The avant-garde, future-soul and inventive Steve Spacek drops Houses via Black Focus Records. Exploring his musical roots, which run deep within the storied dance music scenes of Chicago, Detroit and London, Spacek complements his futuristic productions with trademark vocal tone.
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On Apron Records the São Paulo based musician and producer Zopelar reaches wider audiences with his new album Joy Of Missing Out - a collection of 17 tracks that represents the actual direction of his solo works.
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Nick Walters returns with his second project for 22a - a free and spiritual journey into avant-garde jazz, named Active Imagination. Joining a talented group musicians for a day in the studio, he leads with his trumpet on a session with minimal rehearsal.
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Via Heavenly Sweetness, the globetrotter David Walters drops one of the essential albums for 2020. Soleil Kréyol is a meeting point that allows Africa, America, Europe, and the Caribbean to converse with each other using a language as universal as music, dance, carnivals, or ceremonies.
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Everyone is presented with their nicknames, as per usual in this collective project established in 2012. After an album and four EP’s, all released on 2000BLACK, 6th is comprised of four tracks, connecting the dots from electronic music to jazz and soul.
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2020 started with a couple of golden releases that shaped what we featured during this month. The selection of 40 tracks includes, as usual, a “best of” selection of the best we’ve heard in January, opening the last section of the playlist to some of the things that influence our taste.
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Sonically diverse, Robo Boy navigates through a groovy and metallic sound design, dreamy galactic melodies and jazzy bass lines. Dropping today, Bobby Obsy is a great choice for the debut project from the newly founded Rucksack Records.
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Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity present Underground Canopy is a special release, comprising seven tracks exquisitely performed by the five-piece band, influenced by neo soul, jazz-infused instrumental hip hop. Bluestaeb and S. Fidelity recognized the raw creative potential and shaped their demos into six fully arranged and fully grown songs. Plus a ten-minute uncut jam.
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Berlin is currently living a revival of house music, mostly curated by incredible labels. Toy Tonics, one of them, brings together Kosmo Kint with the french talent Mangabey to deliver two L.A. G-funked party tracks.
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Following his debut Inner Sea, the Belin-based producer Takeleave returns to Project: Mooncircle imprint with his second full length album, Belonging. Contrasting with his first album, this release is an allegory of arrival and homesickness, as opposed to the idea of living the journey, present in Inner Sea.
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Jeff Parker releases Suite For Max Brown, via the partnership between International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. This project is informally a companion piece to its predecessor The New Breed, Parker’s 2016 album on International Anthem, establishing himself as one of the most formidable solo talents in modern jazz.
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Straight from a box of memories, Fly Cruzeiro by the giant talent of Marcos Valle and the Azymuth trio is reissued worldwide, for the pleasure of millions of fans out there. Connecting 1972 to 2020, the album sounds completely fresh, as per usual in the music released by Valle and Azymuth, both with timeless discographies.
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Croatian producer Andrej Laseech reaches out for the magic vocals of legendary & prolific Javonntte. Dropping via Lumberjacks in Hell, More Than Friends EP is comprised by two original tracks and a remix from the label's boss Marcel Vogel and Tim Jules.
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Anthony Nicholson and Mark de Clive-Lowe join forces to deliver a two track EP through Local Talk. Yeah-Yeah / Another Story is a special release from the Swedish label paying a tribute to the fantastic world of eclectic dance music, which these two producers have contributing to so much over decades.
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Connection Portugal-UK for another musical exploration of Pedro, diving into different soundscapes compared to his previous projects. PEDRO001 marks his first release on his own imprint, Pedro’s House, and makes space for straight-forward club music.
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Buzzing all the way from Detroit, Motor City, Pontchartrain takes the Razor-N-Tape reigns for his debut on the label. The 30th edition of the Reserve series, entitled Love Is Madness, is an all-cylinders-firing jazz laden, deep house EP comprised by three tracks plus an exquisite remix from Demuja.
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In the past few years Knowsum has been releasing experimental hip hop music mainly on two of the most reputable underground labels on the genre: Sichtexot and Melting Pot Music. SECHS is his fabulous return to the Sichtexot imprint, with futuristic funky beats.
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Personifying play and curiosity, in both their sound and in their process the five tracks of The Rigour are pushed and pulled in different directions… with Werkha’s trademark vibe always present. Due do drop tomorrow, via First Word Records.
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Through Salin Records the young Oxford-based producer Diamond releases a jaw dropping EP. You Like Jazz? reflects the personality of the producer, letting his obsession for jazz music get into mesmerizing and uplifting house productions.
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Underground legend Warren Harris a.k.a. Hanna presents his first record on Visions Recordings with two new deep house tracks. The Summit EP is comprised by extended grooves with a club attitude, cementing his signature sound that has marked his incredibly prolific career as a producer and multi-instrumentalist.
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