'Various Assets - Not For Sale 2013' is a collection of some of the music that was made during the Red Bull Music Academy during four early summer weeks in New York City last year. The double CD contains 30 tracks composed, improvised and discovered by the 62 international participants and a cast of high-profile studio team members, who all got their fingers dirty on synths, Mellotrons, vibraphones, drum machines and anything else they could lay their hands on. Enjoy!

Jam sessions are the lifeblood of musicians, allowing ideas to flow freely and form naturally. And when you find something good, you seize it, size it up and shape it further. That’s how this trio crafted this little ditty that’s sure to get your neck snapping.

Written by August Rosenbaum (DK), Mitchel Van Dinther (NL) and Stephen Bruner (US). Produced by August Rosenbaum. All instruments played by August Rosenbaum, Jameszoo and Stephen Bruner.

'Various Assets - Not For Sale 2013' is available for free download from January 15th, 2014 via <a href="http://rbma.bandcamp.com">RBMA Bandcamp</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/redbullmusicacademy">Soundcloud</a>.

August Rosenbaum, Jameszoo & Stephen Bruner - Fusion

TFOX - Where The Heart Lives

Original Music composed by Daniel Casimir

4. Cable St.

Cricket Funk (ft Fiebs)

fine and dandy (w ricky cheesecake)

“Crimson” ft. Count Bass D is the first single from Portland producer Roane Namuh’s new Petrichor EP via Liquid Beat Records.  The track features additional keys by Tony Ozier and was recorded in Portland while Count was on tour.

Exclusive Premiere : Roane Namuh "Crimson" Feat. Count Bass D (Liquid Beat Records)

Out Now! Grab compilation digi / 12" : https://darkerthanwax.bandcamp.com/album/various-channels-vol-1-nyc-compiled-by-marco-weibel

Various Channels is a new series within the Darker Than Wax catalogue - a selector-led compilation series that pushes diversity in sound while also encapsulating a common connection of what brings people together. For the first volume, it’s all about location. Deeply inspired by the new wave of creative energy in New York City, the label is proud to present ‘Various Channels Vol. 1 : NYC’ - a compilation highlighting key artists at the forefront of NYC’s blooming music ecosystem, curated by selector Marco Weibel. While Darker Than Wax was born in Singapore, our satellite (or second) home is NYC.

A key figure behind Darker Than Wax since its early days, Marco moved to NYC in 2014, and has continued to establish a humble presence for the label through his tireless work as a DJ, Curator, Promoter & Radio Host. Within 6 years, Marco has seen New York’s underground grow through artists’ continual efforts to push the envelope and blur the lines between sounds. Thanks in part to uncompromising venues and community spaces such as The Lot Radio in Brooklyn (where Marco is running our weekly radio show alongside label peer Mawkus), a fresh crop of producers and DJs are elevating the music of NYC.

This compilation serves as a snapshot of this moment in time, spotlighting select artists making waves - including Jitwam, James Tillman, Toribio, Ensemble Entendu, David Marston and Tristan Arp. This project is also personal to Marco’s experience of digging deep into the city and connecting with kindred spirits, the selections reflecting the creative energy of his close musical family, who traverse eclectic sound spectrums from R&B/Soul, Balearic Grooves, House, Broken Beat and beyond.

Various Channels Vol. 1: NYC - Compiled by Marco Weibel

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David Marston - Mercury In Retrograde (ft. Jitwam & Aquiles Navarro)

#REPRELEKT is back to feed the people with more vibrations.

The #Reprelekt Show is now from 6PM - 8PM

Good to be back on the airwaves with new music to keep us going in this new normal with the smooth sonics and good vibrations from here and across the pond.

