Tag: nu jazz

  • Brownswood 10 album – various artists

    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 […]

  • 24 Hours in Lapa album – Tamil Rogeon

    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 […]

  • Home album – Culross Close (K15)

    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, […]

  • Soulection White Label: 017 EP by Sivey – free music download

    Soulection White Label: 017 EP by Sivey – free music download

    Download Soulection White Label: 017, a soulful synth selection by UK producer Sivey Since 2013 Los Angeles-based record label Soulection has been releasing short EPs as part of its White Label initiative. Its aim is to “expose as much talent as possible”. A commendable goal. Number 17 in the series highlights the work of Manchester-based […]

  • Break Reform mix by DJ Simon S – free music download

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • Two Syllables Volume Ten album – free music download

    Two Syllables Volume Ten album – free music download

    DJ Gilla compiles a cracking 12-track album showcasing artists from independent UK label First Word Records Arguably the best freebie of 2013 was First Word Records’ Two Syllables Volume Nine – and the UK label clearly wants to retain that honour in 2014 with its follow-up, logically entitled Two Syllables Volume Ten. Like the previous […]

  • Side Effects album – Daniel Crawford – free music download

    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 […]

  • Two Syllables Volume Nine compilation – First Word Records – free music download

    Two Syllables Volume Nine compilation – First Word Records – free music download

    Front runner to take the accolade of best freebie of the year currently belongs to this 11-track compilation from First Word Records To coincide with the Soundwave Festival earlier this year, the First Word Records label released Two Syllables Volume Nine. The 11-track compilation does a rather fine job in showcasing up-and-coming acts on the […]