Giallo
Robohands, aka Andy Baxter, joins the Bastard Jazz family with a new EP titled “Giallo.” Partly inspired by Italian Giallo (meaning “yellow”) film soundtracks of the late 70s and 80s, as well as the experimental sounds of pioneering krautrock bands like Tangerine Dream and NEU! Armed with an old Juno 60 synthesizer, Andy wrote, recorded, […]
Louis VI | Ecocide
This 4-track EP showcases the many talents of Louis VI. Dubbed “ECOCIDE” to reflect the state of things on the planet, serving us primary producer and artist, Louis also invites a wide cast of whose whose in the UK Hip-hop scene and beyond. The EP starts off with the drill anthem “Strange Human Emotion Called […]
Kham Meslien | Fantômes... Futurs
A festival organizer asks for a solo, and it is for Kham Meslien the trigger as much as the revelation. Twenty years of loyal service in a band, and Kham left the artistic direction of his career to the strings of his double bass. From now on, this one should take the less codified road […]