Ebi Soda | Honk If You’re Sad
Born from ten-hour jam sessions in peeling Brighton bedsits, the technical parameters of a bootstrap recording process and the osmotic, multi-genre influence of internet music archives, quintet Ebi Soda have been steady-cultivating a unique sound amidst the exploding UK jazz scene. ‘Honk If You’re Sad’, their sophomore full-length album, stays true to these foundations, while […]
9ms | Pleats
9ms is the duo of Simon Popp and Florian König. On their wide ranging debut album ‚Pleats‘ the tech-savvy drummers offer grooves from the dubbier realms of World Music and Krautrock – some meditative and light, some thick as wall and steady as a clock. The album was recorded live in a large wooden hall […]
WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol.I
From blazing hard bop to free jazz, through to introspective saxophone solos and massive big band sounds, renowned Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa presents the best of the Wajazz sound! Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release: from blazing hard bop to free jazz, to introspective saxophone solos and massive big […]
bklyn | favourite things 3.22
bklyn favourite things 3.22 – ELZHI feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gas Lab & Kazumi Kaneda, Tim Lyre feat. Lex Amor, FloFilz feat. Jerome Thomas, Emapea, Yann Kesz, TONE, John Carroll Kirby, Jimpster feat. Yoh, Ouska feat. WYS, NanaBcool, VRITRA, Neue Grafik Ensemble, Hiatus Kaiyote feat. Nick Hakim, Huey Briss feat. Lord Apex, Reginald Omas Mamode IV, […]
Anteloper | Pink Dolphins
Jaimie Branch and Jason Nazary are Anteloper. When prompted about their name, branch comes back rhyming: “An Anteloper, is an antelope, interloper,” adding in a jovial manner, “an antelope walks up to a party, but you know, people don’t want him around.” Turns out, she had the name before the band was formed, and once […]
John Carroll Kirby | Dance Ancestral
| John Carroll Kirby will release Dance Ancestral on April 8, 2022 – This will be his fifth album on Stones Throw since 2020. Dance Ancestral follows a loose chronology of a day in the life. The opening single is “Dawn of New Day,” featuring Laraaji. For his new LP, John Carroll Kirby “wanted to […]
Tom Sochas | The Sorcerer
Building on the success of a solo EP released in early 2021, Franco-American jazz pianist Tom Sochas, previously known for his work with London staple Phoenician Blinds, is back with his debut album The Sorcerer, on Khumbu Records. The album, set to be released on April 18th 2022 introduces Tom’s new trio with greek bassist […]
Wilma Vritra | Grotto
The second album from the transatlantic duo Wilma Vritra is richly orchestrated, replete with references to faith, mythology, and the cosmos, its 11 tracks grapple with themes of self-preservation and refuge from the world, even as they edge their way to a sort of redemption. Grotto is the work of two musicians separated by an […]
FloFilz | Close Distance
New album by pioneering German beatmaker FloFilz. On ‘Close Distance’, the LoFi-turned-HiFi producer blends Hip-Hop inspired beats with Contemporary Jazz, Alt R&B and a little Rap. Featuring Alfa Mist, Blue Lab Beats, Jerome Thomas, KeepVibesNear, Summers Sons & C.Tappin, Dal & Hunter Rose. ‘Close Distance’ is his fourth album for Melting Pot Music. Close Distance […]
Recordings from the Åland Islands
In 2017 Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer traveled together to the Åland Islands (an archipelago that is host to around 6,500 islands) in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. They headed to the islands with the intention of helping two friends (mother/daughter duo Jannika/Sage Reed) barn raise a small inn named Hotel Svala […]
Sun Araw | On Patrol
Sun Araw from Los Angeles, originally released “On Patrol” . A double album in two parts, and the fourth full length album from Sun Araw. An album for heavy-steamin’ late nights in the city, inter-dimensional back alleys, ghost cabs; it creeps and tunes in on a much darker, sparser, and more classically minded channel than its predecessors: […]
bklyn | favourite things 2.22
bklyn favourite things 2.22 – Jeremiah Chiu, Godtet, Woo, Harpista, Kai Meara, Alabaster DePlume, Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernbergn, Wilma Vritra, Bobby Oroza, Joona Toivanen Trio, Khruangbin, Vritra, TONE, Ishmael Ensemble, Robert Glasper feat. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello, Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Kokoroko, Henry Wu, Fatima & Joe Armon-Jones, Blue Lab Beats feat. Ego Ella […]
Reginald Omas Mamode IV | Stand Strong
Reginald Omas Mamode IV returns with his fourth solo album – the resolute, soulful, confident, sonically sure ‘Stand Strong’, set for release via Five Easy Pieces on 25th March 2022. Reginald Omas Mamode IV stands strong in process, sensibility and message; speaking authentically against our collective future and the struggle of the Afro Diaspora people, […]
Park Jiha | The Gleam
The luminous 3rd album from the acclaimed Korean multi-instrumentalist and composer. A gorgeous meditation on the intersection of music and light. The inspiration for this album originates from the concept of light – in its different forms, and in the way in which it interacts with us throughout the different parts of the day. It […]
Binker and Moses | Feeding The Machine
After some years spent roaming the Valley of the Ultrablacks and exploring the Mountain of Forever, (where they narrowly avoided the lethal traps of The Voice of Besbunu), Binker and Moses are back with a new offering. ‘Feeding The Machine’ is their first studio album in five years, due for release on February 25th on […]
Neue Grafik | Foulden Road Part Two
South London based producer and multi-instrumentalist Neue Grafik announces his new EP ‘Foulden Road Part II’ from his Neue Grafik Ensemble band, released 25th March on Total Refreshment Centre. The sequel to their impressive 2019 release ‘Foulden Road’, Neue Grafik continues to incorporate 100% live takes with the ensemble, as well as solo productions that […]
Culross Close | Pressure
“Pressure” is the third album by Culross Close. “The album opens with the sound of PRESSURE! a world where synths blend with keys and the visceral expressions of city life. Things then move from minimalist expressions to beat-driven fusion. With searing string and trumpet arrangement courtesy of Yelfris Valdes, To Belong straddles beat-driven fusion and jazz […]
bklyn | favourite things 1.22
bklyn favourite things 1.22 – Carrtoons feat. Jaedon Alvira, Ivan Ave, Sean Price feat. Madlib, JuJu Rogers, Styles Davis, LNDFK feat. Chester Watson, Jonny Shredder, J.I.D. feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate, Azizi Gibson feat. Freddie Gibbs, Astronote, Corto.Alto, Tenda Senda & PiPou, OOF feat. Mike Ladd, FloFilz feat. Alfa Mist, Telemakus, Quiet Dawn, Khruangbin, […]