Meridian letter

A blues elegy for the decades the Moon stayed quiet.

ELON-EAR-0877 - Quiet Ignition, Lonely Hands

Blood On My Hands

http://www.waterforpeople.org

My People - Erykah Badu
My Love (Louie's Factory Dub) - People Underground
People Make the World Go Round - Walter Beasley
People Make the World Go Round - The Chosen Few & Errol Brown
Waterbed Hev - Heavy D
People Everyday - Arrested Development
Water No Get Enemy - Fela Kuti
Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) - Prince
People - J Dilla
My People... Hold On - Eddie Kendricks
People Business - Lady Saw
Party People - Timbaland & Magoo ft. Jay-Z & Twista
River People (Live) - Weather Report
Water Fall (Interluuube) - Anderson .Paak
Water - Rich Homie Quan, Birdman & Young Thug
Beautiful People - Barbara Tucker
Ordinary People (DJ Technics remix) - John Legend
Water Bass Power - Nguzunguzu
The Message - Ordinary People
4 My People - Missy Elliott ft. Eve
Umami /Water - Le1f
Power To The People (Demo) - Curtis Mayfield

Water 4 People

Jitwam in the mix for Global Roots.

Full show at https://worldwidefm.net/show/global-roots-selassie-tbc-with-ishmael-ensemble-and-jitwam/

Jitwam Guestmix: Global Roots

Side B of "Ode to Mud"
(2019)
Cassette & Digital via .jpeg Artefacts
https://jpegartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-mud

Orchard 1
Orchard 2
Limo
At The Wrist
Ode

Mastered by Joseph Buchan
Artwork by James Vinciguerra

"Ode to Mud" (Side B)

Huw Marc Bennett creates a warm, deep, retro groove, the sound of sun kissed vinyl. He draws on Tim Maia, Augustus Pablo and Idris Muhammed as much as he does the Jazz scene and community he has found in South East London, with a streak of ‘Sain Records’ brand welsh phycyedlia running through the whole thing. 

Tressilian Bay started out as a long lost live session recorded at the  Total Refreshment Centre studios, featuring Chelsea Carmichael (Sax), Rosie Turton (Trombone) Shirley Tetteh (Guitar) Jake long (Drums) with Huw at the helm on bass and compositions. Huw utilised his human style of production and multi instrumentality seen in his project Susso (Soundway Record) as well as the glorious vocal contributions of Miryam Solomon, to mold these recordings in to this mature and emotional debut, with a subtle nod to hedonistic summer nights, whether spent on the glamorgan coast or the hot lewisham streets.

Huw Marc Bennett - In My Craft

“Endlessly beautiful…twisted neo-soul.” CLASH
“Sola carries the torch for the golden, experimental era of ’90s R&B.” Schön! Magazine
“An exciting new act coming out of the London scene.” Okay Africa

‘White Space’ is the new single from south-London based producer and vocalist Sola out now on Jamz Supernova’s label Future Bounce.

Following on from previous single ‘Oh My Love’ and ‘Mami Wata’, ‘White Space’ was inspired after Sola observed the role of female characters in Nollywood movies, whilst the piano melody was inspired by Bill Evans. Speaking on the release, Sola said: “I wrote this song after binging Nollywood movies. The female protagonists are often quite psycho and go through extreme lengths to punish their unfaithful lovers. They usually end up poisoning them dead (I don’t reach that level of crazy in the song but I’m embracing the chaotic energy haha). The “space between” vocal sample comes from another song I wrote and ended up fusing together with this song.”

Sola’s unique vocal delivery takes inspiration from the likes of Sade and Nina Simone with production drenched with r&b flavours reminiscent of Timbaland or Pharrell. It’s this unique blend that makes Sola such an exciting prospect, both producing and providing vocals for the music she creates. Having played classical piano since the age of 6, it wasn’t until she discovered the raw and unfiltered vocals of Nina Simone several years later that she grew the confidence to accept her own voice and start singing. After a four-year stint at the prestigious New York University, Sola started producing her own music. It was a time she found herself obsessed with Portishead, Massive Attack, and Burial, loving their darker, cinematic qualities and their ability to blur genres. It’s these influences that you can hear in her debut EP ‘Wealth Has Come’, which she affectionately titles ‘warped soul’.

With the Mami Wata EP confirmed for 2nd October, if the singles so far are anything to go by, Sola is definitely a one-to-watch.

White Space

Sola - White Space

Taken from @scottxylo EP Chapter 2: Death & Rebirth.
Available now: https://scottxylo.bandcamp.com
https://fanlink.to/ScottXyloChapter2

Scott Xylo - Death Of The Space Wizard feat. Udo

Buy / Stream: https://orcd.co/jjazz3

BBE Music presents J Jazz volume 3, the latest in its definitive compilation series exploring the finest modern jazz from Japan.

Since the first volume in February 2018, the J Jazz compilation series has showcased some of the most creative, inspired, and sought-after jazz recorded in Japan during a golden period spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Illustrating the richness and versatility of the composers and musicians on this collection, the music spans a wide yet coherent range of styles: samba, funk fusion, modal, spiritual, post-bop, and bossa all combine to present an aural portrait of a jazz scene that was constantly moving and shifting its multiple musical centres of gravity.

Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery studio in London, many of the tracks featured are reissued for the first time, including mega-rare private press cuts from the Yasuhiro Kohno Trio, Masaru Imada Trio, and Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet. There’s heavy post modal bop by J Jazz legends Kohsuke Mine and Koichi Matsukaze; samba heat from Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Shiraki and Seiichi Nakamura; and funky dance floor energy by Hiroshi Murakami, Ryojiro Furusawa Quartet and Shigeharu Mukai.

Selected albums from which the tracks are drawn will be reissued in full as part of the acclaimed BBE Music J Jazz Masterclass Series. Released as a deluxe, heavyweight x3 vinyl set in a gatefold sleeve with obi strip and insert, the collection comes with extensive artist biographies and track information. J Jazz volume 3 is also available in a x2 CD set with three bonus tracks, and selected tracks are available across digital platforms for download and streaming. J Jazz is conceived, compiled, and annotated by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden for BBE Music.

J Jazz Volume 3: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan (Album Sampler)

Future Bounce is a label founded by @JamzSupernova. A genreless label driven by an eclectic taste and passion for spotlighting and mentoring artists on the rise!

Sola - White Space

Futurebounce