A designer, producer and DJ, south Londoner Hector Plimmer is quite the jack of all trades, and has been making some considerable waves over the past year with his jazz and hip-hop inflected electronica.

After racking up an appearance on the most recent Brownswood Bubblers compilation (Gilles Peterson is a big fan), he recently proved his burgeoning talent when he was selected as the winner of the PRS Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award.

Following on from his recent Eastern System EP, released last year via rising London label Albert's Favourites, we're happy to premiere his debut album Sunshine, which is released on the same imprint this week.

Sunshine

Kalimba

Bulb

Let's Stay

Leipzig producer @Leibniz is not your run of the mill beat maker.

With a resolutely lo fi approach to electronic music, he draws on scattergun tastes and influences which was first presented with his self-titled debut in 2013. He has since returned to Rat Life (a sub label of Uncanny Valley home to Avalon Emerson, Cuthead and Massimiliano Pagliara), with jungle and grime indebted EP Rat Life 10, an offering that again highlights Leibniz's preference for indulging in the weirder side of the electronic sphere.

In his mix for us he digs deep into a selection of acid, dubby techno and ambient experiments that make for one of the widest ranging Bonafide Beats that we've ever hosted on the site.

Leibniz x Bonafide Beats #94

Manchester-based Children Of Zeus' brand of neo-soul infused hip-hop has garnered them plenty of admirers recently, among them Boiler Room, and they were recently brought out by Yussef Kamaal at their Band On The Wall show the other week.

The duo of Konny Kon and Tyler Daley's latest offering is the summer boom-bap belter Don't Say A Word, the flipside to new single I Can't Wait.

With a monthly NTS show and support slots with the likes of Slick Rick, De La Soul, Mos Def, Slum Village and The Pharcyde under their belt, Zeus are picking up some serious heat - 2017 could just be their year. Listen to Don't Say A Word below.

I Can't Wait

Premiere: Children Of Zeus - Don't Say A Word

Born, raised and based in Los Angeles and of Chilean descent, Gaby Hernandez has been writing and recording since 2001.

A founding member of the ‘creative music ensemble’ Build An Ark alongside others including Carlos Niño, Dexter Story and Dwight Trible, she has lent her vocal talents to both Teebs' debut Brainfeeder release Ardour and Dimlite's Outernational Duet.

Her third record Spirit Reflection, released in June on Mr Bongo, features a stellar line-up of LA talent; jazz star Kamasi Washington, Lapalux, Kelis and Gaslamp Killer collaborator Dexter Story, plus Ninja Tune, Plug Research and Soul Jazz artist Carlos Niño, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker.

Latin, folk, electronica and jazz blend seamlessly on Spirit Reflection and we have the pleasure of premiering one of the record's tracks, Lo Mas Dulche.

Blissful layers of instrumentation, vocal harmonies and folkloric percussion intertwine with west coast feel to create a unique, beautiful and multi-layered sound.

Premiere: Gaby Hernandez - Lo Mas Dulche

Tomaga are a London based duo - Valentina Magaletti and Tom Relleen, who channel various forms of multi-instrumentalism, obsessively de-constructing familiar tropes and looking for the tension that lies between improvisation and form.

Following the release of their second album The Shape Of The Dance last September, they release new four track EP Greetings from The Bitter End this week on Kaya Kaya Records, the same label responsible for Rejjie Snow's Rejovich EP in 2013 and Glass Animals' Leaflings in 2012.

Following an invitation from Thurston Moore, the band played in The Can Project last Saturday, in which the duo performed as part of an ensemble fronted by the Sonic Youth singer and featuring previous Can members at the Barbican.

Here we premiere Gonda's Dream (Cavern Of Antimatter Version) taken from Greetings from The Bitter End, a joyful collision of industrial, psychedelic and Lynchian sounds.

Premiere: Tomaga - Gonda's Dream (Cavern of Anti-Matter Version)

Producer K15, or Kieron Ifil, is one half of Profusion, the new project that brings together the two worlds and multidisciplinary talents of him and singer Emeson, who plies his trade not just as a singer who has work with Peter Gabriel, Chico Hamilton and more but also as an actor having appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and various Marvel comic adaptations.

