Alfa Mist | Antiphon
Created around a conversation with his brothers, the London producer and pianist player Alfa Mist blends melancholy Jazz harmony with alternative hip-hop and soul. Featuring vocals by Kaya Thomas-Dyke and Jordan Rakei. The entire album is recorded, mixed and mastered at Pinkbird Recording Co. “Antiphon EP” is released 3rd March, available from Alfa’s Bandcamp page.
Karriem Riggins | Headnod Suite
For “Headnod Suite”, Karriem Riggins second album on Stones Throw Records, he expertly builds on his credentials with 29 tracks of pure hip-hop. Each track deftly crafted with swing that only a drummer would know. Swing is the weapon. And there’s always a message, be it verbal or instrumental. “Headnod Suite is a concept of several rhythmic […]
Jonwayne | Rap Album Two
After an intense period in his life, Jonwayne renewed his inspiration in music. He now released “Rap Album Two”, which is the sequel to 2013 “Rap Album One” album (Out on Stones Throw Records). The album is now out on Authors Recording and available at Bandcamp. – Stream the full album after the jump after the jump » Check out […]
favourite things | 1.17
favourite things 1.17/soundcloud – holds songs by Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Jonwayne, Kid Koala feat. Emilíana Torrini, Eeph, Joey Bada$$, CoryaYo, Golden Rules, Emune, Loyle Carner, Quickly, Quickly, Wale, Saga & Thelonious Martin feat. Fashawn, Stro, Pesnoo feat. MED, Oh No & DJ Romes, Relaén x Tusken, Josh Hey, DJM, Karriem Riggins, Daedelus, Pablo Queu, Knxwledge, Nohidea, Paul White, […]
Fabiano Do Nascimento | Tempo dos Mestres
“Tempo dos Mestres” (Time of the Masters) is the second album from the tireless, young Brasilian guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento. It finds its roots in the depths of the Amazon rain forest, passed down through generations of Native Brasilians, and is imbibed by the Afro-Brasilian culture that arose after Portuguese colonization. It is the third Brasilian […]
DJM | Silences Garden
The new tape by Dominic J Marshall is a psychedelic trip through the producers mind of piano playing and beat making. Stream the full tape after the jump. Released January 15 on Uk record label Acorn Tapes, purchase at Bandcamp.
Gabriel Garzón-Montano | Jardín
On his debut LP “Jardín”, Gabriel Garzón-Montano sings of the struggles and uncertainties of living in America today, and the universal challenges of love. A Brooklyn-born and raised child of immigrant parents, Gabriel’s aesthetic is an extension of his French-Colombian heritage. His influence is a pastiche of Bach sonatas, Cumbia records, and the machine gun […]
Kid Koala | Music To Draw To: Satellite
Kid Koala’s “Music To Draw To: Satellite” is an uncharted musical journey for the legendary scratch DJ, producer, and composer. Kid Koala’s fifth studio album is an expansive work of ambient electronic soundscapes and chilling ballads sung by Icelandic artist Emiliana Torrini. Created during the gelid Montreal winter, its eighteen movements tell a tale of discovery […]
favourite things | 12.16
favourite things 12.16/soundcloud – final edition for 2016. The playlist features tracks by Eeph, Kasper, Bonobo feat. Rhye, 40 Winks, Kojey Radical feat. PW, Ab-Soul, Mick Jenkins feat. Kaytranada, Lupe Fiasco, Run The Jewels, Planet Asia feat. Ronello Cash, Little Simz, Elevated Soul, Yotaro, Eric Lau, Mndsgn & Sofie, Digitalluc, Bastien Keb, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Myele Manzanza. Stream the entire […]
favourite things | 11.16
The soundcloud playlist “favourite things” for november holds tracks by Dustin O’Halloran, SHIGETO, Bardo Land, Joe Corfield, Isaac Hayes, Azymuth, Karriem Riggins, MELS, Tenderlonious, Bonobo, Lippi, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Josh Hey, Jeremiah Jae, Coldcut feat. Roses Gabor, Jaylib.. Stream the entire playlist after the jump »
Leonard Charles | Basement Donuts
Down in scenic Auckland, New Zealand, tucked in a small basement studio, musician Leonard Charles & his friends paid tribute to J Dilla’s ’06 “Donuts” release by re-recording the entire 31-track album on live instruments. Charles gives the tracks a modern funk reinterpretation on live bass, drums, clavinet, Rhodes & synths – sans any sampling […]
Bardo Land | Bardo Land E.P.
London based duo Bardo Land dropped their new EP, which is the first release on the Jon Kennedy Federation record label. It’s a spiritual journey navigating through different genres. “Their music is an invite for the mind to transcend its state opening to the travel through the various realms of the soul.” Out on Jon Kennedy Records – […]
Hidden Orchestra | Wingbeats
Hidden Orchestra is the solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist composer/producer Joe Acheson. The album features drummer Tim Lane and Jamie Graham, pianist/violinist Poppy Ackroyd and long-time collaborators including harpist Mary Macmaster, cellist/saw player Su-a Lee and Czech bass clarinettist Jiri Javurek. Although written for sampling, the pieces included on the “Wingbeats” EP stand on their own […]
Myele Manzanza | One Point One
First Word Records present ‘OnePointOne’ from Myele Manzanza, recorded live at the legendary Blue Whale in Los Angeles. The son of a Congolese master percussionist, New Zealand born Myele first gained international attention as one third of NZ soul act, Electric Wire Hustle. After six years of performing, recording and touring with the band that […]
Paternoster | Remixes and Versions
German label Heart Working Class presents an album of German and Austrian beat makers reimagining Paternoster’s incredible psych-rock opus. Berlin-based label owner, journalist and all-around music enthusiast Stephan Szillus, has just issued a remix album of the favorite 70s, underground Austrian album, featuring some of Austria and Germany’s underground beat-making heroes. “In 2015 I embarked on […]
favourite things | 10.16
Sampa The Great, Joey Bada$$, B-Side, Little Simz feat. Chucks & Remus, Illa J, Curren$y, Nemoy x Chief, Coldcut feat. Roots Manuva, Jonwayne, Brenk Sinatra, Run The Jewels, Sarathy Korwar x Emanative, KA-YU, Yussef Kamaal, Kerem Akdag, Hiatus Kaiyote x Taylor McFerrin x Paul White, The Cinematic Orchestra feat. Moses Sumney, Low Leaf, FloFilz. Stream […]
Lee Fields & The Expressions | Special Night
Lee Fields released his new album “Special Night” on Big Crown Records. The album was produced by Leon Michels and Thomas Brenneck, and brilliantly performed by the Expressions. “Special Night” was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered entirely to tape in three weeks at the legendary Diamond Mine Studios in Queens, NY. It is also the first record in […]
va-pm.2016
va-PM.2016-bklyn: Kendrick Lamar, Terrace Martin, Tablo x Joey Bada$$, Jay Rock, Logic, Earl Sweatshirt, Knxwledge, Barney Artist, JR&PH7 x Eric Biddines, Mick Jenkins x OnGaud, Robert Glasper x Illa J, Isaiah Rashad, Mac Miller, Smoke DZA x Flying Lotus, Herr von Schnitger … »