Category: Music

  • By Fire EP – Hiatus Kaiyote

    By Fire EP – Hiatus Kaiyote

    Australian quartet Hiatus Kaiyote releases By Fire, a superb EP that adds a jazzy sensibility to neo-soul grooves This exceedingly jazzy neo-soul quartet has been written about in such mainstream publications are the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and yet there’s nothing mainstream about Hiatus Kaiyote’s sound. The Australian band’s 2012 album […]

  • 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 […]

  • Love Can Prevail album – Electric Wire Hustle

    Love Can Prevail album – Electric Wire Hustle

    New Zealand outfit Electric Wire Hustle returns with Love Can Prevail, an exceedingly soulful sophomore album Back in 2009, New Zealand outfit Electric Wire Hustle arrived on the scene with the amazing pared-down funk of Perception. This was followed by a self-titled debut album that included Experience, Chaser and They Don’t Want. Fans of the latter […]

  • Beyond (Revisited) single – EVM128 feat. Omar

    Beyond (Revisited) single – EVM128 feat. Omar

    Listen to Beyond (Revisited), a soulful slab of mid-tempo funk by London-based DJ EVM128 and Omar UK neo-soulster Omar provides his distinctive vocals on this smooth slab of mid-tempo funk from London-based DJ EVM128. Fellow DJs Gilles Peterson and Ross Allen have already been singing EVM128’s praises and, if Beyond (Revisited) is anything to go […]

  • Leaves EP by Freddie Joachim – free music download

    Leaves EP by Freddie Joachim – free music download

    Free download of Leaves, Freddie Joachim’s six-track EP that consists of soulful, laid-back instrumentals Freddie Joachim (pronounced Jo-ah-kim) has been deejaying since the mid ’90s, collecting nuggets of hip hop, jazz and soul along the way. Between DJ sets, the California-based artist has produced music for the likes of Aloe Blacc, Blu and Carlitta Durand, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Whole Other* album – Richard Spaven

    Whole Other* album – Richard Spaven

    Listen to Whole Other*, the first full-length album by jazzy UK drummer Richard Spaven, a musician who’s worked with 4hero, Mark de Clive-Lowe and The Cinematic Orchestra Even though you may not know his name, you’ve almost certainly heard Richard Spaven’s musicianship. The UK drummer has played with a host of artists, including 4hero, Mark […]

  • Blu James album – Blu James

    Blu James album – Blu James

    Broken beats, house and neo soul collide on Blu James, the self-titled album by the former Basement Jaxx vocalist If you google “Blu James album”, up pops listings for cheesy chart-topper James Blunt; not this Blu James album on Ten50, a label run by Bugz In The Attic trio Mark Force, Kaidi Tatham and Matt Lord. […]

  • Early Riser album – Taylor McFerrin

    Early Riser album – Taylor McFerrin

    Listen to Taylor McFerrin’s Early Riser, his sumptuous-sounding debut album that flitters from neo soul to electronica and jazz Taylor McFerrin, son of jazz vocal gymnast Bobby, has taken his time in releasing his first full-length album. Back in 2008, he put out his  Broken Vibes EP, which included the marvellously inventive title track and […]

  • 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 […]