Future Classic: Medline “Old Souls Carnival”
via My Bags Records: “Old Souls Carnival” is the most accomplished Medline album so far, presenting his new direction in composition and his multi instrumentalist approach. The project is driven by a strong spiritual background with a deep 70’s soul jazz fusion influence, raised into a movie soundtrack like dimension. …
Future Classic: John Swing “Assorted Moods” (LiveJam Records)
Enigmatic producer John Swing readies a 10-track long player on his and EMG’s excellent LiveJam Records this December. Founded in 2009 and co-owned by EMG and John Swing, LiveJam Records is the parent label hosting a variety of the duo’s outlets including LiveJam Limited, Warm Sounds, Relative, Experiential Learning, and …
Forgotten Treasure: Ronn Forella “Moves” (1975)
Ronn Forella‘s Moves is part of a series of instructional dance Records that came out on the Hoctor Label. The label has other cool albums with great breaks and samples, but this is probably the most out-there, creative, and sought after of them all. You just need to listen to …
Future Classic: Sofie’s SOS Tape
via Stones Throw: Sofie’s SOS Tape is a compilation of underground’s best hip-hop and soul curated by Sofie Fatouretchi, one of the original crew of Boiler Room. Available now at Stones Throw, everywhere else 12/16/16. With 24 songs and 26 artists, SOS Tape is an insiders look on emerging acts …
Future Classic: Mica Levi & Oliver Coates “Remain Calm”
Composers Mica Levi and Oliver Coates release Remain Calm, a collaborative album on Slip. Born out of an impromptu 2014 NTS session and built from fragments of Coates’ orchestral compositions and Levi’s electronics the album features 13 varied cuts that touch on classical music, garage, grime, techno and more. Having …
Future Classic: Los Sospechos “Postales OST” (Menahan Street Band, Budos Band)
Sometimes a record finds you. I was at a Charles Bradley concert perusing a crudely set up merch table when the LP caught my eye. Its cover featured the word “Cuzco”, and the Peruvian police uniform I had learned to recognize in my many months spent in Peru. On the …
Forgotten Treasure: Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980’s Nigeria
Soundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria’s economy in …
Future Classic: Hugo LX “The Diary/The Sanctuary” (Balance Records)
Parisian Hugo Lascoux is often associated with the new wave of talented French House music producers. However, few know that it’s with jazzy & funky hip-hop that Hugo LX started his music career. He released 3 EP’s and one album on Favourite Records as part of the Funk League group. …
Forgotten Treasure: Willie Lindo “Far & Distant” (1974)
A legendary session guitarist as well as producer for such greats as Beres Hammond and Maxi Priest, Willie Lindo is much too bright a gemstone to be left uncovered. I stumbled onto him on one of my YouTube-digging runs with the homie 80rock when we discovered Midnight, a sumptuous piece …