Wilflower | Season 2
Wildflower (Leon Brichard, Tom Skinner, Idris Rahman) continue to explore areas of groove-based improvised jazz on their 2nd album. Taking a slightly freer approach to the writing process, simple but effective melodies and bass motifs are explored to to create fully realised pieces with dynamic extremes that bring a full range of emotion. Recorded over […]
We’re New Again | A Reimagining By Makaya McCraven
To mark the tenth anniversary of the release of Gil Scott-Heron’s “I’m New Here”, the thirteenth – and last – studio album from the legendary US musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron, XL Recordings will release a unique reinterpretation of the album by acclaimed US jazz musician Makaya McCraven. Titled We’re New Again , the […]
Moses Boyd | Dark Matter
London jazz star Moses Boyd will release his debut album, ‘Dark Matter’, on February 14. The Valentine’s Day release sees Boyd take over the reins as a producer and band leader, with contributions from the likes of Joe Armon Jones, Obongjayar, Klein, Nubya Garcia and his mentor, Gary Crosby OBE. “I still love jazz but […]
Nick Walters | Active Imagination
Trumpeter and composer Nick Walters returns to 22a with his second album for the label – a free and spiritual journey into avant-garde jazz! ‘Active Imagination’ is the result of the bringing together of musicians for a day in the studio, with minimal rehearsal, to collectively experiment and improvise in the moment – in contrast […]
Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity | Underground Canopy
Emerging from endless improvisation sessions and re-interpreting their heroes, Paris-based band Underground Canopy presents their first body of original work via MENACE : “Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity present Underground Canopy” drops on January 31st, 2020. The debut EP was produced, recorded and mixed by critically acclaimed Jakarta Records artists Bluestaeb and S. Fidelity in London. […]
Jeff Parker | Suite for Max Brown
“I’m always looking for ways to be surprised,” says composer and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Parker as he explains the process, and the thinking, behind his new album, Suite for Max Brown, released via a new partnership between the Chicago–based label International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. “If I sit down at the piano or with my guitar, […]
favourite things | 12.19
favourite things 12.19 – Àbáse, Antoine Berjeaut & Makaya McCraven, Yussef Dayes feat. Charlie Stacey & Rocco Palladino, Terrace Martin feat. The Martin Family Trio, Jazzbois, Cumulus Frisbee, Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity, The Colours That Rise, Ruby Rushton, JJ Whitefield, Neue Grafik feat. Nubya Garcia, Clever Austin feat. CAZEAUX O.S.L.O., Jitwam, Jake Milliner, Twit One, […]
VA | Kraut Jazz Futurism
Mathias Modica’s “Kraut Jazz Futurism” compilation is evidence of a new musical wind blowing through Germany – especially in Berlin. After years of having been the techno capital of the world, the city now is embracing a much wider musical palette, attracting a new generation of sonic adventurists: international jazz musicians as well as German […]
Yussef Dayes | Duality
Drummer Yussef Dayes returns with new EP “Duality” featuring Rocco Palladino (Bass) and Charlie Stacey (Keys/Synths). He fuses both tracks “For My Ladies” and “Othello” into one expansive, complex performance video. Available now, listen and watch below.
favourite things | 11.19
favourite things 11.19 – Àbáse feat. Call Me Unique, Pip Millett, Terrace Martin feat. Lalah Hathaway & Rapsody, JMSN, Rams & S. Fidelity feat. Zikomo & Charles Gene Suite, Melodiesinfonie, Kojey Radical, Syd, Da-P x Mick Jenkins, Oh No & Madlib, Smoke Dza x Curren$y, Action Bronson feat. The Alchemist, Josh Hey feat. Malik Abdul-Rahmaan, […]
Anne Müller | Heliopause
A solo record in every sense of the word, Müller wrote, recorded, arranged and produced Heliopause. The album is named after the boundary where the sun’s wind ceases to have influence. It is ultimately, the border of our solar system. The name struck a chord with Müller since the two voyagers sent on an exploratory mission […]
Josh Hey | PL8S Volume 1
The first installment in a series of EPs produced by Josh Hey, “PL8S” is a collection of music inspired by living on the road. This release features Malik Abdul-Rahmaan (Field Research) CS Luxem (Symptoms), fellow musicians whose work is also heavily influenced by travel. Between 2016 to 2019 Hey found himself traveling further and more […]
FKJ | Ylang Ylang
Drawing inspiration from “a remote location in the jungle” where Vincent Fenton aka FKJ aka French Kiwi Juice moved to during its creation, this Ylang Ylang EP provides the French artist with a first EP following his debut album on Roche Music in 2017. With a said six months spent in the jungle recording with […]
Dustin O’Halloran | Sundoor
Deutsche Grammophon have announced the signing of Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning, pianist and composer Dustin O’Halloran. He will release a new EP, Sundoor, on vinyl and digitally, on 8 November 2019. Dustin O’Halloran’s Sundoor will feature a single 20-minute piece entitled ‘196 Hz’, adapted from a 2017 site-specific composition for cross-disciplinary American artist Slater Bradley’s Sundoor At […]
Jazzbois | Jazzbois Goes Blunt
Jazzbois is a Budapest based jazz/hiphop trio. They have been working together actively in the past years, and after I saw them live on a festival in the middle of a forest – which was the best live shows I have ever seen in my life – I decided to ask them to make a […]
favourite things | 10.19
favourite things 10.19 – Savannah Cristina, Terrace Martin, SiR feat. Kadhja Bonet, Earl Sweatshirt feat. Liv.e, Joy Crookes, Michael Kiwanuka, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Iman Omari, Leaf Boy feat. ECHO, Saba feat. theMIND, Musa Reems feat. Mick Jenkins, Daoud, Sudan Archives, 30/70, Moses Boyd, Kamaal Williams, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Karate Boogaloo, Kuzich, Wyl & […]
Sudan Archives | Athena
Sudan Archives released her new album “Athena”. She first emerged as an avant-garde violinist who channeled her playing through loop pedals. Then songwriter, vocal performer, and beat-maker. She’s captivated audiences at festivals around the world, touring her trail-blazing EPs Sudan Archives (2017) and Sink (2018). Sudan’s many identity coalesces in her debut album, Athena: a […]
30/70 | Collective Fluid Motion
Melbourne’s 30/70 released their third album ‘Fluid Motion’. Since the last record was released, the music has brought the band on world tours and to the attention of the wider public and key tastemakers alike. Strongly supported by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft, Jamie Cullum, Matthew Halsall and Bradley Zero, the UK has […]