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  • Deep In The Mudd EP – Henry Wu

    Deep In The Mudd EP – Henry Wu

    New skool broken beats that hold their own against vintage fare Back in 2015 and 2016, Boiler Room — an online music broadcasting platform — resurrected esteemed broken beat club night Co-Op. Amid the red glow of the dancing throng, tried ’n’ tested bruk tunes spun alongside fresh tracks — and, for the most part, […]

  • Love in Beats album – Omar

    Love in Beats album – Omar

    The eighth studio album by the ever-dependable singer spans soul, zouk and a touch of jazz There are only a few artists whose fans will buy their work without listening to it — Kaidi Tatham, Dego, Jill Scott… and Omar. Over the years the quality of the UK singer’s output has been consistently high. On […]

  • Chasing Goosebumps album – The PLAYlist (DJ Jazzy Jeff)

    Chasing Goosebumps album – The PLAYlist (DJ Jazzy Jeff)

    What kind of LP can you make in seven days? Philadelphia’s best-known DJ has the answer It took Peter Gabriel seven years to create his 2002 album Up. DJ Jazzy Jeff made Chasing Goosebumps in just seven days. That’s right — a week. Will Smith’s compadre, who helped launch the careers of such artists as […]

  • Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary – John Scheinfeld

    Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary – John Scheinfeld

    Movie trailer about the legendary jazz saxophonist that includes interviews with collaborators and fans, alongside rare footage Website Chasing Trane official site John William Coltrane is arguably the best saxophonist that ever graced this earth. It’s nigh on impossible to find peers, living or dead, who match his virtuosity. He’s even been canonise by the […]

  • Changing Times EP – Kaidi Tatham

    Changing Times EP – Kaidi Tatham

    Ex-Bugz and 4hero collaborator makes his debut for London label First Word Records First Word Records has been releasing quality tunes on the soulful end of the dance music spectrum since 2003. The London-based independent label is home to the likes of beats master Tall Black Guy, bass player Ross McHenry and, more recently, DJ-producer […]

  • Funky Typo-Grafix by Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift and Paul Bradshaw – book

    Funky Typo-Grafix by Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift and Paul Bradshaw – book

    A stylish tome celebrating the work of the graphic designer behind jazz mag Straight No Chaser and record labels Talkin’ Loud and Mo’ Wax Websites Ian Swift Paul Bradshaw Publisher Gamma Proforma With the advent of desktop publishing 20-odd years ago, a deluge of new magazines surfaced. Anyone with an Apple Macintosh could knock out […]

  • U Alone by Children of Zeus feat. Caron Wheeler – free music download

    U Alone by Children of Zeus feat. Caron Wheeler – free music download

    Soul II Soul’s fans will adore this free download of “lo-fi soul music” by a duo hailing from Manchester In 2016 Manchester duo Children of Zeus — comprising Tyler Daley and Konny Kon — supported the elder statesmen (and women) of UK dance, Soul II Soul. In a nod to Soul II Soul’s legacy, the […]

  • TriForce 5ive album – TriForce

    TriForce 5ive album – TriForce

    Listen to a jazzy (and often funky) mini album by a young British quartet on the Jazz Re:freshed label This year’s Mobo Awards led onlookers to believe the UK’s creative well had run dry. However, only a week after the “urban” gong show, TriForce 5ive was released and proved there was indeed hidden depths to […]

  • Black Focus album – Yussef Kamaal

    Black Focus album – Yussef Kamaal

    There’s something decidedly old fashioned about this young duo comprising drummer Yussef Dayes and keyboardist Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu). Jazz funk and broken beats are the labels most often attached to their work, genres that had their heydays 30 and 10 years ago respectively. That attitude extends to how they approach music making. Like […]

  • Broken Mix Vol 2 by Mark Force – free music download

    Broken Mix Vol 2 by Mark Force – free music download

    Download a tasty bruk selection by a former Bugz in the Attic member who hails from scene’s birthplace Three years ago ex-Bugz in the Attic member Mark Force released Broken Mix Vol 1 as a prelude to the launch of Ten50 Records, a label he set up with fellow Bugz Kaidi Tatham and Matt Lord. […]