Bandcamp (vinyl pre-order):
https://jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com/album/body-mind-spirit-ep

“Body Mind Spirit” is a masterful collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Àbáse and drummer/producer Ziggy Zeitgeist, also known for his live project Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange and his work with Australian Nu-Soul juggernauts 30/70. As Àbáse x Zeitgeist, they share a deep musical understanding and respect, moving fluidly through future funk, deep electronica, house and techno while maintaining an undeniable organic, soulful and spiritual foundation, supported by the voice of the South African singer Dumama.

The term "Àbáse" in the West African Yorùbá language stands for collaboration. And from the very first moment Àbáse heard Ziggy Zeitgeist play drums live with 30/70, he had a very strong vision that they will create music together. Indeed, soon after, the two embarked on a musical journey, merging their experimental background as live musicians with their love for modern electronic productions. Surrounded and influenced by the urban club culture and electronic music scene that their new home Berlin has to offer, the two kindred spirits began improvising and jamming regularly at Ziggy’s Xberg studio.

The EP beautifully captures a highly sophisticated hybrid of hand-played elements and progressive, electronic grooves. Most of the studio sessions involved Àbáse improvising on keys, synths and percussion over Ziggy’s drum grooves and electronic beat sketches. Ziggy would then spent all night editing and arranging what they had recorded, throwing in loose and crazy ideas, unexpected breaks and cuts that made it difficult for Àbáse to even recognize what he had originally played the day before. Highly motivated by this kind of experimental synergy, the two spent many hours together in the studio following their creative vision.

Coincidence would have it that Àbáse and Ziggy Zeitgeist shared the same stage with Dumama from the duo Dumama + Kechou. The South African-born, Berlin-based, artist, performer and sonic researcher is a compelling storyteller and lyricist. She works to seamlessly blend traditional South African oral culture and futuristic globally-oriented poetics, with a delicate care and awareness of the value of both. Deeply moved by her musical performance and strong spirit, the two decided on the spot to invite her to Ziggy’s studio for a musical collaboration. A guided meditation by Dumama was followed by a collective improvisation that laid the foundation for the profound title track “Body Mind Spirit” as well as several short ‘meditations’ that create a fluid and connective tissue throughout the EP.

Buy on Bandcamp

Àbáse x Zeitgeist - Body Mind Spirit EP (out on May 7th, 2021)

If you ever wondered what ambient music of the 21st century could sound like, then you should explore the musical spheres of “ifsonever”. This colorful debut-album draws a blueprint of an urban ambient club record of a parallel universe. A collage of beautifully improvised pieces, strictly recorded in “one takes”. A gripping fusion that brings together the warm analog textures of classic vintage synthesizers and electronic urban ambiences.

Trying to appreciate the recent times of silence and deceleration, Daniel Helmer aka ifsonever has quickly developed a tonal language as a solo artist. With a non-compromising approach he would visit his studio, a cozy garden shed, to record one new track a day in strictly analog fashion as “one takes”. His aim for this project was to capture the innocence and instinctive creative energy of the present moment. These 9 timeless pieces invite the listener to explore hypnotic and meditative atmospheres such as on the opener “transpose” or on “jonesy dreams of birds”, as well as gloomy and almost mystical sounding tracks such as “total global” or “an unexpected error has occurred”. ifsonever is a wonderful amalgamation of organic, laid-back sounds and electronic, club oriented elements.
 
Recorded at a time when social contact was forbidden and culture was at a standstill, many professional musicians felt challenged not to feel useless when performances and sessions in public were cancelled, while the need for expression, participation and communication persisted. What happens when you've read all your books, when you're tired of looking at screens, and when you're digitally saturated? Then the unbearable lightness of being will begin. Daniel Helmer decided to let his creativity flow into a picture depicting that moment in time. He gave himself the opportunity to reflect this period through the creation of music. Not always an easy thing to do when the only social interactions would be cats passing by or the sound of children playing nearby. However that can be exactly the perfect tranquil surrounding to ground oneself in the here and now and draw inspiration from the inside. This self titled album reflects a peaceful journey from start to finish.
 
