Category: Music archive
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Chapter 7 album – Ezra Collective
Debut jazz LP by alumni from Tomorrow’s Warriors featuring rapper Ty and songstress Zara McFarlane Ezra Collective is a five-piece outfit that sprang from Tomorrow’s Warriors, a London-based platform for young jazz musicians that is run by Gary Crosby. The bassist was a founding member of the renowned Jazz Warriors, an ’80s group that launched […]
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The Extrovert City EP – Kaidi Tatham
Jazzy broken beats and boogie by the former Bugz in the Attic and 4hero keyboardist You don’t need a degree in economics to know that demand for Kaidi Tatham’s output exceeds supply. Songs by the one-time Bugz in the Attic and 4hero keyboardist are snapped up quicker than a new iPhone. The 12″ vinyl of […]
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I Want It To Be EP – Omar
UK singer-songwriter Omar releases a trio of mellow neo soul tunes just in time for summer For many the perfect soundtrack to summer is some velvety neo soul from Omar Lye-Fook, so it’s apt that this July the UK singer-songwriter releases his I Want It To Be EP. Its three tracks are taken from his […]
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Eleanora EP by Panax – free music download
Fans of the jazzy rap of ATCQ and J Dilla will dig the chilled beats and laid-back verses of this Canadian rapper This EP by Canadian rapper Panax is a follow-up to his single Fakin The Funk. That jazzy download was produced by AstroLogical, one half of Potatohead People that created the boom-bap beats of […]