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ve your sound! If u have some time over check out my new song "Nightsky" I just dropped and leave some feedback;)

This EP is really smooth! Great job on the vibes and instrumentation.

Ibiza

Nice Rec x Grand Ear - Seventy

Overdub instrument at Home Recording - 9/18/2025
Performed on Yamaha DTXtreme III Drum Kit with a Yamaha M12 Percussion Drum Pad

Don't Tell me what you like  -  Vocal n Drums.wav

INSTRULUDE 2

Love these guys so did this unofficial remix of The Lung!!

Hiatus Kaiyote "The Lung" (Paul White Unofficial Remix)

When The Expansions self released their first single in 2013, the laid-back jazz funk of Lavender, it quickly gained strong support from soul and rare-groove aficionados including Kenny Dope, Dom Servini, Patrick Forge and Andy Smith. A run of shows followed and before long, when someone was asking if there was a soul-jazz band around to play with, “The Expansions” was the answer. 

Although this popularity meant a hiatus in releasing music, the band have been constantly busy, playing around Europe with legendary British-Ghanaian soul singer, Andrew Ashong and the exceptional, upcoming talent Connie Constance. 

There has also been a breakout project from drummer Jonny Drop - the album Sub Plot gained massive support and love from BBC Radio 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne. While keys-man Dave Koor has been busy playing shows with Gilles Peterson favourite Hector Plimmer, Shaun Escoffery, and Ego Ella May, improvising with Yussef Dayes (Yussef Kamaal) and Nubya Garcia, releasing music as Deoke and collaborating with label-mate Scrimshire on their Modified Man exploration. 

But always, The Expansions has remained a central focus and the true home of these four jazz and soul lovers, with occasional trips out to the country to form ideas and practice new music for the eventual album. 

Murmuration, recorded over three days at Big Noise in Southend, is constructed of single takes, with minimal overdubs, as the band attempt to capture the feeling and energy they create live. 

Debut single Breakthrough introduced the insanely catchy but deeply soulful blend of synths and groove, but here on the album that is explored to the fullest with longer breakdowns and more expansive, experimental solos. Pocket 5 displays the, possibly unexpected, influences of broken beat and almost combative rhythm playing – particularly in the complex guitar and keys breakdown where Koor and O’Keefe layer conflicting time signatures and battle to ride it out to the heavy drum return. 

Cannonball brings warm mellowness that delicately evolves through beats, touching on bossas alongside their fundamental hip-hop sensibilities. But even here there is a raucous zenith before the band sublimely recede into the silence of the a-side ending. 

Colossal album highlight Ivory Mountain is truly an epic. Evoking moments of 4Hero, there is a lightness of groove in the first half of this soulful exploration. But at the halfway point, all restraint is let go as a live string section joins the four quarters of the band for three glorious minutes of soulful disco. Evoking sounds of Quincy Jones, George Benson and Johnny Hammond, all the way through to a beautifully cacophonous finale. 

Dragonfly undoubtedly reflects on the work of Herbie Hancock and is the most direct throwback to the band’s earlier work, which is a welcome marker of how far they have come. A quintessential jazz funker. 

The album closes with the thoughtful and introverted shuffle of Miles Away. In the final eight minutes of Murmuration, The Expansions allow space and time to take precedence, with once-more-restrained peaks and developments. It becomes clear though, that the band cannot resist one last explosive finale, as they rise with screeching synths, strings and dubs for a perfect race to the finish line. 

You can hear the influences of Idris Muhammad, Grover Washington, even parallels with South London peers Yussef Kamaal and Ruby Rushton. But The Expansions have tirelessly worked to create a sound of their own and are very proud, along with label Albert’s Favourites, to finally share it.

Murmuration

Miles Away

ben hixon edit of Sandy Barber - I Think Ill Do Some Steppin (Of My Own)

Sandy Barber -Steppin' (BHEDIT)

cidade de azul

Find U (Prod. Cohenbeats, Shafiq Husayn & Anderson .Paak)

1st track and the title track off of my debut EP "Eyes, Closed" which is out now on all platforms!! This one is a special one to me as it represents me as a creator. I hope you guys like it and it has a special place in your heart as it does in mine <3

Credits:
All music and instrumentation (but vocals) composed, produced, written and arranged by Hemai
Mixed by Hemai
Recorded by Malcolm Catto

Guitar, Keys, Synth, and Percussion played by Hemai
Drums played by Sam Hemus
Bass played by Ellis Lawrie
Violin played by Jamal Hope
Vocals are written and performed by Layfullstop

Eyes, Closed

Eyes, Closed (feat. Layfullstop)

▶ Soulection ~ The Sound of Tomorrow  
▶ Discover: @mansur-brown
▶ Stream/Download: lnk.to/tesuto

The rising 23-year-old Brixton artist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer's three-track project is an instrumental, beat-heavy search for zen and overcoming obstacles, both of the world and trials that are deeply personal. 

From Mansur:
“The name of the EP is Tesuto, which means Test in Japanese, which is representative of life and the struggles everyone universally goes through and looking at these obstacles and challenges as tests. The idea that no one is given an obstacle that they cannot overcome whether its a struggle that plagues a community or someone individually. This EP is my testament to God.”

Release Date: July 9, 2020
Label: Soulection
Artwork: Tom Noon

Tesuto

It's My Time

Stream/Download

Mansur Brown - It's My Time

sound maker ⛰️
b. 1999

'Hemai is a London-based Producer-Artist + Multi-Instrumentalist originally from Birmingham, blending alternative electronics with influences from downtempo, jazz, soul, folk + IDM. He grew up around jazz culture, taking influence from an array of Japanese + Brazilian Jazz + Broken-Beat artists.

He has released three projects so far—Eyes, Closed EP (2019, Independent), Strange Beauty (2021, Tru Thoughts), and Leisure Trip EP (2022, College Music)—alongside instrumental versions + 10 official remixes + exclusive tracks for artists like Oscar Jerome + Quinn Oulton + more.

As a live performer, with his trio consisting of his brother Sam Hemus on drums + artist FiFi Robo on vocals, he’s played on stages across Latitude, Lost Village, Mostly Jazz, The Jazz Cafe + more, while hosting a year-long improvisational residency at Hootananny Brixton featuring guest appearances from friends within the UK's jazz scene. As a DJ, he’s brought his eclectic fusion of broken-beat, downtempo +  jazz/funk tinged house to listening bars + venues across the UK + Europe, including Spiritland London/Portugal, Tate Modern, Supermax to name a few.'

Eyes, Closed (feat. Layfullstop)

Hemai

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