BBE Music is thrilled to announce the release of Modern Love, a diverse compendium of specially commissioned cover versions of rarities and classics in tribute to David Bowie.

Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker, We Are KING, Meshell Ndegeocello, Helado Negro, Khruangbin, Matthew Tavares, Nia and more, Modern Love seeks to champion Bowie’s lesser-known connection to soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel. The prominent jazz influences throughout Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, were a key inspiration for curating this collection of reimagined Bowie songs with these artists. The resulting album is an eclectic tribute featuring a group of artists who not only fit together creatively, but who, like Bowie, straddle different worlds musically, with soul and jazz at their core.

Modern Love offers a fresh look at Bowie’s trailblazing career, aiming to highlight the often overlooked relationship between his back catalogue and musical genres traditionally pioneered by artists of color. The project was curated by music executive and DJ Drew McFadden, alongside BBE Music founder Peter Adarkwah. “I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before — at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop,” says McFadden. “Certainly, there’s been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical
style and direction.”

Modern Love is an interactive sonic map. Here, seventeen artists make their way into the varied regions of his sundry catalog and circle back with seventeen unique re-imaginings of both his cornerstone and lesser-known tracks. Some, in atmosphere, feel like a sly alternate take from original sessions (Khruangbin’s ethereal, funk infused version of “Right” from Young Americans); others nod at the source, then wink before diving into the deep waters of another musical stratosphere (Sessa’s sexy Tropicalia-drenched “Panic in Detroit” from Aladdin Sane). Still others take tunes down to the studs and then re-arrange the moody interiors: Meshell Ndegeocello’s pensive “Fantastic Voyage” from Lodger and Tavares’ clever take on “Heroes” which is restructured into a kinetic hardbop-esque backdrop, fronted by ice-cool, held-back vocals. The bullseye these artists aim for is Bowie’s fearlessness. “Fame was an incredible bluff that worked,” he once reflected. “Very flattering. I’ll do anything until I fail. And when I succeed I quit too.”

Modern Love packs us off on a journey that balances on risk’s sharp blade. Track-to-track, it explores what happens when a musician throws out notions of should and safe and stretches beyond the known. These artists use Bowie both as a guide and a prism: A way of being and seeing. Their offerings, widely divergent, explore the inheritance from an artist who freed himself from labels, genres and, consequently, pigeonholes. While he was at it, he decimated fixed notions about territory (or terra) itself; boundaries hemmed-in his creative process, but his essence remained free to roam. He may have vanished in earthly form, yet, as he also promised in the lyrics of “Modern Love,” But I never wave bye-bye . . .” This compilation assures us that his spirit swirls around us. His force is alive to all of us and, here, it is summoned with an incantation that celebrates possibility.

Khruangbin - Right

Piano John is a project from New York, led by the talented Andrew Geroch. His music is as soothing as it is atmospheric. All Night is the first single from his upcoming debut EP. With a folk-inspired rhythm and composition enhanced by dreamy synths and guitar notes, the singer’s ethereal vocals beautifully complement an already well-crafted track.

Piano John - All Night

Upright ‘Piano’ Mix

Aquelarre de Hombres Desnudos

Artista: Martin Alejandro Oviedo
Sello: República Argentina Records
Catálogo: RR04
Estilo: Velvet Breaks (fusión propia: breakbeat, acid jazz, drum & bass, electronica lo-fi)

🎨 Concepto

El título sugiere un ritual nocturno, íntimo y subversivo, donde la vulnerabilidad y la energía masculina se transforman en un acto colectivo y poético. El “aquelarre” no se entiende como algo oscuro, sino como una celebración mística de lo humano, lo erótico y lo espiritual en simultáneo.

Musicalmente, el disco explora:

Breakbeat orgánico con grooves fragmentados.

Riffs de bajo acid jazz y líneas cálidas.

Texturas lo-fi (cintas, vinilo, reverbs soñadas).

Voces andróginas y cálidas con letras poéticas en español.

Atmósferas ambientales (viento, agua, ecos naturales) que envuelven al oyente.

🎶 Narrativa sonora

Cada track se plantea como un pasaje ritual, con estructura más cercana al pop/lo-fi que al club mix.

Intro: atmósferas ambientales + pads.

Versos y coros: voces poéticas y cercanas.

Breakdowns: silencios llenos de texturas naturales.

Outros: cierres elegantes, como desvanecimientos en la madrugada.

🖼️ Arte visual

Vinilo: rosa pálido iridiscente, con manchas blancas suaves.

Etiqueta: textura de piel humana con un patrón casi invisible de símbolos masculinos, como glifos rituales.

Tipografía: negra, minimalista, moderna.

Estética: surrealista, delicada, entre lo sensual y lo hipnótico.

💡 Posicionamiento

Un álbum que mezcla la cultura underground electrónica con un discurso poético y corporal, casi performático.

Encaja en espacios de arte sonoro, música experimental y escenas electrónicas alternativas.

Invita a la escucha íntima en vinilo, como objeto artístico. 
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Cena en el Plano Astral

“This is the first song with lyrics we’ve ever written. We never really thought of ourselves as having a “singer” but we knew that we wanted a voice for Khruangbin. We decided to write about something close to us, tell a story as simply as possible, and sing it together.”
- Khruangbin

Khruangbin is a three-piece band from Texas, formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Johnson on drums. Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - Khruangbin is steeped in the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration, Tarantino soundtracks and surf-rock cool. Khruangbin's exotic, individual sound is captured at their spiritual home, a remote barn deep in the Texas countryside where their first rehearsals took place. Debut album ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ is scheduled for release at the end of this year.

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Khruangbin - White Gloves

from the upcoming album 'Digging A Tunnel' March 10th 2017

sir Was - In The Midst

◊ written, produced, and mixed by trent prall ◊ 

special thanks to: 

zach guyette - mixing (2,3,4,6) 
alex wyler - mixing (1,2) 
connor todd - tenor saxophone (6) 
jacob bicknase - drums (3,6)

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Love Nebula

Don't You Remember

Sorry for saying the "n" word. I'm not from the US and didn't know how offensive it can be, even if it is the actual lyrics. 

Cover by: Matina Sous Peau

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Track used: Khruangbin - Zionsville

Lead & Back Vocals by Matina Sous Peau
Additional Percussion by Matina Sous Peau
Cover of the song "Redbone" by Childish Gambino

Don't You Remember

Ed Mount