Deeply indebted to the gritty DIY sounds of the cult ‘80s brit-funk era, STR4TA, and this magnificent Aspects, showcases the perfect imperfections that reveal the raw soul of the music, spurring listeners on to bear their heart and soul on the dancefloor.
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Worm Discs presents another exciting act hailing from the vibrant UK jazz scene. Based in Bristol, Dundundun are a band composed by a talented group of musicians releasing their eponymous debut EP - a short but tasty record.
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Gianni Brezzo is a jazz band/studio project headed by the Cologne-based producer, multi-instrumentalist and musical mastermind Marvin Horsch. The Awakening is the fictional character’s debut on the reputable Jakarta Records, showcasing Brezzo’s versatile but still jazz focused approach and style.
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Led by producer/guitarist Tom Excell, Nubiyan Twist is one of UK’s leading acts in the jazz scene that took over the country in the last half decade. Released by Strut Records their new album, Freedom Fables, is their most accomplished work to date, following a discography that is already magnificent.
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Hailing from L.A., Joy Guerrilla is a duo composed by Magdalena Daniec and Adam Grab. Coming out tomorrow, their sophomore album, The Park Is Closed, in an eight-track journey that plays like the soundtrack to an archetypal hero’s journey of the West Coast.
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Dexter Wansel meets DJ Quik in the groove of "fees.waived". The sun is setting, the road keeps appearing in the horizon and this track is in loop.
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Jazzego, from Porto, presents PEDRA and its first EP Karimeen. After successive releases of the highest quality (there’s more to come in 2021), the portuguese label bets on a promising artist who designs a contemplative environment reminiscent of London's avant-garde jazz.
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Eikrem and Beautiful Disco provide a magnificently polished mix of jazzy instrumentals, groovy beats and soulful vocals. Over 14 tracks we are progressively taken to a relaxing sound landscape, where jazz survives (will always survive) in the dreams of those who reinvent it.
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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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A breeze from Salvador, from Praia, from Lisbon comes in, as a spring prelude. That breeze is called Orla, Caravela’s debut LP that is released now by None More Records - deeply attached to Afro-Brazilian rhythms and contemporary jazz approaches.
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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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Dropping next friday, Far Out Recording’s next release introduces us to António Neves and his amalgamation of Brazilian musical expressions. A Pegada Agora É Essa (The Sway Now) triumphs in portraying, with a futuristic and dreamy perspective, Rio de Janeiro’s current music scene.
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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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SxB explores, with outstanding results, the energy of what it seems a live session, in which the three elements just talk with each other in the form of unbearable levels of groove.
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Emile Londonien's first EP is entitled SxB and it's gonna drop via Dope Tone Records. This 4-tracker is a groovy tribute to Strasbourg's growing nujazz and broken house scene, with remixes from Geoff Roy and Monomite.
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Far Out Recordings presents the debut album of this project, never edited throughout these 35 years that have now passed. The self-titled Marcos Resende & Index, now reissued in vinyl, is an essential contribution to the progressive and instrumental music from Brazil.
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Dan Goldman (a.k.a. JD73) is not a new name for the contemporary jazz fusion fans. On Pyramid, his new album released by Atjazz Record Company, he is backed up by Hamlet Luton (on bass) and Gordon Kilroy (on drums) to form theJD73’s Electrio and deliver eight smooth compositions.
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The Paradox was then conceived as their joint project, now presenting us the mesmerizing Counter-Active, that dropped last friday via Axis Records. Recorded in real-time, the seven compositions that compose the LP, reflect captured spontaneous actions which concede honesty and truth.
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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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Nick Walters & The Paradox Ensemble are back with a new album entitled Implicate Order, which drops tomorrow via D.O.T. Records. On this record the 11-piece band continues to break the mould of big band jazz, combining spiritual and eastern jazz moods with West African rhythms and a fusion of electronics.
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