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Forgotten Treasure: Tee Mac Night Illusion (1980)
Soul Jazz Records’ are releasing Tee Mac’s ‘Night Illusion’, a lost classic Nigerian Afro soul meets disco boogie funk album originally released in Nigeria in 1980 as a private-press release of 1000 copies on the enigmatic artists’ own label. Impossibly Read more »
Future Classic: Dennis Ayler “No Comment”
via DAM: Dennis Ayler was first introduced to us via 22a earlier this year. He now returns on his own imprint Dennis Ayler Music. His debut EP ‘No Comment’ gives the listener a chance to step into Dennis Ayler’s world, Read more »
Future Classic: Shabaka And The Ancestors “Wisdom of Elders”
via Brownswood: Tradition shapes your work. For saxophonist and bandleader Shabaka Hutchings, that’s something he’s long understood. After years spent in the orbit of London’s jazz circuit, he examines and reimagines his influences with a dexterity that’s unique. Drawing out Read more »
Tall Black Guy Releases First Track From Forthcoming Album “Let’s Take A Trip”
via First Word Records: ‘I Will Never Know’ is the first single from Tall Black Guy’s sophomore album ‘Let’s Take A Trip’. Since 2013’s ‘8 Miles To Moenart’, TBG has cemented his position as a standard bearer for the current Read more »
Future Classic: Pepe Bradock “Baby Craddock”
Pepe Bradock is back! Some ten months on from the release of his inspired Le Fada EP, the veteran Parisian beat-maker delivers another sublime, six-track assault on the senses. The mood is set by opener “Yazuke”, a pitch-black fusion of Read more »