The multi-talented Shay Hazan fuses rubbery North African Gnawa grooves, with haunting jazz horns and hip hop on “Bob Dealer”, his forthcoming single via international groove artisans, Batov Records.  A special taste from his first LP for Batov, ‘Reclusive Rituals’.

Tel-Aviv based musician Shay Hazan is a composer, producer, bassist & bandleader. His versatile bass is frequently heard on national radio, providing the hits of tomorrow with a foundation in groove, and MIMS readers may have heard his bass lines propelling the grooves of Sandman Project’s breakthrough EP, ‘Royal Family’.  Recently, Hazan’s straight jazz project, the Shay Hazan Quintet has been making waves, particularly with the release of a 7” single on Jazzman Records.

Having commenced producing his new album during the first Covid lockdown, his creative process this time was a marked departure from previous projects. Whereas he would normally call and gather his band together to record his new compositions live, Hazan would come up with a groove first before sending the recording parts to a drummer in Berlin or a saxophonist in Tel Aviv to add a complementary rhythm or melody, and then finally editing the results himself. As Hazan puts it, “So technically I had the role of the composer and the producer as well as the guimbri player.”

“I made this album in order to satisfy the inner urge for simple grooves and the search for a different and new sound that draws inspiration from ancient places with great tradition but still corresponds with the world and the period in which I live and the way I express myself.”

Having already mastered the double and electric bass, Hazan learned how to play the three-stringed gimbri: a camel-skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of North Africa, as heard on their hypnotic music.  Hazan repurposes the unique qualities of the instrument with a jazz approach, no doubt inspired somewhat by his introduction to the instrument: “The truth is that my first acquaintance with the Gimbri was by bassist William Parker, who is not a traditional Gnawan player, but an American musician, identified with jazz and improvised music. that I have been following for years.  Once I saw him play with this thing in a show and my mind exploded, I started researching where it came from and listening to music from Morocco and North Africa”. 

The album title, ‘Reclusive Rituals’, is inspired by a Jean-Michel Basquiat interview from 1985 where he discusses his reclusiveness and the public demand for gossip on well-known figures. In particular how advantageous it can be to stay out of the limelight, as the crowd’s very nature is to eventually turn on their idols. Hazan interpreted this to imply that personal behavioural patterns are significantly affected by the fear of negative responses, often leading them to non-action: “Basquiat's words have been resonating in my head for a long time. I see around me a lot of people who for fear of receiving negative criticism, do not initiate or create anything.

And in a certain place, I'm a little scared to be in this place myself and feel the need to keep searching and creating all the time without being influenced by criticism, for better or worse.”

 "Bob Dealer" sees full digital release on December 3rd, with the album dropping on December 10th, on both vinyl and digital. Pre-order available now.

Bob Dealer (Single)

Exclusive Premiere: Shay Hazan "Bob Dealer" (Forthcoming on Batov Records)

Favourite Tracks Dezember 2021

Tracklist:

Kerbside Collection - Glaze
The kBC´S -  Rockets (feat Oliver St. Louis)
The KBC´s - Ndidi (feat Nineka)
Alfa Mist - Bumper Cars
The Kount  - The Way you make me feel
Russ - Distance (feat Ghostface Killah & Conway the Machine)
Russ - Note To Self (feat Wale, Hit-Boy, Joey Bada$$, Big Sean)
Dr Dre ETA (feat Anderson Paak, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg)
Lady Wray - Through it all
Pale Jay - Under the Magnolia Tree
Pale Jay - Dos Uvas
Thundercat - Satellite (feat Louis Cole & Genevieve Atardi)
Ebi Soda - Yoshi Orange
Shay hazan - Afrobe
Àbáse - Awo Ossaniym (feat Dofono d´Onulo & Afrojazz)
Àbáse -  Ile ye (feat Jadson Xabla & Gabriel Santana)
Azymuth -  Quiet Storm (Akili Remix) Jazz is Dead