I had the incredible Demae fka @bubblerap. We spoke about her new project Life Works Out...Usually. If you havent heard it, stream and buy it here: 

https://demae.bandcamp.com/album/life-works-out-usually

Life Works Out...Usually — available exclusively on Bandcamp for two weeks before it hits other DSPs — is a soothing antidote to these turbulent times; a soulful coming-of-age story celebrating black joy, self-empowerment and life learnings centered around an integral two year period of growth and featuring appearances from Fatima (Eglo Records), Joe Armon-Jones, Ego Ella May and Nala Sinephro — all part of our close-knit, London-based musical community.

Sonically, it draws a unique line between the grit of inner-city London soul, interstellar Flying Lotus electronic rushes and new-age Dilla-isms mixed with flecks of London’s exciting jazz-influenced sounds. Production comes from rising producers like Eun (Ego Ella May, Denzel Himself), Jake Milliner (Slum Village, Yazmin Lacey, Lord Apex), 104.ROG (Liv.e, THEESatisfaction) and Wu-Lu (Ego Ella May).

The #Reprelekt Show 084: A conversation w/ Demae

Buy / Stream the album: https://orcd.co/nostalgiabeats

Formerly known as Slakah the Beatchild then Beatchild & The Slakadeliqs, now simply Beatchild, Canadian musician, producer and songwriter Byram Joseph returns to BBE Music with retrospective instrumental collection Nostalgia: Beats of 2008 – 2020.

Juno-nominated Beatchild first arrived on BBE back in 2008 with Soul Movement Vol.1, a timeless hip hop fusion record with lush live acoustic instrumentation and guest appearances from Drake, Divine Brown, Shad and many more. Vol. 2 followed in 2014, further developing Byram’s distinctive, languid and organic sound, featuring Glenn Lewis, Spek Won, and Tanika Charles, to name a few. 2018’s Heavy Rockin’ Steady saw Beatchild take more of a central role as a lead vocalist, performing on almost every track, including memorable duet ‘The Only Difference’ with Justin Nozuka.

For Nostalgia: Beats of 2008 – 2020, Beatchild has selected his favourite cuts from his first three BBE albums, presenting instrumental versions for the first time alongside previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded over the last 12 years. These instrumentals let Beatchild’s natural musical aesthetic breathe, reframing his warm, uncluttered productions and letting his smooth, blunted, soulful beats speak for themselves.

Release date: January 29, 2021
Format: Digital

Beatchild - Nostalgia: Beats from 2008 - 2020 (Album Sampler)

"Afropresentism is channeling our ancestry through all of the technology at your disposal - music, meditation, conversation, love, and turning absolutely everything into a portal that takes you precisely where you need to be, in this moment, towards the next. Until finally, the space between the dream and the memory that collapses into being our reality—now." (from Neema Githere) #SPNRADIO

EPISODE 2 "AFROPRESENTISM" SETLIST

"Prelude" Dizzy Gillespie 
"Georgian Kiss" Souleance 
"Under The Moon" Wayne Snow
"Chino" Madlib 
"Flowers" Andrew Ashong / Theo Parish 
"Bahia Dreamin'"Karriem Riggins
"Do The Astral Plane" FlyingLotus
"I'm Doing Fine" Moodyman feat. Amp Dog Knight  
"Mumdey Mumdey" (Natureboy Flako Remix ) Ebo Taylor 
"Connery" Alltta feat. 20syl & Mt J. Medeiros 
"Almeda" Solange Solange
"HoppRock" Madlib
"La Casa Azul" Kassa Overall feat. Roy Hargrove 
"Art Boy"  (Tynnyson Remix) - Flight Facilitires Feat. Emma Louise 
"777-9311" Morris Day / The Time  
"Life On Earth" - Lord Echo feat. Mara TK 
"Georgia" Emily King 
"Butterflies" Michael Jackson
"Morning Glory"Jamiroqua
"Hello" Rejjie Snow 
"Bang Bang" Dizzy Gillespie 
"Road Of The Lonely Ones"
"Golden Lady" Stevie Wonder

Episode 2 "AfroPresentism" (2.16.2021)

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David Marston - Mercury In Retrograde (ft. Jitwam & Aquiles Navarro)

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