“ifsonever” offers a timeless ambience to help you slow down, reflect and enjoy the beauty of nothingness. It might help us to learn and accept a state of being unutilized without feeling futile and benefit from this rare silence.

The cover artwork is a collaboration between Jazz & Milk graphic designer Tim Schmitt and photographer Frank Hulsbömer. A scan of the artist's head, hand and foot was 3D printed, photographed and transformed into an otherworldly scenery that visualizes the musical atmosphere.

ifsonever [JMLP004]

AGÔRA (Portuguese for "now") is a wake-up call to reality, a convocation into the present moment. A reminder that the infinite possibilities of technological progress should not disconnect us from the earth, from eye-to-eye relationships, and from moments lived in person. May this virtual world allow us to reach higher heights - without forgetting our origins. Let us not be consumed by greed, for all we truly possess.... is the NOW.

Buy on Bandcamp:
https://caixacubo.bandcamp.com/album/ag-ra-2

Caixa Cubo - Agôra

Sam Irl delivers a jazz-tinged House EP via Cologne’s Jazz & Milk this November, entitled ‘Donau’ and comprising three originals from the Vienna, Austria based producer and DJ.

The past decade has seen Bavaria born Vienna based artist Sam Irl deliver his signature soul infused twist on contemporary house via the likes of Jimpster’s Freerange, S3A’s Sampling As An Art, SlothBoogie, Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood and of course Jazz & Milk which has become a staple home for his productions since debuting on the label in 2012. Here Sam offers up the ‘Donau’ EP, the title of which references his growing up in rural Lower Bavaria as well living in Vienna for almost two decades, both of which are located on the Danube River.

Opening the EP is ‘Music About Talking’, a five-minute dynamic house workout employing intricately intertwined keys, sweeping guitar chops, vocal cuts and air synth chords running atop jazzy, organic drums and a gritty bass hook.

Title-cut ‘Donau’ follows and dives deeper into snaking bass licks, stuttering guitar plucks, ethereal piano lines and shuffled, low-slung drums. ‘Magic Hat’ then rounds out the release, deftly weaving together twinkling synth chimes, a playful, bouncy bass line and ethereal atmospherics while jazzy keys ebb and flow amongst a raw, crisp drum groove.

P&C 2022 Jazz & Milk Recordings & Publishing

Written, produced & mixed by Sam Irl, Vienna
Mastered by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven

Photography by Ina Aydogan

Bandcamp

Sam Irl - Donau EP

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https://jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com/album/levanta-poeira-compiled-by-tahira

For their first Afro-Brazilian compilation the German Jazz & Milk label teamed up with Tahira, one of São Paulo’s most active DJs and music collectors. Levanta Poeira (Afro-Brazilian music & rhythms from 1976 – 2016) highlights a few of his favourite DJ pearls and encompasses Brazil’s various regional musical styles influenced by African and Amerindian forms. While most foreign music lovers tend to approach Brazilian music by having American music genres such as Jazz, Soul, Funk, Disco as a reference, Tahira’s personal wish was to showcase the rich musical roots and facets of his country by featuring carefully selected artists and bands from the past 4 decades. Most of these tracks will be made available on vinyl for the very first time with a highlight certainly being Tahira’s “A Toda Menina Baiana” remix (vinyl-only) of one of Brazil’s absolute musical heroes, Gilberto Gil.

Tahira is a well known character and good soul of São Paulo’s music and digging community, regularly searching through record shops, private collections or dusty attics around the country. The passionate DJ dedicated the past four years extensively researching Brazil’s broader spectrum of musical styles and slowly started to introduce more and more African and indigenous elements in his DJ sets. Encouraged by the great acceptance and success during his shows he decided to curate his first compilation project to share his discoveries with the world. “Levanta Poeira” is a popular Brazilian expression meaning "kick up dust." This is a phenomenon that can be found throughout the country, a cultural manifestation that exists where people gather to play, dance and party. Earth is hit by the foot of the dancers raising a cloud of dust. It is a sign that the heat of the Brazilian spirit is present!

