Otis and Dundiff are both from Louisville, Kentucky. Cool is their second album, following up 2017’s Hemispheres. Sometimes musicians take their time to find a formula, to carve out a way in which they create. Not these two. A creative connection was instantly born.
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From Berlin, Suff Daddy is the man in charge of the ninth installment of Fat Beats Records series Baker’s Dozen: an exclusive vinyl series that shines a light on the best minds of instrumental hip hop, ambient, and electronic music.
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Pianist and producer Kamaal Williams (a.k.a. Henry Wu) is releasing tomorrow a new 12″’ featuring two tracks - “New Heights” and “Snitches Brew”. He continues to flow creativity and new perspectives within his influences of 70’s jazz, hip hop and electronic bounce.
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Turkish beatmaker & radio host, Mr. Zula presents us his first LP - Ramponeau. The album is due to drop by the end of this week with 21 short tracks that take us to true cassette feelings.
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‘Mamão’s first album in over twenty years - Poison Fruit -, will be out in January curated by the London-based label Far Out Recordings. United by a love for his music, the album will feature the previously released remixes and dubs from some of today’s most forward-thinking producers with a penchant for percussion.
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Brazil is rhythm disguised as a country. During the 70's and 80’s arranger, producer, composer, instrumentalist Robson Jorge, together with his partner Lincoln Olivetti, sets the foundations of Brazilian soul music. The rare Robson Jorge’s 1977 is a testimony of his genius.
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Shall Not Fade ends this busy year with a brand new record from Contours. His North West EP offers three original tracks that continue to explore jazz’s space within the dancefloor, as lush grooves and energetic rhythms float throughout the record.
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Originally released on Continental Records in Brazil in 1974, Arnaud Rodrigues’s Murituri is reissued across the Atlantic Ocean by Lisbon-based label Groovie Records. Including arrangements from artists like Octavio and Arthur Verocai, the LP hails the creativity of a young Arnaud Rodrigues.
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One of the brightest names in the underground house movement floating from London, Hidden Spheres brings this years run of Fruit Merchant releases to a close with the Spok EP. Three cuts of sweet deep house flavors.
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We turn the lights on the Japanese beat-master axion117 and his 17-track album MCHD, an eclectic masterpiece incorporating a variety of musical genres on the boom bap, low fidelity beats that run on the back.
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Melbourne-based producer Prequel hops on the Lobster Theremin roster, with an organic EP called Without You. His new 4-tracker delves into natural instrumentation and warm soothing fuzz with an extremely tender and personal vision through sound.
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An all-time classic Brazilian album released in 1970 is reissued through one of the worlds best houses for vintage, classic, vinyls: Mr Bongo. The musicality, the poems of Toquinho are timeless.
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A cold November went by under the hundreds of warm sounds that trembled through our walls. Picking the best photographs after a month’s hiatus, we also carefully selected 70 tracks reviewing the best we've showcased in here during this month.
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Illa J is dropping tomorrow his second album through Jakarta Records, following the successful Home project from last year. John Yancey is also the second part of the collaboration with LA-based producer Calvin Valentine, who once again produces the entire LP.
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Lights on a collaborative project between the Polish jazz septet EABS and Tenderlonious. Kraksa/Svantetic is a special first-take record released with the quality stamp of 22a. For jazz aficionados.
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Maïa is a new and beautiful name entering our radar. She is currently blessing us with a brand new EP called Motion. Dreamy beat-driven tracks, grooving underneath her mesmerizing poems and sweet mumbles…
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The young South East London producer Ben Hauke, takes us on yet another epic sonic excursion. The brand new five track sampler Movin Broke is driven by crunchy MPC beats laced with obscure and dusty Puerto Rican breaks mashed with Brazilian, and Cuban crate digs.
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Far Out Recordings drops another overlooked masterpiece from one of the greatest minds in brazilian instrumental music. Pedra do Espia is edited for the first time in vinyl format, reminding us about the infinite gold produced in Brazil on the past decades.
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Milwaukee based 19 year old rapper Dyzzi sheds a brief lighting into his personal life regarding various topics while maintaining a ‘90s reminiscent Hip Hop sound on his debut album Same Clothes As Yesterday.
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Wajeed’s electronic, dance side of his sound would just require a few more years to fully materialize. That process brings us his first full LP - From the Dirt has ten finely crafted and honed tracks, each with their own groove.
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