Author: Commercial Break
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A Humdrum Star album – GoGo Penguin
Jazz with a contemporary twist from the second Blue Note album by the Manchester-based trio The fractured beats of drummer Rob Turner in the above video Bardo hints at what makes this UK trio so appealing. On the surface GoGo Penguin sounds like a traditional jazz outfit, but dig a little deeper and it’s clear […]
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Brixton Baby video – Ty
From the UK rapper’s A Work of Heart LP comes a song exploring a phenomenon that’s uprooting scores of communities This video is about the gentrification of Brixton, although Ty could just as easily have been rapping about Brooklyn, New York or East Palo Alto, California. Those areas, like the south London enclave, have witnessed […]
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8R1CK C17Y album – Tenderlonious and Dennis Ayler
Understated south London label releases a fine LP of jazz funk and fusion Yussef Kamaal’s debut LP, Black Focus, was so well received in 2016 that it’s surprising the pair disbanded. That leaves a gaping void for their modern take on jazz funk and fusion that proved so popular. Enter south London label 22a, which […]
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Afropunk 2017 Street Style
Afropunk 2017 Some of the most fashionable folk at the music festival in Brooklyn, New York Instagram @natasha_thahane — “South African actress” Website Natasha Thahane Afropunk 2017 Instagram @evulll Afropunk 2017 Instagram @malasanil @nadra.w @nedallll @azzoetic @blknilegrl @ilhaminspired Photo @huesofstyle Afropunk 2017 Instagram @ohwawa_ Afropunk 2017 Instagram @kingqwazy4 Afropunk 2017 Instagram @naturalbabe10.11_pro Afropunk 2017 Instagram @mellmorgan Afropunk […]
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Bugz In The Attic live in Stockholm – free music download
Exuberant performance by a broken beat collective that included Kaidi Tatham, Daz-I-Ku and Mark Force Back in the early noughties broken beat collective Bugz In The Attic were, to use the parlance of their west London base, “runnin’ t’ings”. They had a record deal with Virgin and were in demand, particularly for remixes. A glance […]
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Simmering & The Long Climb In The Sun EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks
Jazzy boogie courtesy of a quartet well-practised in crafting a groove Kaidi Tatham, Dego, Matt Lord and Akwasi Mensah release a 12″ that will no doubt have sold out by the time you’ve read this. Their music is popular. Downloads are, of course, still available. On both Simmering and The Long Climb In The Sun, […]
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Bill Evans Time Remembered by Bruce Spiegel – documentary
Film about a skilled composer who was an integral figure in one of the greatest LPs ever made Website Bill Evans Time Remembered official site In the 1940s and ’50s, the jazz world was enthralled by the driving sound of hard bop. However, the relationship between a New Jersey pianist and Miles Davis would help […]
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It’s Time album – Thee Gobbs
Summery soulful house by a South African producer who cut his teeth as a sound engineer To coincide with summertime in the northern hemisphere and the long 4th July weekend in the States, the Atjazz label has released It’s Time, the debut album by Manqoba Sishi, aka Thee Gobbs. The former sound engineer at South […]
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Phantom Of The Oberheim & Broken Beat (Kaidi Tatham remixes) – Resolution 88
Two broken beat remixes, one of which is free, by a frequent Dego collaborator and ex-4hero keyboardist To promote the Japanese release of Resolution 88’s Afterglow album, AMSA Records is generously giving away a free download of Kaidi Tatham’s remix of Phantom Of The Oberheim. The raw material for Mr Tatham’s reworking is pretty damn […]
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Summertime Chi. album review – Micki Miller
Overlooked LP for musos who like their neo soul sprinkled with jazzy, left-field harmonies Outside of a clique of musicians such as Mark de Clive-Lowe and K15, few have heard of Indiana-based keyboardist Tarrah ‘Micki’ Miller. And that’s a criminal oversight. Her 2016 album Summertime Chi. is one of the best neo soul LPs of […]