February’s list includes some of our all-time favorites, new names and late night discoveries. Comprised of 45 tracks, this selection is eclectic, profound and result of hours and hours of music listening and pleasure.
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The result of this study by Habibi Funk is reflected in a new edition that addresses some of the main works by Hamid El Shaeri. The SLAM! Years (1983 – 1988) is an essential record for getting to know one of the biggest stars of Arab music.
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O Sótão’s 16th Guest MIX invites Denis Kazakov, the man behind Sengiley’s output. From the middle of Russia he sends us some Sengiley’s Vibes that hit us deep. Guest MIX #16: Sengiley's Vibes is a 55 minute journey that intensifies progressively, with Denis selection demonstrating class and knowledge.
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Ida Aos Correios (Portuguese for “trip to the post office) is the 45th release from the unmissable 40%Foda/Maneiríssimo imprint and one of many groovy EP’s from Guerrinha (a.k.a. so many names that is hard to enumerate).
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Kai Meara’s Morii combines vibrant soundscapes into a hazy blend of ambient textures, instrumental hip hop and trippy electronica. Released by XVI Records, this is a prime example of Kai’s refined production, exploring unconventional sounds and delivering mesmerizing moments of dim-lighted tranquility.
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Hailing from London, Benjamin Long is the last producer dropping quality music in Apparel’s Music prolific series of releases. In New Strings EP he delivers four classy tracks that blend deep house, jazz and broken beat.
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Following his contribution to Shall Not Fade’s six-year-compilation, Tour-Maubourg connects with the British label to release Woodfloor Dubs EP, a blissful journey through the most uplifting corners of house, making stops along the way at Italo, Balearic and cosmic disco.
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Pointing towards his forthcoming full lenght album, All Season Gear, Ivan Ave keeps on with his avant-garde trajectory with Mid Season EP. Following Double Goodbyes, Mid Season finds Ivan Ave in bloom as he evokes the sounds of spring on his latest offering.
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PRESSURE is the third album from the experimental London-based quintet Culross Close, led by master K15. Once again released by Esencia, this project is an intellectual construction of contemporary jazz, ambient textures, electronic music and UK broken beat elements.
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“Motive Unknown” is the fifth track in Kai Meara’s new project. It rises above the city’s smog, tapping into heavenly sound choices and absorbing beat arrangement embellished by catchy motifs. Although short, it’s just what you might need to take a few deep breathes…
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LNDFK’s Kuni is a ten-track spellbinding exploration of dichotomies. These opposites are merged in the album’s multifarious and multifaceted sounds, elegantly meandering through a variety of styles and genres. This is one of the albums of 2022.
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Rosie From The Block drops out of the blue via the Belgian imprint Welcome To Vice City. Love Potions For Block Parties EP rotates on illegal levels of groove, containing three tracks filled with refreshing but sharp broken beats, soulful and gospel like vocals and soft touches from Roselien.
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The one and only First Word Records welcomes back the Parisian multi-instrumentalist Will Galland for another Quiet Dawn project, presenting the brilliant Movements EP - the result of an outstanding exploration of the realms of broken beat and nu jazz.
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Planet Butter’s debut Hands Down just dropped via the high-karat-underground Italian label Rivamare Records, and combines beautiful textures of hip hop, neo soul and jazz into six tracks that pause time and makes us reflect.
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Everything Retromigration touches is turning into gold and his matured musical vision is becoming seriously infectious. His latest release, dropping via Handy Records tomorrow, is entitled Versace Sheets and is comprised by five silky housey and breaky cuts.
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KaySoul flies all over from Johannesburg to land in Berlin, more specifically in the tasteful and intellectual latitudes of Dirt Crew Recordings. Frequency Rays of One Cosmic EP is composed by three originals and one remix by Clive From Accounts, opening the year for the Berlin imprint in style.
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We stay in Detroit to feature the last record from the techno veteran Claude Young. He pairs up with Kai Alcé’s legendary NDATL Muzik imprint and presents The Knife EP - the first time Young has been in the studio for six years, marking a departure from his previous works.
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Jon Dixon puts on his minorINVENTION cape to present another EP. Coda dropped via Dixon’s imprint 4EVR 4WRD, and rotates in highly polished dark textures, fusing lessons learned under some of the genre’s great names.
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Astigmatic Records has been presenting some very special works from Henryk Debich, regarded as the founder, leader and conductor of the funkiest orchestra in Eastern Europe - showcasing practically unavailable on the market compositions from his unquestionable artistry.
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Compiling some tracks of his timeless work, Boo Williams presents The Best Of Boo Williams, via his own imprint Boo Moonman. The compilation comprises 10 tracks, spanning the legendary Chicago producer's early works featured on seminal homegrown imprints.
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