30/70 treat us with a follow up to their critically acclaimed LP Elevate. Entitled Elevations, the EP sees songs from Elevate revamped, chopped, and stitched together by artists close to the Rhythm Section International label from London, Sydney and Paris.
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Twist Club is a dynamite coming our way. Set to be released on the 29th by FINA Records, is a Jad & The creation. A 5-track EP to warm the heels for what's undoubtedly going to be a long and joyous days of dance.
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In May o sótão was influenced by different paces, moods and rhythms. A 60-track selection sums up the best we've heard and talked about during this month. We hope you enjoy. It was carefully built - sometimes accompanied with wine, others with coffee.
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Newly arrived to some of the best music stores around the world, Detroit Swindle present High Life. The album explores stripped back soul and groove driven house over ten shining productions.
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Nuova Napoli is the result of a long musical research on the sound that shaped Napoli during the ‘70s and ‘80s, mixing the prevailing genres (disco, jazz-funk, African rhythms), which ended up in Nu Guinea’s DNA.
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Kamaal Williams (a.k.a. Henry Wu) is back with The Return, a vast ten-track recording of ‘70s-inspired funk-fusion, electronic bounce, straight-ahead jazz, and atmospheric keyboard solos.
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This month's new entries come from some of the best new releases - Bluestaeb, Yadava, Fitz Ambro$e & Submerse -, others are simply memories that we saved to revisit - from the east to the west with Gang Starr's "Jazz Thing" and Naughty by Nature's "Mourn You 'Til I Join You".
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Under the wing of Church Label, out on June 1st, "It Rains Here" from Yadava. DJ and Producer from Manchester, he is a new name to remember. For now, three tracks came out, showcasing worldwide jazzy music on the productions.
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Set out to be released in June, "For Clair" combines dusty percussion with mesmerizing haunting vocals and brass layered over infectious jazz piano chords creating an atmospheric and unique deep house opening to the release.
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Havana Cultura is back with another release scheduled for June. "¡Súbelo, Cuba!" showcases an extended network of like-minded, forward-thinking musicians driving Cuba’s music forward.
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May just started and already we stop time to recap on what has been playing around here. The voice of Billie Holiday is subject of reinterpretations by master Wun Two - the mesmerizing samples of "Gone With The Wind" in "Noite". Some world-jazzy vibes come with Kamasi Washignton…
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In May two brilliant pianists, composers and trend-makers will be dropping full albums.
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"Spirit Feel", by PC, is the latest release curated by the London-based record label Church. Two tracks and a little bit more of ten minutes of intense house music to warm friday nights & saturday mornings.
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With more than three years of history o sótão has been a secret platform dealing some of the highest carat underground music released by independent artists and labels. It focuses on music made by people that understand it or play it on a superior level.
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Ross From Friends first project on Flying Lotus' label - Brainfeeder - will be out tomorrow. "Aphelion" is an EP of 4 tracks that drinks from influences of hip hop cut ’n’ paste culture, 80's Eurobeat and charming Italo dancefloor pandemonium.
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A Rhythm Section de Londres apresenta Neue Grafik e "Innervision", uma peça de música eletrónica elaborada com mestria. Inspirado na capital britânica, consegue ir tocar nas homenagens à cena de house parisiense, onde está baseado. Empregando muita instrumentação ao vivo os samples escolhidos são subtis.
O EP começa com o single de lançamento - "Innervision". Wayne Snow participa com a sua mangnífica voz. Em crescendo, é uma faixa que chega fundo. O vídeo segue aqui em baixo.
E o resto deste "Innervision" toca sem esforço. Em "Peckham Rye" sentimos a cidade em movimento rotineiro sem precisar de a observar. De headphones no metro ou no bus... sublime. E é nessa em que está o core deste trabalho. Música urbana, que apesar de movimentada, consegue reduzir a tensão diária. O privilégio de poder escutar pedaços deste género, nunca terá preço no sótão.
O homónimo LP do génio turco Kerem Akdag cheira a novo nas prateleiras. Sucedendo a outros projetos de qualidade - "Expressive" (2015) e "Loungin'" (2016) - "Kerem Akdag" chega-nos por via da londrina editora Dimensions Recordings e é a primeira longa metragem do artista. Neste álbum de estreia Kerem entrega um trabalho maduro que brilhará no escuro das pistas de dança e nas rotinas caseiras. Com ideias, hooks e oito músicas para disfrutar.
Ao longo das oito, Kerem Akdag demonstra as suas habilidades e ecléticas influências sonoras. A guitarra que inicia “When I Think Of You” é o ponto de partida para algo exótico, com o jazz e a música eletrónica de mão dada. Do mais alto quilate, "Kerem Akdag". Só escutando.
Kamaal Williams - The Return
O produtor britânico Ross From Friends é a cara nova da família Brainfeeder - criada por Flying Lotus. Depois de trabalhos lançados pela Lobster Theremin ("You'll Understand" & "Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes") e Magicwire ("The Outsiders"), 2018 será um ano em que Ross From Friends continuará com o seu legado musical - que começa ter contornos de lendário. "Champagne" chegou-nos no inicio do ano. Nos últimos dias conhecemos e apaixonamo-nos por "John Cage" - que introduz o EP "Aphelion", com data de lançamento marcada para 13 de Abril.
Em "John Cage" Ross From Friends segue com as suas fantásticas experiências sonoras, mantendo, no entanto, a sua assinatura visível.
Ao longo dos últimos dois anos ganha, por direito próprio, um lugar de destaque na música eletrónica. O set em baixo fala por si. O espaço internacional Boiler Room já não podia viver sem o ter.
Henry Wu (aka Kamaal Williams) has been one of the most influential artists in the movement that flows from the South of London. On the keys he is half of the aclaimed Yussef Kamaal duo. Last year he presented us "Shades of Wu" - the last track, "Uzbekki Driver", reverbs mysticism.