Twit One | Objets Trouvés
„Objets Trouvés“ is Twit One’s third solo album on Melting Pot Music. If we count in his projects with Hulk Hodn (as Testiculo Y Uno), Summers Sons (as Syrup), Lazy Jones (as Flatpocket), Count Bass D and Fleur Earth, we are looking at 10+ LPs (LP stands for longplayer and we emphasize on this because […]
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra | Promises
Even when he was a DJ fashioning beats in a techno club in Berlin, Sam Shepherd, aka Floating Points, wasn’t afraid to drop the needle on 20 continuous minutes of spiritual jazz, courtesy of the 1977 song, “Harvest Time” by Pharoah Sanders. Now, the 34-year-old composer-producer and son of a vicar has joined forces with […]
Mathias Modica | Kraut Jazz Futurism Vol. 2
The Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation shows what’s cookin’ in the new German Jazz scene. Young German bands and a few of the international musicians working in Berlin now. Fresh artists that combine Jazz, Kraut Rock, Afro, Hip Hop and Electronica in a new way. The first part of the compilation came out last year and was described by The Wire as […]
JAB | Currents
Currents is JAB’s latests contribution as he creates and arranges a perfect synergy of heavy percussion and epic strings for the worlds movers & shakers to get lost in, meditate with and move within. Orchestrated with the emotional journey the world was experiencing throughout 2020 in mind, Currents does the focused and joy- stirring work […]
Hiatus Kaiyote | Mood Valiant
Twice Grammy nominated, Melbourne-based group Hiatus Kaiyote returns to announce their new album Mood Valiant, out June 25th via Brainfeeder Records / Ninja Tune. Comprised of Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield (guitar, vocals), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keys), and Perrin Moss (drums), the new album is the follow up to their 2015 album Choose Your […]
Carlos Niño & Friends | More Energy Fields, Current
‘More Energy Fields, Current’ is a definitive new peak in the recorded continuum of prolific producer/percussionist Carlos Niño. Featuring heavy contributions from many of the most exciting instrumentalists in the creative music constellation of Los Angeles (of which Niño’s has been a central force for over 2 decades), the album collects 10 pristine gems of […]
bklyn | favourite things 2.21
Nick Hakim feat. BADBADNOTGOOD, Black Nile feat. Chrystopherson, The Lasso feat. Motorkam, Namir Blade & Nelson Bandela, The Colours That Rise, Chester Watson feat. Danny Brown, Freddie Gibbs, +R=NOW, Opek, Slowthai feat. Skepta, SiR, Curren$y, K15, Tori Handsley Trio, Kiri Ra!, Samuel Sharp, Cumulus Frisbee, The Psychedelic Freaks, Yaya Bey, Brainstory, EABS, El Michels Affair, […]
Black Nile | The Further Side
“Second Serving” is the first taste of the jazz fusion album The Further Side by brothers Aaron and Lawrence Shaw aka Black Nile, which will be released December 4, 2020 on World Galaxy / Alpha Pup Records. The single reflects the R&B and hip hop roots of the multi-instrumentalists brothers who have been jamming together […]
bklyn | favourite things 1.21
Madlib, Adrian Younge, Alfa Mist, Black Nile, Nick Hakim, Apifera, Q, Mac Miller & BADBADNOTGOOD, Duval Timothy, Kelsey Lu feat. Kelly Moran & Moses Boyd, R+R=NOW, Robohands, Spaze Windu, Nick Walters & The Paradox Ensemble, Joey Bada$$, Jaubi feat. Latarnik, , Lex Amor, Taylor McFerrin feat. Marcus Gilmore, The Invisible Session, Brent Faiyaz, Timo Lassy, […]
Coma World | Coma World
Coma World is a new collaboration between Maxwell Hallett, a.k.a. Betamax (The Comet Is Coming/Soccer96) and Pete Bennie (Speaker’s Corner Quartet) bringing together their potent chemistry in an intoxifying debut LP. Betamax drives the duo with his signature ‘rhythmadelic’ drum rapture as Pete elegantly pummels bass tones into an assortment of wonky pockets. Both layer […]
The Colours That Rise | Mixtape 1
The Colours That Rise return for a quick lap around Earth with this special offering , “Mixtape 1” – comprising of one brand new studio production and two new compositions recorded live from the mothership in 2020 AD. The mixtape will be distributed on this planet via a “bandcamp” Vinyl campaign and never repressed again. […]
bklyn | favourite things 12.20
Gabriels, Navy Blue feat. Yasiin Bey, Mac Miller feat. Denzel Curry, MF DOOM feat. FloFilz, Jesse Futerman feat. Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Ari Lennox & Elite, Allysha Joy, Enny feat. Jorja Smith, Natty Reeves, Nandele feat. Ha Kwai, Matthew Hayes & Charlie Perry feat. Allysha Joy, Yussef Dayes, Alfa Mist, Scrimshire, MF DOOM feat. Madlib, Madlib, Sunda […]
Alfa Mist | Bring Backs
East London producer and composer Alfa Mist made his debut in 2014 collaborating with Emmavie on the recently rereleased Epoch EP. Since then he’s released two solo LP’s and EP’s. He’s also worked with drummers Yussef Dayes, Richard Spaven (44th Move) and producer Lester Salmins (2nd Exit). 2017 saw the release of Alfa’s breakthrough record, […]
Madlib | Sound Ancestors
Music by Madlib. Recorded in LA over the course of some years. Edited, Arranged and Mastered by Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet at his home and when he was on a plane going places. Lacquered by Bernie Grundman in L.A. Art direction by Errol Richardson. Photography by Richard Foster. Eothen Alapatt got this record ready […]
Mama Odé | Tales & Patterns of the Maroons (Instrumentals)
Instrumental version of the latest album by brothers Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Jeen Bassa as Mama Odé. Reginald Omas Mamode IV’s three solo albums – 2016’s s/t debut, 2017’s ‘Children of Nu’ and 2019’s ‘Where We Going’ – received continued critical success from Mojo (“A brand-new-retro delight”), Mixmag (“Peckham beat brilliance”), Q (“Superb”), Record […]
bklyn | favourite things 11.20
Bel Cobain & Lex Amor, Lucia Cadotsch, GODTET, Salami Rose Joe Louis feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Triorität, Nubya Garcia feat. Makaya McCraven, JK Group, Khruangbin, Chris Keys, Fitzroy & Stwo, Joaquín Cornejo feat. Felipe Cornejo, Seba Kaapstad feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Nuri, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Sarathy Korwar feat. Upaj Collective, Kutiman, Ayar, Andrew Ashong, Azizi […]
Godtet | III
Guitarist and Producer Godriguez (producer of Sampa the Great’s “The Great Mixtape”) marshalled together some of the best musicians of the new generation in Sydney: A head priest of the Cuban Ifa religion, the step-son of Australia’s greatest ever funk and soul musician, Australia’s leading drummer in this new generation and a deeply emotionally gifted […]
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger | Force Majeure
Force Majeure is an uplifting suite of real, soulful comfort music – an album that cathartically encapsulates an all-too-familiar human experience of 2020. Featuring 11 pieces performed by bassist Dezron Douglas & harpist Brandee Younger across a series of live-streamed shows from their living room in Harlem, NY, the album was self-recorded by the duo […]