Yussef Dayes | Welcome to the Hills
Yussef Dayes has released new live album ‘Welcome To The Hills’. The jazz percussionist duelled with Tom Misch on a full length studio project earlier this year, a superb album that ranks as one of 2020’s best. Ending the year on a high, Yussef Dayes has shared a full live album, recorded in Copenhagen last […]
Sarathy Korwar And Upaj Collective | Night Dreamer
On their Night Dreamer debut, Sarathy Korwar and his allstar “UPAJ Collective” gain brand new ground in their mission to rebalance spiritual jazz with authentic Indian classical music. “UPAJ” means “to improvise” inHindi, and recording direct-to-disc at Artone Studios with almost no preconceived directions, they truly capture the “spirit of spontaneous improvisation”, as Sarathy puts […]
Matthew Halsall | Salute to the Sun.jpg
Composer, trumpeter, producer, DJ and founder of Gondwana Records, Matthew Halsall has always worn many hats. But at the heart of everything that he does Halsall is first and foremost an artist and a musician. A trumpeter whose unflashy, soulful playing radiates a thoughtful beauty and a composer and band-leader who has created his own […]
Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty | January 12th
January 12th, 2020, a Sunday night in Toronto – Matthew Tavares and Leland Whitty (of BADBADNOTGOOD fame) are reunited at Burdock for a live improvised Jazz session. The pair are joined on stage by bassist Julian Anderson – Bowes and drummer Matt Chalmers as part of Burdock’s Piano Fest, an annual event at the city’s […]
Paul Grant | Waves
DeepMatter is proud to announce the forthcoming full-length solo album from California-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Paul Grant – ‘Waves’. Having released a collaborative album with vocalist Adrienne Indigo titled ‘ Rebirth’ earlier this year, ‘Waves’ sees Paul Grant return to his instrumental roots with fifteen tracks fusing together influences from the worlds of hip hop, […]
Henry Wu | Shades Of Wu The Anthology
A concise history of Wu’s musical jurisprudence. released November 27, 2020. SHADES OF WU : THE ANTHOLOGY by Henry Wu
Jahari Masamba Unit | Pardon My French
Drums: Karriem Riggins. Instruments: Madlib. We would have called it Spiritual Jazz but Phil Ranelin told us to call it Black Classical Music. We are proud to announce the long-awaited debut album from Jahari Masamba Unit, Pardon My French. Among all of the projects Madlib presented as part of his Jazz Universe, this collaboration was […]
Kruder & Dorfmeister | 1995
An album had been finished by the spring of ’95 and all recorded onto DAT and placed in a box. Kruder & Dorfmeister pressed up 10 copies and gave four away to some suitably eccentric individuals. Then the room’s doors opened and in a tremendously big cloud of smoke time rushed in, K&D rushed out, […]
bklyn | favourite things 10.20
Chronixx feat. Sampa The Great, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, Twit One, Thee Lakesiders, Lady Wray, Black Thought feat. ScHoolboy Q, Sa-Roc feat. Saul Williams, Jay Orient feat. Chester Watson, Quakers feat. Jeremiah Jae, Bokoya feat. POLY POLY, Jazzbois feat. Öster, Cumulus Frisbee, EABS, Antoine Berjeaut, Jneiro Jarel feat. Bill Summers, Vienna feat. Cumulus Frisbee, […]
Wyl & Wun Two | We Talk Tomorrow
Five consecutive days of studio sessions with Wun Two (SP404) and Leon Mache (Bass, Synth), Leon Raum (Drums, Percussion) and Marco Zügner (Rhodes, Saxophone) aka producer trio WYL, led to a timeless album filled with soul, jazz and latin influences. For the very first time, Wun Two did not make the beats on his own […]
Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes | Heritage of the Invisible II
Telepathic Afro-Caribbean improvisational trumpet-and-percussion duo Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes are longtime friends, collaborators, and tireless hustlers on the creative music scenes of New York City. “Heritage of the Invisible II” follows Navarro and Holmes’s rise to prominence as members of free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements. In March of 2020 in “The Nation” writer Marcus […]
bklyn | favourite things 9.20
favourite things | 9.20 – Alfa Mist, Matthew Halsall, Che Lingo feat. Kojey Radical, Yellow Days feat. Mac Demarco, Vritra, Lex Amor, Javier Santiago feat. Danielle Wertz & Russell Gelman, Sault, Jorja Smith, Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham, Quakers, Reason, Błoto feat. Toni Sauna, Duckwrth feat. Julia Romana, Action Bronson, Butcher Brown, Shubangi feat. Spaze […]
Bastien Keb | The Killing of Eugene Peeps
Bastien Keb presents his third album, ‘The Killing of Eugene Peeps’, an ode to Giallo, 70s crime flicks, and French new wave cinema. Befit with downbeat anti-ballads, psychedelic folk, and warped soliloquies, the music is an imagined score to a film that exists only in Keb’s mind. The album was conceived, composed, performed, and produced […]
Tenderlonious | Ragas From Lahore
In April 2019, 22a boss and multi-instrumentalist, Tenderlonious embarked on a trip to Pakistan to work with Lahore based instrumental quartet, Jaubi. Following on from the highly acclaimed, three track limited edition 10” vinyl release of ‘Tender in Lahore’ earlier this year, 22a presents the full suite of improvised ragas from a one day recording […]
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes | What Kinda Music (Bonus Tracks)
Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes released their collaborative album “What Kinda Music” in April, and have today returned with another four tracks that didn’t make the LP. Taken from the EP “What Kinda Music (Bonus Tracks)” which is out now on Beyond The Groove/Blue Note Records. Tom Misch · What Kinda Music (Bonus Tracks)
Mama Odé | Tales and Patterns of the Maroons
Brothers Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Jeen Bassa come together as Mama Odé on full length album ‘Tales And Patterns Of The Maroons’. At its core this is a classic “hip hop” format LP – but have you ever heard Creole Sega Rap Roots music before? Of Creole descent from a group of African islands […]
bklyn | favourite things 8.20
favourite things | 8.20 – Cosmic Vibrations feat. Dwight Trible, Blameful Isles, Mammal Hands, Snazzback, Stanley J, Andrew Wasylyk, Błoto, Nubya Garcia, Aminé feat. Summer Walker, Yameen feat. Kool Keith & lhmv, Oscar Jerome, Lucia Cadotsch, Tenderlonious, King Krule, Pip Millett, Duckwrth feat. EARTHGANG, Machinedrum feat. Freddie Gibbs, Yellow Days, Demae feat. Ego Ella May, […]
Mammal Hands | Captured Spirits
Mammal Hands are pleased to announce the release of their highly anticipated fourth album ‘Captured Spirits’, released 11th September via Manchester tastemaker record label, Gondwana Records. Consisting of saxophonist Jordan Smart, pianist Nick Smart and drummer and tabla player Jesse Barrett, the trio have forged a growing reputation for their hypnotic fusion of jazz […]