Tag: Jazz Funk

Joel Holmes — Into The Abyss

Berlin-based keyboardist Joel Holmes fuses cosmic jazz and electronic music together on ‘Into The Abyss’

Over the past decade, Berlin, which for years was known as a breeding ground for innovative techno and electronic music, has quietly become a creative melting pot for musicians and artists from all over the world. This has led to some of the most innovative genre-defying recordings. One of the artists at the forefront of this evolving scene is composer, producer and keyboard Joel Holmes. He has just released a superb and highly collaborative new album, titled Into The Abyss on Toy Tonics sister label Kryptox.

The Jazz Room Vol 2 — Paul Murphy

Jazz Dance Pioneer Paul Murphy releases Vol 2 of ‘The Jazz Room’ Compilation

From the late 70s and 80’s, legendary UK-based Paul Murphy became a innovative pioneer DJ among the jazz dance scene, performing at now-historic venues like Horshoe, Wag, and Electric Ballroom. He was arguably the first to put on jazz-focused club nights in London and surrounding areas. Influential DJ/radio broadcaster Gilles Peterson once stated, “Paul Murphy found almost every jazz dancefloor classic.” Building on the foundation of both his superb label Jazz Room Records, and the outstanding first compilation he compiled for BBE in 2019, he returns with the much-anticipated follow-up, The Jazz Room Vol.2.

Lorenzo Morresi & Le Isole — Pop Flop

Lorenzo Morresi & Le Isole release superb Italian library music inspired jazz-funk recording

Italian-based producers and multi-instrumentalists Lorenzo Morresi and Luciano Cantone (aka Le Isole) have teamed up to release a superb new album, titled Pop Flop on Space Echo Records, that pays homage to 1970s Italian library music that groundbreaking artists like Piero Umiliani, Sandro Brugnolini, Amedeo Tommasi, Alessandro Alessandroni and others helped pioneer.