Low Leaf Prepares for her Upcoming LP “Palm Psalm”
via CreatorDIY: LA’s own, Low Leaf, is preparing to release her Oct 14th album “Palm Psalms: A Light to Resolve All Darkness” via her own imprint CreatorDIY. The multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer establishes her prowess as a composer but demonstrates her ability to execute her vision alongside a cast of …
Future Classic: Reginald Omas Mamode IV “Reginald Omas Mamode IV”
via Five Easy Pieces: The cult Peckham soul artist caps the release of three highly praised EPs with an album featuring his most confident songwriting to date. The album paints a collage of dusty drum hits, Sly Stone-esque bass lines and Mamode’s own one-take vocals. Themes go from the personal, …
Future Classic: Dim Grimm “Perlissop EP”
Dim Grimm (fka Dimlite) is back to the universe with his newest EP. Dimitri Grimm is the hardest man to pin down in any sense of the term. His sounds and styles are so evenly disparate as they are tightly-woven, so equally beautiful as they are destructive. Hailing from Switzerland, …
Future Classic: ILLingsworth “RINO”
ILLingsworth’s output definitely falls into the ‘prolific’ category. Born and raised in Detroit, ILLingsworth has been carving a name for himself in the on-and-offline beat scene for the past few years now. He has been able to maintain a consistent fuzzy and warped style of hip hop instrumental music which combines the …
Future Classic: Pablo Queu “The Soul Chapter EP”
This is Pablo Queu’s second official EP, featuring original beats that combine soul and electronic elements, among with jazz, hiphop and blues guitar. The Soul Chapter EP is beautifully cooled out. While still maintaining a tasteful flavour of a bedroom recording, it is able to reach down and pull on …
Future Classic: Kenny Keys “Everything Must Change”
Chicago’s master beat-smith Kenny Keys, known for his work on Eulorhythmics, Beyond Luck, Lyric District and Face Melt, is back and strong with this fresh album release in collaboration with Radio Juicy. In his new release, Kenny Keys seamlessly weaves dusty record chops of both recognizable and rare samples in …
Exclusive Premiere: Darkhouse Family “Solid Gold”
First Word are proud to introduce the new EP from our latest signings Darkhouse Family. The production duo consisting of Don Leisure and Metabeats have previously released music through Fat City and Earnest Endeavours, building up a dedicated fanbase that includes Gilles Peterson, Gaslamp Killer and Lefto. The Solid Gold …
Exclusive Premiere: Fulgeance “Home”
via Cascade Records: “Home” is the first single from Fulgeance’s new album “homecooking”, on Cascade Records after releasing on his own label Musique Large & his latest Ep at ED BANGER records. This track is a futuristic stadium anthem, a dedication to Detroit’s beat scene revealing the particular mood of …
Future Classic: Mala “Mirrors” (Brownswood Records)
via Brownswood: Mirrors is the second album by endlessly influential South London producer Mala. It follows his 2012 Brownswood release where Gilles Peterson invited the producer to soak up Cuba’s music and culture to turn the results into Mala In Cuba. But Mirrors is less Mala In Cuba Mk II …
Forgotten Treasure: The Prunes “Tracks From The Darkside” (1995)
Post from Lexis: “Whenever I’m invited to do a guest session on the great WEFUNK radio show I try to put together a selection that probably hasn’t been done before. And when you’re talking about a show that’s been going strong since 1996 it’s not easy to do something new. …
Future Classic: Débruit “débruit & istanbul”
via ICI Records: Débruit presents a synthetic and rhythmic journey inside the city’s history and future. ‘Débruit & Istanbul’, his fourth album, is set for release through his own multidisciplinary label ICI on 27th May 2016. Artist, producer and musician Xavier Thomas aka Débruit is a musical explorer who imagines …
Future Classic: Mark Pritchard “Under The Sun”
via Juno: Given the length of his career, it’s rather surprising to find that Under The Sun is Mark Pritchard’s first under his given name. As critics have pointed out, it’s an overwhelmingly beautiful and poignant set, built around an intoxicating fusion of ambient electronics, soft touch instrumentation, bubbling beats, …