The compilation starts of with a key figure of Brazil’s music scene. Since the 1950s, the Genius Gilberto Gil has been gifting us with countless musical blessings. Very few artists were able to not only explore but embody the diversity of Brazilian music as well as he did. Gil’s endless row of classics include the wonderful track “Toda Menina Baiana” which has been revisited by Tahira himself. Adding Ijexá beats, as well as Afrobeat stlye guitars and a horn section on top of the original, Tahira managed to make this legendary song attractive to a young and modern audience. The remix starts of with a long percussion intro, builds up very slowly before finally introducing the first vocal verse - an arrangement especially designed for DJs who love to mix and blend brazilian rhythms in their sets. This remix will be available on vinyl only!

Established in 1995, Barbatuques from São Paulo developed different techniques of body percussion, vocal percussion, tap dance and musical improvisation in their collective experiences. “Baiao Destemperado” is a Forró (a genre of Brazilian music that originated in Northeast) with the famous Barbatuques body percussion trademark. A truly unique and outstanding piece of music!

Back in 1976 Georgette or Georgete da Mocidade recorded “Kiriê” – a track produced by the genius Ed Lincoln, a pioneer of sambalanço, a very groovy music style which mingles samba rhythms and American jazz. The Afro influences on this track are unmistakable. The simple foundation of guitars and percussion create a very warm and electrifying sound layered by Georgette’s beautiful vocals. The rhythmic pattern of the percussion intro is called “Congo de Outro", an Afro Brazilian rhythm with Bantu origins that heavily inspired modern producers and laid the foundation for Baile Funk.

Levanta Poeira - Afro-Brazilian music & rhythms from 1976 – 2016 (compiled by Tahira) | LP & digital

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The latest EP arriving via renowned Munich/Cologne-based label, Jazz & Milk, finds two kindred spirits teaming up for the first time; multi-instrumentalist and producer, Àbáse, and Australian Nu-Soul drummer and studio wunderkind, Ziggy Zeitgeist (who we recently covered on the site with his smash Kreuzberg Kix). Through their mutual love for experimental live instrumentation and modern club music, they have formed Àbáse X Zeitgeist, with Body Mind Spirit EP serving as their official calling card.
	Packed in this sprawling, densely layered EP is a dizzying array of various styles, genres, and musical ideas. Much of the EP derived from improvisatory sessions between Àbáse and Ziggy in Ziggy’s Berlin studio. The two of them spent hours going back and forth, with Àbáse laying down improvised keys and synth work over Ziggy’s drum patterns, who would then mix them to delightfully quirky and eclectic results. The result is something that feels palpably organic and loose, yet grounded in the duo’s affinity for vibey, hard-hitting dance-music grooves. Case-in-point is the centerpiece of the EP, the title track, “Body Mind Spirit”. Coupled with South African-born, Berlin-based artist and singer, Dumama––who brings a stunning traditional South-African vocal performance to the arrangement––the track is a vibrant, hypnotic, eclectically playful cut of world-music-leaning Deep House. 
	On this track, and across the entire EP, the duo displays a formidable knack for taking disparate inspirations and infusing them with their own unique sense of groove-building. There is a deep sense of collaboration and mutual respect for each artist’s singular creative vision that courses throughout the entire project, indicating an exciting, creatively fruitful musical partnership that is only just getting started.

Body Mind Spirit EP

PREMIERE: Àbáse X Zeitgeist - Body Mind Spirit Ft. Dumama

If you ever wondered what ambient music of the 21st century could sound like, then you should explore the musical spheres of “ifsonever”. This colorful debut-album draws a blueprint of an urban ambient club record of a parallel universe. A collage of beautifully improvised pieces, strictly recorded in “one takes”. A gripping fusion that brings together the warm analog textures of classic vintage synthesizers and electronic urban ambiences.

Trying to appreciate the recent times of silence and deceleration, Daniel Helmer aka ifsonever has quickly developed a tonal language as a solo artist. With a non-compromising approach he would visit his studio, a cozy garden shed, to record one new track a day in strictly analog fashion as “one takes”. His aim for this project was to capture the innocence and instinctive creative energy of the present moment. These 9 timeless pieces invite the listener to explore hypnotic and meditative atmospheres such as on the opener “transpose” or on “jonesy dreams of birds”, as well as gloomy and almost mystical sounding tracks such as “total global” or “an unexpected error has occurred”. ifsonever is a wonderful amalgamation of organic, laid-back sounds and electronic, club oriented elements.
 
