jazz
Album Review: Thundercat – Drunk
Driving home from picking up my son at school the other day we were listening to Flying Lotus’ Until The Quiet Comes. I looked over to my son and said “What I love about this music is that it’s a perfect mix of woozy trip hop, groovy hip hop, and complex jazz chord structures.” My …
Meet: Moses Boyd ahead of the Jazz Re:Freshed showcase at SXSW
After stamping their authority on the British jazz scene, which appears to be as bright and as relevent as it has in a lonng time, some of the UK biggest talent are heading over to this years SXSW for arts organisation Jazz re:freshed showcase.Industry heavyweights including Don Was (Blue Note), Gennaro Castaldo (Director of Communications, …
Track: Philippe Baden Powell – Chica
‘Chica’ is taken from the new album from French / Brazilian pianist’s new album, his first for Far Out Recordings, which drops on March 24th on heavyweight vinyl, extended ten track CD + digitally. The son of Brazilian musical legend Baden Powell de Aquino (you recognised the name, right?) who, according to Philippe “transmitted to …
News: Belle & Sebastian to headline BBC 6 Music Festival in Glasgow
As the BBC 6 Music Festival prepares to make its Glasgow debut, local stars Belle & Sebastian are announced as headliners. As one of Glasgow’s most loved bands, it’s fitting that Belle & Sebastian are topping the bill on the last night of the BBC 6 Music Festival on Sunday 26 March at the O2 …
See: Colin Stetson releases video for Spindrift
Leather-lunged sax-botherer Colin Stetson is back, back, back! Er, OK then. Stetson whose last release, Sorrow, was a ‘re-imagining’ of Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3, is back building his wonderful layered avant-garde sax noise. Live he hits like a one-man Swans. On record he’s subtler, but still reliant on drones and repetition. Spindrift is a track …
Track: Thundercat – Friend Zone
Just in time for Valentines Day, Thundercat – aka grammy award winning bassist and singer Stephen Bruner, has released a new track, Friend Zone, from his forthcoming third full-length record, Drunk, which drops via Brainfeeder on February 24th. For the 23-track track journey, Thundercat has enlisted a team of intrepid adventurers to go with him, …
Premiere: Pocket Dragon reveal video for new single ‘Vagabond Capulet’
Five piece alternative Funk / jazz band Pocket Dragon have just announced a new double A side single ‘35 Degrees’/‘Vagabond Capulet’. It sees the band, who have been honing their skills both in the studio and playing at the likes of Cheltenham and Cambridge jazz festival give their neo-soul/fusion funk even more of a twist. …
Playlist: Boxcutter exclusively picks out some solo cuts from jazz/fusion artists
It’s about time Boxcutter, aka Northern Irish producer and musician Barry Lynn, started getting the recognition he deserved. Since his early Dubstep material released through Hotflush, or his debut album Oneiric, which came out on the iconic Planet Mu label, he’s managed to create a niche within electronic music which showcases his skills, both as …
Track: Shobaleader One – Journey to Reedham
Out on Warp Records on Match 10th, is Elektrac. Its a new project made up of Strobe Hazard, Squarepusher, Company Laser and Arf Nution. Elektrac features the bands versions of eleven of Squarepushers most iconic tracks. From the album, the band are streaming their version of Journey to Reedham. Its a mass of electronics, both …
Track: Thievery Corporation – Let The Chalice Blaze
Thievery Corporation are back with their new track, “Let the Chalice Blaze”. After 20 years, you may be familiar with the sophisticated shuffling bossa nova beats, but it’s still impossible to resist the head nodding on a Thievery Co track, especially when the cowbell kicks in. With the new album recorded in Jamaica, it’s reggae …