Preview of the album: Track List: 1. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 feat. Carlos Santana – Black Times (Strut Records) 00:00 – 04:51 2. Antibalas – Hook & Crook (Daptone Records) 04:52 – 13:39 3. Boogát feat. Niña Dioz – Tanto Tattoo (Maisonette Music) 13:40 – 16:10 4. Ninos du...
Tag Archives: Alt-Jazz
There is a Ghent-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer who is getting used to surprising us with his constantly original new projects. We’re talking about Dave ‘Dijf’ Sanders. Since 2004, the Belgian artist has been exploring the blurred borders between electronica, jazz and psychedelia, always looking for remote influences with which...
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This year’s Club To Club Festival did not end at 6am on Sunday morning — when its sweaty attendees fled Lingotto under a rain so heavy it was hard to tell if the sun was rising; nor with the free street party Dance Salvario, which has acted as the closing...
BADBADNOTGOOD’s latest album came over a year ago, but the Canadian quartet has never stopped touring. This Tuesday they return to the British capital and hit the stage with opening act MIKE for the first leg of their 3-date UK Tour. Since their beginnings around 2010-11 BADBADNOTGOOD has redefined what contemporary...
The musical eminence grise concealing himself behind the bass and influencing stars like Erykah Badu, Kendrick Lamar & Childish Gambino has finally started to enjoy a bright and well-deserved limelight all to his self. Despite Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, being on the scene for a while, ever since...
Afro-futurism exploration from tenor saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings. His latest tour showcases the album Wisdom of Elders wherein he re-imagines the voices of ancient elders through a free-jazz expression of South African music. Alongside his virtuoso African band (the Ancestors) he will introduce you to his influences of Ugandan Amadinda, calypso...
Italy’s number one music festival returns this week for its 17th edition — with the most incredible line-up they have ever been able to put together. The roster includes the most acclaimed upcoming artists of the moment, such as Warp Records signee Lorenzo Senni, this year’s breakthrough artist Lanark Artefax,...
When talking about some of the best music projects in the contemporary scene, one cannot fail to mention GoGo Penguin, the Manchester-based trio that brings jazz and electronica together in highly rhythmical, climatic compositions and truly compelling live shows. The band formed in Manchester in 2012 and has published three...
Emma-Jean Thackray is off the wall and liberating. A jazz trumpeter, flugel player and composer, she concocts blends of deep horn, with electronic rhythms and world jazz in its most free abstraction. She will be playing at the Church of Sound, a heavenly hall perfect for finding spirituality in the...