Amaro Freitas consolidates his status as one of the most important jazz musicians hailing from Brazil. Via Far Out Recordings, his new album Sankofa is a spiritual quest into the forgotten stories, ancient philosophies and inspirational figures of Black Brazil. It’s also his most stunning and sincere work to date.
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Their new Various Artists compilation, Madre Lingua, is a collection of songs born via the constant interactions among the artists that gravitated around Mother Tongue Records in the first two years since its opening.
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Expansions and Transformations: Part I & II is Rosie Turton’s sophomore project, following Rosie’s 5ive, her debut in 2019 via Jazz re:freshed. The new record from the british trombonist explores the ideas of impermanence and evolution and how this intertwines music and mind.
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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.
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Axis Records keeps ‘opening up the books’ with another prime release that we have to share with our audience. In the fantastic Nuovo Futuro, Raffaele Attanasio presents a jazz-tinged, angular, progressive and championing album by coalescing influential factors.
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On bass, Henry Hick (a.k.a. Horatio Luna), is one of the most important musicians of that vibrant musical scene. Now he presents himself as the leader of The Psychedelic Freaks and releases a true sound odyssey that takes to a different galaxy.
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With Love, From Glasgow is a mesmerizing debut LP from Rebecca Vasmant, showcasing her talent in composing, producing and performing to deliver a strong piece comprised by eleven tracks that feature the breadth of the incredible jazz talent Glasgow has to offer.
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João Donato joins Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge to head the seventh and last edition of the Jazz Is Dead series. Way beyond a simple homage to Donato’s impressive body of work, Jazz Is Dead 007 is just a great (and new) jazz album.
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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.
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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.
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Plunky & Oneness of Juju is a legendary rhythm & blues-African-jazz-funk band, that has seen a lot of their work reissued by Strut Records. Make a Change features the full original album alongside five previously unheard studio takes, all remastered by The Carvery from the original tapes.
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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.
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Anthony Joseph’s latest album, which dropped last friday via Heavenly Sweetness, is a deep, intimate and pensive experience, filled with magnificent jazzy, free-flowing arrangements and his touching spoken words.
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Hailing from Amsterdam, Kid Sublime teams up with Georgian badman DJ and Producer Mishulino and jazz piano protegé Beka Gochiashvili to form the group TURBULANCE. Their eponymous debut LP is ready to make waves in the broken beat and contemporary jazz scene for the years to come.
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Easily crossing the boundaries of jazz, boogie, soul, broken beat, techno or hip hop, dego presents his new album, via his imprint 2000Black. The Negative Positive cements his status as a pioneer, a visionary, as he continues to push boundaries with a sound that his totally his own.
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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.
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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.
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Four years passed in the blink of an eye and he is an acclaimed musician, producer, composer, creator. Alfa Mist’s new record, Bring Backs, marks the first release for the label Anti, and is the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form.
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vbnd is bassist and producer hailing from Canada now releasing his sophomore project via DeepMatter. Scum Funk is a very interesting take on jazz and neo soul music textures, showcasing the complexity of the genres and its alluring effects.
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Midnight Snacks Vol. 1, Mark de Clive-Lowe’s latest offering via MashiBeats, marks his return to beats and basslines at the center of four instrumental tracks of broken beat, house and downtempo.
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