Jazzy Village, Vol. 3

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Album Coming March 13! - found.ee/_agate

Smika has been holding it down in the lofi hip hop scene since the beginning, quietly working away on his SP404 dropping new lofi classics every couple of years from his home base in Tokyo. Staying true to the lofi sound and aesthetic, "palace" is another piece in the puzzle from his upcoming album "agate" out on March 13. Dropping also on Tape Cassette which have been fan favourites for the music collectors worldwide.

Agate

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Smika - palace

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Calgary based jazz guitarist and trumpeter, David Lavoie, has been hot on the local jazz scene playing shows multiple nights a week and honing the sound of his jazz compositions. "If I Were Me" features New Jersey jazz great Pat Van Dyke on the drums and the soaring trumpet melodies from Lavoie. With a degree in jazz composition from North Vancouver University, Lavoie is just stretching his legs and getting started with his jazz tunes. Part of the "Colour Theory" jazz compilation out on Inner Ocean!

Artwork by MC Blue Matter
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Colour Theory

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David Lavoie - If I Were Me

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Canadian producer Hewie Lou and American producer Snazzy team up to release another lofi classic Perfect Day. Toss away the blues of winter and invite the change of spring with this feel good lofi banger. Smooth guitar, crunchy drums, and wind whispering saxophone whisk listeners through the composition from beginning to end. This latest release is part of Inner Ocean Record's Lofi Snacks series, highlighting the best beats producers from around the globe.

Artwork by ShinYeon Moon 
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Hewie Lou x Snazzy - Perfect Day

Catalog: INNER187
Format: Vinyl LP // Tape Cassette // Streaming // Digital

Limited Edition Vinyl // 100 copies worldwide
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Lose yourself in a bedroom pop dreamscape with walkyouhome, the highly anticipated album release from the incredibly talented So Much Light.

Inspired by Japanese environmental soundscapes, videogame OSTs, R&B legends like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, and guitar-driven midwest emo bands such as American Football, this album is a beautifully crafted fusion of diverse styles. So Much Light's creative vision has resulted in an album that will positively colour your everyday experiences.

So Much Light's sincere hope is that the listener will find their own space in the music, allowing for a sense of reciprocity that is truly magical.

walkyouhome

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So Much Light - findpeace

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The wildly talented jazz sounds from Tokyo's Kazumi Kaneda. "Batholith Street" takes an entirely new direction for Kaneda, a much more traditional jazz production showing off his top level skills on the keys. His super dedicated fans know him as one of the most consistent artists putting out only top quality music and continues to evolve his sound. Part of the jazz compilation "Colour Theory" out on Inner Ocean Records, highlighting the best jazz producers worldwide!

Artwork by MC Blue Matter
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Kazumi Kaneda - Batholith Street

Catalog: INNER185
Format: Double LP // Tape Cassette // Streaming // Digital 

Limited Edition Double LP // 300 copies worldwide
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Turning the spotlight onto the diverse color spectrum of modern jazz music, "Colour Theory" is a compilation that unites some of the world's most interesting jazz composers, breathing fresh new life into the genre. Presented in a deluxe gatefold jacket on heavy-weight orange vinyl, this double LP release features a myriad of perspectives on today's jazz scene: the spiritually infused works of iconic Brazilian jazz pianist Amaro Freitas, the otherworldly psychedelic sounds of Italian jazz drummer Tommaso Cappellato, the solo works of UK keyboardist Dominic J Marshall (Cinematic Orchestra), the exciting electronic infusion of US-based Keeth and Mad Keys, the alternate take on '70s jazz vibes from Zac Colwell (Of Montreal, Fancy Colors), and the imaginative J-Jazz stylings from Tokyo's Kazumi Kaneda.

We are honored to gather together these boundary-pushing artists and share their kaleidoscope of sounds and influences with the world. We're all just getting started!

Artwork by MC Blue Matter
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Steve Jackson & Carsten Rubeling - Lifelines

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So Much Light - freshfruit

Catalog: INNER189
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TOMC's second beat album in almost two years, "True Life" is an album filled with the history of beat music from the 1990s to the 2020s.

The album is a combination of "deep respect for the history of jazz and soul", "sound-collage like abstract hip-hop and trip-hop", "hybrid musicality with various rhythms similar to LA beats", and "a quiet listening experience that resonates with ambient music after the lo-fi beats movement. The result is a work that combines all of these qualities.

In addition, the album is unique in its deep knowledge of club culture, including medium grooves like rare grooves and neo-soul, house music, and even 2step.

This album is like Nujabes' "Modal Soul" in the 2020s, and is a dense piece of sampledelia magic similar to The Avalanches, Cornelius and others.

The album features three guests. H.Takahashi, the owner of Kankyo Records, where TOMC also works as a writer/reviewer, and one of the current frontrunners in nowadays Japanese ambient scene, pushes the quality of the balearic new age track, "True Life Again," to the extreme. Yutaka Hirasaka, a guitarist/beatmaker shows off his superb groovy playing on "Ubiquity. Hiroyuki Nakamura, a pianist and a longtime friend of TOMC, plays a key role in raising the quality of the three songs that form the heart of the album. He is like Uyama Hiroto in Nujabes’ works.

What TOMC expresses in its sound is a genuine wish for those who stand at the crossroads of their lives to live their "true life" with their hearts beating with excitement while being lost in their own positions.

Yes, this album may appear to be a complex work, with three deep "inner" suites and short interludes, but the result is very far from a sense of introspection or stagnation. Instead, the album is filled with sincere vibes that inspire and celebrate the lives of listeners living in today's uncertain society. 

This album is TOMC's first masterpiece, summarizing his extensive work from beats to ambient and beyond. We hope that this album will connect the cultures before and after the lo-fi movement and will be loved beyond the boundaries of the scene for a long time to come.

True Life

TOMC - Ambience (feat. NAKAMURA Hiroyuki)

Album Drops May 19!
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Following last years full album release "Empty Rooms", Peter Bark presents the sequel sister release "Missed Calls". Blending Hip Hop Beats with ambience and modern electronic production techniques to create a glitched out unique sound with the Peter Bark stamp on it.

Artwork by MC Blue Matter
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Missed Calls

Peter Bark - On The River

Inner Ocean Records is a platform and collective for emerging artists to release music and visual art. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the label was conceptualized in 2012 as a vehicle for artists to have their music heard and seen, to build a community of passionate people.  We designed the label to be what we would have loved to have as artists ourselves, redefining the rules in an ebb and flow to the changing landscape of music. We have made a conscious commitment to be transparent, adaptable and always for the people.

We are a label for artists, by artists. 

We’ve built the backbone of this label around great sound and feeling; laid back, honest and forever chill. We have released a lot of different sounds; Ambient, Lofi Hip Hop, RnB, Modern Funk, Future Soul and Indie. Since our inception, we have prioritized natural evolution and organic growth in the music – we value the process and accept change.  Expect the unexpected; we want to delightfully surprise you;)

So Much Light - findpeace

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