The young South East London producer Ben Hauke, takes us on yet another epic sonic excursion. The brand new five track sampler Movin Broke is driven by crunchy MPC beats laced with obscure and dusty Puerto Rican breaks mashed with Brazilian, and Cuban crate digs.
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Wajeed’s electronic, dance side of his sound would just require a few more years to fully materialize. That process brings us his first full LP - From the Dirt has ten finely crafted and honed tracks, each with their own groove.
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London-based label Church returns with a fresh new number courtesy of Manchester's Loz Goddard, previously responsible for EPs on Dirt Crew, Outplay and Quintessentials. His latest release - Find Me - features a collection of three originals and a remix from the Session Victim crew.
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Flowing creativity and bold arrangements in his unmistakable style, directly from Melbourne, Harvey Sutherland is back with a small EP of 3 tracks - Amethyst. The australian producer and instrumentalist carves this project between the vibes of Melbourne and London.
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Seb Wildblood most recent EP, Grab The Wheel, is his most dynamic record to date, marking a beautiful and artistic contrast with the producers’ trademark jazzy deep house.
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Footshooter is the moniker of London based producer, DJ and musician Barney Whittaker. Technicolour Nights follows Strange Days EP released last year, with 6 tracks that show sophisticated compositions - it's an exceptional piece of work that blends various styles.
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French producer, instrumentalist and DJ, Neue Grafik, has been building a strong rep for himself over the past few years. His sound is a hybrid of jazz, house, broken beat and hip hop, all with his unique geographical flavours of African ethnicity, Parisian roots and a love for London thrown into the mix.
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There’s always an unmistakable texture of funk, boogie, soul and jazz in Kaidi Tatham’s sound. His latest EP, In My Life, that follows the LP It’s A World Before You released this year, shows him dominating his keys and his drum-cut-drum trademark progression.
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Before going on a month’s hiatus, o sótão keeps on playing some of the best new artists releasing innovative and exciting projects. the playlist of September contains 50 tracks reviewing the best we've showcased in here during this month.
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The house aficionado Frits Wentink has been a busy man this year, touring around the world and releasing a couple of saucy EPs along the way. The third and final volume in the series Two Bar House Music & Chord Stuff drops tomorrow, coming out on WOLF Music.
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The playlist of September recaps the best tracks we’ve showcased at o sótão. And we unveil a little bit of what’s to come - the expectations are enormous.
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The highly regarded french-swiss Sweet Fruity Brunch gets together with mexican producer Selva for a joint EP released by Moment Cinetique. Jambon-Beurre EP is comprised of three tracks filled with disco feelings and funky fingered bass lines, creating a high-energy scenery.
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August running down the drain with a eclectic choice of 50 tracks that reviews the best we've talked about this month, remembers music icons and rediscovers modern classics.
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Istanbul - London connection for Church's new release. Aleksandir is dropping Contrails - a seven track mini LP coming out in a few days. Smooth textural arrangements in a harmonic construction of perfectly balanced electronic waves.
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August playlist carries on with a summary of the best we've showed during this hot few days. Some tracks were not on spotify, so we had to make a little stop to dance in the moonlight.
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Following the 2017 release of La Saboteuse, Yazz Ahmed's acclaimed psychedelic arabic jazz album, this remix EP brings together three of Europe's rising electronic DJ's - Hector Plimmer, DJ Khalab & Blacksea Não Maya.
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Hanna just released the beautiful On The Basis Of Deference through the underground electronic label Shall Not Fade, out of Bristol. Four soulful and emotive explorations in deepness await you on this EP.
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The first recap coming during sunny August begins and ends with the sweet portuguese accent coming from Brazil. Marcos Valle extensive carreer is honored and followed by the usual summary of artists we've showcased here during this month.
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Broken District kicks-off with a series of Various Artists EPs, here delivering its second volume. The project is born with the idea of exploring alternative music styles that blend the influences of the label's creators, including jazz, house music, hip hop, funk, soul, and more experimental sounds.
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The best we've heard during this month. July's harvest was fruitful in instrumental hip hop and jazz waves. Klaus Layer, Concept Of Thought, Diogo, Vida, Okvsho, Swarvy, Hubert Daviz, Wun Two, Rudemanners, Children of Zeus, digitalluc... and so many others.
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