Recorded at a time when social contact was forbidden and culture was at a standstill, many professional musicians felt challenged not to feel useless when performances and sessions in public were cancelled, while the need for expression, participation and communication persisted. What happens when you've read all your books, when you're tired of looking at screens, and when you're digitally saturated? Then the unbearable lightness of being will begin. Daniel Helmer decided to let his creativity flow into a picture depicting that moment in time. He gave himself the opportunity to reflect this period through the creation of music. Not always an easy thing to do when the only social interactions would be cats passing by or the sound of children playing nearby. However that can be exactly the perfect tranquil surrounding to ground oneself in the here and now and draw inspiration from the inside. This self titled album reflects a peaceful journey from start to finish.

“ifsonever” offers a timeless ambience to help you slow down, reflect and enjoy the beauty of nothingness. It might help us to learn and accept a state of being unutilized without feeling futile and benefit from this rare silence.

ifsonever

jonesy dreams of birds

jonesy dreams of birds (with millian x)

an unexpected error has occurred (with guido spannocchi)

home

total global

transpose

Footprints

Afro Hop (Dusty Remix)

Bad Jazz Troupe - Afro Hop (Dusty Remix)

Time

Sam Irl - Time

Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Who's Foolin' Who?

Romanowski meets P.E.A.C.E. & Maya - Hey Girl/Boy

Deep Jazz - Celestial Blues

Seventy Three

Bad Jazz Troupe - Seventy Three

AGÔRA (Portuguese for "now") is a wake-up call to reality, a convocation into the present moment. A reminder that the infinite possibilities of technological progress should not disconnect us from the earth, from eye-to-eye relationships, and from moments lived in person. May this virtual world allow us to reach higher heights - without forgetting our origins. Let us not be consumed by greed, for all we truly possess.... is the NOW.

Out on March 31, 2023 on Jazz & Milk
https://caixacubo.bandcamp.com/album/ag-ra-2

Agôra

Oblique Sunshine

Oblique Sunshine (feat. Rebekka Ziegler)

Agôra (feat. Matthias Schriefl)

Ndiyakhangela

Ndiyakhangela (feat. Bongani Givethanks & Mpho Nkuzo)

Caio & Eric

Caio & Eric (feat. Eduardo Camargo)

Carrossel

Carrossel(feat. Zé Leônidas)

Sábado

Sábado (feat. Zé Leônidas)

Asase

Asase (feat. Eric Owusu)

Kismeti

Kismeti (feat. Matthias Schriefl)

Sam Irl is back with a new EP for his Jazz & Milk home base.
The EP title “Donau” refers to his growing up in rural Lower Bavaria as well as having lived in Vienna for almost two decades, both located on the Danube River.

All three tracks are based on a free-flowing vibe with an organic and unique sound signature. Using minimalistic, but well-crafted song structures, analogue synth lines and sampled drum chops, his deep rhythms & grooves are always purposeful, yet loose and definitely rolling in their own time.

Besides making music Sam Irl has been busy working in his Viennese studio as a mixing and mastering engineer for a wide range of underground and independent artists.

Donau EP

Magic Hat

Sam Irl - Magic Hat

Donau

Sam Irl - Donau

Music About Talking represents the first single from Sam Irl's forthcoming Donau EP on Jazz & Milk. With an intuitive mix of sampled disco drum and vocal chops, warm analogue synth chords and a tight bass line, the Viennese producer demonstrates his ability to create a vibing house groove with just a handful of elements.

Music About Talking

Sam Irl - Music About Talking

Various Artists - Footprints EP
Format: 12" vinyl sampler
Release date: March 17, 2014
All tracks taken from the forthcoming full-length album Footprints to be released on April 28 on CD & digital.
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Jazz & Milk is back with a brand new compilation series featuring previously unreleased tracks by international label artists, friends & family! The 6 track "Footprints EP" offers a small foretaste of the forthcoming full-length compilation to be released in April 2014.