Crates:/ 12 /21

• DTW FM #331 •

Hosted by:
Marco Weibel
@marcoweibel

&

Mawkus
@mawkus

Tracklist:
Marco Weibel Set :
DTW Intro
Delly Rollies & Friends 82 - Licik
Dj Counseling - Asterisms
Han Do Jin - Drive Less
Felipe Gordon - Timeless
Alton Miller ft. KB - Love Don’t Pass Me By 
Two The Hardway - Who Said? (Vocal Version)
Tony Allen & Afrobeat 2000 - Road Close (Dance Dub)
Crackazat - Sarge 
Bizzarre Tracks - Sensory Delight
Tristan Arp x Kellen303 - Entangled Beings
Triple Point - Back 2 Life
K-Lone - Get Loose 
Al Wootton - Sancode 
Ido Plumes - Waiting 4 Us
DJ Dextrous & Rude Boy Keith - Wicked

Mawkus Set:
Coming Soon

Spotify Handle : dtw.lnk.to/DTWitall
Every Saturday
12PM - 2PM EST
Broadcasting via The Lot Radio
(www.thelotradio.com)

Darker Than Wax FM #331 w/ Marco Weibel & Mawkus • 20th August 2022

Love Was Never Your Goal

Catch The Sun (feat. Samii)

Today's exclusive, "Ostatni Sygnal" (meaning "Last Signal"), comes from "post jazz" duo Twoosty Mayonez, on Poland's ever-consisent U Know Me Records.

Twoosty Mayonez consists of Bartosz Wolert (drums) and Dominik Kaniewski (bass guitar and synthesizers). "Carmin" is their debut album, which will be released primarily on vinyl by U Know Me Records next week. 

According to Twoosty Mayonez, "Ostatni Sygnal" is the "last track from our debut album, but for sure not the last track from the planet Carmin". 

"Things don't always go your way, especially when your plans involve space travel. In the case of Captain Harrison Focus's expedition, it started innocently, but no one was prepared for an emergency landing on the mysterious planet Carmin. Only then did the real fight for survival begin. This record tells the story of a dangerous expedition into space that began on February 6, 2023."

Exclusive Premiere: Twoosty Mayonez "Ostatni Sygnal" (Forthcoming on U Know Me Records)

"Sand Spirit" is the fourth and final single from RUMTUM's upcoming album, 'Arcadian Daze'. Utilizing a muted, understated 2-step UK Garage break that evokes Burial's early work, along with a deep, pulsing bassline throughout. The song atmospherically layers warm, enveloping synth work with an otherworldly Koto-esque string line to create a melancholy, evocative soundscape.'Arcadian Daze' will be out everywhere March 24th.

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RUMTUM - Sand Spirit

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Back again under the moon. Two years after visiting the Smuggler's Moon, we find ourselves in a lunar space once again. Venturing from the MidKnight Hour into the Mourning Hour, we present to you NOTM II : 25:61.

25:61 (Intro)

A remix of material from Laraaji's Bring On The Sun album by LA hip-hop producer Ras G.

www.smarturl.it/bringonthesun

Laraaji is a musician, mystic and laughter meditation practitioner based in New York City. He began playing music on the streets in the 1970s, improvising trance-inducing jams on a modified autoharp processed through various electronic effects. Brian Eno saw him playing one night in Washington Square Park and invited him to record an album for his seminal Ambient series (Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance, released 1980). Laraaji went on to release a prolific series of albums for a wide variety of labels, many of which he recorded himself at home and sold as cassettes during his street performances.

Ras G (Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune) explores space and time through his ancient/futuristic music. Dusty, ethereal and bugged out, the Crate Creator's beats bring the past to the future.

Laraaji meets La Ras_ G

Dj and Moderator at Limbo Rhythm/Radio Z Nürnberg. 
Every first Saturday from 5 to7 pm at 95,8Mhz in Nürnberg, Germany.

Booking: Andreas-dorr@web.de

Genres: Hip Hop, Jazz, Neo-Soul, Funk. Disco, House, Amapiano, Bossa Nova, World Music...

