Beats Unlimited EP (Diskotopia Records)
We are super excited to kick off the 2021 summer proceedings with this absolute killer self-titled mini-album from Beats Unlimited, a new and exciting collaboration between Doc Sleep and Glenn Astro. San Francisco native Melissa (Doc Sleep) met Ninja Tune affiliate Konstantin (Glenn Astro) after she moved to Berlin and …
Arthur Lyman “Island Vibes” (1980)
Releasing August 27, 2021, Island Vibes Island Vibes paints a meditative canvas of the Hawaiian Islands’ natural beauty. Merging the sounds of nature along with his resounding vibraphone, Arthur Lyman and producer Gordon Broad created an ambient-jazz-field recording album that exhibits the pure weightlessness of Lyman’s music and the tropical allure of Hawaii. Originally recorded with Broad Records, who’s …
Ruth Goller ‘Skylla’
Bassist, vocalist, composer, environmentalist and now solo artist, Ruth Goller launches her dark and brooding debut album today. Hailed by the Guardian for her “thunderous bass-guitar hooks’, Goller helped lay the foundation for the UK’s jazz renaissance whilst playing in many of its most influential and popular bands, from her …
Raymond Berthiaume “Un Monde Avec Toi” (1967)
Very often the most overlooked section of a record store is the Easy-Listening, Crooner, Vocal Pop bin. It’s easy to forget that buried in those kitschy album covers, muzak versions and velvet matching jumpsuits sometimes hide incredible nuggets. This is one of those 1$ treasures. “Un Monde Avec Toi” is …
Mackey Feary Band “S/T” (1978)
Must-have rare groove from the Hawaiian Islands. The first recording from Mackey Feary’s solo effort — created after Feary’s departure from Kalapana, the seminal 1970s group that shaped the sound of contemporary Hawaii. The group’s debut LP finds Feary and his counterparts weaving jazz, soul, rock, and groove into a …
John Carroll Kirby releases brilliant new cosmic jazz LP ‘Septet’
Los Angeles-based composer, producer, and pianist John Carroll Kirby, who has made a strong name for himself over the last several years collaborating with everyone from Solange (produced three tracks on A Seat At The Table, and featured on When I Get Home), and Blood Orange, to Frank Ocean, Miley Cyrus and …
Crucial Material — June 21st, 2021
Another bumper edition of Crucial Material full of essential listening. Here are our favorite EP’s, Albums and Reissues of the past couple of weeks. As always we encourage you to buy digital or physical releases if you discover a release you love. Support artists and labels! JAZZ Jaubi — Nafs …
Wild Honey ‘Ruinas Futuras’
A new Madrileño soundtrack. Guillermo Farré’s hushed vocals are buoyed by cinematic strings & brass arrangements, and the tight drums & percussion of Shawn Lee. ‘Ruinas Futuras’ was composed in fragments on phone voice memos, between fatherhood and office work. Slowly accumulated before their rediscovery one day on a train. …
Crucial Material — May 17th, 2021
Another bumper edition of Crucial Material full of essential listening. Here are our favorite EP’s, Albums and Reissues of the past couple of weeks. As always we encourage you to buy digital or physical releases if you discover a release you love. Support artists and labels! JAZZ Carlos Niño & …