Kicking off 2019 with Chicks and Tikka Naans, Yogocop brings the return of Harvs Le Toad signature lyricism, reminding us of an effortless flow, matching the jazzy and soulful samples that play in between the beats.
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KO-OP 2 is a split album by Joe Corfield and Slim, two of UK’s most promising beatmakers, taking for themselves a special stage in the instrumental hip hop scene, provided by the Cologne-based label.
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The Paradox Ensemble was formed in 2013 by trumpeter Nick Walters, bringing together some of his closest musical collaborators from various projects he was involved in. After a debut release entitled Entanglement on Efpi Records, the project returns with the album Awakening, released by 22a.
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Athletic Progression are responsible for one of the surprises in this beginning of 2019, embracing the rhythms of hip hop, with colors and tones of jazz and soul music. Dark Smoke is the debut album from this danish Hip Hop & Jazz outfit, comprising nine tracks.
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Jazzvolution is a series of instrumental compilations which explore the deep connections between hip hop and jazz. Each compilation focuses on the progression of the art of beatmaking. The Chapter Two of the series arrives 5 years after the first one, featuring a well selected cast of talents.
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From an artist in his seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. Coming out next friday, Poison Fruit is Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti - one third of cult Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth - first solo album in over twenty years, mixing a traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics.
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No More Normal, coming out next friday, is Swindle’s highly awaited album, released by the magnificent Brownswood Recordings. His artistry reaches a superb level, grasping the different sides of the vivid UK music scene.
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Strongly influenced by jazz, funk and boogie themes, the producer and multi-instrumentalist from Porto SaiR drops Becoming through Neon Finger Records. Nine tracks, in which the fusion between electric instruments and synthesizers takes us back to a 80’s disco.
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Fredfades and Jawn Rice have been collaborating on music for over ten years in different shapes and forms. Their full project is finally here. Jacuzzi Boyz is deeply rooted in traditional house and electronic music, but with super jazzy signature touches.
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Hailing from Buenos Aires, though currently residing in Barcelona, Damián Botigué prepares to drop Can See Thru You EP, again with the seal of Phuture Shock Musik. The 4 track EP has two original track and two remixes as he steps into a collaborative mode and calls up on the smoky vocal talents of upcoming singer-songwriter Jedreck.
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Produced & composed by the talented Moose Dawa from Malmö, Sweden, The Swap EP is filled with a hazy atmosphere and dreamy vibes. Everything is balanced, subtle, well polished. Infused with jazz samples the beats create a mesmerizing groove throughout 6 tracks
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Urban Waves Records proudly introduces us to Organic Pulse Ensemble, a modern jazz "onesemble" from Sweden. Each song is organically created, written and every instrument is recorded live. Everything done by one person.
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Stomping Off From Greenwood highlights Ward’s skills as a writer and arranger with a set of eight new compositions that explore this unique two-guitar instrumentation, which blends the acoustic and electronic sonic worlds.
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Jazz re:freshed is releasing its latest album on the 5ive EP series, this time focusing on the talent of London-based trombonist and producer Rosie Turton. After exploring the eclectic music scenes of London and New York to the Himalayas of India, the EP showcases her individual and unique voice as a performer.
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Klim Beats is a beatmaker/producer from Kiev, raised on and influenced by classic boom bap hip hop. His latest project, Crystals, released by the british label Village Live, is a full length LP solidifying the producer’s status as one of the best names on the underground instrumental hip hop scene.
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The single from Everyday People, “World Full Of People / I’d Like To Stay”, is well known on the modern soul and funk scene and it’s relatively easy to find a copy selling for more than 500 euros. What was always less well known was that there was also an LP by the same band but labeled as People Pleasure With Alive and Well.
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Marking the 10 year anniversary of Wild Oats - the label created by Kyle Hall - Equanimity’s release celebrates the solar and the lunar side of a full moon with electronic vibes and philosophical thoughts from the label’s boss himself.
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Coming all the way from Seoul, IF U WANT IT is our introduction to 24 year old Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, house and techno DJ 박혜진 Park Hye Jin. Her style blends elements of dream-state house, raw hip hop & psychedelic darkwave.
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Tyler Daley and Konny Kon follow up July’s acclaimed Travel Light album with a new project that dropped on christmas eve. The Winter Tape raises the question of its composition: whether its been made up of unreleased material they had lying around or was intentionally created as an album isn’t obvious at all.
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Out through underground-hip-hop-house Dezi-Belle, Microwaves EP is Hentzup’s latest project, coming out by the end of last month and following the successful Out of the Blue released previously in 2018. The chords play slow, distorted, in the sweetest way, preserving samples from other eras on them.
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