When my homie DJ Blue told me about self taught composer/writer/arranger/producer, Ahmed Sirour, I took the time out to listen to his latest “The After 2am Sessions” LP. Ahmed is from Brooklyn NY and released his EP a year ago utilizing 3 themes of love: the romantic, the erotic, and the spiritual. He added 6 brand new songs and turned his EP into a full album.
Ahmed Sirour – Love One Another Ft. Cleveland Jones (The Vocal Re-Edit)
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So at the moment our southern neighbor Lefto is visiting Japan and unveiling or sorts of new music from the land of the rising sun. One little gem I picked up thanks to him was the same titled Jazz Collective album. It’s kinda avant-garde Jazz (which normally I’m not that big on) but as a whole I think this project is something well worth exploring. There is one amazing song on there called “Renovation” that you all should hear. Make sure you support by visiting 0r their Bandcamp page.
Jazz Collective – Renovation
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Tensei‘s “Two” is the follow up EP on Plug Research from Chris and Midas. You might have heard “Passport” on our last “Glimmering Fractions” mix, but I bet you haven’t heard “Think Twice” featuring Khari Lemuel yet. Let us know what you think about Tensei’s new EP and in case you’d like to purchase visit please. Otherwise you can find a download link in the comments.
Tensei – Think Twice Ft. Khari Lemuel
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Arizona-born songstress Teri Tobin is about to release her second album entitled “So Good To Me”. The song “Love Me” is the second single of her forthcoming album and is produced by the one and only Tall Black Guy. The new single will be available on May 22nd, 2012 via iTunes.
Teri Tobin – Love Me (prod. Tall Black Guy)
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Now this is the kind of music that we love telling you about. Several weeks ago ATL saxophonist Darryl Reeves released his new Jazz fusion album entitled “Mercury” via Epic Life Music Group. His 2004 “Diary of a Bandstand” album featured the likes of Robert Glasper and now after eight long years, Mr Reeves is back with a very soulful mix of Mercury music. There are a few interpretations of classic Jazz songs such as Donald Byrd’s “Think Twice”, but also some brand new own material that sounds just as amazing. We suggest you get your copy at without hesitation, after having listened to some streams below of course. [Spotted over at Kevinnottingham]
Darryl Reeves – Everytime I See You Ft. Gwenn Bunn
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Darryl Reeves – Dark Matter Ft. Carmen Rodgers
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A very long time ago I was a huge fan of Mad Skillz. This was in a time I used to read the Source magazine to keep myself in the know. Fourteen years after having first encoutered this lyricist from VA, Skillz released his “The Million Dollar Backpack” album. When this dropped in 2008 I kinda slept on it, because there’s this one very nice song on there featuring Common entitled “So Far So Good”. Thought I’d share this one with you all on this Slept on Sundays.
I told ya’ll South East Asia is waking the funk up. A small group of people have been pushing good new music over there and took it upon themselves to bring Opolopo and Amalia to Asia for a tour. To celebrate this Goodnws Peter and Amalia were asked for some musical niceness and behold an exclusive new joint called “Gado Gado Funk”. In case you didn’t know miss Amalia is a food junkie and loves Indonesian cuisine like no other. This delicious dish consists of vegetables covered in peanut sauce. Some righteous food for funkin’! Grab a free download of this while you can over at the Goodnws Soundcloud page.
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Dutch production trio, The Pilots, is working on their debut album coming out on the Russian Ritmo Sportivo label this summer. And what better way to introduce the world to your sound than to drop a dope video…right? The official videoclip for the track “Q&A” (Question & Answer) dropped just now and will take you on a journey through the thoughts and believes of these three young producers.
It is officially time for Belgian producer Adriaan van de Velde aka Pomrad to bewitch you all with his “Vlotjes” EP. This 23-year-old conservatory student is bringing an interesting mix of electronic and funk music to the table and is easily compared with people such as Hudson Mohawke. All I know is that this EP will certainly make a lot of noise and will be available today via iTunes and as a limited vinyl edtion (orders@oohwee.be) as well. Oh and make sure you take a look at Pomrad’s promotional video too…after the jump.
Pomrad – Hot Rain
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Been hearing some good new stuff from London’s producer K15 this week. Personally not a fan of trap music at all, but when I heard these latest two works in progress I was feeling it. This might be a good sign of things to still come. Let’s keep an eye out on this cat..
K15 – (Time) Humbles Us All
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K15 – Sudorific Solitude (24)
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