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London multi-talent Royce Wood Junior gets into his New Jack Swing bag on his new single, inspired by 90’s Teddy Riley & Timbaland productions, with some white label UK Garage flavor thrown into the funk of it all, for good measure


Written, Produced & Recorded by Royce Wood Junior

RWJ - vocals, guitar, keys, synth, programming
LuceyWay, Grace Johnson - backing vocals

Mixed by RWJ & Tim Rowkins
Mastered by KevinTuffy at Manmade Mastering


FSX-054-01 © 2022 Fresh Selects. Straight up.


I ain't never been slick
Ain't considered legit
Ain't nobody's ear toward my lip
How can I subsist?

I ain't never been tipped
Ain't no darling to critic
Ain't nobody calling on my drip
Just my own orbit
Just me

But don't slam the, the door when it's opening

And if we don't get opened up
And pump the candour up
Straight up
'Cos if we never get broken up
Get stuck and tangled up 
Straight up

I ain't never been hot
Never been tipped for the top
Ain't nobody hyping up my drop
Nothing troubling my inbox

But don't slam the, the door when it's opening

And if we don't get opened up
And pump the candour up
Straight up
'Cos if we never get broken up
Get stuck and tangled up 
Straight up

And if we don't get opened up
And pump the candour up
Straight up
'Cos if we never get broken up
Get stuck and tangled up 
Straight up

Stuck, 
Tangled up and stuck.

Royce Wood Junior "Stuck And Tangled Up"

Following on the tails of his 2022 opus LP “Tutto Passa,” Gianni Brezzo, the studio project of producer + multi-instr. Marvin Horsch, continues his sonic exploration w/ “Soundscapes Vol. 1 - Music for Harlequins,” journeying through baroque pastures and medieval acoustics to bring forth an aural palette of colorful, timeless arrangements that fit comfortably in the sonic pocket. 

https://giannibrezzo.lnk.to/Harlequins

W/ lush and nuanced instrumentation all seamlessly melded together within Gianni’s groove-driven framework, the tracks on “Harlequins” present thematic moods that act as sonic windows into an enduring past. 

1st single is stupendous “L’arlecchino.” Thematic and groovy, the song skirts a line along folkloric jazz with an almost hip-hop bounce. Flutes, guitars and synths ebb along like a horse-ride through baroque pastures while the bass keeps you nodding along.

Will fit that perfect, instrumental jazz / soul / groove-based disposition. Out via Jakarta Records March 10th.

Gianni Brezzo - L'arlecchino - Soundscapes Vol. 1 - Music For Harlequins

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

Format: Streaming // Digital

Free Download: https://www.inneroceanrecords.com/products/maple-syrup-t-check-paul-midihill-river-flows

When three of the best producers collide to spark little bits of lofi magic. Equal parts chill lofi beats and mellow lounge jazz music, "River Flows" takes us on a slow relaxing meander and we're here for it! Part of the jazz compilation "Colour Theory" out on Inner Ocean Records, highlighting the best jazz producers from around the world!

Artwork by MC Blue Matter
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Colour Theory

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Maple Syrup, T. Check & Paul Midihill - River Flows

Rotterdam-based trumpeter Peter Somuah teams up with Ghanaian legend Gyedu Blay Ambolley for this first single off his forthcoming second album 'Letter To The Universe'. 

Release: March 24th
Full article: www.steppinintotomorrow.com

★ PREMIERE ★ Peter Somuah - 'Reincarnation ft Gyedu Blay Ambolley'

Moon Mist, the new single from Toronto-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Dead Horse Beats is the first single from his new EP of the same name.

Drawing influence from mid 70s religious funk, disco and jazz fusion records, Moon Mist’s soaring string and brass crescendos weave around a story which follows a woman to a California retirement community where she endeavors to start a cult that is devoted to being laid back.
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Dead Horse Beats - Moon Mist

After a long hiatus, Canadian producer & singer/songwriter Dead Horse Beats aka Patrick Wade returns to Bastard Jazz with his new EP ‘Moon Mist’. Heavily inspired by various religious music groups from the 60s and 70s, the EP features DHB’s infectious hooks coupled with upfront, driving production and layered instrumentation. “I was listening to a lot of gospel music by people like TL Barrett, the Swan Silvertones, DR Hooker,New Creation, Tim Maia’s Cultura Racional religious sect era stuff; and also this Australian self-produced Scientology record by a guy named Richard Yared” says Patrick.

