Tag: Chicago
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Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly’s MESTIZX for International Anthem & Nonesuch – avant-jazz and punk-ethos channel ancestral roots
A deep and experimental jazz album is the musical creation of multi-medium performer Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Chicago expat jazz drummer Frank Rosaly. The wife and husband team – Bolivian-born singer Ferragutti and Rosaly of Peurto Rican heritage, are co-composers, arrangers and musicians, on the MESTIZX LP for International Anthem & Nonesuch – channel their…
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BEST OF 2023: Hieroglyphic Being exceeded his own high bar with projects and end of year album – he is one of THE true innovators today
One of the electronic highlights of 2023 was Hieroglyphic Being’s The Moon Dance album on Apnea Records. It was just one release that helped crown the Chicago acid-techno/true-house/space-jazz/sonic luminary as once again one of the most exciting talents in the world, alongside a seemingly unrelenting output of new productions, live performances, DJ mixes and re-edits. A mix…
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jaimie branch’s incredible third album for International Anthem – it marks a year-and-a-day since the tragic passing of this modern jazz legend
Today, International Anthem releases jaimie branch’s third and final album with Fly or Die entitled Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), alongside focus track Bolinko Bass. The record is the late trumpeter and composer’s third and final album with her quartet. The record arrives just days after the one year…
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Irreversible Entanglements release new album this month, following similarly enlightening Dos Santos LP for International Anthem
Philadelphia/NY/DC free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements release their new album Open The Gates and title track – accompanied by a music video directed by Cyrus Moussavi – gives the appropriate signals for more deeply spiritual, ambient-conscious-jazz for the peerless International Anthem label. The album also showcases a raw, organic punk-jazz sound, with first-time experiments with…
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Alexander Robotnick is a true hero of dance music and is devoted to the underground, his ‘Radio Versions’ in 2021 is an enriching retrospective and undimming legacy of pioneering electronics
Alexander Robotnick, legendary synth wizard of early ’80s proto-house and early pioneer of Italo-disco and electro is back again in 2021 with four volumes of Radio Versions. You have to hand Robonick all of the plaudits for creativity and devotion to the underground electronic music scene, along with his individualism and focus that have cemented…
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Damon Locks & The Black Monument Ensemble drop debut single ‘Now (Forever Momentary Space)’ – a gospel-jazz-hip hop infused instant classic – ahead of album for International Anthem
Damon Locks is at the helm of the Black Monument Ensemble and their latest slice of righteous activist-music Now (Forever Momentary Space) has dropped, for Chicago’s International Anthem label – think socialy conscious hip hop meets Black Jazz (or Public Enemy meets Eddie Gale’s Black Rhythm Happening, as an eloquent and knowledgable proponent explained it…
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Makaya McCraven shares new single ‘Mak Attack’ – once again, for the prolific International Anthem – ahead of new additions to his seminal album ‘Universal Beings’
Chicago-based drummer and producer Makaya McCraven is one of the leading jazz artists on the planet and Mak Attack is the first single from the new album Universal Beings E&F Sides – adding another part to an already modern classic. It was recorded at The Total Refreshment Centre Studios in London, also featuring UK talents Nubya…
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Essential ‘lost’ Chicago anthem by LITIA=LOE is reissued by Left Ear Records and Mixed Signals – promo video is also a must see
This ‘lost’ Chicago house anthem is a deep and immersive track, on a par with many of the very best of the genre – it’s going to be available, affordable (this stuff is rare) and remastered thanks to Left Ear Records. This is wiggy, angry and righteous, backed by some killer synth work and raw…
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Classic Italo reissue…soon
Radio Band’s Radio Rap is dropping this month. This video is pretty surreal with some unsettling characters, but the track was a cult record on the Chicago scene in the 1980s and was a favourite of top don DJ Ron Hardy. Prices for the original record have been pretty steep on Discogs in the past.
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