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London’s rising contemporary soul and funk artist Joel Culpepper shares explosive double video to his latest songs “Return/W.A.R”
London’s rising contemporary soul and funk artist Joel Culpepper shares the explosive double video to his latest songs “Return/W.A.R”, from his forthcoming debut album “Sgt Culpepper”. The concept is a “Jackie Brown meets Matrix” stylized visual from Joel Culpepper’s viewpoint. The song is a metaphor for a pressing force that is broaching all our lives and open to interpretation. Whether it’s BLM, Brexit, or Covid, we all feel a looming weight and finding our voices in how to express how we feel about it. The double single from his long-awaited forthcoming debut album sees South East London native Joel welcome us into his immersive and personal world in a bold…
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Leeds based trio Gotts Street Park shares a new single with Pip Millett “Changes My Way”, ahead of a release of a new EP “Volume Two”
Leeds-based trio Gotts Street Park shares a new single with Pip Millett “Changes My Way”, ahead of a release of a new EP “Volume Two”. Their music fuse soul, hip-hop, r’n’b, and jazz, and this wonderful mix we can expect from the forthcoming record. “Changes My Way” is a slow tempo soul track with the beautiful, tender, and soothing voice of Pip Millett. Another great song after the last single “Everything” featuring Rosie Lowe, another classic in their catalog. Gotts Street Park is like the modern-day in-house band, in the style of legendary studios like Stax in Memphis or Muscle Shoals in Alabama, where songs were created and recorded from…
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Pink Freud released two new singles “Pink Sunrise” and “Radio Pink Freud”, from their forthcoming album “[piano forte brutto netto]”.
Polish jazz group Pink Freud released two new singles “Pink Sunrise” and “Radio Pink Freud”, from their forthcoming album “[piano forte brutto netto]” via Mystic Production. Pink Freud is a jazz band founded in Gdańsk in 1998 by Wojtek Mazolewski. The ensemble has since become a strong force in the Polish music market. It has built its own niche on the ground of new jazz with a punk twist, remaining stylistically soul-searching through the years. The band features Wojtek Mazolewski (bass), Adam Baron (trumpet), Arek Kopera (saxophone) Rafał Klimczuk (drums). Pink Freud, nicknamed “the export product of Polish culture” is a phenomenon in the Polish jazz scene, but also quite…
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The Wicked Sound Playlist November 2020/11/4 New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound November 2020/11/4 new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Jake Milliner, Fr1th, Marcus Tenney, Charlie Allen, Andrew Ashong, Kaidi Tatham, JK Group, Greg Spero, Terreon Gully, Curtis Taylor, Bob Reynolds, Benjamin Sheperd, Geoffrey Keezer, Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman, Antonio Sanchez, Joel McCullough, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Andrea Lombardini, Tommaso Cappellato, Ilhan Ersahin, Alp Ersonmez, Turgut Alp Bekoglu, Izzet Kizil, Coma World, Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra, Jahari Massamba Unit, Madlib, Karriem Riggins, The Stance Brothers, Teppo Makynen, Allysha Joy, Scrimshire, Omar, XANA, Faye Houston, Ezra Collective, Jme, Swindle, KOKOROKO, Nubya Garcia, Makaya McCraven, Liam Bailey, Blend Mishkin,…
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Hip hop producer Madlib and jazz drummer Karriem Riggins have teamed up as Jahari Massamba Unit with a new album coming
Hip hop producer Madlib and jazz drummer Karriem Riggins have teamed up as Jahari Massambi Unit with a new album coming called “Pardon My French” via Madlib Invazion. The album will debut on Black Friday Record Store Day. Madlib plays all of the instruments on the record with the exception of drums, which are handled by Riggins. The first single “Les Jardins Esméraldins (Pour Caillard)” is called after producer favourite wine, as all the songs on the album borrow their names from wines. Madlib said: “We would have called it Spiritual Jazz but Phil Ranelin told us to call it Black Classical Music”. Madlib and Karriem Riggins have teamed up…
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Allysha Joy from 30/70 Collective announces a new EP album “Light It Again” with a new single “Better”
Allysha Joy from 30/70 Collective announces a new EP album “Light It Again” via First Word Records, with a new single “Better”. The EP album contains 4 songs produced and engineered by Grammy-nominated Hiatus Kaiyote drummer Clever Austin. “Light It Again” features accompaniment from an all-star set of Melbourne artists; Horatio Luna, Ziggy Zeitgeist, Danika Smith and Josh Kelly. Horatio, Ziggy and Josh are also Allysha’s band members in 30/70 Collective. Across a variety of grooves and deep lyricism, this EP touches on love, shame, mental health, grief & spirituality. It also marks a new sound for a Allysha, transmitting her honest and raw expression through the signature crunch and sonic landscape…
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The Wicked Sound Playlist November 2020/11/3 New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound November 2020/11/3 new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Alecia Renece, Hemai, Laura Roy, Woddy Green, Moo Latte, Byron the Aquarius, Rasheeda Ali, Lil' John Roberts, Sheldon Ferguson, Raynald Colom, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Ben Wendel, Chris Potter, Xvngo, Master Mac, Nels Cline, AKU!, Bandler Ching, Kosmo Sound, Red Astaire, Dynamite MC, Blend Mishkin, Sugahspank!, Ancient Astronauts, MoRoots, Alex Blair, Hgns, MonoNeon, Chali 2na, Choklate, Common, Black Thought, PJ, Made Kuti You can listen to this playlist also on Spotify, Deezer, Soundcloud or YouTube. The Wicked Sound weekly playlist November 2020/11/3 Jazz Funk Soul Reggae…
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Emma-Jean Thackray tonight at EFG London Jazz Festival 2020
