Category: Archive
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Run Away (Eric Lau & Kaidi Tatham Remix) – Moonchild
Stripped down interpretation of some refined LA neo soul Back in 2012 this Los Angeles-based trio released their debut album Be Free to zero fanfare. No one knew who they were. A year later DJ Jazzy Jeff and James Poyser remixed the album’s title track. Off the back of that fine reworking, an overlooked LP […]
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Murmuration album – The Expansions
Sumptuous jazz-funk and kindred grooves by busy UK outfit Jazz funk, which originated in the ’70s, never really died it just laid low. The genre’s most obvious reincarnation was Acid jazz in the ’80s, then came ’90s broken beats and, most recently, it’s been revived in the work of Yussef Kamaal and the 22a label. […]
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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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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 […]