Marquis Hill is an award-winning trumpeter, composer, and bandleader - a highly skilled jazz musician with a bent toward soulful post-bop. Assembling a collection of interviews women sharing their perspectives on love and self-love, he builds around the theme to produce the wonderful Love Tape.
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The third instalment in the series, Future Bubblers 3.0, dropped last week, once again introducing us to promising musical projects, always at the forefront of cutting-edge music. Just like the previous albums successfully achieved, Future Bubblers 3.0 continues the tradition of wonky electronica, soulful rhythms and jazz infused bops.
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After meeting in London, back in 2016, the multinational duo started working on She right away. Three years gone and Bluestaeb’s soulful approach to beatmaking perfectly complements Harleighblu’s performance, as she stakes her claim on the neo soul and hip hop territory she always identified with as an artist.
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We’ve been sleeping on Rhys Langston. Hailing from Los Angeles, he’s a multi-disciplinary artist and performer that finally entered our radar with his latest EP, the T.C. Wash Suite - a litmus of self-sufficiency in reflection and internal investigative reports, inside five tracks.
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Well know in the underground world of instrumental hip hop, the Stockholm-based producer and beatmaker Max I Million steps up to release his solo debut album, We Own The Night, via NINETOFIVE.
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Kaidi Tatham returns to 2000black, following last year’s In My Life EP. You Find That I Got It / Mjuvi carries on with Tatham’s legacy - instantly recognizable as his own. After so many years producing, playing, performing, his sound still remains fresh and innovative.
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The third release from French producer 67100 reshapes, in broken beat forms, a classic 80’s song - “L’Amour A La Plage” by Niagara. On vocals, Julie Fire’s melancholic melodies contrasts with a Brazilian batucada, reminding us of summer that passed by - Mambo.
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After establishing himself in London, at the end of the 90’s, Simbad became deeply involved in the city’s musical culture. Collections Volume One represent his work of 10-15 years - never released before - taking us for a ride in his distinctive, warm, bruk-indebted & jazz-infused sound.
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Ancient Mahogany Gold is Catherine Harris-White’s latest work as SassyBlack to arrive during her restless creative streak, and it splits the difference between personal, of-the-moment expressions and long-term vision.
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The world of jazz music eagerly waited for this record. One of the saxophonists of the moment, Binker Golding, delivers his first quartet album, Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers, joined by an incredible group: Joe Armon-Jones on piano, Daniel Casimir on bass and Sam Jones on drums.
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Musicians that we’ve been writing about for years, with their immense talent and vision. Confirmations from some of the avant-garde names on today’s contemporary music - crossing a vast sort of genres. New ones that will, surely, keep surprising us. All in an eclectic 50-track selection.
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Back in March, via Melting Pot Music, Nada released his first project under the name Koralle, Collecting Vol. 1. The second one further delves into his hip hop roots, taking the producer’s jazz crates and field recordings to the studio.
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Via Mr. Bongo, Full Circle is Jungle Brown’s sophomore album, showcasing an eclectic array of their influences, twisted and blended together to create a ground-breaking release for UK music. The trio – Ric Flo, MAEAR & Tony Bones – have spent the last two years redefining their own soulful hip hop sound.
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The Saul duo spent the last couple of years working on material for their impressive debut EP, dropping through Rhythm Section International. Murmurations works equally well in a club as it does in our living room, balancing musicality and groove.
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Producer, instrumentalist and DJ, Neue Grafik joins Total Refreshment Centre to present us a new mini-LP, Foulden Road. With him, an ensemble of gifted musicians, mixing jazz, house and hip hop, an unique geographical flavour of African ethnicity, Parisian roots and a love for London sounds like broken beat & grime.
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Olindo Records presents London-based producer and DJ Koichi Sakai, in collaboration with Ghanaian percussionist and singer Afla Sackey. Wono EP sees Koichi mixing African percussion instruments and themes with synths and drum machines.
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Led by producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive Lowe, Tokyo’s Rōnin Arkestra brings together some of the most supreme and innovative players in Japan’s jazz and electronic scene. Formed in 2017, the collective’s debut album Sonkei comes out next friday, via Albert’s Favourites.
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Hailing from the UK, Oliver Malin, a.k.a. Romaal Kultan, is protean DJ and producer, creating killing cuts of all sorts. Off Grid is his new project, released by YAM Recordings, with a distinct UK thread throughout the dancefloor-oriented four tracks.
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Since the release of his first LP, Kickinit Alone, Kiefer has been producing some of the best jazz infused hip hop music of our time. Superbloom takes a step further, with bright, imaginative sounds, not failing to capture the artist’s essential trademarks.
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Due to come out this week, the sophomore solo album of Joe Armon-Jones is another exhibition of his endless virtuosity. Turn To A Clear View builds on the artist’s foundations - an infusion of jazz, bass-heavy dub and contemporary club culture, flourishing on r&b, hip hop and p-funk influences.
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