Forgotten Treasure: O.R.E.A “Biguine Inferno / Désintégration” (1982)
Needless to say, Digital Zandoli on Parisian label Heavenly Sweetness is an early contender for compilation of the year. It’s a mostly danceable affair put together by the great people behind Digger’s Digest, bringing forward tracks ranging from disco, boogie and zouk from the West Indies recorded in the early …
Future Classic: MAST “Love and War_”
via Alpha Pup: Alpha Pup Records announces the release of MAST’s second full length album Love and War_. “Love and War_” is a highly conceptual and deeply personal new work based on jazz trained multi-instrumentalist MAST aka Tim Conley‘s eventful love life over the last 2 years. Set up as …
Future Classic: Krakatau “Tharsis Montes / Apogean Tide EP”
The Melbourne-based quartet take their Jazz and Funk influences and meld them into two wonderfully executed jams. I can’t honestly say I have heard a single bad piece of music come out of Australia. Everything and everyone who is from there seems somewhat otherworldy, although usually unaware that they are completely …
Future Classic: Lewis Parker “Release The Stress 12″ (King Underground Recordings)”
Lewis Parker stays deep in the pocket on his latest release with England based label King Underground. Hip-Hop is the type of music where, when listening you can instantly tell whether or not an artist lives, sweats and breathes it or is simply just dipping their toes into the infinitely …
Forgotten Treasure: Cassiano “Cuban Soul 18 Kilates” (1976)
A true Brazilian Soul Gem that’s as rare as hen’s teeth, is being reissued and finally the world will be able to bask in the sunny arrangements that made Cassiano‘s music so ephemeral. A soul signer who went through a lot of groups and studios in the Brazilian music industry. Cassiano hit …
Future Classic: Nebraska “F&R001”
via Juno: Noted for releases on labels such as Rush Hour, Delusions Of Grandeur and Mister Saturday Night, London-based producer Nebraska brings us three characteristically top-notch slices of sample-rich deep house. All three tracks on this new Peckham-based label demonstrate a deep understanding of dub and funk in equal measure. …
Forgotten Treasure: Yusef Lateef “The Centaur and the Phoenix” (Riverside, 1960)
The history of Jazz is full of eccentric and unique thinkers (more of the former and the latter). Women and men such as Charles Mingus, Melba Listen, Terry Pollard, and Cecil Taylor are just a few that immediately come to mind. However, musicians like Sun Ra, Pharaoh Sanders, Alice Coltrane, …
Future Classic: I, CED “What Are We Looking For?”
If deep soulful, hip-hop inspired jams are what you are looking for, look no further. The St. Louis producer/musician (now living in LA), I, CED releases his first project in 5 years. After working behind-the-scenes with artists like Dâm-Funk, Shafiq Husayn (SA-RA), Shuggie Otis and Run The Jewels, I, CED’s latest …
Future Classic: Machinedrum “Human Energy”
Machinedrum’s “Human Energy” makes me feel as if I am charging my soul via USB port, and it feels incredible. I really like how nowadays there is such thing as an “Internet Aesthetic”. With the emergence of tumblr, instagram, and a million other social media outlets, the internet has now …