This beautiful sad song was performed by José James at The Music of Billie Holiday live at AB - Ancienne Belgique concert. This song is particularly poignant now on the weekend of the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin. 

You can find the full recording of the concert here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-s3KycDy3I


Jose James - Strange Fruit (for Trayvon Martin)

Arad Yeini - Trumpet  || Ma'ayan Milo - Trombone || Gal Dahan - Saxophone || Ilan Smilan - Guitar || Lior Romano - Bass (Keytar) || Dan Mayo - Drums || Galla Borowski - Vocal

Recorded at  "DB Studios", Tel-Aviv, Israel
Mixed by Uri "Mixmonster" Wertheim
2011

Crazy Race (Roy Hargrove)

Purchase CD/Digital: wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dose

SORCERESS (formerly known as Funkommunity) is a 5-piece band from New Zealand. Their 2011 debut album Chequered Thoughts received worldwide acclaim and saw the band tour Europe and Japan the following year. Fast forward to 2014, and the band announced a new name: SORCERESS and a new studio album: DOSE. 

While previous works were influenced by J Dilla-inspired future soul and R&B, the new album sees their sound evolve, fusing elements of Deep Electronic Soul, Afrobeat, and Dance Music. DOSE retains their distinctive sonic texture, but also projects more movement while going deeper into the source of the music. Experienced in headphones or a club/festival context, Sorceress traverses the boundaries between audio intimacy and the bass driven rhythms of the dancefloor. 

The creative duo at the core of Sorceress is producer/band leader Isaac Aesili and vocalist Rachel Fraser. Isaac Aesili's production provides a diverse and sonically rich soundscape from which the charismatic vocals of Rachel Fraser weave through both light and dark lyrical themes. Crafted over the period of a year, the album includes collaboration with Sorceress' guitarist Daniel Ryland. Other musicians involved in the sessions include fellow Kiwis Julien Dyne, Marika Hodgson, Tom Broome, Jonathan Crayford, Steph Brown and Cam Allen.
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Dose

AKASHAALAY is now available on vinyl!  http://bit.ly/_FSX-003

100% funded by everyone who supported the album on cassette & digital - @LowLeaf's most refined effort to date, AKASHAALAY, is now able to be experienced on its rightful format - vinyl.

To show our gratitude for all the overwhelming support so far - the album has been remastered specifically for vinyl, with lock-out grooves on both sides of the record, a multi-layered gloss finish on the cover, a full-color sleeve with handwritten lyrics & new artwork, color printing on the inside jacket sleeve + a download card inside, bonus hidden messages and more! 

This is a limited edition first pressing of only 500 copies.  Get yours while you can.

Buy On Vinyl

Low Leaf "Life Is Peace"

Download FLAC or MP3 here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/idesia

You wait for me
Till I come 

I will miss you 
When you’re gone 

Mix with the grains, become a creature of the sea
Never needing air to breathe 

Not a speck in the distance just a hush in the trees
Comforts the body, encourages release

Mix with the grains become a creature of the sea
Never needing air to breathe 

Not a speck in the distance just a hush in the trees
Comforts the body, encourages release

You wait for me 
Till I come 

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Accompanied by guitarist Steve Francell, singer Joy Postell delivers her latest record "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" illustrating police brutality in musical form. 

Written and performed by Joy Postell.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekS2ZCndumw

Hands Up, Don't Shoot (Live Acoustic)

Buy 7" Vinyl / CD ~ http://www.hopestreetrecordings.com/product/one-plus-one

One Plus One is the five track debut EP by Melbourne band Leisure Centre (FKA The Do Yo Thangs) - a collection of sensual slow jams and bumping future soul dominated by rich, four-voice harmonies. 

Their debut release is the result of many years of soul searching for songwriter/drummer/singer Hugh Rabinovici and his right-hand-lady, vocalist Audrey Powne (Au Dray). The two met some years ago in the drab corridors of jazz school and bonded over a shared love of Erykah Badu and a desire to spread their creative wings. The combination of Hugh’s writing and Audrey’s vocals immediately gelled and before graduating they’d assembled a gifted cohort of musicians that went on to become Leisure Centre.
 
One Plus One is equal parts performance and programming, drawing from a broad palette of live instruments and electronic sounds. At the front, Hugh and Audrey alternate lead vocal duties, supported by harmony singers Maddie Otto and Tiaryn Griggs. Backing them, the guitar sound is classic soul but the plethora of synthesizers and 808 kick drums is definitely not, nodding equally to Vangelis or Hiatus Kaiyote. The more you listen, the more intricacy is discovered. The writing uses jazz elements and odd rhythmic devices, but it’s all tucked away - there’s nothing that intrudes into the foreground or interferes with the song’s abilities to speak to an audience.
 
Hugh’s writing is a reflection of a unique musical development. A child of piano, cello, self taught guitarist and now drummer, his influences and abilities stem from an early life in music that moved to jazz school and a trip to South India to study Carnatic  music. One Plus One is only the beginning for Hugh and the members of Leisure Centre. With a new partnership at local label HopeStreet Recordings, anything is possible for the swooning soul collective.

One Plus One

Buy 7" / CD

Leisure Centre - One Plus One

“This is a track called Black Enchantment from Emanative … a really good tune!”

- Jon More / Coldcut / Ninja Tune - BBC 6Music - Jan 2017


Emanative aka Nick Woodmansey makes his return on self-released limited 7", Ominous Shanti / Black Enchantment – two tracks that perfectly display Nick’s flavour for interesting rhythms, eastern sounds and contemporary influences.

On the flip, ‘Black Enchantment’, Nick brings together the original Emanative nucleus of Ben Hadwen and Jessica Lauren to neatly complement his lazy samples and sluggish programmed beats. The result is a jazz hip-hop vibe that was originally digitally released some time ago.

"We're releasing this one ourselves privately, on the kind of non-existant label Home Planet Recordings, so any and all support really appreciated!
It's a limited edition, so please don't miss out!"

- Nick Woodmansey

HP7001 - B - 

Black Enchantment

powder. (aidan carroll remix)

Oaklyn -  We Could Last

Stream 'Pedigree' on all platforms: http://hyperurl.co/Garcons-Pedigree
Written and produced by Garçons

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