bluestaeb: giseke
Francisco Espregueira
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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norsk sp-forum: bank a, vol. 1
Francisco Espregueira
In Norway, a group of beatmakers founded the Norwegian SP-Forum - a small community of Norwegian musicians sharing the love and enthusiasm for the Roland samplers. This community now presents its first project, Bank A, Vol. 1, being the first beat tape made exclusively on Roland's SP series in this country.
Read Morejeff the fool: beat tape 2: soul food
Francisco Espregueira
It doesn’t take much to create groovy music. Jeff The Fool orchestrates an MPC-2500 drum machine with a few favorite loops from well chosen samples, and delivers Beat Tape 2: Soul Food, via GLBDOM.
Read Moredonnie moustaki: space pleasure cruise
Francisco Espregueira
Donnie Moustaki has been one of the most innovating producers hailing from Europe. Working under different monikers over the past years he has a clearly recognizable sonic trademark that is masterfully explored in his latest project, Space Pleasure Cruise.
Read Morenée pauline & ol' burger beats: i am leaving
Francisco Espregueira
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.
Read Morejune '21: recap
Francisco Espregueira
50+1 tracks for those that keep up with us. Summarizing our favorite jams from June, this is a high-karat-gold eclectic playlist. There’s plenty of contemporary jazz, groundbreaking house music, smooth hip hop vibes and sounds from all over the place.
Read Morelesky: meraki
Francisco Espregueira
Establishing himself as one of the most promising producers in the German hip hop scene, LESKY presents us his first full-length album, released by Melting Pot Music. Meraki follows his trademark sound, bringing together the best of many worlds under one cohesive and personal groove.
Read Moreathletic progression: cloud high in dreams, but heavy in the air
Francisco Espregueira
This 16-track ‘car ride’ sees Athletic Progression dive deeper into their intricately fused world of experimental, groove-based music. It celebrates freedom and spontaneity at its core, beautifully capturing those playful moments where jams become songs.
Read Morejaubi: nafs at peace
Francisco Espregueira
Drawing inspirations from elements of North Indian classical music, hip hop and modal/spiritual jazz, Jaubi present their debut LP entitled Nafs at Peace, via the Polish jazz-force Astigmatic Records.
Read Moremay '21: recap
Francisco Espregueira
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.
Read Morekoralle & kuranes: beat kiosk
Francisco Espregueira
It is in the north of Italy, traveling from the coast to the mountainous regions, that you will find typical kiosks, where you can order the delicious piadinas. The Koralle and Kuranes kiosk serves its own recipe of it, with smooth hip hop beats and finely selected jazz samples.
Read Morejerk: circling
Francisco Espregueira
Jerk drops a new beat tape entitled Circling - a collection of 12 tracks directly inspired by the people, places and experiences in Jerk’s and his fellow collaborators' lives.
Read Morealsogood: life's beautiful
Francisco Espregueira
Via Blunt Shelter Records, we introduce Alsogood’s debut solo album, entitled Life’s Beautiful. Floating in a calm sea, this is an instrumental hip hop trip through mesmerizing sound choices that create a very calm and relaxing moment of introspection.
Read Moreknowsum & wun two: dream cruise
Francisco Espregueira
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.
Read Moreapril '21: recap
Francisco Espregueira
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.
Read Morekiefer: between days
Francisco Espregueira
At the crossroads of jazz music and instrumental hip hop, Between Days is also a very interesting peek to what Kiefer might create in the future. Being the more ‘experimental’ of the trilogy, this project gives a stronger emphasis to the beatmaking prowess from this L.A. based music genius.
Read Mores. fidelity: fidelity radio club
Francisco Espregueira
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.
Read Moreaver & move 78: the algorithm smiles upon you
Francisco Espregueira
The Algorithm Smiles Upon You is the debut EP by the new Aver & Move 78 project. Released by Village Live Records, this collaboration hails from Berlin blending a jazz approach with instrumental hip hop flavours.
Read Morefelipe gordon: a landscape onomatopeya lp
Francisco Espregueira
Felipe Gordon returns to Shall Not Fade to drop his second album - A Landscape Onomatopeya. Always in constant evolution, exploring different approaches in his sound, Gordon’s sophomore LP is the confirmation (that we didn’t need) of his killer skills in producing duties.
Read Moremarch '21: recap
Francisco Espregueira
One year passed by. Still here. Always here with our selection of the 50 best tracks in March, in the independent & eclectic music realm. More than showcasing a simple track we shed a lil’ light over projects, serving as a rabbit hole towards parallel universes of amazing & unknown music.
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