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. ...
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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
This is an album that has landed at a time we may most appreciate it. Elevation is at the heart of this record. It is an LP inspired by afrobeat and spiritual jazz with strong elements of Detroit groove pulsing through the soundtrack. Nicola Conte and Gianluca Petrella’s message is...
Spring, summer, autumn and… we couldn’t help, but compile a winter playlist as well Here’s another seasonal recap of (some of) the music we listened to and loved at Rhythm Passport in the last days, weeks and months. No genre or stylistic borders, the only common denominators behind the selection...
New Bandcamp Friday and new shopping tips… As we often do on the first Friday of each month, when Bandcamp lifts its fees redistributing all sales profits to artists and their labels, also today we give you some suggestions on how to spend your money on music effectively supporting musicians....
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Finding one’s place within a diaspora away from your motherland can be an integral part of self-discovery. This is certainly true of Hamburg-based producer Farhot, who has now followed-up his eight-year-old debut with Kabul Fire Vol. 2 (released via his own label Kabul Fire Records) which explores this part of...