A few years ago I discovered the wonders of Lo-Fi and realised that many of my favourite Lo-Fi tracks also echoed my fascination with the emergence of new takes on Jazz. I thus started trying to collect and release a series of mixes that brought together my favourite tunes under the banner of Deep Jazz. I am now up to volume 5 and volume 6 isn't far behind. You can find the full collection on my MixCloud page: http://www.mixcloud.com/djhowardhill Enjoy Howard.

Deep Jazz Vol 1

This volume features quite a lot of tracks that might be called Lo-Fi. So what is Lo-Fi? My understanding is that it is a genre of music in which the mix is often muddy in texture but out of which glistening instrumentation can shine. Often samples have been decayed, compressed or distressed, with melodies drifting on the wind of extreme phasing. In particular I favour tracks in which the vocals sound as though they are coming from a slightly out of tune radio in the next room.
Thinking about how we store memories it occurred to me that while the memories might be crystal clear (though often incorrect) the circumstances in which memories are created will often be chaotic and not nearly as pristine as we would like to think. In a reverse manner I think that some Lo-Fi tunes with their chaos and shifting focus has a tremendous capacity to carry emotion. 
Enjoy ....and if you do please share, favourite, repost or whatever else you can do to share the love. Love & Music Howard.

Deep Jazz Vol 2

At it says on the tin ....more Deep Jazz - not sure if this is a recognised genre yet but it should be. I've just completed Vol 5 which I will post in a couple of weeks and have much more that I keep finding to support this as a genre.
Whatever, I intend to continue pushing this side project as whenever I do play some as part of my sets I always get people asking me what I am playing. A couple of times during the summer season (2022) I've played Deep Jazz sets round the pool at the famous Pikes Hotel, Ibiza, which have been very well received and look forward to sharing in other cool venues.
I do hope you are enjoying these collections and if you are please consider reposting favouring or anything else you can do to help promote Deep Jazz as a genre.
Love & Music Howard.

Deep Jazz Vol 3

Lives and works in Ibiza. Weekly residency at Pikes Hotel for 10 years, 2 years at Mambo and weekly year round resident at Word of Mouth.

My usual stance is as a Balearic style DJ (not recognising barrier of genre and tempo in my sets) and you will find many more mixes on my MixCloud page http://www.mixcloud.com/djhowardhill

Here on SoundCloud I will be highlighting my side project of Deep Jazz which includes my personal passion for Lo-Fi.

DJ Howard

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