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Dominique Fils-Aimé is a class act. The Canadian-Haitian singer has just released a new single “Love Take Over” from her forthcoming album “Three Little Words” and the video promo is a work of colour drenched emotion. Watch here….
Read MoreDJ and broadcaster Nick Luscombe has curated a superlative compilation of Japanese funk, City Pop, ambient and future house from the 1980’s for WEWANTSOUNDS. Packed full of synths, drum machines, soulful voices and occasional 80’s silliness we invited our man from Rough Trade Nottingham and Japanese music cheerleader, Jono Beard to give us his thoughts and his thoughts are good. Read / listen…
Read MoreTru Thoughts bring out the cover versions once again in the third installment of their ‘Covers’ series and there are beauties within. Hot 8 Brass Band, Quantic, Mark de Clive-Lowe, sUb_modU and J-Felix amongst many stirring up the ingredients and coming up with something fresh! Read / listen….
Read MoreThe creators of Bleep and the foundation stone of Jungle, Drum & Bass and probably all of the UK Bass scene have a 45 track (!) compilation of remasters, unheard tracks and edits out now and the music still hits HARD. Bradford’s finest and the reason Warp Records set up, this is an important piece of dance music’s jigsaw… Read / listen…
Read MoreAcid Coco are a white hot new duo hailing from Colombia whose first singles off their forthcoming long player on El Palmas Music have been getting plenty of radio play from us here at T&L with their hybrid of tradition and stripped down electro shock sounds. We couldn’t think of anyone better to interview them than our man in Dominican Republic - Mauro Ferreiro.
Read MoreBristolian multi-instrumentalist and producer Pete Josef’s new album ‘I Rise With The Birds’ is due to be released on Sonar Kollektiv on October 16th and he has kindly shared with us some of the ace music that has inspired him during the making of it…Read / Listen here….
Read MoreCheck out the video and pure jazzy soul vibes from transatlantic duo Sons of the Sun who give us the first single off their self-titled album out soon on BBE….
Read MoreAmmar El Sherei’s magnificent ‘Oriental Music’ album is to be reissued in it’s original state (including odd name) on WEWANTSOUNDS in October…have a read / listen about what makes this Egyptian release from 1976 so special…
Read MoreMarcel Vogel’s Lumberjacks In Hell label is 10 years old and he’s pulled together a top shelf selection of soulful, funky and party-face stormers in celebration…I’ve been long bored of (most) house music but this might have just reignited my old love for the genre….read / listen here
Read MoreAs Ben Marc’s brooding first single off his forthcoming LP ‘Glass Effect’ is released, we asked the in demand bassist and composer to select some music that rocks his boat and he’s chosen some beauties from Monk to Grieg, Mulatu to Radiohead….read / listen on
Read MoreMulti-talented Simon Jefferis’ new album ‘Vibrations’ is a self-produced soul jazz beauty with one foot in London’s vibrant jazz scene and another in classic 90’s US hip hop … the sound of a hot summer…Read / listen here….
Read MoreMauro Ferreiro has a revealing chat with Lenny, co-founder of Tútalo Records in Dominican Republic - talking about the slow rebirth of local vinyl culture and the incredible sounds that the island has birthed. If you love Cuban and Spanish Caribbean music, your ears are in for a serious treat…. Read / listen more….
Read MoreError Subcutáneo is an electronic free jazz project from the Dominican Republic and they’ve got a new beat tape out today! Read / listen here….
Read MoreA 72 hour international DJ marathon raising awareness about the ongoing illegal annexation of Palestinian territories and highlighting anti-colonial and anti-racism protest across the world - Broadcast on Radio Alhara راديو الحارة and mirrored on radio stations globally…. read all about it and get involved!
Read MoreEtienne de la Sayette’s new solo album Kobugi is an atmospheric and sometimes playful look into his deeply musical life when he’s not touring the world with his bands Akalé Wubé or Baesh Bang - a fresh sound for a dirty world…read / listen more…
Read MoreJazz avant-gardist Albert Ayler never chose the easy path…a fearless musical adventurer who went his own way but didn’t live long enough to realise his enduring influence outside of jazz. Here on his 1969 LP ‘New Grass’ he smashed down the doors between jazz and soul music creating something brilliantly unique but at the time, hugely polarising. Nashville label Third Man Records have decided it’s worth our reappraisal and are reissuing it on vinyl. Read / Listen here…
Read MoreWe asked our friend and collaborator Mauro Ferreiro (Error Subcutáneo) to review some recent releases we’ve been listening to and as a talented musician and producer in his own right, he’s got some great insight…read / listen here…
Read MoreCheck out the sumptuous new single from Nottingham soul-jazz singer Daisy Godfrey …classic sounds, classic voice…read/listen here…
Read MoreA personal experience of Tony Allen from Ex-Friendly…read / listen here…
Read MoreMaria Chiara Argirò has asked her longtime electronic collaborators In a Sleeping Mood and Pour Atom Oil to reimagine her own unique take on jazz and they’ve come up with something as unique as her original material…read more…
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