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Track: Kneebody & Daedelus – ‘Drum Battle’

Following on from releases from Thundercat and Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus’ increasingly important and consistently brilliant label Brainfeeder is preparing to release an new album, Kneedelus, featuring LA/Brooklyn instrumental quintet…

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Not Forgotten: Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill

Steely Dan are one of those acts who are spoken of in hushed tones. Be it their studio perfectionism, their increasingly deft blending of rock and jazz as their career…

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Feature: 10 Bands to Catch at Tramlines this weekend

So, it’s here again, Sheffield’s brilliant City Centre festival – Tramlines. With (literally) hundreds of bands to choose from all over the city this coming weekend (24th-26th July), it’s an…

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Win: Tickets for Nostalgia 77 @ Rich Mix, London 18.9.15

He doesn’t play out very often, doesn’t Ben Lamdin, aka Nostalgia 77 so there’s much excitement here in Backseat Mafia towers that he’s announced a rare live appearance, along with…

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News: Light in the attic to release Karin Krog collection

She was a new one on us, Norwegian jazz singer Karin Krog. Over the last five decades she’s been treating, and educating, and thrilling jazz fans across Scandanavia to her…

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Track: Quantic – Creation (East L.A.) plus album news

We’ve long had a thing for Quantic, aka British born producer Will Holland. He moved through so many areas of electronic music during his years, and has spent the last…

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Track: Lauren Desberg – He Loves and She Loves

Seems a bit of a cheek to have this, the new track from 23 year old Los Angeles singer Lauren Desberg, given that it was written by George Gershwin for…

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New Music: Nostalgia 77 & The Monster – Measures / Island in the Sun

Out right now via the consistently brilliant Tru Thoughts is the new digital single from Ben Lamdins crew of jazz warriors and producers, aka Nostalgia 77. Measures / Island In…

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Album Review: Troyka – Ornithophobia

Ornithophobia is the third album from experimental jazz trio, Troyka. Following on from their last recording, Live at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which showed they could adapt their wilful experimentalism to…

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New Music: Melanie De Biasio – I feel you (Eels Remix)

Taking Mark Hollis as inspiration is one thing, producing an album of the quality of No Deal is quite another, wearing its jazz influences proudly on its sleeve, stripped back…

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