We don’t really cover single releases (apart from the occasional premiere) so we thought we would start a new section on the blog where we shout about some random new singles we have been sent or discovered ourselves in some dusty corner. All kinds of music that we may not have time to cover as albums or one time one-offs. Enjoy! Tell your friends! This episode includes Nicola Cruz, Voodoo Drummer, Romperayo, Cyril Cyril, Chizawa Q & more...
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Ali Dada 'SUM' (YNFND) - a review
The Swiss trio Ali Dada have carved themselves an album of languid cinematic tracks out of late night jam sessions and a few guiding rules: vibes and 'mistakes' as important as intent. Nineties trip hop sounds have been reappearing quite a lot recently and this immersive album of dope beats, psychedelic guitars and atmospheric textures certainly resides in this smoky territory. Read / Listen.
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Arthur Hnatek Trio 'Uncertainty' (Bridge The Gap) - Premiere!
We are pleased to premiere the new single from the award-winning Swiss drummer, composer and producer Arthur Hnatek. Like Sons Of Kemet in a rhythmic duel with Steve Reich, Arthur, saxophonist Francesco Geminaini and bassist Fabien Iannone manage to become a single pulsating organism, somehow creating a soothing meditative track that also contains a powerful organic groove. Read / Listen
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Woxow 'How Many Ancestors Do We Have' (Little Beat More) - a review
DJ and beatmaker Woxow’s new E.P. for his own label Little Beat More is a hip hop-jazz-dub release that hits all the right notes. Boom bap drums, live horns and bass with masterful vocal turns from Reggae Roast MC Natty Campbell, US MC’s Azeem and Raashan Ahmad alongside remixers Luke Beats, Deela, Koralle and Paolo Baldini Dubfiles make this a must for fans of Fat Freddy’s Drop, Roots Manuva or Doom. Read / Listen.
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LILAMORS 'Home' (Hout Records) - Video Premiere!
We are pleased to premiere the video of the lovely debut single ‘Home’ from the Basel-based modern compositional-jazz-not-jazz trio LILAMORS. Haunting yet comforting, the monochromatic video directed by Blaž Rojs is a slow moving waltz into the depths of the sea; a perfectly paced response to the music’s hymn-like beauty. Read / Watch / Listen..
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Leoni Leoni 'Leoni' Leoni' (Bongo Joe) - a review
Leoni Leoni is a Swiss artist whose strangely woozy music is a mesmerizing mix of dreamy odd pop and subtle electronic beauty and the always top notch Bongo Joe have collated this release from four of her homemade cassette releases. It is a lovely trip indeed. Read / Listen
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Credit - Nicola Schmid
Howald 'Amnis Alsace' (BlauBlau Records) - a review
A touching and poetic soundtrack to a filmic diary that was made in response to the music from Swiss multi-instrumentalist Dimitri Howald. Touching on Afro-Brazilian, jazz, post-rock and 80s New Wave flavours. Read / Listen / Watch the film here
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