Kamaal Williams | Wu Hen
Kamaal Williams is about to release his second album “Wu Hen” on July 24th on his own label Black Focus. “This is a revolution of the mind,” Williams says. “A spiritual rebellion: to reach new heights requires separating ourselves from the material world and finding power in what’s intangible. That’s what music and art is […]
Blaer | Yellow
“Yellow” is the third album of the working band BLAER, founded in 2012 by the composer and pianist Maja Nydegger. YELLOW is the result of a longstanding and diligent collaboration. The band concept sets on a balanced group sound and a calm, focussed flow of music. Yellow by Blaer
favourite things | 4.20
Monzanto Sound, Suelily, S. Fidelity & Bluestaeb, Ivan Ave feat. Sasac, Joy Crookes, Pip Millett, BADBADNOTGOOD, Quelle Chris & Chris Keys feat. Pink Siifu & Billy Woods, Athletic Progression, KinKai feat. Children Of Zeus, Wilma Archer, Bullion, Lojii & Swarvy, Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes feat. Freddie Gibbs, JK Group, 44th Move feat. Takuya Kuroda, […]
The Colours That Rise | Grey Doubt
Comprised of producer duo Simeon Jones and Nathanael Williams, The Colours That Rise have previously turned heads with 2017’s “2020” EP released on Breaker Breaker. Returning with their most accomplished offering to date, “Grey Doubt” features acclaimed guests such as Yazmin Lacey, Yussef Dayes and Andrew Ashong, each respectively complementing the incredible musicianship on display […]
JK Group | The Young Ones
JK Group are a powerhouse nu-jazz band fronted by Melbourne saxophonist Josh Kelly, best known for his work with future soul-jazz collective, 30/70, and being the 2019 PBS Young Elder of Jazz. They sit in the crossover of raw, live jazz and electronic/dance production. At times synth-heavy, effected and soundscapey, while at other times hard […]
44th Move | 44th Move
Multifaceted musicians Alfa Mist and Richard Spaven announce identities behind their 44th Move project and drop their debut self-titled EP on Black Acre. The pair are two of London’s most hotly tipped Jazz artists, and both have a broad range of influences. Alfa Mist is a self-taught piano player with his early album ‘Antiphon’ becoming […]
Pinty | Midnight Moods
The South London artist returns with a late night mixtape recorded over several sprawling nocturnal sessions with a revolving cast of characters that include DJ JD Sports aka King Krule and Maxwell Owin. Culminating in 6 tracks and a ‘lullaby’, the woozy and loose takes were eventually mixed down and mistakenly bounced in mono as […]
The Return Of The Durutti Column (1980)
Factory Benelux presents a new vinyl edition of landmark album The Return of the Durutti Column, housed in a revised version of the iconic sandpaper sleeve first issued by Factory Records in January 1980. A collaboration between virtuoso guitarist Vini Reilly and legendary Manchester producer Martin Hannett, The Return of the Durutti Column paired Reilly’s […]
Athletic Progression | Athletic Progression
After the 2019 release of their debut album “Dark Smoke”, the Danish trio Athletic Progression has gone from strength to strength in Denmark. Multiple sold out shows in DK and abroad, as well two Danish Jazz Award nominations – and even one for Danish musician of the year! – later, the group is now ready […]
favourite things | 3.20
Lakecia Benjamin feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow & Meshell Ndegeocello, Joaquín Cornejo feat. Wabi Sabi, Cleo Sol, Ivan Ave, Sampa The Great feat. SILENTJAY, Emma-Jean Thackray, Melodiesinfonie feat. Junes, Terrace Martin, Yazmin Lacey, Butcher Brown, Braxton Cook, Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes feat. Rocco Palladino, The Colours That Rise, Tenderlonious, JK Group, GoGo Penguin, Little Dragon, […]
Wilma Archer – A Western Circular
New album by Wilma Archer is out – Within A Western Circular lies an exciting and varied crew of guest artists including MF DOOM, Samuel T. Herring (Future Islands), Sudan Archives, and Laura Groves, all contributing vocals to his rich, dextrous compositions. Supple and multi-layered, honouring his acoustic heritage and influence, A Western Circular builds […]
Foshe & Horatio Luna | Nice To Meetcha
Zigi Blau on keys, Mike Bentley on drums, Henry Hicks on bass. Fully improvised, recorded in fish bones tone shack. Engineered by Fabian Hunter and mixed by Mike Bentley. Nice To Meetcha by Foshe & Horatio Luna
favourite things | 2.20
Wildflower, Alabaster dePlume & Hiro Ama, Myele Manzanza & Theo Parrish, Jaga Jazzist, Shabaka And The Ancestors, Maxwell Owin & Xenia feat. Joe Armon-Jones, JK Group, The Heliocentrics, Simon Ratcliffe and Binker & Moses, Mecca:83 feat. Jonny Tobin, Lee (Asano Ryuhei), Ville Herrala, Horatio Luna, CS + Kreme, Lily Haz, Alfa Mist, Yazmin Lacey, Decades […]
Alfa Mist | On My Ones
Alfa Mist’s solo piano project ‘On My Ones’ is out now on Sekito Records with a new video on all the streaming places. “Have a listen when you get a chance & thank you if you already have.” On My Ones by Alfa Mist
Alabaster DePlume To Cy & Lee | Instrumentals Vol. 1
DePlume is a Manchester-born, London-based bandleader, composer, saxophonist, activist and orator. He’s a resident at the legendary London creative hub Total Refreshment Centre, a recording artist for the off-grid, Scottish Hebridean island label Lost Map, and now the latest arrival into Chicago-based International Anthem’s growing family of progressive musical explorationists. Whilst much of his music […]
Irreversible Entanglements | Who Sent You?
Who Sent You? they said from their liquid cryo-chamber, from a low-light induction field cobbled together with lithium rods, with melted down Romare Bearden and Howardena Pindell paintings, stitched with chaos fibers and placed in the center of the carrion husk of a burnt out shanty town. They took time to scrape ashen samples of […]
Tom Misch & Yussef Days | What Kinda Music
“What Kinda Music” is an astonishing collaboration between Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes, two artists of very different disciplines, and one of the most unique and seamlessly original projects of its ilk to date. It is released via Blue Note Records – one of the most legendary music labels around, and one known for moving […]
favourite things | 1.20
Lex Amor, Mac Miller, Wilma Archer feat. MF Doom, Hector Plimmer feat. Andrew Ashong, SPELLWRKS, Mick Jenkins, Psypiritual & The Lasso, Dreamville feat. EARTHGANG, Madlib, Aru-2, Wun Two feat. Anthony Drawn, Dontcry x Glimlip x Yasper, Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity, Jazzbois, Alfa Mist, 30/70, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, WVR BVBY, Nick Walters, Drumetrics, Karate Boogaloo, Lady Wray, […]