BBE Reissues Extremely Rare Japanese Jazz Album ‘Mother Earth’
The third in BBE’s well-curated ‘J Jazz Masterclass Series’ features one of the most sought-after jazz albums out of Japan in ‘Earth Mother’ by the Koichi Matsukaze Trio.
Category: FEATURED RELEASES
Hypnotic Atmospheric Jazz From Ishmael Ensemble
Led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Pete Cunningham, the Bristol-based Ishmael Ensemble releases their second of a three-part 7” series, titled Severn Songs 2.
Afro-house Grooves From New Zealand’s Julien Dyne
Fresh off his superb remix of Lord Echoes’ “The Sweetest Meditation,” well-accomplished New Zealand-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Julien Dyne has released a great new album on the Soundway label, titled Teal.
Boundary Pushers: Jazz re:freshed Presents 1000 Kings
Over the past two decades, the London-based Jazz re:freshed organization has played a major role in showcasing some of the best young jazz talent in the region.
London’s Leading Drummer Moses Boyd Releases ‘Displaced Diaspora’
Drummer and producer Moses Boyd is one of the leading and most cutting-edge artists in today’s thriving London jazz scene. Over the past few years, he has performed on some of the best recordings alongside other major players of the UK jazz scene including Nubya Garcia, Oscar Jerome, Joe Armon-Jones, Shabaka Hutchings, Zara MacFarlane, Four Tet, Gilles Peterson, and others.
Global Highlife Grooves from Auntie Flo
The London-based producer has just released his third album titled Radio Highlife. This recording, which is the first on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label, is the London-based producer’s most ambitious to-date, as he made a conscious effort to infuse an array of different global sounds that he came across over the years from his worldly travels as a deejay.
Rare Sounds From the Eighties Pan-African Scene
Paris has a long history of being a global hub for both culture and music, including a fusion of influences from Europe, the French-Caribbean, and Africa. This led to a rise of new African sounds in the city’s underground nightclubs and recording studios during the eighties known now as the Pan-African movement.
Takeo Moriyama’s 1983 Japanese Jazz Masterpiece ‘East Plants’
As a part of BBE Music’s ‘J Jazz Masterclass series,’ spawning from the brilliant J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984 compilation that came out earlier in the year, the label has just reissued Takeo Moriyama’s 1983 masterpiece East Plants.
Brownswood’s Skinny Pelembe Releases New Collaborative EP
Following up on his superb ‘Spit/Swallow’ single earlier in the year, the multi-talented producer Skinny Pelembe has just released a brilliant new EP titled Sleep More, Make More Friends, his second off of Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label.
Afro-Disco Holy Grail ‘Cosmic Sounds’ Reissued
38 years after it’s original release, N’Draman-Blintch’s extremely rare Afro-disco gem Cosmic Sounds finally sees a much-needed reissue from the Paris-based Hot Mule label.