Emma-Jean Thackray play tonight at EFG London Jazz Festival 2020 Watch on Friday 13 November, 9:00pm at https://www.mixcloud.com/efglo... Repped by Gilles Peterson, RBMA, Sounds of The Universe and many more, rising mega-talent Emma-Jean Thackray wears many musical hats. As a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, bandleader and DJ, she is just as at home working with the London Symphony Orchestra as she is hosting her show on Worldwide FM or tearing it up on trumpet with her quartet. From her solo releases "Ley Lines" on The Vinyl Factory and acclaimed "Walrus" EP, she maintains her trajectory as one of the most talented young musicians in the jazz scene. Her…
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The Wicked Sound’s The EFG London Jazz Festival concerts selection
The Wicked Sound’s The EFG London Jazz Festival 2020 concerts selection The EFG London Jazz Festival will be going ahead as a huge range of shows and special events online, with live concerts now streamed from venues across London and remaining an integral part of the programme. There are a host of streams and online events in the Festival, many available free to view: new work, new collaborations, unique performances, bespoke productions from international artists, talks, family events and interactive sessions, bringing this exceptional 10-day event to audiences across the world. Here is our concerts selection of London Jazz Festival concerts worth to see this year: (Friday 13 November) Jazz…
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Loyle Carner delivers a new track “Yesterday” on Madlib beat
Loyle Carner delivers a new track “Yesterday” on Madlib beat. The rapper is talking in this track about black identity today and in the past, while Madlib is providing a jazzy feel in the background. “It’s no secret Madlib is my musical hero. I wrote this almost two years ago, but at first had trouble with clearing the sample and thought it would never see the light of day. It’s really just about what it is to be black and white, in a world where you pretty much have to be one or the other. It hurts the way I felt about my race back then is the same way I…
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Makaya McCraven remixed Nubya Garcia powerful new song “Source”.
Makaya McCraven remixed Nubya Garcia powerful new song “Source”, taken from her self-titled debut album. The album was released on Concorde Jazz, and make a serious waves. The original album track “Source”, before the remix, is an epic 12-minute journey with guest appearances by Ms Maurice, Cassie Kinoshi and Richie Seivwright, blending jazz, reggae and afrobeat. Makaya McCraven took it a little bit further into his percussive musical landscape. Nubya took part in Makaya McCraven's recording sessions in London, which end up on critically acclaimed 2018's "Universal Being", and the new one coming soon "Universal Beings E&F Sides". From our Blog: Nubya Garcia announces her debut album “Source” with two powerful new singles “Pace” and…
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English energetic jazz duo Binker and Moses announced live album “Escape The Flames”.
England is in the middle of lockdown, all the music clubs are closed, all the live gigs are canceled, but English energetic jazz duo Binker and Moses just announced live album “Escape The Flames”. This 6-track recording is taken from their “Journey to the Mountain of Forever” album launch at the iconic Total Refreshment Centre back in 2017. All the tracks are from the first part of “Journey to the Mountain of Forever” album, which contains only the duo of sax and drums. The second one was recorded with guest appearances from saxophonist Evan Parker, trumpeter Byron Wallen, harpist Tori Handsley tabla player Sarathy Korwar and drummer Yussef Dayes. Sessions…
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Ilhan Ersahin presents “Aslan”, the second single from his internationally praised Instanbul Sessions project’s new album
Acclaimed saxophonist and composer Ilhan Ersahin presents “Aslan”, the second single from his internationally praised Instanbul Sessions project’s new album “Instanbul Sessions Bir Zamanlar Simdi”. Founder of Nublu Records and the renowned East Village nightclub of the same name, Ersahin again brings together the sounds of east and west to produce something new and vital, further perfecting a style first introduced with Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions with Erik Truffaz. Now recording as a quartet, Istanbul Sessions’ “Bir Zamanlar Simdi” combines Ersahin’s free-form avant-jazz riffs skillfully and seamlessly with the exotically flavored grooves conjured by Istanbul bassist Alp Ersonmez, drummer Turgut Alp Bekoglu, and percussionist Izzet Kizil to dazzling effect. …
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The Wicked Sound Playlist November 2020/11/2 New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound November 2020/11/2 new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Cktrl, Duval Timothy, Till Bronner, Bob James, Ibrahim Maalouf, Marcus Miller, Ilhan Ersahin, Alp Ersonmez, Turgut Alp Bekoglu, Izzet Kizil, Gabriele Pribetti, Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman, Antonio Sanchez, Analog Players Society, Amon Drum, EABS, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Potatohead People, Quantic, Souleance, The Mighty Mocambos, Lettuce, Flamingosis, Liam Bailey, Greentea Peng, Akasha, Ranking Joe, Tank and The Bangas, Hasizzle, Keedy Black, Big Choo, Dumpstaphunk, Chali 2na, Trombone Shorty, Patchworks, Nelson Dialect You can listen to this playlist also on Spotify, Deezer, Soundcloud or YouTube. The Wicked Sound…
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Thijsenterprise release a second single “Sketchy” from his forthcoming album “Lahringen”
Thijsenterprise release a second single “Sketchy” from his forthcoming album “Lahringen” coming out via Rucksack Records. As my first reaction to the title of this track, I thought of a sketch of drawing, as something rough and incomplete. Something that gives us a general idea but without many details. But after watching a homemade video to the track made by Thijsenterprise, a similar idea came to me - "sketchy" in skate’s slang is used to describe anything that is not perfect or ideal. My impression was absolutely opposite, composition is short, but expressive, and perfect the way it is, it stuck in my head, and don’t want to leave. Artist confessed that…
