Stream, download & vinyl 2LP: https://melting-pot-music.lnk.to/dedalo

German Jazz/Beat duo Pachakuti & young.vishnu are taking their joint project to new heights. Organically developing instrumental Hip-Hop into full-fledged orchestral Jazz and Groove, they create an excitingly eclectic blend of world music traditions.

Undoubtedly, their most ambitious work to date, their second album ‘Dédalo’ shows their resourcefulness and growth. Where their debut work ‘Semilla’ (2020) centered around the image of the seed, ‘Dédalo’ takes on the entire garden. Besides playing multiple instruments by themselves, they invited a growing group of befriended musicians into the studio, including percussionist maestro Eric Owusu (Pat Thomas, Ebo Taylor, Jembaa Groove) and drummer Leon Raum (Bokoya, Wyl), as well as Brazilian newcomer vocalist Laíz, and members of their former band project Soularkestra. The 16 recorded songs, ranging from 1:19 to 14:58 minutes, take you on an emotionally honest, metaphoric journey through the maze of human existence, of modern society and mythic poetry.

The mostly instrumental tracks build on expressive melodies, layered rhythms, and a wide range of musical instruments, merging the sounds of Jazz with the classical word of orchestras and choirs, and urban soundscapes with traditional instruments such as the Andean Kena and Charango, the Colombian Gaita and Marimba de Chonta, and an Indian harmonium. The Album thus weaves together past and future, and diverse cultural threads, sounds and ideas in an act of cultural appreciation and global conscience.

Mixed and mastered by Roe Beardie at The Brewery Studios, Berlin. The album artwork itself merges the visionary art of Mexican painter Sergio Chávez Hollar with an original artwork-inlay of Brazilian artist Laíz and the work of Carsten Pölking of the Nima Compositions Archive.

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Apple Music https://music.apple.com/de/artist/young-vishnu/1448405331
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/young.vishnu

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All tracks produced by Pachakuti & young.vishnu.
Mixed & mastered by Roe Beardie.
Artwork by Carsten Pölking.
Painting on front cover by Sergio Chávez Hollar.
Typography & drawing by Carsten Pölking of Nima Compositions Archive.
A&R: Olski. Product Management: Tobias Servos.

Cat No: MPM 302
Artist: Pachakuti & young.vishnu 
Titel: Dédalo

© ℗ 2022 Melting Pot Music

Pachakuti & young.vishnu - Bajrangbali

The first single from Reginald Chapman & Pressure Fit's 'East Williamsburg Sessions' – out now everywhere: lnk.to/speaklow

Full EP releases November 3rd on Fresh Selects

"Speak Low"

Composed by Kurt Weill (1943)
Arranged by Reginald Chapman (2021)

Reginald Chapman - bass trumpet
Julia Chen - keys
Adi Meyerson - bass
Kofi Shepsu - drums

Recorded live by Baba Z Buerger in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

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East Williamsburg Sessions

Reginald Chapman & Pressure Fit "Speak Low" (East Williamsburg Session)

Bad Colours is back with his sophomore album, “Always With U,” out on Bastard Jazz Recordings in November, 2022. The London-born, Maryland-raised, Brooklyn-based DJ, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist - aka Ibe Soliman - continues to build on the well-deserved acclaim from his 2021 debut LP, “PINK,” as well as a slew of standalone singles and collaborations with the likes of Shabazz Palaces, Jarv Dee, and Stas THEE Boss.

Buy LP Here

Bad Colours - Easy Come, Easy Go (feat. JVDE)

Bad Colours - Why Can't We Go Back

buy/stream: https://platoon.lnk.to/halibabmatador-skyline

composed and produced by Alban Murenzi
guitar by Alban Murenzi
rhodes by Jeremy Dumont
synth by Tim de Fontaine
artwork by Julien Kremer a.k.a. Krump Krump Krump

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Skyline

@ivanave's new album "All Season Gear" is available everywhere now! This one is produced by @fredfades! 

VINYL/MERCH/DL: https://mutualintentions.bandcamp.com/album/all-season-gear

Ivan Ave - Post

The second single from the 'Accretion' double LP – releasing June 9th on Fresh Selects

Single out now everywhere: fsx.lnk.to/reg-foxygen

Written, Produced & Arranged by Reginald Chapman

Sam France - vocals
Jonathan Rado - guitar
Reginald Chapman - bass trombone, bass trumpet
Sean Durkin - trombone
Andrew Randazzo - bass
DJ Harrison - drums
Jacob Ungerleider - keys

Mixed by James Treichler

Recorded by Devonne Harris (DJ Harrison) @ Jellowstone – Richmond, VA, except –
Vocals recorded by Sam France
Horns and guitars recorded by Reginald Chapman @ Jazz Hole 1 – Richmond, VA

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert @ Almachrome

FSX-057-02 © 2023 Fresh Selects. Don't you know it's like fire?

