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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The Budapest-based trio Jazzbois smoothly delivers one of the best debuts in 2019. The project entitled Jazzbois Goes Blunt flows effortlessly between jazz and hip hop genres, with bass, keys and drums tuned together through an 11-track trip.
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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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“I think therefore I jam”. Cogito Ergo Jam, released by Social Joy, is the first LP from the Natural Lateral quintet, drawing inspirations from jazz, through electronic, with deep grooves and mesmerizing psych-synth melodies.
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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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Marquis Hill is an award-winning trumpeter, composer, and bandleader - a highly skilled jazz musician with a bent toward soulful post-bop. Assembling a collection of interviews women sharing their perspectives on love and self-love, he builds around the theme to produce the wonderful Love Tape.
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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 world of jazz music eagerly waited for this record. One of the saxophonists of the moment, Binker Golding, delivers his first quartet album, Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers, joined by an incredible group: Joe Armon-Jones on piano, Daniel Casimir on bass and Sam Jones on drums.
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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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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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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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Since the release of his first LP, Kickinit Alone, Kiefer has been producing some of the best jazz infused hip hop music of our time. Superbloom takes a step further, with bright, imaginative sounds, not failing to capture the artist’s essential trademarks.
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Due to come out this week, the sophomore solo album of Joe Armon-Jones is another exhibition of his endless virtuosity. Turn To A Clear View builds on the artist’s foundations - an infusion of jazz, bass-heavy dub and contemporary club culture, flourishing on r&b, hip hop and p-funk influences.
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The visionary musical output of Dego has had an immeasurable influence on the UK dance and electronica music scene, spanning the 90s and early 00s. His new album, Too Much, is the proof that he continues to push boundaries within his signature sound.
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Led by the renowned hip hop producer Dr. Dundiff, SGJAZZ is a neo-soul/jazz group from Louisville debuting with their eponymous album, via Jakarta Records. Recorded in Dr. Dundiff’s studio room in 2018, SGJAZZ was made analog-to-digital.
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After a two week hiatus, o sótão recaps on some of the best projects released during the month - and spirit - that ended yesterday. With no shortage of exciting music, the playlist of August contains 50 tracks focusing on artists we talked about and others that deserve a special note.
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The highly anticipated debut album from singer-songwriter Bryony Jarman-Pinto is due to come out by the end of this week. Cage & Aviary was written over the course of three years, connecting personal reflection to wider social issues. An intimate insight in to what it means to come of age in today’s world.
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Straight from his heart, jazz pianist, electronic madman, genre-defying persona, Byron the Aquarius is consistently making some of the highest karat underground music available out there. His debut album, Astral Travelling, through Oslo-based Mutual Intentions, has his unmistakable sonic trademark.
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Based on the island of Cyprus, the electronic jazz trio Mighty Sugarcane has gained reputation through their energetic live sets, full of virtuosity and musicianship between its members. Atomic is their debut album, set to reach wider audiences with a powerful yet sophisticated sound.
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Nérija are a collective of London based musicians playing exciting and original music, inspired by Jazz, Hip Hop, Afrobeat and South African Township. Featuring a brilliant seven-piece ensemble, Nérija’s first LP Blume is a truly breath-taking collection of compositions that perfectly encapsulates the collective spirit.
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