nephews: alternate
Francisco Espregueira
Aterral’s eighth release presents Nephews and their 3-track EP entitled Alternate. The Berlin-Beirut joint venture lays down two original tunes that open up a spectrum of striking stylistic variety.
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kinkajous: being waves
Francisco Espregueira
Kinkajous return with their anticipated new album, Being Waves. Dropping next friday via Running Circle, this record contains a mesmerizing blend of acoustic and orchestral instrumentation, analogue synthesis and sampling processes.
Read Moremmyykk: science
Francisco Espregueira
Situated at the intersections of soul music, jazz, electronica and r&b, MMYYKK mixes neck-breaking rhythms and sonic alchemies. That's what we hear in Science, his latest EP, which addresses universal themes with good mood, fun and a lot of funk…
Read Moremark de clive-lowe: midnight snacks vol. 2
Francisco Espregueira
Following Midnight Snacks Vol. 1, the electronic-jazz pioneer returns with the second installment of the series, providing four tracks in which we can hear him experimenting with textures that he already knows, nonetheless expanding them in new forms.
Read Moreivan 'mamão' conti & grassmass: natural
Francisco Espregueira
New Dawn presents Natural, bringing together legendary master drummer Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti with Brazilian producer grassmass on two experimental funk monsters of the highest order.
Read Moreselva: duffel bags ep
Francisco Espregueira
GLBDOM keeps firing tasty releases. Their fifteenth introduces to Selva, a DJ and producer hailing from Mérida, México, presenting a smooth brand of sample based house sounds for both bedroom and club listening.
Read Morevarious artists: cameroon garage funk
Francisco Espregueira
Analog Africa’s new release introduces us to the underground garage funk scene of 1970’s Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital. Cameroon Garage Funk is a compilation of 16 tracks and is a perfect portrait of resilience and desire to create.
Read Moreash lauryn: truth ep
Francisco Espregueira
Composed by various degrees of tempos and flavours throughout the project, Ash Lauryn leaves us craving for more of her productions. In Truth, she is thruthful to the roots of black underground dance music, while providing a twist of contemporary textures.
Read Morekeepvibesnear: now that we know.
Francisco Espregueira
KeepVibesNear comes up with his own noir brand of r&b in the new, and anticipated, Now That We Know. EP. With a 90s r&b vibe in the instrumentals, KeepVibesNear’s delivery owes more to the likes of King Krule than to D’Angelo, producing an original blend of different textures.
Read Moregome: gourmet life ep
Francisco Espregueira
Positive vibes, rolling grooves, catchy melodic bits and vocals and musicality - ingredients for the party that Gourmet Life EP provides, dropping today via the one and only Toy Tonics label.
Read Morekareem ali: all these moments
Francisco Espregueira
Just as the sun was setting yesterday, Kareem Ali’s new album was dropping via Bandcamp - All These Moments is an opus of 25 tracks that makes us reaffirm his talent and vision, delving into spirituality and grooves in a very unique way.
Read Moreaugust '21: recap
Francisco Espregueira
Time for o sótão to recap on some of the best projects released during the month that ended yesterday. With no shortage of exciting music, the playlist of August contains 41 tracks focusing on artists we talked about and others that deserve a special note.
Read Moresampology: regrowth
Francisco Espregueira
Next Friday, via Middle Name Records, Sampology releases Regrowth - a complete album, which fills the soul with warm and organic textures. It has string quartets, woodwinds, twenty-voice choirs, vibraphones, basses, various pianos and synthesizers.
Read Morecody currie & eliza rose: flame
Francisco Espregueira
End of summer vibes are strong, intense, romantic in Cody Currie and Eliza Roses’s collaborative EP. Via Dan Shake’s label, SHAKE Records, Flame is a four track EP composed by two originals and two remixes.
Read MoreGuest MIX #11: freedom rotations by cubalibre
Francisco Espregueira
Hailing from Porto, João Amorim is a young and promising producer & DJ, going by the name of CUBALIBRE. We saved him the special spot of hosting our end of summer Guest MIX, knowing he wouldn’t disappoint.
Read Morenatty reeves: our time
Francisco Espregueira
Our Time is a sublime seven track record that navigates through tranquil waters of contemporary jazz music and instrumental hip hop. It’s a peaceful, sensitive and organic affair, that sees Natty Reeves level up on his production skills.
Read Morekiefer: when there's love around
Francisco Espregueira
Kiefer’s new album, When There’s Love Around, is a project full of nostalgia and self-reflection, evident in the melancholy peace it conveys. You can hear him at the height of his immense abilities, this time superbly accompanied by a band featuring talented people.
Read Morekameelah waheed: america the beautiful ep
Francisco Espregueira
Today we introduce the powerful music of Kameelah Waheed, releasing the extraordinary America The Beautiful EP, which has been making waves for a couple of weeks.
Read Moreretromigration & cem mo: darr's lane ep
Francisco Espregueira
Retromigration has been participating on some compilations under the name of Malik Kassim, collaborating with his good friend Cem Mo (a.k.a. Midnight Flavor). Now the duo presents their first joint EP via Dansu Discs, counting with special contribution of German sax player Moritz Schuster.
Read Moreevm128: dance don't sleep
Francisco Espregueira
Via CoOp Presents, EVM128 unveils an all-new EP entitled Dance Don't Sleep, bringing together a lot of the textures that influence him and that he has been sharing in his memorable DJ sets.
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