Singing in his signature laidback & spaced out vocal style, the EP is lyrically all about a woman quitting being a priest and starting her own religion in a retirement community. “I was kind of imagining her band all living in Del Boca Vista together making this record doing small amounts of psychedelic drugs and lawn bowling together.”  As odd as that may sound, it sort of comes together and makes sense when digging into the EP - besides just overall just being a straight up bop.

Buy EP Here

Dead Horse Beats - Make Believe

Stream, download & order LP: https://melting-pot-music.lnk.to/stilldreaming

Now here's a funky introduction of how nice Kid Abstrakt is!

The young MC from Los Angeles, CA represents the jazzy 90s rap sound like no one else in 2023. Not only on the Westcoast but internationally. Kid Abstrakt is keeping the legacy of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul & The Pharcyde alive and relevant by using it as a source of inspiration to tell his own story. 

Kid Abstrakt started out as part of local trio Revolutionary Rhythm before releasing his first album “Daydreaming” in 2017, produced by The Deli from Austin, Texas. With a growing fanbase overseas Kid Abstrakt started working with producers and bands like Cap Kendricks (Germany), Emapea (Poland) and Jazzbois (Hungary).

“Still Dreaming” - his new album for Melting Pot Music - is entirely produced by Leo Low Pass from Amsterdam. Leo's signature sound of jazzy boom-bap and Lofi beats provides the perfect backdrop for Abs positive and skillful rhymes. One could easily dismiss “Still Dreaming” as a throwback album with a sound that is somehow stuck in the past. Kid Abstrakt’s love for that jazzy boom-bap is all over the place. He even raps about it - with the same passion and humbleness that he raps about his life, his family and the world we are living in today. That's why we rather call “Still Dreaming” feelgood music that doesn't suck. 

Feature artists include Vsteeze, Tab One, Kamau, Awon, Rain Bisou and Hvmble. 

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All tracks produced by Leo Low Pass.
Vocals by Kid Abstrakt.
Recorded at Raw Rhythm Studio in Los Angeles, CA.
Mixed by Emapea.
Mastered by Roe Beardie.
Artwork by Gizem Winter.

Cat No: MPM 337
Artist: Kid Abstrakt & Leo Low Pass
Titel: Still Dreaming

© ℗ 2023 Melting Pot Music

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From the LAPIS/JUICEB☮X maxi-single in the Fresh Selects Remix Series – out now: fsxrs.lnk.to/lapis-juicebox

The previously unreleased instrumental version to "Why am I still scared to share?" from 'Third Person You', the debut album by New Zealand-based multi-talent – Akim Heinicke Waengler, aka, LAPIS: fsx.lnk.to/third-person-you

Written, Produced & Recorded by LAPIS

LAPIS - electric guitar, bass, synthesizer, percussion, programming
Elias Dobbyn - live drums

Mixed by Zac Hornsby
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert at Almachrome

Artwork Designed by Tawfiq Mardini
Illustration by Akim Heinicke Waengler

Executive Producers: Kenny / Fresh Selects & LAPIS

FSX-RS-2204 © 2023 Fresh Selects. We're not scared to share.

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FSX-RS-2204 maxi-single

LAPIS "Why am I still scared to share? (Instrumental)"

Single out now: fsx.lnk.to/rwj-perfect

The second in Royce Wood Junior’s #bangersonly single series, following up on last winter’s “Stuck and Tangled Up” with a Lucey Way-led funk-fueled jam dedicated to the man-made monster that is Artificial Intelligence

"We are in the midst of an Ai revolution. What an insane time. Will we live? Will we die? We are creating Gods and not in our own image. Will it need us in 5 years... I'm not sure. One thing's for certain though – now it's here, it ain't going anywhere. 

