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RAF REZA is a Toronto prodigy. On more nights than not, he can be found grooving on either side of the decks: from warming up the weekend at Technics-outfitted dive bars to blending between several shades of club music early Sunday morning. He is most at home where there is …

Keeping with their commitment to not be pinned down to any particular genre comes Will Sessions’ latest LP, “Kindred Live”. The band, along with special guest Amp Fiddler on Fender Rhodes, synth and clavinet, pay tribute to the pioneers of jazz fusion by recreating the songs of genre-defining artists such …

Solo Collective is a new ensemble comprised of German chamber musicians Alex Stolze (violin) and Anne Müller (cello), with British pianist and producer Sebastian Reynolds. Conceptually, the trio present themselves as a rotating cast of three soloists who take turns in the spotlight, with the other two providing supporting roles. …

Within the music of Galaxians – the trio of Emma Mason, Matt Woodward and Jed Skinner formed in 2012 – lies a powerfully hedonistic strain that does much to loop a thread through the party lineage of their hometown of Leeds. Coupled with the first impressions of what the trio …

Amsterdam based Marcel Vogel has risen to fame following releases on his seminal Lumberjacks in Hell imprint, which along with his own music, has featured tracks from the likes of Rahaan, Karizma and Soulphiction. Marcel Vogel’s latest release on Lumberjacks in Hell is a split EP that features new original …

Altered Natives shares his eighth album “The Black Album”, which hits hard with hypnotic precision and demonstrates a strong sense of knowledge, capability, and execution. In his own words, Altered Natives describes his thoughts and processes of the album: “This is my eighth album, an album which was written in …

A window into the full-blooded, captivating spirit of music from the Andes, ANDINA shines a fresh perspective on Peru’s multifaceted heritage. A co-release between Tiger’s Milk Records and Strut Records, the album is selected from records originally released between ’68 and ‘78, upending clichéd ideas of Andean music and bringing …

Canada born, Tokyo-based Lo-Fi Hip Hop mainstay Fitz Ambro$e shares an exclusive track paired with a video from his forthcoming album “Doe Quarterz”. The album will be the first instalment in Onra‘s brand new NBN (Nothin’ But Net) series. With a slew of self-released cult classic albums and mix-CD’s, Fitz …

What started out as a simple email exchange between a young, hungry beatmaker and a seasoned player in the worlds of jazz and midwestern indie hip-hop, has resulted in a vibrant record nearly a decade in the making. On one side of “Let It Out” sits Miles Bonny, a long …