Tag: Berlin
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Swiss three-piece Ali Dada fuse experimentalist jams and beat-laden collages on new album ‘SUM’ for likeminded DIY label YNFND
These Swiss experimentalists adopt Dadaist themes and a range of influences – from surf rock to ambient jazz – on new album SUM for Baltic label YNFND. The second single is named after Silvia Federici and her feminist and left leaning thinking provides the context and concept around the latest fuzzy head-nodder Federici. While awaiting the…
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Mieke Miami produces third album ‘Birdland’ from Brandenberg – she’s touring the jazz music at home in Germany first with new single ‘The Light’
Mieke Miami was a student of the jazz saxophone in Berlin and started her song-writing journey in 2014. Those talents have continued to evolve over the last decade. Her new single The Light is guided by producer Benjamin Spitzmüller and he has brought his influence from playing in Afrobeat and highlife bands – the track…
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DON’T MISS: stunning jazz album from Lucia Cadotsch and her new band AKI – featuring special guest Kurt Rosenwinkel – is on Heartcore Records
Don’t miss this, it was out in May, so was nearly missed here. AKI are a sublime jazz collective featuring the blissful vocals of Lucia Cadotsch and a range of styles across this superme set. There are hints of Pat Metheny, alongside more complex grooves with free jazz interludes, throughout a varied and captivating LP. …
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Tvii Son’s new album for MIC Records crafts sublime sonic forces with a modern ooze of glorious post-punk on this sensational debut – hear dubwise production merge with electro and attitude, via Berlin and Ukraine
A sure contender for best album of this bizarre year, Tvii Son’s self-titled album on MIC Records is a dubwise document of dreamily jangly post-punk melancholly and sublime, effortless industrialised funk. Tracks such as Out Of Vogue and Am I conjure the spirit of the NY underground or Sheffield’s best – alongside interludes of tight,…
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‘Kraut Jazz Futurism’ on Kryptox label compiles the avant-garde of jazz bands evolving Germany’s musical legacy
The music has been labelled via Kryptox’s new compilation as Kraut Jazz Futurism and the label has drawn together the most exciting and accomplished bands of the current scene in Germany. The title is apt, as not only is Berlin the epicentre, but the sound and stylings of this new wave take cues from the rock…
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