So it’s really happening folks! We have succesfully moved to the new site, but it’s going to be one heck of a job getting all the old posts back in working order. Please give us at little time and in the meanwhile take a look around. Some functies are not fully working yet, but after the weekend we hope to have fixed some things. Our shop will be open for business shortly, so hang tight!
Surely one of the most highly enticipated albums of 2013 is Jose James‘ upcoming “No Beginning No End” album. It is due on Blue Note Records tomorrow, so keep an ear out for this one. Don’t want to waiste too many words here. I mean c’mon, Robert Glasper, Chris Dave and Pino Palladino kinda equals the dream team. Get yours over at iTunes..
After having to push back the release of Seravince‘s “Hear To See”, the time is finally come for you to find out what’s it’s all about. For us this album is heavily Jazz influenced, with the necessary broken vibes. Super organic sounding Future Soul with a little bit of this and that sprinkled on top. The sheer quality of how it was recorded and mixed down alone, make this an album well worth your while. Richard Spaven played took care of the drums, while Sharlene Hector, Renee Neufville and Esperanzah deliverd all the vocal goods. Shout out to all other musicians who participated on this project such as Han Litz and Joni Love on flute, Kasper Kalf and Danny Samar on bass, Arthur Flink on trumpet and Tini Thomsen on bass clarinet.
Head on over to our Bandcamp page to get yourself a CD or digital version of “Hear To See”. Oh and there’s a nice bonus track included as well!
Osunlade is one of those artists who has been consistantly releases the finest albums. I’ve been grooving to Yoruba Soul remixes for the longest, but who hasn’t?! “A Man With No Past Originating The Future” is his latest offering and perhaps his most personal and diverse creation to date. Osunlade’s 7th studio album does not just contain soulful House music. No, this album is far more complex and streches many musical boundries. I’d rather not go too deep into trying to explain what I think of the album, because each human being will experience it differently. Real music from the heart is all that I have to say. “A Man With No Past Originating The Future” will be available January 28th on limited edition clear vinyl (100 copies only) and on CD.
Ready to dive deep into Amalia? Over the years she has been making music in collaboration with several producers such as Opolopo, AD Bourke, Atjazz, B. Bravo and more. On “Makings Of” she takes you on the journey so far. Get to know miss Art Slave a bit more intimately and give the album a listen on the TDR site.
It’s been ages since we posted some new Ta-Ku joints, but finally the fool came back with some smooth sounding stuff entitled, “Make It Last”, featuring JMSN. Kinda on that nineties silky R&B tip, but with some pretty shiney new drums provided by this producer from Perth. A full length EP is coming out next week via LiveForTheFunk. Available for free download, so you just caught a break.
Bay Area’s sayknowledge just released his “Vibe Called Quest” album today. To celebrate this release he shares the track “HEEM!” (produced by Mars Today) with the world in the form of a free download. The album is available on iTunes so go give it a spin..
Sauce81 aka Sauce Eighty Wonder scored some serious points last year with his tremendously nice remix for Julien Dyne. Nobu is without a doubt one of our favorite producers hailing from Tokyo Japan! His debut “Fade Away” EP is available as of today on Wonderful Noise, but there is also talk of a debut solo album dropping later this year Disque Corde. The 12″ is now available at HHV.
Growing up in South London, singer/songwriter Sean J. Rankine started learning the drums and percussion, playing in a choir alongside bassist Micheal Olatuja (Olatuja Project) and guitarist Femi Temowo (Femitone). Last year Sean dove into music even deeper, teaming up with producer Justin Atherley, with the release of “(Love Is) Here Now” a single (available as a ‘name your price’ download) from his forthcoming EP. You won’t find phrases such as ‘world domination’ or ‘household name’ in Sean’s master plan. In fact there is no plan. He simply wants to learn, evolve and create art he can be proud of.