Tag: London
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A front runner for compilation of the year: ‘Tangent’ captures rare and secret weapons by expert selectors John Gomez and Nick The Record
Tangent is out now and is one of the front runners for best compilation of 2024 – with rarities galore selected by renowned diggers and DJs, John Gomez and Nick The Record, who run the aforementioned parties. To celebrate ten years of one of London’s most loved underground club nights, Mr Bongo have launched what…
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Balimaya Project’s new LP ‘When The Dust Settles’ is out today – dealing with death, fatherhood, migration and survival – via New Soil and Jazz re:freshed
Powerhouse mandé jazz ensemble Balimaya Project release their second album When The Dust Settles today – via New Soil in partnership with Jazz re:freshed – establishing further their forward-thinking musicianship. When The Dust Settles fuses West African rhythmic tradition with some of London’s best jazz players – led by composer/arranger and UK-based Djembe player Yahael Camara…
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Yama Warashi’s ‘Dividual Individual’ – having had different guises in Bristol and London – is the latest from the Japanese artist in meditative pop mode
Yoshino Shigihara – as Yama Warashi – is a Japanese artist who brings a range of influences into her own unique sound on Dividual Individual via Prah Recordings. Yoshino is now in London and is producing pop as Yama Warashi, having been based in Bristol and a co-founder of the now defunct Maloya-influenced and raucous…
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‘I Was Not Sleeping’ is debut LP by Danalogue x Alabaster DePlume, with mindblowing jazz fusions and cosmic exploration – check dubwise rumblings and punk ideology on ‘Broken Tooth Skyline’
Danalogue and Alabaster DePlume have spent the past few years on separate jazz voyages, but now come together on their debut album I Was Not Sleeping – their sound veers between dark dystopia and psychedelic utopia – and is out now. Check Broken Tooth Skyline, featuring guest vocals from Benin City and spoken word artist,…
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Remembering Jaco Pastorius – a tribute album by Biréli Lagrène & Multiquarium Big Band pays homage to the legendary bass player of Weather Report – it’s out now via French label Naïve on a range of formats
Jazz-fusion pioneer and bassist, the late Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report), provides the inspiration for a new recording by Multiquarium Big Band and Biréli Lagrène – the Remembering Jaco project is out today via Naïve on CD, double LP boxset (with bonus tracks), plus digital, and featuring a slew of Jaco hits across various albums.…
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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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Orchestre Les Mangelepa’s ‘Nyako Konya’ reissued by Secousse – essential revival of peerless Congolese rumba cut in Nairobi in ’78
Orchestra Les Mangelepa formed in Nairobi in 1976 and their essential 1978 Congolese rumba classic is one of the best of the genre, beautifully reissued by Secousse – the label, radio show and soundsystem based in France. With reissues, it is not often that such legendary musicians of the past are still around, but Les…
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Ekiti Sound is a pioneer and his new album for Crammed Discs is ‘Abeg No Vex’ – it’s creativity and vision are exceptional
Ekiti Sound is at the fore of a new wave of electronic music originating from Nigeria by way of London – his new album Abeg No Vex for Crammed Discs is a hugely impressive marker. Having featured on World Treasures Music before, it is a joy to hear and see more of this artistry in both film…
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Kingsley Bucknor reissue ‘Just U And Me’ finishes year in style for Left Ear Records
This one has been on heavy rotation – Kingsley Bucknor’s Just U and Me LP, from Nigeria, in 1985. The Aussie label moves further afield and has has selected this trippy electro-funk and boogie fusion to finish 2017. After playing with Fela Kuti in the 1970s and releasing two afrobeat LP’s, Kingsley travelled the globe.…
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