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Webmagazine and record label on underground house music & contemporary jazz. We're about music released by independent artists and labels.
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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.
Read MoreLike a phoenix we're reborn listening to the first few sounds coming out of Javier Santiago's new album. Released by Ropeadope Records, Phoenix is an album full of snow-dusted funk and a refreshing approach to jazzified-fusion.
Read MoreFar Out Recordings is preparing a very special release for September. Marking sixty years of Bossa Nova, and twenty years since Marcos Valle’s first release on the label, it is the time to repress Nova Bossa Nova, an era-defining classic from the Brazilian master composer.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreReginald Chapman is an instrumentalist, composer and arranger from Virginia, leaving his talent-footprint as a (bass) trombonist with a huge sound, a taste for exploration, and an affinity for playing from the heart. Prototype is his debut album.
Read MoreDiogo Vida is a Lisbon-based pianist and composer with a wondeful approach to different musical contexts. Through his piano he's been exploring various sonic experiments, best heard in two projects released this year - El Duende and August.
Read MoreWith 52 songs by now, this month's playlist is growing track by track as a best of o sótão's selection for July. Ecelectic, as usual.
Read MorePorto producer Pedro & Washington DC vocalist Jenna Camille pair up to create a surprisingly sublime EP of 5 tracks, that caught our attention from the first seconds it started playing. This Is What I'm Going Through is their first release on the mighty Wolf Music Recordings.
Read MoreThrough First Word Records a brand new EP from Yazmin Lacey - When The Sun Dips 90 Degrees. Illustrating a candid songwriting delivered in an uniquely laidback soulful style, whilst a glorious fusion of neo-soul and jazz plays smoothly on her back.
Read MoreJuly's first recap is a summary of the artists we've showcased here during this month. Klaus Layer, Tajima Hal, Concept Of Thought, Okvsho, Swarvy, Hubert Daviz. A lot of hip hop, golden instrumentals. But there’s more…
Read MoreLike a summer night breeze, Traphouse Jazz plays softly in a room with dim lights. A brilliant 6-track EP produced by the Zurich-based brothers, Okvsho. It is a groovy blend of hip hop beats and modern jazz.
Read MoreIn June we constructed, brick by brick, an eclectic playlist of more than 70 tracks. Different paces, moods and rhythms. Plenty of hip hop and jazz, plenty of dancefloor bangers and lonely melodies.
Read MoreOn flute & synthesisers Tenderlonious commands the 22archestra, a dream team of top talent. Harmony all over this one. The Shakedown is his debut album, with a groove of its own, subtly meandering jazz, to hip hop, afrobeat, latin and exhilarating free forms.
Read MoreArguably the biggest name currently in the jazz scene, Kamasi Washington has a long odyssey that plays long and beautifully into a summer night. Heaven and Earth is his second full-length album, unfolding over two halves that each run over an hour.
Read MoreThe second recap of June summarizes the best sounds that cruised around here during this month. For now, 61 tracks that can please different moods and tastes.
Read MoreWhile on working on his latest album - the magnificent Mind Games -, Ol' Burger Beats left behind some golden beats, songs and remixes. They deserve to be listened after all. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind is, like Mind Games, a work of art.
Read MoreFollowing his debut - and acclaimed - album Kickinit Alone on Leaving Records last year, Kiefer is back with a new full length album. Happysad is a masterful piece of thirteen tracks that, again, blends instrumental hip hop beats with magnificent piano chords.
Read MoreThe first recap of June comes before some crucial releases that are coming our way. Very soon we'll be listening to new stuff from Kiefer, Bluestaeb, Ol' Burger Beats, Iman Magnetic or Havana Cultura. We take this chance to introduce these new projects to you.
Read MoreThe London underground scene is evident in Xover. And we're all over Blue Lab Beats at the moment. It took some time until we were relaxed enough and peacefully listening to this amazing first full-length album that sums up a couple of years of original creations.
Read MoreIn 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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