favourite things | 9.19
favourite things 8.19 – Matthew Halsall, Kate Tempest, Koma Saxo & Petter Eldh feat. Christian Lillinger, Bokoya, Harris Cole, Pablo Ygál, Hector Plimmer feat. Andrew Ashong, Robert Glasper feat. Yasiin Bey, 30⁄70, Yelfris Valdés, Angel Bat Dawid, Jaimie Branch, Ashley Henry feat. Binker Golding & Moses Boyd, The Comet Is Coming, GoGo Penguin, Portico Quartet, […]
Petter Eldh | Koma Saxo
Koma Saxo is a highly potent new five-piece produced by the visionary Berlin-based Swedish bassist-producer Petter Eldh. The lineup brings together five heavy jazz names on the Berlin–Nordics axis, including Eldh on bass, Christian Lillinger on drums and the frontline of three saxes: Otis Sandsjö, Jonas Kullhammar and Mikko Innanen. Despite the top-billing names, make […]
Yelfris Valdés | For The Ones...
Hugely talented Afro-Cuban composer and trumpeter, Yelfris Valdés (Yussef Kamaal, Daymé Arocena, 2000black family), delivers an incredible new album for the debut release on Tim Garcia’s Musica Macondo Records. ‘For The Ones…’ cooks up a hypnotic blend of jazz, cuban rhythms and electronics, paving the way for a new Cuban sound of the future. Fans […]
Jaimie Branch | Fly Or Die II
“FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise” is the much-anticipated follow-up to composer, trumpeter, and singer Jaimie Branch’s debut “Fly or Die“, which was dubbed one of the “Best Albums of 2017” by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, WIRE, Stereogum, Aquarium Drunkard, and more. Written while on her first European […]
Joe Armon-Jones | Turn To Clear View
Bass-heavy dub and contemporary club culture are the foundations for Joe Armon-Jones’ phenomenal second album. “Turn to Clear View” builds on the celebrated keys player’s singular vision, exhibiting a sound with flourishes of R&B, hip-hop and p-funk, and featuring regular bandmates Oscar Jerome, Moses Boyd and Nubya Garcia. He builds on his close-knit core personnel […]
Bokoya | Introducing
Bokoya – is a Jazz/Hip Hop band. The four musicians play together as if they grew up inside a drum machine. They improvise, shape, and develop beats in the electric field of repetition and variation. Once a groove starts to vibe and people nod their heads, the audience is invited to become part of a […]
Matthew Halsall | Oneness
A collection of unreleased meditative, spiritual jazz from the Gondwana archives in a 3xLP vinyl set. The recordings on “Oneness” date from Jan, March and September 2008 and were born from a period of experimentation as Halsall first began to explore the music that would provide the inspiration for his spiritual jazz recordings Fletcher Moss […]
Zodiac | Stromatolite
Zodiac is a project by electric cellist Kotaro Saito and acoustic cellist Mitsuko Arai. They give you the spectacular sound of 2 different types of cello. We want you to experience a sound you’ve never heard before. Ryota Nozaki who has produced and arranged “Elephant and a barbar” and “Hizuru” has also produced this album […]
favourite things | 8.19
favourite things 7.19 – Snoop Dogg feat. Tdot Illdude, The Alchemist feat. Action Bronson, Barney Artist, SiR feat. Kendrick Lamar, Bishop Nehru, Kojey Radical, Sampa The Great, Persian Empire, Rapsody feat. D’Angelo & GZA, Raphael Saadiq feat. Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, Snoop Dogg feat. Marknoxx, Dorj & Melodiesinfonie, Melo-Zed feat. James Walker, Tropics, SGJAZZ feat. J.Lamotta, Bokoya, […]
Tropics | Nocturnal Souls
Since first surfacing at the turn of the decade, Chris Ward aka Tropics has proved incredibly hard to pin down, musically at least. While his debut album on Planet Mu was a psychedelic ambient treat, he’s since gone on to deliver full-length excursions that variously doff a cap to dream pop, indie-rock, dubstep and hip-hop. […]
favourite things | 7.19
favourite things 7.19 – The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Horatio Luna, The Psychedelic Freaks, Ashley Henry feat. Makaya McCraven, Nate Mercereau, Timo Lassy, Drummotive, Yazz Ahmed, Ami Dang, Sarathy Korwar feat. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash, Ryan Porter, Modha, 3TM, Portico Quartet, Low Leaf, Christoph El Truento, Jeen Bassa feat. Shepard Manyika, Setwun, Bokoya, Tulin, […]
Fiendsh | To The End
All the way from Thailand the 2016 released full length debut from Fiendsh for Cold Busted. Laid back and chill instrumental hip hop featuring tons of soul and funk influences packed into 16 groovy beats. To The End by Fiendsh
Jeen Bassa | Cassava Pone
This is a classic beat-tape style LP from one of the most under rated Hip Hop producers in the UK right now. Warm and woozy productions that stand out in a world saturated with bland Dilla and Madlib-esque pastiches. Heavily influenced by Bassa’s Mauritian roots, the album takes you on a journey through aboriginal and […]
Ami Dang | Parted Plains
Ami Dang fuses sitar, voice, and electronics to create east-meets-west, ambient/trance music. On the all-instrumental album Parted Plains, she draws inspiration from South Asian and Middle Eastern folktales, specifically, the four tragic romances of Punjab, Sohni Mahiwal, Sassi Punnun, Heer Ranjha, and Mirza Sahiba; Flora Annie Steel’s Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India, and […]
favourite things | 6.19
favourite things 6.19 – William Florelle feat. Bahia, Emanative & Phil Ranelin, Suff Daddy feat. Ill Camille & J.Lamotta, GoldLink, The Balek Band, Yazz Ahmed, Tenderlonious, Ryan Porter, 30/70, Ebi Soda, Ari Lennox, Neue Grafik feat. Brother Portrait, Quickly, Quickly, Pax, Josh Hey, Sal Dulu feat. staHHr, Chester Watson, Godtet, Voyager II, Freddie Joachim feat. […]
Khruangbin | Hasta El Cielo (Con Todo El Mundo in Dub)
Globetrotting Texan trio Khruangbin are set to release ‘Hasta El Cielo’, the band’s glorious dub version of their second album ‘Con Todo El Mundo’. The full album has been processed anew along with two bonus dubs by renowned Jamaican producer Scientist. The band’s exotic, spacious, psychedelic funk aligns with the dub treatment particularly well. Indeed, […]
FloFilz | Transit
In 2019 things have changed. Today jazz is not only about diggin’ old records and learning about Bird and Trane. Jazz is very much alive and the city of London has become one of its epicenters. The UK jazz scene is happening because it is deeply connected with hip-hop, soul and club music. A perfect […]
favourite things | 5.19
favourite things 5.19 – Azymuth, Marcos Valle, Freddie Gibbs, LNDN DRGS feat. Curren$y & Jay Worthy, Harleighblu & Bluestaeb, Judah feat. Pink Siifu, Joe Hertz feat. Blue Lab Beats, FloFilz feat. Alfa Mist, TEK.LUN, Haile Ali feat. Setwun, Àbáse, Rare Silk, Meeting by Chance, Daringer, Black Nile, Deep Nalström, Ami Dang, Jonah Yano feat. BADBADNOTGOOD, […]