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Webmagazine and record label on underground house music & contemporary jazz. We're about music released by independent artists and labels.
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Hailing from the region of Cantabria, in Northern Spain, 2 Headed Deer is a quality-over-quantity label showcasing their 4th release. Ancient Tribal Hearts by Ka Safar, a 13-piece world jazz band based in Leicester, is a sonic feast that blends multiple genres and cultural references.
Read MoreFifty tracks shot in the air by the end of December, deepening our appreciation for what came out during this month. We end our seventh year at this platform with more than 250 features published in 2021, showcasing new works from established underground artists and promising rising stars.
Read MoreChant Amazigh is an example of that, blending Arab-disco, highlife and groovy funk into something unique. This work is invaluable once again, introducing a kind of sound that may be new to an entire generation of listeners.
Read MoreTEYMORI is the alias behind Amin Payne’s explorations into organic-influenced house music. Last friday he released the second installment of this project entitled TEYMORI II - merging the sounds of funk, afro, soul & percussive rhythms and taking us on an organic journey with sophisticated grooves.
Read MoreShay Hazan is an Israeli composer, producer, bassist & bandleader. Dropping tomorrow via Batov Records, Reclusive Rituals sees him fusing rubbery North African Gnawa grooves, with haunting jazz horns and hip hop inflected beats.
Read MoreThe best we've heard and wrote about during November. The month is gone but the music stayed. Masks on.
Read MoreEn Lancha Pal Futuro, builds seamlessly on its predecessor, blending salsa with electronic elements, afrobeat and lo-fi vocals. Contento’s vibe is again filled with positivity, finding new crossways between classic genres.
Read MoreRecorded in a single weekend, Pigeon’s Yagana EP is a clear testament to each member’s skilfulness and varied experiences, creating a fully-fledged being that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Read MoreThe worldwide recognized Strut Records returns to the rich archives of Black Fire Records to deliver the Drum Message album, by Ghanaian master percussionist Okyerema Asante from 1977.
Read MoreAlthough his roots were established in the vibrant jazz culture of Budapest, Àbáse always journeyed further in his quest for inspiration and found himself pulled towards the tantalising expanse of Afro-Brazilian sounds. Laroyê, his new album, is a reflection of this sonic-wanderlust and drops tomorrow via Oshun Records.
Read MoreThe weather is getting cold but we stay strong with the hundreds of warm sounds that trembled through our walls during October. This month’s playlist is composed by 45 tracks and reviews the best we've showcased.
Read MoreJust released through invaluable work of Notes On A Journey, Cláudio Bocca’s Morada Poesia / Marsupial is a one of best (of the countless) secrets of brazilian music we’ve came across in a while. Originally released in 1985, Bocca sees this magic single vinyl reissued and ‘resuscitated’.
Read MoreThe invaluable work of the El Palmas imprint brings us a little-commented Venezuelan treasure. The self-titled album of Frank y Sus Inquietos showcases, like probably no other record, the musical communion of the young Caracas of the late sixties with the sounds of the Caribbean.
Read MoreInspired in equal measure by South American rhythms and Norweigan glaciers, mountains and waterfalls, La Rana is filled with the warmth, humility and sincerity of a man seizing a joyful moment in life through music.
Read MoreExploring the authentic “mine” that is the musical tradition of Colombia and Caribbean, exacerbating the influence of subcultures of dance music that proliferate across Latin America and Mediterranean Europe, the Jaguar duet presents us an album with a very particular energy.
Read MoreWith all that happened over the past year and half we’re thrilled to see you go from here to the dancefloor, to the coliseum, to the park. And it is fair to say that we just highlight an extremely little sample of the great new music being released every single day.
Read MoreThe Kondi Band return to Strut Records to deliver a new recording that further hones the group’s unique fusions of Sorie Kondi’s inimitable vocals and the kondi thumb piano with intricate dancefloor electronics.
Read MoreNew Dawn presents Natural, bringing together legendary master drummer Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti with Brazilian producer grassmass on two experimental funk monsters of the highest order.
Read MoreAnalog Africa’s new release introduces us to the underground garage funk scene of 1970’s Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital. Cameroon Garage Funk is a compilation of 16 tracks and is a perfect portrait of resilience and desire to create.
Read MoreTime for o sótão to recap on some of the best projects released during the month that ended yesterday. With no shortage of exciting music, the playlist of August contains 41 tracks focusing on artists we talked about and others that deserve a special note.
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