Tag: free music download
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Lewis Taylor mix – DJ Bounce – free music download
DJ Chris Bounce has created a great mix honouring the remarkable work of overlooked soulman Lewis Taylor When UK DJ Chris Bounce created this mix, he must’ve suspected few would listen to it – and yet he nevertheless uploaded it no doubt for the same reason Commercial Break is writing about it. UK soulman Lewis […]
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Side Effects album – Daniel Crawford – free music download
Following his Glasper-like single Strictly For My Negus, the pianist has released a 10-track album comprising jazzy remakes of his favourite tunes Earlier in 2013, jazz pianist Daniel Crawford released Strictly For My Negus, a single that created quite a stir because many swore it was a Robert Glasper track. An acoustic version of that […]
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Erykah Badu v Jill Scott mix – Scientific Monkey – free music download
A two-hour mix by UK DJ Scientific Monkey pits two titans of neo soul against each other UK DJ/promoter Scientific Monkey, aka Bryn’s Aquarian Soul, is a fan of all things soulful – and this clash of two heavyweight musicians reflects his passion. In the Dallas corner is the ‘Queen of Neo Soul’ Erykah Badu, […]
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Tru Thoughts compilation album – free music download
To celebrate the launch of a spanking new website, UK label Tru Thoughts is giving away a 15-track compilation spanning soul, jazz and some dancehall ‘riddims’ One of the best contemporary labels to emerge in the past decade has been Tru Thoughts, which is based in the seaside resort of Brighton in southern England. The […]
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Untitled (Demo Album) – Bembé Segué – free music download
Broken beat/soul-jazz singer-songwriter releases an album of demos displaying her overlooked talent Bembé Segué is a stalwart of the broken beat/soul-jazz scene, having collaborated with everyone from Mark de Clive-Lowe and Dego to Bugz In The Attic and IG Culture. However, she’s never released a solo album. But if she had it’d probably sound like […]
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Freeness Vol 2 / Forgot The Steel Pans – Dego – free music download
Three free broken beat downloads from 2000Black, a label that’s home to Silhouette Brown and 4hero In between major releases, what better way to keep your name in the public’s eye than to give your fans free downloads — and that’s exactly what Dennis “Dego” McFarlane from 4hero is doing. As the name suggests, Freeness […]
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Impossible Ark Label Compilation album – free music download
A free nine-track album featuring acoustic jazz and Latin tunes from the Impossible Ark label What better way to highlight a label’s wares than to give away a selection of its songs? That’s what Impossible Ark Records has done with its Impossible Ark Label Compilation. The nine-track album features songs of a jazzy, acoustic bent by […]
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Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em album preview – The Jason Parker Quartet/Jay-Z
Thanks to beatmaker Spekulation, you can hear what a jazz album by rapper Jay-Z may sound like This is an awfully clever album. Seattle beatmaker Spekulation combined a cappellas by Jay-Z with music from the Jason Parker Quartet. The result? An unauthorized jazz album by a superstar rapper. Spekulation took samples from Five Leaves Left: […]
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Heroine single – Wildcookie – free music download
The free neo soul track Heroine gives you a taste of Wildcookie’s new album Cookie Dough Wildcookie is giving away Heroine, a free track from the outfit’s rather soulful album, Cookie Dough. For those wondering who the hell Wildcookie is, it’s a Swedish-based duo comprising DJ producer Freddie Cruger (aka Red Astaire) and vocalist Anthony […]
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From Her Eyes EP – Mara Hruby – free music download
Introducing From Her Eyes, a free seven-track neo soul EP from Oakland native Mara Hruby Following the buzz-generating ploy of musicians like Zo! comes California-based songstress Mara Hruby. The young artist has released From Her Eyes, a free seven-track EP comprising covers of songs by artists such as D’Angelo, Mos Def and Jamiroquai. She says her sound is “organic, […]