Category: Music

  • 24 Hours in Lapa album – Tamil Rogeon

    24 Hours in Lapa album – Tamil Rogeon

    From tragedy comes a poignant recording mixing bold strings with Latin beats Back in 2009, Australian violinist Tamil Rogeon, with composer-vocalist Ryan Ritchie, released Score, a well-received LP of strings and hip hop beats that featured the rather splendid Funeral Wedding and Space Between Thoughts. Rogeon’s first solo album, 24 Hours in Lapa, isn’t short […]

  • Escapee album – Daniel Casimir

    Escapee album – Daniel Casimir

    Mini album from an up-and-coming bassist whose songs will appeal as much to neo soul fans as jazz heads Having performed with many notable musicians, including pianists Lonnie Liston Smith, Julian Joseph and fellow Jazz Re:freshed labelmate Ashley Henry, bassist Daniel Casimir takes centre stage with a five-track debut album. The graduate from the Trinity […]

  • Two Way Here One Way Go EP –  Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Two Way Here One Way Go EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Third instalment of “London boogie” since the UK quartet released their celebrated 2012 album The collaboration between Kaidi Tatham, Akwasi Mensah, Matt Lord and Dego is one of the most polished combinations the 2000Black label partakes in. Music along the broken beat-boogie spectrum often sounds like the creation of lone individuals beavering away in home […]

  • How jazz inspired hip hop – video

    How jazz inspired hip hop – video

    Short video explaining the symbiotic relationship between jazz and hip hop Website Jazz Night In America:NPR Back in the early ’90s, outfits such as the Digable Planets tried to meld jazz with hip hop by rapping over improvising musicians. Almost 20 years later, however, it’s clear that producers such as J Dilla — who created […]

  • Trope 5ive album – Trope

    Trope 5ive album – Trope

    Jazz, soul and a hint of prog rock from a UK quintet that’s not afraid to experiment With amiable, catchy tunes increasingly drowning out more challenging fare, it’s difficult to see how Trope’s voice will be heard amid a sea of sameness. The output from this progressive five-piece is ambitious, inventive and devoid of any […]

  • The Self feat. Jordan Rakei single – Richard Spaven

    The Self feat. Jordan Rakei single – Richard Spaven

    Single from the upcoming album by a drummer who’s worked with The Cinematic Orchestra, Flying Lotus and 4hero Fortunate singers or saxophonists might get the chance to release solo albums, but drummers are rarely afforded such opportunities; theirs is usually a life of back-to-back session work. Percussionist Richard Spaven, however, is on to his third […]

  • Cure single – Moonchild

    Cure single – Moonchild

    Serene neo soul from the forthcoming album by the LA-based trio It seems apt that as the northern hemisphere ushers in spring, the summery vocals of Moonchild’s Amber Navran would make an appearance on the trio’s new single. Cure is taken from the LA-based group’s forthcoming album Voyager, their third long player. Following a harmonic […]

  • 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 […]