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Recorded across the world that is Berlin, involving an array musicians from all around the globe, J.Lamotta’s new album sees her expanding her production repertoire by crafting a warm body of sound. There’s a live feeling to it like it’s playing near us.
Read MoreDolphi is a small instrumental EP with four dope, mellow beats from Wun Two, on his unmistakable style. For this short film, he invites Knowsum and features a few saxophone snippets by Anthony Drawn. Courtesy of Sichtexot.
Read MoreRolling from the 70’s, with a sweet samba soul, Ronie & Central do Brasil is a brilliant reissue - for the first time in vinyl - by Lisbon-based Mad About Records. The album grooves smoothly with Ronie’s (a.k.a. Ronaldo Mesquita) drums and percussion intertwined with a luxurious use of Fender Rhodes and delicious fingerprints of brazilian samba arrangements.
Read MoreThe half-Japanese half-New Zealander, Mark de Clive-Lowe presents his new album Heritage II - the partner and second installment to his critically acclaimed album Heritage, a deeply personal exploration of his Japanese cultural and ancestral roots.
Read MoreRecorded over a 2 day session at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, Ironside is Ruby Rushton’s 4th studio album and probably their most complete work to date. The Tenderlonious-led jazz quartet, continues to push boundaries, and lead the way, with this new genre defying record, released through 22a.
Read MoreBussin’ is Orlando-born Devin Morrison's first solo album, an ill mix of flavors with eclectic inspirations rooted in 90's r&b, gospel and funk. Nothing short of talent, Devin has composed, produced and played the whole album, inviting a selection of special guests along for this sweet ride.
Read MoreKiefer’s new EP, Bridges, whilst remaining truthful to his jazz and hip hop roots - following the fantastic Happysad full length - is an opportunity to take his sound in new directions.
Read MoreHailing from Strasbourg, Dope Tones Records is an independent label, coming out with a smooth approach to the broken beat vibes. With two EP’s released in one month, they introduce us to two new producers and their respective debut projects: FUN GRiD by Syncop73; and STRAS by 67100.
Read MoreLaunched in 2018, with two EPs, Broken District continues to explore alternative music styles with the third installment of its VA series. On its 03 edition, the series is composed by six tracks, each one of them produced by different artists. Jus Jam and Momla, the label’s co-founders, return, accompanied by Leon Revol, Setwun, Duktus & ODC Live Band and Turbojazz.
Read MoreAwon, one of the best underground MC’s floating from the US, drops his new album called Soulapowa, through Don’t Sleep Records. A deeply personal record, with Phoniks (his usual partner-in-crime) productions very present. Awon looks inwards. Emotions, thoughts and feelings, result of the experiences lived in the past years.
Read MoreMarch is typically a month, in which, an overwhelming amount of great music is released. As the great work of independent artists and labels further spans worldwide, it is truly remarkable the amount of original, creative and groovy inputs we are constantly receiving at o sótão.
Read MoreBobby Donny head Frits Wentink is back with the third edition of his BODOX - vinyl only - remix/edit series, serving up four more tracks of pure dancefloor ecstasy. The Amsterdam-based house hero keeps his unmistakable approach into the world of fuzzy synths and drunk organs, all drenched in his ever so dusty grooves.
Read MoreShafiq Husayn sonic identity has always consisted on importing sounds and genres into his pothole of creative madness, always rooting back to the hip hop beats‐and‐rhymes basis. The Loop is the new LP by this LA-based polymath - an epic project which saw its inception in 2012.
Read MoreFive albums deep into his recording career, Ibiza-based, music connouisseur of this world, Guts, builds another trip called Philantropiques, marking something radically different from his previous outputs. While his sequencing and programming are still unmistakable, his new project morphed into something of a full-on musical opus.
Read MoreThe electronic vibes created by the french duo Nikitch & Kuna Maze roam around the influences of jazz, downbeat and hip hop, with an evident love for broken-beat. Mush, their new EP, is an animated opus of moods, with a crispy groove throughout the five tracks that compose it.
Read MoreSyrup, B. Cool-Aid’s new seven-track EP, is one of the finest and smoothest hip hop records of the year so far. Following BRWN, released in 2017, Ahwlee (on the beats) and Pink Siifu (on the lyrics) partnered once again to create a cohesive record, that manages to feel expansive despite its brief runtime.
Read MoreComprising of members of Maisha, Ezra Collective, Myriad Forest, Undergrooveland and Don Kipper, Cykada combines electronic and live music with global inspiration from West Africa to Eastern Europe in their self-titled release, courtesy of Astigmatic Records.
Read MoreOne year has passed since Biig Piig released her debut Big Fan Of The Sesh Vol. 1, with honest stories being directly translated from the artist’s mind to music. The new 4-track EP, A World Without Snooze Vol. 2, is another touching piece.
Read MoreCo-producing the influential Hiatus Kaiyote collective, Clever Austin (born Perrin Moss) has his debut album released through Touching Bass. Pareidolia is a genre-bending sonic and emotive trip with virtuosic, percussive groove at its core.
Read MoreThe legendary work of Eumir Deodato is, once again, reissued with the stamp of Far Out Recordings label. Following Ataque - originally from 1965 and reissued by the same label in late 2018 -, Os Catedráticos 73 album travels thirty-six years in time to be remastered and repressed in vinyl.
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