Here's a song about being scared about it but also a bit addicted to it. :)

- RWJ"

Lucey Way - vocals
RWJ - guitars, keys, synth, vocals, programming

Produced by Royce Wood Junior
Recorded & Mixed by RWJ & Dom "Ruckspin" Howard
Mastered by Dom "Ruckspin" Howard

Painting by RWJ

FSX-054-02 © 2023 Fresh Selects. Built meticulously.

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Lyrics:

“...Hard-d-d-d-duh!"

The universe put your name on top
Universe made sure you 'bout to pop
Built meticulously, block by block
Built ridiculously, from the bottom to the top

Oh my god, we created a monster
And now it’s living among us

You’re so fucking perfect, perfect
Wish it weren’t so worth it
I’m allergic, allergic, allergic...
I’m allergic for ya

The universe said my my work is done
Universe knew it made a number 1
Made unscrupulously, piece by piece
Made fastidiously, but God knows what’s underneath

You’re an indefatigable symphony you can’t conduct 
You’re an inexorable phenomenon hit like it was Trump, yeah
Oh my god, we created a monster
And now it’s living beyond us

You’re so fuckin' perfect, perfect
Wish it weren’t so worth it
I’m allergic, allergic, allergic...
I’m allergic for ya

You’re so fuckin' perfect, perfect
Wish it weren’t so worth it
I’m allergic, allergic, allergic...
I’m allergic for ya

Perfect…
Perfect…
Perfect…
Perfect…

“Oh… my... god… 

that sounds… fuckin’… hard…!!!”

Royce Wood Junior "You're So F***in' Perfect" (feat. Lucey Way)

Stream, download & vinyl: http://melting-pot-music.lnk.to/minari

Experimental hip-hop/jazz quartet Bokoya team up with Cologne-based producer / guitarist Gianni Brezzo (Jakarta Records) for collabo album ‘Minari’ on Melting Pot Music.

Bokoya describe themselves as a four-headed human drum machine that play impro-vised beat music. You can call it jazz if you like (all four members are graduated jazz musicians btw) but be ready to stumble over some Dilla, Kraut Rock, Ambient or Dub in the mix. We recommend their double-album ‘Hausensession’ (MPM 2022) as a reference point.

Gianni Brezzo's music is a bit easier to access but not less leftfield. Jazz is a major influ-ence, but it goes way further. On his album ‘Tutto Grosso’ (Jakarta, 2022), Brezzo rides a sonic wave similar to Matthew Halsall, Surprise Chef, El Michels Affair and BadBadNot-Good. 

The recording sessions took place at the Gottesweg Studios in Cologne where Bokoya and Gianni Brezzo jammed for three days and nights based on some basic sketches and beat. The sessions were edited and arranged after by Bokoya and Brezzo but no overdubs added.

What is Minari?
Minari, also known as "water parsley", is a fragrant vegetable plant that is used exten-sively in Korean cooking. It is known for its somewhat bitter and peppery flavor. It can be found in kimchi, spicy fish soups, stews or paired with pork belly.

Follow Bokoya
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Apple Music https://apple.co/40BlFRO
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bokoya_/

Follow Gianni Brezzo
Spotify https://lnk.to/giannibrezzo_spotify
Apple Music https://apple.co/3nnYCvz
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/giannibrezzo/

Visit https://bio.to/mpm for the latest Melting Pot Music stuff.

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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/mpmtv

Improvised and produced by Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo.
Leon Raum - Drums 
Darius Heid - Fender Rhodes, Synth 
Lucy Liebe - Guitars, Bass 
Ferdinand Schwarz - Trumpet, Synth
Gianni Brezzo - Guitars, Sampler, Effects
All tracks mixed & mastered by Roe Beardie.
Artwork by Jens Roth & Jeremias Diekmann. 

Cat No: MPM 320
Artist: Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo
Titel: Minari

© ℗ 2023 Melting Pot Music

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