Diogo Vida is a Lisbon-based pianist and composer with a wondeful approach to different musical contexts. Through his piano he's been exploring various sonic experiments, best heard in two projects released this year - El Duende and August.
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With 52 songs by now, this month's playlist is growing track by track as a best of o sótão's selection for July. Ecelectic, as usual.
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Summer afternoon with Ruck P's latest project on our speakers. Destination follows the vibe of the single released in February, now complemented with three additional tracks of the purest freshness. Light. Easy.
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From South London we welcome again one of our favorite producers - Ben Hauke. Released by Far Out Recordings, Only Old stays true to Ben’s distinctly London identity, with a record that fluctuates between house, broken beat, underground jazz and instrumental hip-hop.
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Porto producer Pedro & Washington DC vocalist Jenna Camille pair up to create a surprisingly sublime EP of 5 tracks, that caught our attention from the first seconds it started playing. This Is What I'm Going Through is their first release on the mighty Wolf Music Recordings.
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In a few days Berlin-based producer digitalluc will be releasing a new EP called blu dot., through german label Sichtexot. The EP shows the producer's sensitivity for deep melodies and atmosphere, detailed sound design and playful drum programming.
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We introduce you to RudeManners, an up and coming producer that has been releasing fantastic underground beattapes for a couple of years. Avant Garde is possibly his best work to date, mixing in perfect harmony hip hop waves with jazzy trip-hop elements.
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Soul food for your earholes with the debut album of Children of Zeus - Travel Light. Following up the compilation of songs released throughout the last few years - The Story So Far -, Tyler Daley and Konny Kon traveled a long road to this point.
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Japanese underground talent, bugseed, has probably one of the best collection of jazz music in the world. The samples used in his work are of the highest karat. In Fresh Jive EP we hear 'em through boom bap waves, rough beats and lo fi filtering.
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Through First Word Records a brand new EP from Yazmin Lacey - When The Sun Dips 90 Degrees. Illustrating a candid songwriting delivered in an uniquely laidback soulful style, whilst a glorious fusion of neo-soul and jazz plays smoothly on her back.
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July's first recap is a summary of the artists we've showcased here during this month. Klaus Layer, Tajima Hal, Concept Of Thought, Okvsho, Swarvy, Hubert Daviz. A lot of hip hop, golden instrumentals. But there’s more…
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Momentum, from Hubert Daviz - one of the main names in Europe's instrumental hip hop scene - includes a collection of previously unreleased or digital-only available works. It is divided in two: the Beatnick Tapes and Damage is Done, a collaboration project with Flako.
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Swarvy's edgy productions return with Anti-Anxiety, his second vinyl release with Paxico Records. Eighteen tracks long, there's a live-session quality throughout the album. As it plays, song by song, we feel pulled to a dreamy sequence of outer-space hip hop that makes us flow away from reality.
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Like a summer night breeze, Traphouse Jazz plays softly in a room with dim lights. A brilliant 6-track EP produced by the Zurich-based brothers, Okvsho. It is a groovy blend of hip hop beats and modern jazz.
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Habibi Funk Records dedicates its efforts to discover and release sounds from an unknown world to most of us. Muslims and Christians from Sudanese artist Kamal Keila is their latest album. It is the result of a little bit of luck and insatiable music exploration.
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After a hiatus of six years the duo from Brighton is back with one of the best EP's of the year. Since their renowned debut Painting on Silence, the highly anticipated Misty Blue - Concept Of Thought's new project - has finally arrived.
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Isolated Planet arrives from Yokohama, Japan. tajima hal takes us for a trip in an imaginary world that will make you travel along. Once again with a fresh and surprising take on lo fi hip hop.
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From Berlin a new album designed to shake up global soundwaves. Klaus Layer's latest effort is his sixth album on Redefinition Records, but his first solo project to feature all vocals over his boom bap infused productions.
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In June we constructed, brick by brick, an eclectic playlist of more than 70 tracks. Different paces, moods and rhythms. Plenty of hip hop and jazz, plenty of dancefloor bangers and lonely melodies.
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On flute & synthesisers Tenderlonious commands the 22archestra, a dream team of top talent. Harmony all over this one. The Shakedown is his debut album, with a groove of its own, subtly meandering jazz, to hip hop, afrobeat, latin and exhilarating free forms.
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