Following brilliant releases on some of the best electronic-music-labels, like Rhythm Section, YAM Recordings, Mule Music or their own In Dust We Trust, Emotional Intelligence / It’s Up To Me is kind of a coming of age for the brothers. A blissful experience throughout and another demonstration of Chaos In The CBD’s maturing, amazing production skills.
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Truthful to its own spirit, Analog Africa was looking for something special, something lost, something that “swam against the current”. The story behind Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu is an adventure that took three troubled years to complete, starting with the discovery of a pile of uncovered, unmarked and discarded recordings.
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A Message From The East takes the listener on a journey of tranquility, through the use of dreamy pads, laid back drum sequences and choppy rhythms, representing a continuity on Nicholas’ work of recent years. Another pleasurable chapter on his decade-long, impressive and extensive discography.
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downundaground, curated by the Melbourne-based label La Sape, is a compilation comprised of seven tracks made by young up-and-coming Australian instrumentalists and improvisers, directed by the mighty talent of Horatio Luna.
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Hugo Mari presents Minds Eye, two beautifully created and emotive jams, once again taking the helm of his own High Praise imprint. Following the astounding releases of Change Ur Ways EP (Heist) and Unalloyed Pleasure (Freerange Recordings), it was time to have Mari’s incredible productions showcased here.
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Jitwam returns to his spiritual home The Jazz Diaries with a new EP and a new sound to unveil a little of what’s to come in 2020. Enchanté effortlessly blends genres into dancefloor music, composed by two originals and an extended mix of “Something to Say” by Anthony Nicholson.
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Joined by bassist Rocco Palladino and keyboardist Charlie Stacey, drummer Yussef Dayes releases Duality, comprising two tracks in which the trio showcase their endless virtuosity and their magnificent musical intensity.
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Originally released in 1996, in a very limited quantity of one hundred CD's, the album Mission Infinite was kept secret in the abyssal depths of the underground until now - becoming NBN’s first release of a forthcoming series of hip hop and r&b reissues.
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Interface Palm is Jordan Hankins’ new project, debuting with a 4-track banger called Four To The Flora, through Jad & The label Beats Of No Nation. Preaching on his collection of cosmic jazz fusion, left field boogie and dusty house, Interface Palm’s productions skirt the line between house, jazz and broken beat.
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Dusty grooves and soulful emotions form the foundation of Soulphiction’s new album, 24/7 Love Affair: a fantastic selection of 17 bumping house tracks, taking influences across jazz, hip hop and afrobeat realms.
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Masok are a four-piece future soul band based in Tel Aviv releasing their impressive debut album, The Bigger The Risk, via Raw Tapes. What started as some bedroom beats grew into a colourful ten-track album.
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Some of the best projects of 2019 came out in November. Falling like the non-stop rain of these days, newly released works from artists like Douniah & High John, Surprise Chef, Daniel Casimir & Tess Hirst, Kumail, Danvers, Sefi Zisling or Summers Sons deserve our highest praises.
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Andres IV is a stunning follow-up in his legendary discography, bringing out the best of his many musical threads - there’s no enclosed styles or genres on IV, but a swanging, MPC-built house, hip hop and beatdown vibe that can just provoke audible pleasure to anyone living in the world of eclecticism.
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Returning for a Local Talk release, worldwide known producer and DJ Opolopo drops You Can Make It. With his music spanning over two decades touching on funk, boogie and soul to various shades of house, this 4-track project was promising since the release of the title-track — a timeless house tune.
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Information is his new album, via Ghostly International, rotating in dark and deep waves with Galcher’s vocals adding a mysterious vibe to the innate progressive groove we feel through 12 tracks.
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Time for Tel Aviv’s top jazz and funk trumpeter Sefi Zisling and his sophomore album: Expanse. Combining the sounds of afro-jazz, psychedelic funk and spiritual jazz, the album echoes great creators while paving a new path through Zisling’s magnificent trumpet performance.
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Following Uhuru, partnered with regular collaborator C.Tappin, the Summers Sons brothers are back with their most personal and experimental work to date - The Rain. Picking up the pieces on their journey over loss, the duo explores a stripped back production style and themes of hope over grey days.
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The English duo Humans & Trees debuts through the black catalogue of Ltd, W/ Lbl. LTDBLBL006, the sixth project of the label, is a mesmerizing ten track album heavily influenced by jazz mysteriously blending classic house elements as well as loungy, easy listening pieces.
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With a bunch of alternate versions and remixes, this isn't the usual remix album. We’re invited to (re)visit Block And Tackle on a bright new light with a fresh approach. Shatter Hands re-imagines his own productions through dim-lighted moments of relaxation.
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The four track EP draws from a wide pool of influences – touching on jazz, folk rhythm traditions, club-oriented electronics, and progressive experimentalism – generating an organic performance rooted in an intimate musical understanding between performers.
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