Future Classic: Chloe Martini “About Me”
Chloe Martini is my favorite music discovery of the month if not the year. She’s a 20 year old producer from Warsaw (Poland) and already collaborated with label Soulection. I must say she’s the true definition of that “Future Soul” sound, hard to define but you know it when you …
Future Classic: Terrace Martin “Angel”
The long awaited release of “3ChordFold” by Terrace Martin is here. This project contains 14 tracks with notable features from Robert Glasper, Snoop Dogg, Musiq Soulchild, Kendrick Lamar to name a few. Here is my favorite song “Angel” of the entire LP, which can be purchased on Itunes
Guest Mix #13: JON KENNEDY (UK)
We got a really great treat in the mailbox this week when great producer / DJ and label head Jon Kennedy sent us an exclusive guest mix. The mix highlights some of the future releases on his JON KENNEDY FEDERATION Label and remixes from “Corporeal”, his brand new LP, that are as …
Future Classic: Lost Midas “Love Undone” feat. Taylor O’Donnell
Sometimes a song just hits you right away. You go from intrigued to captivated after 30 sec and you know the track will be in heavy rotation for days to come. Tru Thoughts (home of Quantic and countless other amazing artists) have just signed electronic producer Lost Midas and released …
Mix of the Day: Mr Scruff “Manchester Jazz Festival 2013”
via Mr. Scruff: “Another great Band on the Wall session, this was the closing party for Manchester Jazz Festival, so a large dollop of Jazz was added to the mix this month. To download this set (for a limited time only), go to www.mrscruff.com & enter the code ‘d8Vm2y’ The next Band …
Mix of the day: J Rocc “Best of Quantic Mix”
Quantic is living the dream, an avid record collector, Will Holland has taken it a step further by creating music through different styles (Soul, Dub, Cumbia) and with various projects (Combo Barbaro, Quantic Soul Orchestra) reuniting legendary musicians in the process (Spanky Wilson, Alfredito Linares). He has already released an …
Future Classic: BinkBeats “Beats Unraveled”
For the most part, YouTube has sort of ruined the whole idea of cover versions for me. I mean, you check out a video you like and in the side bar you can see about 18 different versions of random people butchering a song in their basement. Of course, whatever …
Future Classic: Skinny Bros & Jonathan Emile
Do you guys remember songwriting duos? I’m sure Timberland and Timberlake rings a bell and of course Paul McCartney and John Lennon are probably the best known duo but what about Isaac Haynes and David Porter or if I dig even deeper into my childhood memories, the Sherman Brothers who …
Future Classic: Ian Kamau “One Day Soon”
I’ve been steering clear of lyrics recently and letting my ears revel in the beauty of instrumentals and beats. It’s been a wonderful experience so far but I must admit, it was a deliberate and bitter decision I made for myself so I wouldn’t end up hating music, or more …
Forgotten Treasures: Conjure “Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed” (1985)
On my last trip to New York, I paid a visit to the Brazilian vinyl mecca Tropicalia in Furs (peace to its East 5th Street digs). In browsing their jazz section, this rust-coloured jacket with a somewhat melancholy portrait struck my attention. As I read the list of personnel, it …
Forgotten Treasures: Bobby Bland (1930 – 2013)
Another soul giant passed away recently, but Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland was more than a tear-jerking blues man. In his obituary he was described as “among the great storytellers of blues and soul music… [who] created tempestuous arias of love, betrayal and resignation, set against roiling, dramatic orchestrations, and left the …
Future Classic: Jessy Lanza “Kathy Lee” (Hyperdub Records)
As I’ve stated before, I am always enthralled when a Canadian artist breaks into the UK underground scene that rules my every being. And it has happened yet again! This time with the mysterious Jessy Lanza, an Ontario based songstress via the ever-powerful label Hyperdub, run by the mighty Steve …