Rudy’s Midnight Machine latest EP explores Brit-funk & balearic grooves
Under his Rudy’s Midnight Machine alias, Faze Action’s Robin Lee returns with a new five-track EP influenced heavily by early eighties British and jazz-funk.
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Space Is The Place: London’s The Comet Is Coming has landed
One of the leading artists and saxophonists in the currently thriving London jazz scene, Shabaka Hutchings, returns with the Afro-futuristic space-jazz band The Comet Is Coming on a brilliant new album titled Trust In The Lifeforce of The Deep Mystery.
Ecuador’s Nicola Cruz’ Takes Listeners on a Spiritual Journey with ‘Siku’
Ecuadorian producer and percussionist Nicola Cruz follows up his 2015 breakthrough debut Prender el Alma, with a great new recording that takes the listener on a spiritual journey inspired by indigenous South American musical roots.
Cinematic Soundscapes and Atmospheric Tones From Dutch Multi-Instrumentalist
Under the name Felbm, Dutch multi-instrumentalist Eelco Topper (aka Falco Benz) releases a great new two-part project through Soundway Records titled Tape 1 / Tape 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.
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.
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.
Phil France of Cinematic Orchestra Returns with New Album ‘Circle’
For the second week in a row, Gondwana Records has released another great record, this time the sophomore album from Phil France, titled Circle.
Tropical Balearic Grooves From Australia
Quite possibly one of the best records of the summer comes from “down under,” as innovative Australian producer and deejay known as Sampology (aka Sam Poggioli) has just released a great new EP titled Mt Glorious.
Manuel Göttsching’s electronic masterpiece ‘E2-E4’ that changed everything
Declared by Pitchfork as “the most compelling argument that techno came from Germany,” and ranked the fourth best album of the eighties by FACT, Manuel Göttsching’s 1984 E2-E4 is considered by many to be one of the greatest electronic recordings of our time.
From Here to Eternity, Giorgio Moroder’s 1977 Italo Disco Classic
Starting in the mid-1970s, disco flooded nightclubs in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. From its soul and Motown roots, disco expanded dance music with complex arrangements and productions: Percussion, strings, horns, and keyboards were often played by a large team of musicians under the direction of a producer.
