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In 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.
Read MoreDropping Sugar Like Salt in a month, Louis VI is preparing one of the most surprising releases of the year. Having already worked with the likes of Mick Jenkins, Nubya Garcia and Jelani Blackman, Louis VI's offering sees the London-based creative taking a dip into super-talented collaborations, adding magic to his own tracks.
Read MoreNewly arrived to some of the best music stores around the world, Detroit Swindle present High Life. The album explores stripped back soul and groove driven house over ten shining productions.
Read MoreNuova Napoli is the result of a long musical research on the sound that shaped Napoli during the ‘70s and ‘80s, mixing the prevailing genres (disco, jazz-funk, African rhythms), which ended up in Nu Guinea’s DNA.
Read MoreKamaal Williams (a.k.a. Henry Wu) is back with The Return, a vast ten-track recording of ‘70s-inspired funk-fusion, electronic bounce, straight-ahead jazz, and atmospheric keyboard solos.
Read MoreBrighton-based Yogocop Records has been one of the sources where we've been finding some of the best hip hop being made on the UK. We introduce you to their first beat-tape that will showcase instrumental talent from both resident artists and friends of the label.
Read MoreGreen is a 10-track LP of smooth, ambient jazz by Robohands (a.k.a. Andy Baxter), and is the newest release by Village Live Records - the first album of the genre to drop on this label. In charge of drums, guitar, bass, piano, and synths, Andy Baxter experiments with hip hop and jazz to deliver something completely original.
Read MoreWorking on his upcoming full length album Lewis Parker releases under King Underground Records “When It Rains It Pours” EP. It warms up his listeners and marks his 20th release with the label.
Read MoreMF Eistee gets together with Loop Schrauber for an "Houseboat" session capable of chilling down anyone's speakers. The beats that make this short piece make us feel at peace, taking a swim inside a river on a summer afternoon.
Read MoreThis month's new entries come from some of the best new releases - Bluestaeb, Yadava, Fitz Ambro$e & Submerse -, others are simply memories that we saved to revisit - from the east to the west with Gang Starr's "Jazz Thing" and Naughty by Nature's "Mourn You 'Til I Join You".
Read MoreCalm and easy he explains how he feels in this world with a slight sonor voice. British producer and rapper looms. presented during this month his latest work: "2015-2017", a compilation of his best works during that period of time.
Read MoreUnder the wing of Church Label, out on June 1st, "It Rains Here" from Yadava. DJ and Producer from Manchester, he is a new name to remember. For now, three tracks came out, showcasing worldwide jazzy music on the productions.
Read MoreEarlier this year "Soul Macchiato" came out as the first full release of producer Lofi Coffee. We played it after a while it dropped... We felt like this pink cassette was going inside a Nakamichi deck.
Read MoreSet out to be released in June, "For Clair" combines dusty percussion with mesmerizing haunting vocals and brass layered over infectious jazz piano chords creating an atmospheric and unique deep house opening to the release.
Read MoreHavana Cultura is back with another release scheduled for June. "¡Súbelo, Cuba!" showcases an extended network of like-minded, forward-thinking musicians driving Cuba’s music forward.
Read Morencluded in our very own May '18 playlist recap, the last tracks end "Villa Rosa" with style. Purple feelings of mystery surround o sótão, inviting a night drive around the block. Fitz Ambro$e & Submerse got together to create a high quality piece of instrumental hip hop.
Read MoreBorn in the streets of Manchester, The Mouse Outfit duo expanded their production abilities to more than a dozen brilliant artists that feature in their latest album "Jagged Tooth Crook". We got a first glimpse of it some months ago - "I Wonder", featuring one of our divas IAMDDB.
Read More"LIBRARY 01" is the first installment of Lille-based newly created label & magazine. Released on cassette, contains 19 different tracks from 19 different underground hip hop producers. And the time flies listening to it.
Read MoreMay just started and already we stop time to recap on what has been playing around here. The voice of Billie Holiday is subject of reinterpretations by master Wun Two - the mesmerizing samples of "Gone With The Wind" in "Noite". Some world-jazzy vibes come with Kamasi Washignton…
Read MoreThis week Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings drops the first full release coming out through the keys of Joe Armon-Jones. "Starting Today" follows the acclaimed "Idiom" EP released with Maxwell Owin in 2017 and Ezra Collective's (of which he’s a co-founder) "Juan Pablo" EP.
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