Footprints starts off with the heavy Afro-Funk vibes of the Bad Jazz Troupe, remixed by Jazz & Milk label-founder Dusty. Sam Irl from Vienna takes us on a journey of raw emotion. On "Time" he fed his MPC with filthy vinyl samples, jazzy rhodes chords, deep basslines and smooth synth-arppegios - all glued together on top of a driving House beat. "Sidama de Cali" is a 50/50 blend of Ethiopian and Colombian music by Todd Simon & The Angel City of All Star Brass Band featuring strictly horns and percussion - including Quantic on the guacharaca (colombian version of the guiro) and a 'who is who' of LA's music scene.

The B-side begins rather bass-heavy. On Dusty's "Cosmic Path" gliding synths and vibrant percussion float over a foundation of deep bass and slightly off-kilter beats. Russian talent Lay-Far delivers a soulful broken beat tune - "A Good Old Holiday Groove" draws obvious influence from mid 70's jazz. The EP concludes with the legendary Munich-based formation Karl Hector & The Malcouns. "Who's Foolin' Who?" was written by JJ Whitefield (producer and guitarist for the Poets of Rhythm and the Whitefield Brothers) and reflects his affinity for sounds from across the African diaspora.

Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Who's Foolin' Who

Label head Dusty is broadcasting live every 3rd Tuesday a month from 6 - 8pm (CET) from the dublab.de studio in Cologne, Nippes! In his monthly show Dusty presents his favourite musical discoveries as well as forthcoming exclusives and guest mixes – soulful, spiritual, electronic, cosmic… you name it, Jazz & Milk got it. 

www.dublab.de/shows/jazz-milk
www.jazzandmilk.com
www.instagram.com/jazzandmilk

Tracklist:

Doug Carn feat. Jean Carn - Revelation
The Circling Sun - Kohan
Caixa Cubo - Carrossel
Ahmad Jamal - Swahililand
Tuzeint - Velvet
Terry C. Clark - Count Your Blessings
Eliezer Mass Choir - Give It To Him
Arnold Blair - Trying To Get Next To You
Azymuth - Aurora
Josh Milan - I Survived 45 (Honeycomb Vocal Mix)
Doctor Rhythm feat. Spirits Rejoice - I Feel So Strong Now
Sven Wunder - Harmonica And...
Reginald Chapman - Hearing Is Seeing
Secret Night Gang - Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings
Ultra Naté - Twisted
Coolaffair - Mama Marimba Ani - Warrior Spirit
Yutaka - Sao Jorge
Djavan - Amazon Farewell
Trevor Bastow - Integration
Leroy Hutson - Paradise
Doug Beavers - Sunshine (feat. Joe Locke)
Avishai Cohen & Abraham Rodriguez Jr - The Healer
David Versace - Marseille Movement
Cool Affair - Dispensar Of My Reality
Opolopo - Loose Limbs
Dego (feat Lord) - Bluetooth Headset
New Sector Movements - Stand (feat Mike City)
Bill Summers - Brazilian Skies (Dj Spinna And Ahmed Sirour Remix)

Caixa Cubo's new album "Agôra" is out now on Jazz & Milk:
www.caixacubo.bandcamp.com

Jazz & Milk radio show w/ Dusty (April 2023 / dublab.de)

Label head Dusty is broadcasting live every 3rd Tuesday a month from 6 - 8pm (CET) from the dublab.de studio in Cologne, Nippes! In his monthly show Dusty presents his favourite musical discoveries as well as forthcoming exclusives and guest mixes – soulful, spiritual, electronic, cosmic… you name it, Jazz & Milk got it. 

www.dublab.de/shows/jazz-milk
www.jazzandmilk.com
www.instagram.com/jazzandmilk

Tracklist:

