Since 2017, we have been lucky to have the opportunity to write about and shine a light on Esinam’s music career following it step-by-step and release-after-release. We started with her very first single (Electric Lady, in partnership with Belgian-Congolese imaginative musician and producer Ibaaku), followed a year later by her...
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In this show we go deeper into jazz in its limitless facets and styles, although limited in time but never in space, we dive into spiritual jazz, funky jazz, afrobeat jazz, and afro-cuban jazz. We are one and music is the bridge to Oneness! Music is the glue that connects...
Organising and running a music festival these days might sound like pure madness… It’s not only about passion for and dedication to music and its interpreters, but also a risky work of art considering the volatile Covid-related situation, ever-changing rules and widespread insecurity affecting the cultural sector on a global...
Check out the new video for ‘Say something, the new single by London-based electro-jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, DJ, producer and label owner Emma-Jean Thackray. The track anticipates the release of her debut album Yellow, out on July 2nd via Movementt. Find out more following this think: https://movementt.ffm.to/yellow
Mancunian ambient-jazz trio GoGo Penguin recently collaborated with Japanese experimental musician and producer Cornelius to release a new version of their single ‘Kora’. The track, which is part of the band’s new LP GGP/RMX (Blue Note Records), is one of the 11 remixes reimagining their 2020’s album GoGo Penguin. ...
Jaubi (“an urdu word roughly translating to whatever”) is a quartet from Lahore, Pakistan blending North Indian classical music with modal jazz and hip-hop. Satanic Nafs is their new single on Astigmatic Records and serves as a “teaser for Jaubi’s debut album entitled ‘Nafs At Peace’ which itself is a musical...
Check out London-based jazztronica duo Blue Lab Beats‘ new video for ‘Blow You Away (Delilah)’ featuring afrobeats artist Ghetto Boy. ‘Blow You Away (Delilah)’ is the first song extracted from NK-OK & Mr DM‘s upcoming EP We Will Rise. The single is a “statement track – a massive four-on...
Enjoy East London producer, pianist, bandleader and MC Alfa Mist performing ‘Organic Rust’ during his COLORS session. The tune is taken from his upcoming album Bring Backs out on April 23 via Anti- Records: https://alfamist.bandcamp.com/album/bring-backs “On his new album Bring Backs the producer, self-taught pianist and rapper takes us...
London-based jazz quartet Sons of Kemet are back with ‘Hustle’, featuring Kojey Radical. The song is the first single extracted from the band’s upcoming album Black To The Future, out May 14 via Impulse Records. “In ‘Hustle’, two dancers represent the duality present within any struggle to transcend internal...
London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia recently took part to BBC Radio 6 Music 2021 performing, among others, ‘The Message Continues’, part of her latest album Source. You can watch her set in its entirety visiting the BBC Radio 6 website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p098pwnl