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Track: Glass Museum – Abyss
Glass Museum, aka Brussels musicians Antoine Flipo (synths) and Martin Grégoire (drums), are gearing up for the release of their sophomore album ‘Rekjavik’ this Friday (March 27th) via Sdban Ultra. Mixing up The elements behind electronic music with Jazz and using orchestral instruments, the pair make music akin to the likes of Jon Hopkins, Gogo …
Track: Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes – ‘Lift Off’
Taken from their forthcoming album ‘What Kinda Music’, out via legendary jazz label Blue Note on April 24th, Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes have released another glimpse of what’s to come in the form of instrumental track ‘Lift Off’. The track, which also features basssit Rocco Palladrino, is this gluey, juicy guitar line laying down …
NEWS: DINOSAUR – NEW ALBUM, SINGLE AND TOUR
Following the announcement of their highly anticipated 3rd album ‘To The Earth’, Mercury-nominated British Jazz super-group Dinosaur return with their new single ‘Mosking’. The new track is the first to be released from the new album, which is out on Edition Records this May. Mosking is a wonderfully chaotic and playful piece we have come to know from these guys. …
See: Greentea Peng releases new video for Ghost Town
Aria Wells, aka Greentea Peng, has released the first new music of the year, Ghost Town, after a hugely successful 2019. It’s a deeply personal track, and her first overtly political song, about which she says “GHOST TOWN is inspired by a Dub Judah dubplate I heard at an Iration Steppas gig. Call it gentrification, …
See: Bethlehem Casuals release new video for The Oke
Oddball is a word that follows Manchesters psychedelic jazz-pop collective around, and with the release of a new video to accompany their recent single The Oke, the band are doing very little to dispel it. It’s this sumptiously orchestrated chamber pop/jazz at its outset, chiming percussion accompanying the saxophone and cello lines. At once though …
RSD 2020: Gearbox Records announce unreleased Don Cherry 12″
Next month, London analogue specialists Gearbox Records will unearth yet another lost gem having just announced a 12″ of previously-unreleased material from Don Cherry for Record Store Day 2020. The exclusive new release entitled ‘Cherry Jam’ features new unheard recordings by trumpeter and cornet-player Don Cherry. Taken from a 1965 pre-record for Danish national radio, the 4-track EP features 3 …
News: Dinosaur announce “To The Earth” alongside European tour dates
Celebrating a decade of music-making, Mercury-nominated jazz super-group Dinosaur (helmed by trumpeter Laura Jurd) have announced the release of their highly anticipated third album, alongside a cluster of live dates across Europe. To The Earth marks the quartet’s return after the success of Wonder Trail, but strips away the electric aspect of the sophomore release …
Track: Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Slow Bones
Taken from a collaboration of two jazz legends – Tony Allen, and the late Hugh Masekela, Slow Bones is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Rejoice’, out on World Circuit on March 20th. The track is (as expected) a steady almost blues-bop. The accompanying players, which include Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective) and Steve Williamson on Saxophone, …
See: Oscar Jerome releases new video for ‘Sun for Someone’
Future soul/jazz superstar, Kokoroko member and Trinity Laban-trained classical guitarist Oscar Jermone release a new video/single Sun For Someone. It’s a commentary on climate change and environmental activism and comes as Oscar completes work on his hotly anticipated debut album, out later in the year via Caroline International. Sun for Someone is this fantastic slice …
Track: E. Scott Lindner – 21
Although his album ‘In Flowers Through Space’ is out today via Ropeadope, we’re focusing on 21, the last single to be released prior to E. Scott Lindner’s new album. Using the studio (well, and his guitar playing) as his instrument of choice, the whole album is based around the concept Fibonacci sequence of numbers—a spiraling …