Andre Gibson & Universal Togetherness Band - Don't It Feel Good
The Tony Williams Lifetime - There Comes A Time
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey)
Rolrolrol - Surprise (with Jamie Woon)
Shokazulu -  Seeing Is Believing
Gene Harris -  Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong
Yutaka - Love Light
Dynasty - Adventures In The Land Of Music
Astral Engineering - Seashore Dub
Noel Stone - Dream Girl
Romaal Kultan - Slow Down
Jembaa Groove - Adesane (Pachakuti Remix)
Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy - O Yinne! (inst.)
DJ HARRISON - You're My Favorite (Bonus Outtake)
Steve Spacek - Take Ova (feat. Oddisee)
Burland - Dagobah VIP
Madlib - Montara
Jisr - Musaka
Taj Mahal - Airplay
Universal Togetherness Band - My Sentiments
Osunlade - Roll Like Thunder
1981 Tokyo - Frontin' (Amapiano Edit)
Atmos Blaq - Kwa Mama
Sampology & Charlie Hill - Choir Hook
Simon Mavin - Good Hair Day
Fantastic Aleems - Get Down Friday Night
Midnight Express - Danger Zone
Cheo - Agujas en el pecho (ft. Catalina Garcia)
The Voltage Brothers - Happening In The Streets (Domo Domo Rework)
Osunlade - Leading Blacks (Coflo's Not So Confused Remix)
Cool Affair - Organizer
Moroka - Dreams in Evisu
Kash - Percussion Sundance
Nana Benz du Togo - J'AI COMPRIS
The Good Samaritans - Gaskya-Kace

Jazz & Milk radio show w/ Dusty (May 2023 / dublab.de)

JMEP021 | LC15027 | P & C 2015 JAZZ & MILK RECORDINGS & PUBLISHING

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Jazz & Milk turns TEN! To celebrate a decade full of music the Munich based label offers a limited vinyl 12" edition which comes in a hand-drawn and numbered sleeve - 300 copies available only! Since 2005 Jazz & Milk offers an experimental playground for international artists. On Ten Years of Jazz & Milk four exclusive tracks are brought to you by the likes of Sam Irl, Mieux, Todd Simon & The Angel City All Star Brass Band and label founder Dusty.

On the A-side label artist Sam Irl brings Dub culture onto electronic dance floors. Dreams is a forward driven introspective dub track built around a heavy steppas-influenced rhythm and deep bassline. Expect his full-length solo debut album to released later this year on Jazz & Milk!

Mieux is a young upcoming duo from Vienna known from their Boiler Room live performance or their debut EP on Up My Alley! With Technotrap they contribute a playful and dreamy uptempo tune that cleverly balances a straight-forward driven beat with harmonic and repetitive melodic figures.

Label head Dusty joins the EP with a slow-house MPC jam called Heavy Lights. After a dreamy intro the track soon fades into a hypnotic direction based on percussive vibes, big bottom samples and heavy hitting snares.

Todd Simon's arrangement, blending multiple versions of a classic for his 21-piece ensemble featuring himself on Flügelhorn and Alan Lightner on Steel Drums. Recorded live to tape in an 80 year-old studio located in the heart of Hollywood.

Thanks to each and everyone for supporting Jazz & Milk and vinyl music culture throughout the years!

Ten Years of Jazz & Milk

Mas Que Nada

TODD SIMON & THE ANGEL CITY ALL STAR BRASS BAND - MAS QUE NADA

Ma Fleur De Marseille

Twelve Inch Jams 001

Drift

Sam Irl & Dusty - Drift

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For their 12th label anniversary, Jazz & Milk have decided to launch a new series called Twelve Inch Jams in order to celebrate vinyl culture and the legendary 12 format!

JAMS002 sounds the bell for the second round of the series including a 10 years re-issue of the classic Sam Irl cut You Don't Feel Enough. Originally released as a B1 tune on his African Dance EP debut on Pulver Records in 2007, this jazzy house gem found its way into the record bags of many influential DJs over the years. From Session Victim, Glenn Astro, Max Graef to Hodini... the record never disappeared in club sets but certainly from discogs a good while ago.

So it was about time to give the tune a second life and finally press it on the format it deserves - a whole 12 side. The German production duo Session Victim are well-known fans of the track describing it as their secret weapon playing it in quite many DJ sets for years, including their 2015 appearance for Mixmag's DJ Lab.

Hence, it is a great pleasure that Session Victim contributed a remix to the new release. Their absolutely elegant and groove-driven version with a charming 90's touch to it makes a brillant counterpart to the original with its jazzy piano-, drum- and double bass samples leading to an epic synth break that regularly causes ecstatic moments on the dancefloor.

