KeepVibesNear comes up with his own noir brand of r&b in the new, and anticipated, Now That We Know. EP. With a 90s r&b vibe in the instrumentals, KeepVibesNear’s delivery owes more to the likes of King Krule than to D’Angelo, producing an original blend of different textures.
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Just as the sun was setting yesterday, Kareem Ali’s new album was dropping via Bandcamp - All These Moments is an opus of 25 tracks that makes us reaffirm his talent and vision, delving into spirituality and grooves in a very unique way.
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Some of the best projects of 2021 came out in July, with the last days of the month providing an array of golden records for the rest of the year.
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Released by Jakarta Records, GISEKE is an extremely personal album, which serves as a reflection on the evolution of Bluestaeb and has a true team of all-stars in the guest features.
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Ol’ Burger Beats returns to this platform with a mesmerizing album alongside his sister. I Am Leaving is a family affair. After three years of songwriting and recording, Née Pauline presents her debut, performing smoothly over the seductive, jazzy beats of Ollie.
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May 2021 brought us plenty of golden releases that shaped what we featured during this month. The selection of 60 tracks includes, as usual, a “best of” selection of the tracks we spinned in May, opening the last section of the playlist to some of the things that influence our taste.
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Coming up with a warm and late summer eve crispy feeling to it, CURRENT is The Beautiful Now’s follow up of 2018 MOES. Part of a bigger body of work created in the last couple of years, CURRENT it’s also an introduction to what will come out in the near future from the Swiss hip hop/r&b act.
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Tomorrow’s Where I’m At is Pinty’s third EP, dropping officially in a few hours, via Winged Feet. It’s another essential record hailing from the South London music scene, reaffirming Pinty as one of its most important voices.
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Monday vibes in here, with Knowsum and Wun Two cooperating smoothly in their new joint project: Dream Cruise. Released by Sichtexot, this is another demonstration of their ‘galactic’ explorations of sound, able to lift our moods throughout 20 short tracks.
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Continuing the incredible amount of brilliant releases from March, this month’s playlist carries on a eclectic note. Our favorite songs from every artist that we showcased during April are included, making this playlist another journey through what we’ve been into.
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S. Fidelity returns to our features as one of our favorite producers, dropping a brand new solo album via Jakarta Records. Fidelity Radio Club, that drops tomorrow, easily navigates genres that are glued together by the same ethos.
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Kaidi Tatham’s An Insight To All Minds falls within the cracks of jazz and dance music, exemplifying modern British black brilliance once again; uncompromising, innovative, groundbreaking, intricately sophisticated and deeply funky.
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Tall Black Guy leaves room for people to have their own interpretation, despite of delivering a very intimate project. He creates soundscapes to navigate, to consider, to reflect. And all of that is best achieved when Airplane Mode is played without interruptions.
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February was rich in anthems that we will hear far beyond this month. We composed a playlist of 45 tracks to summarize the best ingredients we used on this special cocktail. Eclectic as always: jazz, electronic, hip hop and soulful music from all over the world.
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This month we have the pleasure of welcoming fico, one of the guys behind the reputable Abysmal Lounge collective. The Japanese DJ, based in the city of Fukuoka, takes us into a soulful and eclectic musical journey showcasing real knowledge behind the decks.
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Inspired by spiritual and revolutionary jazz records, soul music and classic East Coast hip hop, Dialogue is the new album from the Oslo-based Ol’ Burger Beats and Vuyo, released by the legendary label Jakarta Records.
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Berlin-based 90s Tapes takes care of things for us. Dedicated to the reissue of golden hip hop records in vinyl and in cassette (+ digital) the German label reminds us of one of the best acts from the ‘90s golden era, reissuing their two albums: Ambushed, from 1994; and Gravity from 1996.
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Blowing his alto-saxophone, Marcus Joseph is a very promising jazz artist from Leicester (with Afro-Caribbean roots) that presented, last week, his sophomore project released by jazz re:freshed. Connecting jazz to hip hop and neo soul music with ease, Beyond The Dome is a deeply spiritual piece of work.
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Amsterdam Beat Tape is an experimental fusion of moods that combines elements of hip hop, r&b, soul and electronic beats. Inner Tribe Records is the label in charge of curating this new piece, keeping their standards high, releasing great music every month.
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2021 started with many golden releases that are shaping our taste but also exploring new directions in the genres of contemporary jazz, deep house and hip hop, delivering those soulful vibes that transverse most of the features we present.
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