Gigs:

6.04.24 Bierchen und Bühnchen Aftershow /Deis
16.02.24 Blok Bar / Nürnberg
6.02.24 Kunstwecchsel Ausstellung von Kid Crow/ Schwabach

31.12.23 Silvesterparty Hotel Bergschlösschen/ Bamberg
09.12.23 blok Bar
26.10.23 Nuejazz Lounge /AEG
30.09.23 NBGrooves Silent Discco Jamnitzer Platz 
14.07.23 Blok Bar /nürnberg
01.07.23 Gartenfest E-Werk /erlangen
14.05.23 Muttertag im PARKS /Nürnberg
15.04.23 Bierchen und Bühnchen Aftershow Party / Desi

05.11.22 Blok Bar mit Bundle Brothers
21.10.22 Nuejazz Kulturwerkstatt / AEG
09.07.22 Block Party Anna Park /Nürnberg
25.05.22 Biergarten Z- Bau/ Nürnberg
07.05.22 Silent Disco Blaue Nacht 7 Nürnberg
17.04.22 Cosmic Dust Radio Show / Bocchum

29/30.10.21 NUEJazz Festival / Z-bau Nürnberg
20.10.21 Blok Bar
02.07.21 TribeZ Loop Sessions Support /Desi Nürnberg

16.08.20 About Summer Biergarten /Z-Bau Nürnberg
10.07.20  Vison Next Hip Hop Biergarten /Hirsch Nürnberg
06.7.20 Einkaufen mit Musik/ Hey Hey Bar Nürnberg
15.05.20 NBG Hip. Hub Stream / harlem Bar Nürnberg
11.01.20 Elected /Hey Hey Bar

27.12.2019 What Da Funk / Blok Bar
29.11.19 Blok Bar
15.11.19 Elected /Hey Hey Bar
02.11.19 Bungle Jam /Flon St Gallen
26.11.19 What Da Funk /Z-Bau Nürnberg
04.10.19 Urban Sounds in Concert / Z-Bau
21.09.19 Betonliebe Graffiti / Frankenzentrum Nürnberg
20.09.19 Elected / Hey Hey Bar
24.08.19 Team Dauerfeuer Pop Up Store
24.08.19 About Summer / Z Bau Biergarten
24.8.19 blok Bar Nürnberg
04.08.19 Streetfood Markt / Parks Nürnberg
26./27.7.19 Style Scouts / Hauptbahnhof Nürnberg
26.07.19 What Da Funk / Blok Bar
19.07.19 Wasteland Afrika-Karibik- Festival / Wassertrüdingen
13.07.19 Booya Release Party / Ol Dirty Soundbar Nürnberg
03.07.19 Sugerhill Gang  Warm up / Hirsch Nürnberg
15.06.19  Turn it up / Süd Bar St Gallen
09.06.19 Beatcafe Open Air /Zett9 Fürth
07.06.19 Diggin Deeper / Hey Hey Bar Nürnberg
23.05.19 Masta Ace Warm up /Hirsch Nürnberg
10.05.19 Style Scouts /Ostbahnhof Berlin
04.05.19 Silent Disco NBGrooves / Blaue Nacht Nürnberg
21.04.19 hipHopforgrownupz 7 Hey Hey Bar
10.04.19 A.G Warm up /Eisdiele Nürnberg
31.03.19 GZA Warm up / Hirsch Nürnberg
13.03.19 Sadat X & El da Sensai Support / Eisdiele Nürnberg
08.03.19 Blok Bar Nürnberg
02.03.19 Retrogott & Hulk Horn Support / Desi Nürnberg
29.02.19 Lords of the Underground Support /Hirsch Nürnberg
11.02.19 The Doppelgangaz Support / Z-Bau Nürnberg
08.02.19 Beatcafe / Zett9 Fürth

25.12.18 Ol Dirty Soundbar /Nürnberg
10.11.18 Bungle Brothers / Blok bar
06.10.18 Legal Wall Opening / jUZ Oberasbacch
21.09.18 bout it bout it / KV im Z Bau
10.09.18 Devin the Dude Warm up / Cloud Erlangen

Crates:/ 12 /21

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