jerk: circling
Francisco Espregueira
Jerk drops a new beat tape entitled Circling - a collection of 12 tracks directly inspired by the people, places and experiences in Jerk’s and his fellow collaborators' lives.
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àbáse x zeitgeist: body mind spirit
Francisco Espregueira
Body Mind Spirit, via Jazz & Milk, is a masterful collaboration. Sharing a deep musical understanding and respect, Àbáse and Ziggy move fluidly through future funk, deep electronica, house and techno while maintaining an undeniable organic, soulful and spiritual foundation.
Read Morekareem ali: quantum blackness
Francisco Espregueira
Kareem Ali keeps delivering a prolific musical output impossible to confine in one genre. His latest album, Quantum Blackness, which is an opus of 24 tracks, dropped as a surprise last week. After countless albums and EP's released in the last two years, the Arizona-based wonder kid is shaking the world of electronic music with an unique sonic approach.
Read Morealsogood: life's beautiful
Francisco Espregueira
Via Blunt Shelter Records, we introduce Alsogood’s debut solo album, entitled Life’s Beautiful. Floating in a calm sea, this is an instrumental hip hop trip through mesmerizing sound choices that create a very calm and relaxing moment of introspection.
Read Moreanthony joseph: the rich are only defeated when running for their lives
Francisco Espregueira
Anthony Joseph’s latest album, which dropped last friday via Heavenly Sweetness, is a deep, intimate and pensive experience, filled with magnificent jazzy, free-flowing arrangements and his touching spoken words.
Read Morecc:disco!: first light (volume II)
Francisco Espregueira
CC:DISCO’s second First Light compilation is an impressive body of work, introducing 24 (!) exclusive tracks that, together, provides us with hours of eclecticism, exploring the scopes of jazz, balearic, disco, house, trance and techno.
Read Moreturbulance: turbulance
Francisco Espregueira
Hailing from Amsterdam, Kid Sublime teams up with Georgian badman DJ and Producer Mishulino and jazz piano protegé Beka Gochiashvili to form the group TURBULANCE. Their eponymous debut LP is ready to make waves in the broken beat and contemporary jazz scene for the years to come.
Read Morevarious artists: broken capital (sngva002)
Francisco Espregueira
Sengiley Recordings presents a surprising compilation that marks the label’s incursion into broken rhythms, melting into deep house productions and atmospheric breakbeats progressions with ease.
Read Morejakob apelian: better dimension ep
Francisco Espregueira
Apparel Music keeps on delivering their trademark smooth deep vibes, this time around introducing Stockholm-based Jakob Apelian and his Better Dimension EP. The Swede’s 3-track EP is stuffed with coolness, elegance and groove.
Read Moreknowsum & wun two: dream cruise
Francisco Espregueira
Monday vibes in here, with Knowsum and Wun Two cooperating smoothly in their new joint project: Dream Cruise. Released by Sichtexot, this is another demonstration of their ‘galactic’ explorations of sound, able to lift our moods throughout 20 short tracks.
Read Moredego: the negative positive
Francisco Espregueira
Easily crossing the boundaries of jazz, boogie, soul, broken beat, techno or hip hop, dego presents his new album, via his imprint 2000Black. The Negative Positive cements his status as a pioneer, a visionary, as he continues to push boundaries with a sound that his totally his own.
Read Moreapril '21: recap
Francisco Espregueira
Continuing the incredible amount of brilliant releases from March, this month’s playlist carries on a eclectic note. Our favorite songs from every artist that we showcased during April are included, making this playlist another journey through what we’ve been into.
Read MoreGuest MIX #7: Party Promises by Bernardo Mota
Francisco Espregueira
Party Promises showcases Mota’s prowess to conduct a dancefloor to ecstasy. Starting slowly he builds our vibes for tonight steadily. Names like Kerri Chandler, Fouk, DJ Paulo, David Penn or D’Julz explode in the speakers during this one hour trip that includes some treats from Mota himself.
Read Moretrinidadian deep: dub rockas ep
Francisco Espregueira
Via Phuture Shock Musik, Dub Rockas EP combines Trinidadian Deep’s signature themes of Yoruba mythology, soundsystem culture and his native Caribbean roots, with hints of dub, soca and afro styles across three spellbinding house jams.
Read Morekhalab & m'berra ensemble: m'berra
Francisco Espregueira
M’berra is a fantastic project that joins the M’berra Ensemble with Italian producer and electro-shaman Khalab. These sounds, these stories, these memories and dreams are shaped in 12 tracks that represent an ancient-to-future experimentation, fed by the ancestors and sent spinning through space and time.
Read Morekiefer: between days
Francisco Espregueira
At the crossroads of jazz music and instrumental hip hop, Between Days is also a very interesting peek to what Kiefer might create in the future. Being the more ‘experimental’ of the trilogy, this project gives a stronger emphasis to the beatmaking prowess from this L.A. based music genius.
Read Morealfa mist: bring backs
Francisco Espregueira
Four years passed in the blink of an eye and he is an acclaimed musician, producer, composer, creator. Alfa Mist’s new record, Bring Backs, marks the first release for the label Anti, and is the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form.
Read Morevbnd: scum funk
Francisco Espregueira
vbnd is bassist and producer hailing from Canada now releasing his sophomore project via DeepMatter. Scum Funk is a very interesting take on jazz and neo soul music textures, showcasing the complexity of the genres and its alluring effects.
Read Morewheelup: good love
Francisco Espregueira
Via Tru Thoughts, Good Love is a fantastic first incursion in the LP formats - effortlessly fusing broken beat with hip hop, neo soul, nu-jazz and a host of dancefloor-ready experiments.
Read Morejavonntte: virtual dreams ep
Francisco Espregueira
Javonntte carries an aura behind his music that when we see his name on any music we are swift to go for it, click for it, vibe to it. He is about to release a new EP via The Jazz Diaries entitled Virtual Dreams - a five track groover, filled with hazy, funk-drenched, party-moving textures.
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