Tag: guitar
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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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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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D’agua Negra are led by a trio of vocalists from Brazil’s Amazonian city Manaus and their electronic soul-jazz is a must hear on new EP for Amplifica Records
D’agua Negra release their debut this month and their electronic soul-jazz EP is a must-listen – “a tale of resilience”. The band are led by a trio of vocalists from the Amazonian city Manaus – with the band named after the black river running through it – and all are shining bright on Erógena, it’s…
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Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are on Robert Cotter’s 1976 debut, pre-Chic – ‘Missing You’ is being reissued by Wewantsounds – a scarce New York funker for tax reasons
Robert Cotter had hall-of-famers and Chic legends, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, play on this classic New York City funk album from 1976, before they reached disco God status – now, a first time reissue by Wewantsounds is set for this must-have album of quality and heritage, having been pressed in small quantities, as the…
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Sarathy Korwar & UPAJ Collective cut new album for Night Dreamer – check out the enthralling studio footage and lead single ‘Elephant Hangover’ out now
Sarathy Korwar is a drummer, percussionist and composer, and with his allstar UPAJ Collective are on the seventh instalment of Night Dreamer’s Direct-To-Disc sessions – redefining spiritual jazz and Indian classical music into sensational new realms. Winning a Steve Reid Foundation award and most recently winning an AIM award for best independent album for More Arriving,…