On 21st October Manchester-based producer Tom Burford aka Contours will return with his second solo instalment and first delivery for Bristolian label Shall Not Fade. The excellent ‘Loose Wood‘
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Results108Sunfall: Rising light on London’s festivals
With an air tight line up spanning quality across many iterations of dance music, along with a sincere pledge from its organisers to provide high-grade audio across the park, there was a strong indication you’d truly get what you paid for at Sunfall.
Premiere: Whodamanny – Tell me what (Post Modern Jazz Reinterpretation)
Having debuted earlier this year with a fast-moving, acidic-jazz inflected split courtesy of Marcello Napoletano and Richeart, London-based label Gravity Graffiti glide into hip-hop and disco realms for their sophomore release ‘Tell Me What’, featuring Japanese legend Soichi Terada and Early Sounds Recordings mainstay Whodamanny.
Premiere: Pellegrino – In Deriva
Combining a sixth sense for oddball jazz inflections a la Sun Ra and electrifying boogie in Chick Corea’s Elektric Band style, we’re glad to present ‘In Deriva’ – a spirited cut pulsating to tantalising Rhodes throbs and afrobeat-friendly congas.
Farr Festival x Inverted Audio: Into The Woods with Ally Tropical
Ahead of his DJ set at Farr Festival on Saturday 16th July, Ally Tropical fuses together an eclectic array of jazz and disco with the heavier undertones of dance music for our podcast series, giving you plenty of space to tune in and zone out.
Early Sounds Recordings announce Pellegrino’s debut album ‘Periplo’
Italian producer and Early Sounds Recordings mainstay Pellegrino announced the coming release of his solo debut ‘Periplo’ a multi-flavored six-track cocktail of fast-moving disco groovers, spacey jazz-fusion experiments sun-bleached funky melters.
Premiere: Giorgio Luceri – Along Came Ra
The opening track, ‘Along Came Ra’ which we’re glad to bring you in full-stream today, is a soulful twist of cheerful jazzy tones that slowly increase their rhythm to stumble on off-kilter broken beats and chopped-up vocals sneaking in and around the melody.
Electropark Exchanges announce three-part series of concerts in Milan
Electropark Exchanges announce a three-part series of concerts in Milan featuring performances from SUMS: Kangding Ray + Barry Burns, Hans-Joachim Rodelius and Stefan Schneider, plus Bugge Wesseltoft and Christian Prommer.
Anenon: Petrol
Anenon, hailer of LA, lover of jazz, proportionate improviser and dedicated musician has brought out his third effort – ‘Petrol’, a remarkably poignant and daringly experimental album.
Convergence reveal lineup for third edition of music, art, technology festival
Now in its third year, Convergence Festival returns to London between 10 – 20th March 2016 to celebrate musical pioneers, visual artists and technologists across the capital.
Premiere: Daniël Jacques ‘Lost Count’
Dutch producer Daniël Jacques shares his new track ‘Lost Count’ taken from the ‘Discovery Change (Part 3)’ out soon on his new imprint Jadac Recordings.
Wbeeza: Expression Of Love
There’s many a good groove on this album and the quality of production is still strong, but DJs will be more appreciative for Expression of Love. Seven tracks, all of which pop at least over five-minute mark, with plenty of potential for dreamy dance-floor moments.
Chaos In The CBD: Midnight In Peckham
Chaos In The CBD’s ‘Midnight In Peckham’ EP doesn’t offer much in the way of variation, but if you dig house at its smoothest and most tasteful, there’s plenty of accomplished grooves on offer.
Wbeeza announces ‘Expression Of Love’ LP for Third Ear Recordings
Wbeeza makes a welcome return home and follows up a slew of lauded EPs on the label as well as his 2010 debut LP, ‘Void’ with only his second album, ‘Expression Of Love’.
Hauschka: 2.11.14
Recorded at Artegio, in the southern city of Yufu, the off-the-cuff pieces – perfunctorily titled Part 1 and Part 2 – were performed on a piano prepared with a “handful of artifacts” and hooked up to 12 microphones and a sub-mixer.
Yoshinori Hayashi: The End of The Edge EP
Yoshinori Hayashi taking the helm for an impressively mature four-tracker of intricate sampling and hard-shelled live programming.