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Accretion

Reginald Chapman "There Is This Thing" (feat. Foxygen)

Reginald Chapman 'Accretion' out June 9th, 2023: freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/accretion

Your third peek into the world of Reginald Chapman’s upcoming ‘Accretion’ album comes by way of a new flip on an old jazz standard, as Reg puts his signature touch on Duke Ellington’s “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good).” Famously recorded by the likes of legendary singers such as Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, to game-changing instrumentalists like Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Ahmad Jamal – Chapman now adds on to the tradition, contributing his own new arragement to the song’s historic pantheon. 

Joining him for the occasion is an assembly of some of Richmond, Virginia’s finest — vocalist Kenneka Cook, and a backing band made up of 3/5th’s of ButcherBrown: DJ Harrison (pulling double duty here, holding down the drumkit and also providing a most choice Rhodes solo as well), Marcus “Tennishu” Tenney, and Andrew Randazzo. 

“I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)”

Music composed by Duke Ellington (Sony/ATV, ASCAP)
Lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster (Webster Music Co., ASCAP)

Adapted, Produced, & Arranged by Reginald Chapman

Kenneka Cook - vocals
Reginald Chapman - bass trombone
DJ Harrison - drums, Fender Rhodes
Andrew Randazzo - bass
Marcus "Tennishu" Tenney - saxophone, trumpet

Mixed & Recorded by Devonne Harris (DJ Harrison) @ Jellowstone – Richmond, VA

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert @ Almachrome

FSX-057-03 © 2023 Fresh Selects. Not made of wood.

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Reginald Chapman "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (feat. Kenneka Cook)

A highlight from Reginald Chapman 'Accretion' (FSX-057) – out now everywhere: fsx.lnk.to/accretion

'Accretion’ is a double-album exploration in carving out a refreshing new territory in modern Jazz – one that strikes a balance between hard funk grooves and complex music theory, complicated arrangements and heavily headnoddable beats – all tied together with universally engaging melodies and textured with a “refined grit” palette to forge a sound that is uniquely Chapman’s own.

The album serves as an exciting manifesto for a step forward into the future of traditional brass music, and it’s one that we’re honored to help bring to the world.

Written, Produced & Arranged by Reginald Chapman

Personnel:
Reginald Chapman - bass trombone, bass trumpet, rotary flugelhorn
Marcus "Tennishu" Tenney - saxophone, trumpet
Reggie Pace - trombone
Andrew Randazzo - bass
Corey Fonville - drums
DJ Harrison - keys

Mixed & Recorded by DJ Harrison @ Jellowstone – Richmond, VA

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert @ Almachrome

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Reginald Chapman "Process Level Event"

Reflective-R & B – Paploviante: Music & Title; Reidmoto: Lyrics & Final Mix

[verse 1]
We’ve been over this a thousand times
Yet you continue to commit your petty crimes
Talking to you about it seems so ineffective
I’m hopeful when you look so sad and reflective

[verse 2]
But I’m not going to do this anymore
Playing your game is such an F’n bore
Pack your things and hit the door
I’m done with your crap that’s for sure

[chorus]
What’s your objective in looking reflective?
I’m so ineffective, when I try to be corrective
Can’t you be objective, and see my perspective?
I’m fair when corrective, go easy on directives,

But you might be hopeless,a factory defective
You might be hopeless,a factory defective

[bridge]
I think the best thing we can do
Is let you go run with your crew
You’ll see if what we said is true
You’ll beg to come back till you’re blue

[sax solo]

[verse 3]
I hate to speak in rhymes
We’re really in sad times
Depleting dopamine online
Should really be a crime

[verse 4]
They only time you hear me
Is when I rhyme or if you fear me
i don’t want you to be near me
So don’t even try to endear me

[chorus]
What’s your objective in looking reflective?
I’m so ineffective, when I try to be corrective
Can’t you be objective, and see my perspective?
I’m fair when corrective, go easy on directives,

[bridge]
I think the best thing we can do
Is let you go run with your crew
You’ll see if what we said is true
You’ll beg to come back till you’re blue

[outro]
But you might be hopeless,a factory defective
You might be hopeless,a factory defective
You might be hopeless,a factory defective
You might be hopeless,a factory defective

Reflective-R & B – Paploviante: Music & Title; Reidmoto: Lyrics & Final Mix

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