Following Becoming, released earlier this year, the Porto-based producer and multi-instrumentalist SaiR (a.k.a. Ruben Allen) delivers a two-track EP called Watercolors - full of jazz and soul music textures on a funky-electronica canvas.
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Kolja Gerstenberg joins Lumberjacks in Hell, the home of a soulful family around Marcel Vogel, to drop the Anna Melara EP - a funky four track lo fi house and disco project, that is going on in loop over here.
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New releases floating by our coast constantly. An eclectic playlist of 60 tracks summarizes all those inputs coming from all over the world. Different paces, moods and rhythms. Plenty of jazz and hip hop, plenty of dancefloor bangers and deep melodies.
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Hector Plimmer is a multi-faceted producer, composer and DJ whose sound is drenched in tribal rhythms and beautifully crafted bass. His second album, Next To Nothing, was released last week, showcasing once again the artist’s ability to create an ocean of sounds for us to dive in and explore.
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The Far Out Recordings in-house producer Daniel Maunick presents his first LP. Connecting Rio de Janeiro and East London, Macumba Quebrada blends deep house stompers and broken-beat bangers littered with Brazilian rhythms.
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Scott Moncrieff, a.k.a. Thatmanmonkz is an internationally acclaimed DJ, recording artist, producer, and also the label boss at SWAT, Hot Peas N Butter and Shadeleaf Music. Through Shadeleaf he follows the highly praised Columbusing with another project that fuses a mash up of broken-beat, hip hop, deep house and, maybe, everything else there is.
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After four EP’s of VA projects, the French imprint Broken District releases its first mini LP: South Side, by SofaTalk, an Italian producer that has been under our radar for a while, as one of the best new acts in the broken-beat, jazz-house scene.
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Joining the Berlin-based Toy Tonics label, jazz pianist Joel Holmes and stylized producer Cody Currie are preparing the release of a couple of EP’s. The first one, New Chapter, is a delicious 4-track ode to the neo-jazz spirit.
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The third instalment in the series, Future Bubblers 3.0, dropped last week, once again introducing us to promising musical projects, always at the forefront of cutting-edge music. Just like the previous albums successfully achieved, Future Bubblers 3.0 continues the tradition of wonky electronica, soulful rhythms and jazz infused bops.
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Kaidi Tatham returns to 2000black, following last year’s In My Life EP. You Find That I Got It / Mjuvi carries on with Tatham’s legacy - instantly recognizable as his own. After so many years producing, playing, performing, his sound still remains fresh and innovative.
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The third release from French producer 67100 reshapes, in broken beat forms, a classic 80’s song - “L’Amour A La Plage” by Niagara. On vocals, Julie Fire’s melancholic melodies contrasts with a Brazilian batucada, reminding us of summer that passed by - Mambo.
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After establishing himself in London, at the end of the 90’s, Simbad became deeply involved in the city’s musical culture. Collections Volume One represent his work of 10-15 years - never released before - taking us for a ride in his distinctive, warm, bruk-indebted & jazz-infused sound.
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Musicians that we’ve been writing about for years, with their immense talent and vision. Confirmations from some of the avant-garde names on today’s contemporary music - crossing a vast sort of genres. New ones that will, surely, keep surprising us. All in an eclectic 50-track selection.
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The Saul duo spent the last couple of years working on material for their impressive debut EP, dropping through Rhythm Section International. Murmurations works equally well in a club as it does in our living room, balancing musicality and groove.
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Producer, instrumentalist and DJ, Neue Grafik joins Total Refreshment Centre to present us a new mini-LP, Foulden Road. With him, an ensemble of gifted musicians, mixing jazz, house and hip hop, an unique geographical flavour of African ethnicity, Parisian roots and a love for London sounds like broken beat & grime.
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Olindo Records presents London-based producer and DJ Koichi Sakai, in collaboration with Ghanaian percussionist and singer Afla Sackey. Wono EP sees Koichi mixing African percussion instruments and themes with synths and drum machines.
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Led by producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive Lowe, Tokyo’s Rōnin Arkestra brings together some of the most supreme and innovative players in Japan’s jazz and electronic scene. Formed in 2017, the collective’s debut album Sonkei comes out next friday, via Albert’s Favourites.
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Hailing from the UK, Oliver Malin, a.k.a. Romaal Kultan, is protean DJ and producer, creating killing cuts of all sorts. Off Grid is his new project, released by YAM Recordings, with a distinct UK thread throughout the dancefloor-oriented four tracks.
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Back to their releases, and back to o sótão platform, the Broken District label presents Brokenbits: a series of digital-only releases featuring fresh productions from the label-affiliated talents.
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Coming out tomorrow, via 22a, the label founder, boss and multi-instrumentalist Tenderlonious continues to evolve away from his jazz roots, delving further into the world of house and electronic beats. Think Twice is his most club/dancefloor orientated release to date.
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