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Nicolas Jaar
Space is Only Noise [ Circus Company / CD - released 11/Jul/2011 ] Even those peripherally interested in dance music have probably noted the meteoric rise of Nicolas Jaar. The Chilean-born New Yorker debuted at just 17 with the expansive, cellar dweller house of his debut, the Student EP, in 2008 on New York's... |
Okzharp & Manthe Ribane
Closer Apart [ Hyperdub / CD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] Producer Okzharp and vocalist-artist-dancer Manthe Ribane both hail from South Africa, where Manthe still resides, while Okzharp lives in the London where he is a DJ and producer, initially cutting his teeth in LV, who in 2007 were one of the very... |
The Olympians
The Olympians [ Daptone Records CD / CD - released 9/Dec/2016 ] After repeatedly being visited by a strange messenger in his dreams while on tour in the islands of Greece, Toby Pazner became consumed with a vision to tell the stories of The Olympians through music. Chosen by the gods as a messenger for not only... |
Owiny Sigoma Band
Nyanza [ Brownswood / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] 'Nyanza' is the third album from the cross-cultural, boundary surpassing Owiny Sigoma Band. For their third offering, the band travelled to the Nyanza Province of Western Kenya - home of their two members Joseph Nyamungu and Charles Owoko - to... |
Peggy Gou
Once (12") [ Ninja Tune / 12in - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Laying solid foundations in the underground through 2016 and 2017, Peggy Gou is poised to blow up in 2018. In April she will make her debut at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, but she is kicking off the year in... |
Rival Consoles
Persona [ Erased Tapes / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] The title 'Persona' was inspired by Ingmar Bergman's film of the same name, specifically a shot in the opening credits of a child reaching out to touch a woman's face on a screen, which is shifting between one face and another. This powerful image... |
Ruby Rushton
Trudi's Songbook Vol 1 [ 22A / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] The second studio album from Ruby Rushton, the forward-thinking jazz group led by 22a label owner Tenderlonious. Their 2015 release 'Two For Joy' blew up as one of the year's hottest releases, with 'Trudi's Songbook' set to follow suit. Essential for... |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Naturally [ Daptone Records CD / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] The second offering from Sharon and the boys, Naturally is a sharp contrast to the gritty debut "Dap-Dippin". With it's soulful vibe and sophisticated arrangement SJDK took their special brand of funk to the next level with this one. Dig on tracks... |
Shilpa Ray
Is Last Year's Savage [ Northern Spy Records / CD - released 15/May/2015 ] With Last Year's Savage (maybe a nod to Leonard Cohen maybe a nod to Barrence Whitfield) Shilpa Ray has taken the pain and dark funk of earlier sounds and made explicit the sublimity that was always there just below the surface. The conversation has... |
Steve Earle And The Dukes
Terraplane (DELUXE) [ New West Records / CD - released 17/Feb/2015 ] Released on New West Records, Steve Earle's 11-track set is the follow up to the 2013 album THE LOW HIGHWAY and features Earle's longtime band The Dukes, comprised of Kelly Looney, Will Rigby, Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore. The album was... |
Thundercat
Drunk [ Brainfeeder / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Thundercat's most realised vision of soulful jazz-fusion and boogie yet with the absolutely stunning Drunk. Calling on an A-list of who's who within his world to stop by for a drink, guest spots come from Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Pharrell,... |
Thundercat
Drunk (4LP) [ Brainfeeder / 4 LP - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Thundercat's most realised vision of soulful jazz-fusion and boogie yet with the absolutely stunning Drunk. Calling on an A-list of who's who within his world to stop by for a drink, guest spots come from Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Pharrell,... |
Tom Cunliffe
Howl & Whisper [ Lyttelton Records / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Tom describes himself as a story-singer of moonlit folk songs. A little bit raucous Irish ballads, a little bit grim outlaw country, a little bit swinging protest songs. Music for midnight drunks and, the brokenhearted. Used to dragging his guitar... |
Tom Cunliffe
Howl & Whisper (LP) [ Lyttelton Records / LP - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Tom describes himself as a story-singer of moonlit folk songs. A little bit raucous Irish ballads, a little bit grim outlaw country, a little bit swinging protest songs. Music for midnight drunks and, the brokenhearted. Used to dragging his guitar... |
Trip to the Moon
A Traveller's Tale [ CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] Trip to the Moon is Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie assisted by a crew of long-term musical friends. Nigel Gavin- glissentar, Greg Johnson- Trumpet, Jim Langabeer- saxophones with Trevor on loops, guitars & ebow and Tom on piano, synthesisers and... |
Troy Kingi
The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar [ Triple A Records / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Multi-award winning artist Troy Kingi take us on a deeply personal discovery through an album dedicated to 70s funk, lost souls and memories. The Ghost of Freddie Cesar is Troy Kingi's most personal work to date - one that invites the listener to... |
Various Artists / Nightmares On Wax
Back to Mine - Nightmares on Wax [ Back To Mine / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] The celebrated mix series, which has hosted everyone from Röyksopp to Tricky and Carl Cox, will celebrate 20 years with an entry from Leeds pioneer George Evelyn-the first Back To Mine since 2008. Though Evelyn is known for a downtempo sound... |
Various Artists
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: Tea & Symphony: The English Baroque Sound (1968-1974) (Double Gatefold LP) [ Ace Records / 2 LP - released 7/Feb/2020 ] The English baroque sound of the late 60s and early 70s shunned guitar solos for string quartets and woodwind, drenched in summer-into-autumn melancholy, as heard on this collection of the genre's finest moments. |
Various
The Daisy Age [ Ace Records / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] It wasn't really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that permeated pop, R&B, and hip hop at the turn of the 90s. Playfulness and good humour were central to De La Soul's 1989 debut album, "3 Feet High And Rising", which... |
Various Artists
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: Tea & Symphony: The English Baroque Sound (1968-1974) [ Ace Records / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] The English baroque sound of the late 60s and early 70s shunned guitar solos for string quartets and woodwind, drenched in summer-into-autumn melancholy, as heard on this collection of the genre's finest moments. |
