Tag: New Releases

JJ Whitefield & Forced Meditation — The Infinity of Nothingness

Innovative German guitarist JJ Whitefield releases cosmic spiritual jazz album ‘The Infinity of Nothingness’

Innovative German guitarist JJ Whitefield, who was a founding member of the pioneering acid jazz group Poets Of Rhythm and later, the The Whitefield Brothers, has been a musical explorer over the past few decades, from his experimental Afro-funk project under the alias Karl Hector to his Kraut-rock and ambient recordings via his Rodinia alter-ego, collaborations with legendary Montenegrin-French composer Janko Nilovic and more. For his first release with London’s Jazzman Records, Whitefield dives into the world of spiritual jazz with a new album titled, The Infinity of Nothingness.

New Regency Orchestra — Mr Bongo

BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 06.14.24

For this week’s edition of BeatCaffeine’s Record Rundown, we touch on a wide range of new releases from around the globe, including the massive debut from London’s Afro-Cuban jazz big band, the New Regency Orchestra, a double-sided heater from Colin Curtis‘ label featuring Italian producer and keyboard wiz Stefano De Santis, Jazzman Records‘ exploration into the legendary Riverside catalogue on their latest Spiritual Jazz compilation, South African multi-instrumental Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O‘s highly-anticipated sophomore full-length, and a collection of music from Brazil’s Vinícius Mendes.

Finn Rees — Dawn Is A Melody

BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, 05.31.24

This week’s BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown includes an incredible debut album from Tasmania-born, Melbourne-based pianist, composer and producer Finn Rees, Colin Curtis’ essential EP release of The Earthsouls, the highly-acclaimed sophomore offering from The Brkn Record, led by Jake Ferguson of The Heliocentrics, Jazz Room Records double-sided 7inch featuring Robert “Dubwise” Browne’s reworking of two soul-jazz classics, and prolific London-based keyboardist and composer Greg Foat paying tribute to his plants.

Blackjoy — Grand Soleil

BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, 05.24.24

This week’s BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown includes the return and a fresh new sound from French producer and multi-instrumentalist Blackjoy, Quiet Dawn’s new highly-anticipated full-length, a limited-edition new single featuring the late vocal jazz great Mark Murphy, cosmic jazz pioneer Carlos Niño’s latest spiritual offering, and John Beltran kicking off the summer with the fourth installment of Back to Bahia.

BeatCaffeine's Favorite Tracks of 2023

BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Tracks of 2023

With the final “best of” list for 2023, I dive into some of our favorite tracks of the year. Out of all of the year-end lists, this is easily the most difficult to pull together given how many great tracks are worthy to be included in such a list. This year, I went about this differently. Instead of just listing the tracks, I also included the album, 12″ or 7″ that the track was associated with in hopes to encourage everyone to be purchasing the vinyl or digital releases (which is important for these artists and labels!). No commentary included with these, we’ll just let the music do all the talking.

Record Store Day 2022 — Drop 1

BeatCaffeine’s Record Store Day 2022 ‘Drop 1’ Recommendations

This Saturday, April 23rd is the first of two Record Store Day’s in 2022. This now bi-annual event has become the prime day in which many labels release limited-edition or never-before-released vinyl albums, singles, compilations and reissues. While the day usually attracts many hardcore collectors, shops also often see a large influx of casual music fans and possibly a smaller number that might be buying their first record. Regardless, these are all great things.