We have the pleasure of premiering Golden, taken from their debut album Where Do I Begin? our now on First Word Records, a jazzy track with a soft broken beat and tribal groove that lays the foundation for Emeson's soulful vocals.

Of the creative process behind Where Do I Begin?, Ifil has commented that: “I make all kinds of music, so working with Emeson is a chance to build on those ideas with someone outside of myself. He has such a rich voice, so I try to strip back some of the layers in the music so there is room for him to really live.”

Where Do I Begin?

Premiere: Profusion - Golden

Up until recently, jazz was seen as a high brow genre that was only for the older generations who could stick their hands in their wallets and afford to pay £100 for a seat at Ronnie Scott's.

Artists like Christian Scott, Corey Henry and Terrace Martin have been breaking down those preconceptions down in the US, whilst in the UK we have a whole host of talent coming through, including Nubya Garcia, Ezra Collective and a whole lot more.

We're delighted to premiere Scott's new track Desire and the Burning Girl, taken from Diaspora, the second instalment of The Centennial Trilogy.

Following on from Ruler Rebel, Diaspora reveals Adjuah to the listener in a way never heard before via a completely new production methodology that stretches Trap Music with West African and New Orleanian Afro-Native American styles.

Diaspora

Premiere: Christian Scott - Desire and the Burning Girl

Sharing a mutual friend in the form of Frankfurt nightclub, The Robert Johnson, @lea-porcelain found a natural fit in @scubaofficial to remix their track Warsaw Street. With his superior knowledge of DJing, producing and releasing music, @Hotflush Recording’s Paul Rose (Scuba) turns Lea Porcelain’s ghostly, post punk track into a classy eight-minute foray into blissful techno.

Keeping the unnerving live vocals of the original and punctuating them with drums and spine tingling crescendos, Rose manages to produce an almost unrecognisable version whilst keeping Warsaw Street firmly connected to its atmospheric, illustrious German origin. Lea Porcelain had spent two years recording in Berlin’s Funkhaus Studio; a broadcasting house created under Soviet supervision.

The duo add “From when the first bass kicks in until the last synth fades out – we are proud to have our song Warsaw Street remixed by the one and only Scuba! From England to Berlin – he is famous for playing the best dance floors with the most delicate DJ-sets.”

Premiere: Lea Porcelain - Warsaw Street (Scuba Remix)

I Like Your Girlfriend

Premiere: Bryte x Gafacci - I Like Your Girlfriend (Oyinboy Remix)

Pre-Order

Premiere: Tricky - When We Die (The Heatwave Remix)

Partnered with Freestyle Records label mate Omar Lyefook (on vox) here the duo offer a fresh interpretation of Herbie's classic track, Butterfly.  The single is taken from Pine's new album, Black Notes From The Deep - out October 27th.

Butterfly

Premiere: Courtney Pine feat. Omar - Butterfly

Premiere: Jaxx Madicine - Fly High

@Souleance’s tastes evolve and their sound expands. Today we premier a perfect example of that, That Guy ft Von Pea taken from their Bamboule EP. An ominous, in your face hip hop driven track that drills into you with it’s relentless raw energy, born of a chasmic Brazilian piano sample. Lyrics from Von Pea of Tanya Morgan match this vibe perfectly while the whole thing is brought together by a quirky vocal sample from some retro American roast style stand up comedy.

Bamboule is out on @Firstwordrecords on the 27th October.

Bamboule

Premiere: Souleance feat. Von Pea - That Guy

The Drive Downtown Part 1

Premiere: Motive 105 - Conditions feat. Courtney Bennett

Onyx Gemstone

Premiere: Rich Garvey - Raindrops

Sunshine Remixed

Premiere: Hector Plimmer - Sunshine (Reginald Omas Mamode IV Remix)

Pre-order

Premiere: Ty - Somehow Somewhere Someway (Kaidi Tatham Remix)

In Spaces 

Premiere: Sola Rosa - Leave A Light On feat. Kevin Mark Trail & L.A. Mitchell

New from Ransom Records sub-label Outer Reaches, comes I Got Standards from the Terminal Tokyo EP by GARAGE CLASS. Enjoy.

Terminal Tokyo

PREMIERE: I Got Standards (Outer Reaches/Ransom Note Records )

First listen of Paper Tiger's new single, Time Travels. Forthcoming on WahWah45's.

Enjoy.

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