Category: Nu jazz

  • Fakin The Funk by Panax – free music download

    Fakin The Funk by Panax – free music download

    What do we know about Panax? He’s Canadian, used to be called Dmac and, as his SoundCloud page rightly states, “he raps well”. Fakin The Funk is two and a half minutes of jazzy, soulful hip hop produced by AstroLogical, one half of Potatohead People, a duo that released the rather fine Big Luxury album […]

  • Carmen album – Cy Gorman

    Carmen album – Cy Gorman

    Cy Gorman’s jazzy Carmen album is DJ Ennio Styles’ first solo-artist release on his Heard and Felt label Aussie tastemaker and DJ Ennio Styles has had some considerable success with his Stylin’ 500 and Stylin’ 600 compilations, but Cy Gorman’s Carmen is Mr Styles’ first solo-artist release on his Heard and Felt label. Like Mr […]

  • Big Luxury album – Potatohead People

    Big Luxury album – Potatohead People

    Not sure why Nick Wisdom and AstroLogical call themselves Potatohead People. It’s not as if either resemble Potato Head, the Hasbro toy, or pen tunes of an agrarian nature. In fact, the only thing this Canadian duo cultivate are hip-hoppy electronic tracks, often with some subtle jazzy flavours. The web is awash with unimaginative boom-bap […]

  • Two Syllables Volume Eleven compilation – free music download

    Two Syllables Volume Eleven compilation – free music download

    DJ Gilla compiles Two Syllables Volume Eleven, a free 11-track album featuring highlights and a few exclusives from UK label First Word As is customary for independent label First Word, its UK-based music lovers have released another free compilation showcasing the work of signed acts and the label’s kindred spirits. The selection, chosen by label […]

  • Trecna single – Rawdee Lewing – free music download

    Trecna single – Rawdee Lewing – free music download

    Download Trecna, free jazzy electronica by up-and-coming Netherlands-based producer Rawdee Lewing There’s much to like about Trecna, a free track from Netherlands-based producer Rawdee Lewing. It starts with the kind of jazzy chord progression the late Don Blackman would’ve penned, before veering off on a tangent of warped electronica. This is not Rawdee’s first foray […]

  • Nouveau Synthetic Compositions album –  Nu Era (Marc Mac)

    Nouveau Synthetic Compositions album – Nu Era (Marc Mac)

    4hero’s Marc Mac releases eight tracks of soulful techno beats for music lovers who like their electronica with a warm, human touch Nu Era is the moniker used by 4hero’s Marc Mac when he’s concocting soulful electronic beats. Nouveau Synthetic Compositions follows on from his 2013’s album The Third Adam and contains the same profusion […]

  • Goldie and The Heritage Orchestra – Timeless (Sine Tempore) – video

    Goldie and The Heritage Orchestra – Timeless (Sine Tempore) – video

    Video featuring The Heritage Orchestra giving Goldie’s Timeless album a reverential strings ‘n’ beats reworking Websites Goldie The Heritage Orchestra Lyle Lindgren South London-born director Lyle Lindgren produced a short video of a must-see gig that few saw. It features interviews and footage of The Heritage Orchestra reinterpreting Goldie’s drum ‘n’ bass album Timeless*. The […]

  • The Awakening album – Daniel Crawford

    The Awakening album – Daniel Crawford

    Listen to tracks from keyboardist Daniel Crawford’s The Awakening, a soul-jazz album that features contributions from Vikter Duplaix and Amp Fiddler In 2013, jazz keyboardist Daniel Crawford made a splash with the single Strictly For My Negus, a beautiful instrumental that was reminiscent of the work of Blue Note’s Robert Glasper. But that tune wasn’t […]

  • Tall Black Guy mix by DJ Raphael – free music download

    Tall Black Guy mix by DJ Raphael – free music download

    Download DJ Raphael’s introduction to a gifted beatmaker who’s attracting plaudits from the likes of Questlove Producer Tall Black Guy (TBG), aka Terrel Wallace, is on the cusp of gaining major recognition. Earlier this year, The Root’s drummer Questlove revealed he’d been “binge” playing TBG beats to D’Angelo. Three months later, TBG announced via Twitter […]

  • 3 Years Of Soulection compilation – free music download

    3 Years Of Soulection compilation – free music download

    Download this free 32-track compilation from a California-based record label that’s celebrating three years of spreading soulful sounds LA-based record label Soulection celebrates its three-year anniversary with a free compilation. The selection reflects the collective’s soulful take on electronica, hip hop and dance beats. Highlights include the lo-fi neo soul of Stiller See featuring Soia, […]