Tag: Cosmic
Strut Records has recently released the first definitive expanded reissue of Sun Ra’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow, the group’s visionary 1977 live session at the Bluebird in Bloomington, Indiana, now expanded across three vinyl LPs. This new edition restores previously unreleased material and the organic transitions between pieces, letting the full flow of the Arkestra’s cosmic ritual unfold in real time.
Listen back to this past Saturday, August 9th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included the new music from DFRA Experience Jazz Band and Casbah 73, jazz dance classics from Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Janet Lawson, and Obrador, and cosmic grooves from Sun Ra Arkestra, Estrada Orchestra and more!
New Zealand jazz collective The Circling Sun, whom is made up of record collectors, music producers and DJs including bandleader Julien Dyne, follow-up their breakthrough debut Spirits, which was named ‘2023 BeatCaffeine Album of the Year‘ with their highly-anticipated sophomore full-length on Soundway Records, titled Orbits.
For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the latest 7inch from Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room Records featuring Southern California’s Cozmos quintet, Rainer Trüby and Miche’s compilation celebrating the groundbreaking German jazz label Nabel Records, the new cosmic album from UK keyboard wiz Greg Foat and vocalist Forest Law, and Sampology’s brilliant new EP release.
For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the remarkable Marc Decho EP for Colin Curtis’s label, the debut 12inch by the new duo project from Italian producers Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs, Right Tempo’s compilation highlighting the golden era of jazz-infused house music, and a superb lo-fi jazz recording by Netherlands-based multi-instrumentalist Ruben Drenth dedicated to the Bonsaika.
Melbourne-rooted London-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Don Glori returns with his most eclectic and adventurous album to date, and first for the UK-based Mr. Bongo label, titled Paper Can’t Wrap Fire.
Catching up on some recent standout releases, here is BeatCaffeine’s weekly record rundown (just a few days late) featuring the latest by Melbourne-based “future-jazz” collective Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Emma-Jean Thackray’s highly personal and eclectic album Weirdo, Italian saxophone great Emanuele Cisi’s brilliant new offering on the Right Tempo label, and Ten Lovers Music latest Best of Various EP.
Following the group’s impressive contributions to some of the most recent recordings from Ghanaian highlife legend Pat Thomas, the Accra-based Kwashibu Area Band has released their highly-anticipated debut album on London’s Soundway Records, titled Love Warrior’s Anthem.
This week’s BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown includes the much anticipated sophomore release from rising London-based pianist Sultan Stevenson, the latest brilliant offering from legendary UK producer and multi-instrumentalist Kaidi Tatham, an impressive new album from upcoming vibraphonist Sasha Berliner, and an eclectic full-length from keyboard wiz and Ezra Collective member Joe Armon-Jones.
The legendary Marshall Allen, who has been a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra since 1958 and led the iconic group since 1995, has remarkably at the age of 100 just released his debut solo album, titled New Dawn on the Brooklyn-based label Mexican Summer .
New York-based keyboardist, vocalist and Alice Coltrane disciple Surya Botofasina, who was a major contributor on André 3000’s groundbreaking New Blue Sun recording, follows up his breakthrough debut Everyone’s Children with a brilliant new album on the superb London label Spiritmuse Records, titled Ashram Sun.
Beginning with the release of Les Hommes breakthrough debut album in 2000 on Schema Records, titled The Mood is Modal, the East London trio has continued to receive much acclaim through a number of follow-up recordings. In much-anticipation, the group releases their first full-length since 2017, titled Sì, così on Sudded Hunger Records.
This week’s BeatCaffeine Weekly Rundown features some incredible boundary-pushing releases, including the brilliant new album from Nala Sinephro, Paradise Cinema’s much-anticipated sophomore release, an adventurous new recording from the Bristol-based Ishmael Ensemble, and a superb new remix 12″ from two of Gondwana Records’ standout artists in Portico Quartet and Hania Rani.
