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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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Karmasound has his fantastic debut album coming out tomorrow through Phuture Shock Musik. La Búsqueda delves into jazz - particularly of the 70’s Latin fusion/funk variety – as a key source of its inspiration, yet with a contemporary electronic-infused spin and loosely within a broken beat context. From A to Z, an album full of magnificent details.
Read MoreHaving spent many years playing drums alongside some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians in the revered Wellington jam session scene Clear Path Ensemble is an amalgamation of the energy & spirit that the new Wellington scene encompasses.
Read MoreThroughout the last four years Moses Boyd broadened his stylistic horizons even further, leading to his new album Dark Matter, released last week. Tempestuous blend of MIDI sequences, warm acoustics, and curated vocal features.
Read MoreYes Doctor is the debut LP from Henry Hicks a.k.a. Horatio Luna. The eclectic Melbourne shape-shifter solidifies his place within ‘house music’ on Yes Doctor as Dub, Jazz & Bruk bleed into one another. Influences from all over.
Read MoreNick Walters returns with his second project for 22a - a free and spiritual journey into avant-garde jazz, named Active Imagination. Joining a talented group musicians for a day in the studio, he leads with his trumpet on a session with minimal rehearsal.
Read More2020 started with a couple of golden releases that shaped what we featured during this month. The selection of 40 tracks includes, as usual, a “best of” selection of the best we’ve heard in January, opening the last section of the playlist to some of the things that influence our taste.
Read MoreBluestaeb & S. Fidelity present Underground Canopy is a special release, comprising seven tracks exquisitely performed by the five-piece band, influenced by neo soul, jazz-infused instrumental hip hop. Bluestaeb and S. Fidelity recognized the raw creative potential and shaped their demos into six fully arranged and fully grown songs. Plus a ten-minute uncut jam.
Read MoreFollowing his debut Inner Sea, the Belin-based producer Takeleave returns to Project: Mooncircle imprint with his second full length album, Belonging. Contrasting with his first album, this release is an allegory of arrival and homesickness, as opposed to the idea of living the journey, present in Inner Sea.
Read MoreJeff Parker releases Suite For Max Brown, via the partnership between International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. This project is informally a companion piece to its predecessor The New Breed, Parker’s 2016 album on International Anthem, establishing himself as one of the most formidable solo talents in modern jazz.
Read MoreStraight from a box of memories, Fly Cruzeiro by the giant talent of Marcos Valle and the Azymuth trio is reissued worldwide, for the pleasure of millions of fans out there. Connecting 1972 to 2020, the album sounds completely fresh, as per usual in the music released by Valle and Azymuth, both with timeless discographies.
Read MoreJazz Re:freshed presents Golden Mean, a brand new quartet formed by Tom Driessler, former bassist on the Yussef Kamaal project, the guitarist Luke Wynter of Nubiyan Twist, the killer synths from Lyle Barton and beats from Noya Rao's Matt Davies. 5 tracks that will keep you coming back for more.
Read MoreOne of Hungary’s most exciting acts returns to o sótão. Jazzbois is the self titled EP from the Budapest-based trio, featuring tracks created before their album debut, Goes Blunt. Released by Cosmic Compositions, the project has 5 tracks deep rooted in the realms of jazz & broken beat.
Read Moreo sótão's #200 playlist, as the #100, showcases the main influences guiding us through our daily search. More than just showing new releases, as we usually do, the #200 pays homage to some of the main names of the music we’re currently diving in. More than just a playlist, the #200 is a note traversing time towards the future.
Read MoreLooking back to what was released and remembered in December, this month’s playlist also opens up the book for what’s to come, right around the corner in 2020. In fact the selection begins and ends with two different projects provoking high expectations
Read MoreWorking with a range of collaborators, aiming to broaden the scope of the Black Jazz Consortium project in terms of the music, ideas, and sound, we find Fred P interpreting Latin and Brazilian music through his own unique lens.
Read MoreTo celebrate its ten year anniversary the compilation Eglo Records, Vol. 2 encompasses the works of many of its incredible featured artists: Steve Spacek, Floating Points, Fatima, Dego, Kaidi Tatham, Henry Wu, K15 just to name a few.
Read Moredownundaground, curated by the Melbourne-based label La Sape, is a compilation comprised of seven tracks made by young up-and-coming Australian instrumentalists and improvisers, directed by the mighty talent of Horatio Luna.
Read MoreJitwam returns to his spiritual home The Jazz Diaries with a new EP and a new sound to unveil a little of what’s to come in 2020. Enchanté effortlessly blends genres into dancefloor music, composed by two originals and an extended mix of “Something to Say” by Anthony Nicholson.
Read MoreJoined by bassist Rocco Palladino and keyboardist Charlie Stacey, drummer Yussef Dayes releases Duality, comprising two tracks in which the trio showcase their endless virtuosity and their magnificent musical intensity.
Read MoreSome of the best projects of 2019 came out in November. Falling like the non-stop rain of these days, newly released works from artists like Douniah & High John, Surprise Chef, Daniel Casimir & Tess Hirst, Kumail, Danvers, Sefi Zisling or Summers Sons deserve our highest praises.
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