Category: Archive
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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 […]
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Cascade, The Inside Is The Outside, The Believer EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks
Listen to some 21st-century boogie from a funky foursome that includes Kaidi Tatham and Dennis “Dego” McFarlane The quartet of Kaidi Tatham, Akwasi Mensah, Matt Lord and Dego made fans wait three years between their eponymous 2012 album and their next release. Their follow-up, however, to 2015’s Off The Christmas Card List EP hasn’t taken […]
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Postpartum (Dorian Concept Remix) by Taylor McFerrin – free music download
Download this free electrified remix of a song taken from Taylor McFerrin’s 2014 album To promote his upcoming spring US tour, Taylor McFerrin — son of veteran jazz vocalist Bobby — is giving away a track (in exchange for fans’ email addresses). Postpartum, the first song from Taylor’s debut album Early Riser, is treated to […]
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AKA Series Volume Four compilation – Zoltar (Dominic Stanton)
Dominic Stanton, aka Domu, quietly unveils an eight-track compilation of re-edits and unreleased tracks spanning broken beats, deep house and electronica In his usual understated way, Dominic Stanton — better known as Domu — has quietly released an eight-track compilation under his “rarely used” moniker Zoltar. For those not familiar with the late-’70s TV cartoon […]
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The Far Out Beat Tape compilation – various artists
Listen to an album of dancefloor-driven Latin songs featuring remixes by 4hero, IG Culture, Daz-I-Kue and Theo Parrish This compilation comes courtesy of Far Out Recordings, a label founded in 1994 by London DJ/producer Joe Davis who had a penchant for all things Brazilian. Its music, which featured heavily among the pages of seminal jazz […]
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Slick feat. Ladybug Mecca by The Hue – free music download
Free download of some jazzy rap with a distinct Digable vibe from a Texas collective The video (above) by a six-strong collective hailing from Houston, Texas, does a wonderful job of encapsulating the laid-back vibe of Slick, some jazzy hip hop that not only sounds like vintage Digable Planets but features Ladybug Mecca from the […]
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How I Communicate album – Lay-Far
The likes of Mark De Clive-Lowe and Phil Asher appear on the Russian DJ’s LP of soulful house, disco and a little broken beat One of 2013’s most pleasant surprises was the album So Many Ways by Lay-Far. It was unexpected because the Russian DJ was little-known and yet he had produced one of the […]