Category: Nu jazz
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Nick And Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy album – Potatohead People
Smorgasbord of big beats and hip hop stylings from Canada’s boom ‘n’ bap masters Big Luxury, this duo’s 2015 album, was a masterclass in how boom ‘n’ bap grooves should be done. Nick And Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy continues where their debut LP left off: a smorgasbord of big beats and hip hop stylings. […]
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Brownswood 10 album – various artists
Jazz, neo soul and electronica collide on this compilation celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Brownswood label Back in 2006, Gilles Peterson launched the Brownswood label. By this point in his career the London-based DJ was wise to the ways of the music biz: he’d already worked with recording behemoth Phonogram via his Talkin’ Loud […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Two Syllables Volume Twelve compilation – free music download
The free annual album by independent UK label First Word Records never fails to unearth some musical gems from the worlds of jazz, neo soul and hip hop Each year, First Word Records releases a free album to showcase artists signed, or linked, to the independent UK label — and each year boss Aly Gillani […]
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Home album – Culross Close (K15)
Listen to the jazzy downbeat grooves of Home, a six-track LP by London-born DJ and producer Culross Close, better known as K15 Most people’s introduction to K15 was via the dulcet techno of 2014’s Yellow, the standout track from his Insecurities EP on Wild Oats. That was followed by the soulful broken beat single Flying, […]
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Butterflies & Dragons EP – Trope
This debut EP by UK quintet Trope effortlessly blends soul, jazz and funk The five musicians who comprise Trope play so well together it seems hard to believe the band formed less than a year ago. In that time, they have supported New York-based pianist Kris Bowers and have managed to produce Butterflies & Dragons, […]
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Church Remixed album – Mark de Clive-Lowe
Producers spanning the globe remix the 2014 album by Los Angeles-based keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe If Mark de Clive-Lowe’s original 2014 album Church was a little too avant-garde for some, then Church Remixed quashes those qualms because it has far broader appeal. Jazz was front and centre on Church, whereas Remix revolves around the dancefloor. […]
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Break Reform mix by DJ Simon S – free music download
Free download of jazzy mid-tempo grooves by DJ Simon S, boss of soul-jazz label Futuristica Music Simon S is a UK DJ who’s been spinning soul, jazz, hip hop and all the genres in between for a couple of decades, rising to prominence alongside the likes of DJ Gilles Peterson. Between 2000 to 2005, he […]