Twelve Inch Jams 002

You Don't Feel Enough (Session Victim Remix)

Sam Irl - You Don't Feel Enough (Session Victim Remix)

Various Artists - Jazz & Milk Breaks Vol 1

Jazz & Milk Breaks Vol. 1

Jazzhole

Free The Robots - Jazzhole

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https://jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com/album/levanta-poeira-compiled-by-tahira

Back in 1976 Georgette or Georgete da Mocidade recorded “Kiriê” – a track produced by the genius Ed Lincoln, a pioneer of sambalanço, a very groovy music style which mingles samba rhythms and American jazz. The Afro influences on this track are unmistakable. The simple foundation of guitars and percussion create a very warm and electrifying sound layered by Georgette’s beautiful vocals. The rhythmic pattern of the percussion intro is called “Congo de Outro", an Afro Brazilian rhythm with Bantu origins that heavily inspired modern producers and laid the foundation for Baile Funk.

Levanta Poeira (compiled by Tahira)

Kiriê

Georgette - Kiriê

Available on vinyl only!
https://jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com/album/levanta-poeira-compiled-by-tahira

The compilation starts of with a key figure of Brazil’s music scene. Since the 1950s, the Genius Gilberto Gil has been gifting us with countless musical blessings. Very few artists were able to not only explore but embody the diversity of Brazilian music as well as he did. Gil’s endless row of classics include the wonderful track “Toda Menina Baiana” which has been revisited by Tahira himself. Adding Ijexá beats, as well as Afrobeat stlye guitars and a horn section on top of the original, Tahira managed to make this legendary song attractive to a young and modern audience. The remix starts of with a long percussion intro, builds up very slowly before finally introducing the first vocal verse - an arrangement especially designed for DJs who love to mix and blend brazilian rhythms in their sets. This remix will be available on vinyl only!

Toda Menina Baiana (Tahira Remix)

Gilberto Gil - Toda Menina Baiana (Tahira Remix) | vinyl only

Order vinyl & digital here:
https://jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com/album/levanta-poeira-compiled-by-tahira

Established in 1995, Barbatuques from São Paulo developed different techniques of body percussion, vocal percussion, tap dance and musical improvisation in their collective experiences. Baiao Destemperado is a Forró (a genre of Brazilian music that originated in Northeast) with the famous Barbatuques body percussion trademark. A truly unique and outstanding piece of music!

Levanta Poeira

Baião Destemperado

Barbatuques - Baião Destemperado

Order vinyl & digital here:
https://jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com/album/levanta-poeira-compiled-by-tahira

Renata Rosa is a contemporany artist that blends sounds of the northeast area of Brazil in a very unique way. On “Brilhantina” her indigenous influenced voice fits wisely to the Samba de Coco rhythms. Its ́s an outstanding track from the beginning to the end and a good example of how powerful and bass-heavy percussion-driven music from Brazil can sound these days. Renata Rosa manages to present Brazil’s musical roots in a modern guise, celebrating widely unkown facets of Brazilian music culture.

Brilhantina

Renata Rosa - Brilhantina

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Global bass producer Maga Bo continuously explores the contours of Afro-Brazilian culture including many collaborations with some of the biggest talents in Brazil’s vast musical landscape. His track ”No Balanço da Canoa” was remixed by another production pioneer Chico Correa who was one of the first to blend Brazilian sounds of the norheast with
electronic beats back in 2003. On his remix he modernized the traditional style of the original version by adding flutes, synth basslines and strong electronic Coco stlye beats.

No Balanço Da Canoa (Chico Correa Remix)

Maga Bo - No Balanço Da Canoa (Chico Correa Remix)

Sam Irl is a talented producer from Vienna to keep an eye on. After a few releases on various labels, amongst others a 7" collaboration with Dorian Concept and a featuring on "Kutmah presents Worldwide Family Vol. 2" (Brownswood Rec.) with Ritornell, he is releasing his new EP on Jazz & Milk. 

The "Slower Bavarian EP" begins with "Safety Hertz", a moody deep house tune with live rhodes and analogue synthesizer chord movements building up a melancholic yet forward-driven vibe. The bass-heavy broken-latin "Batuque" started out as a sponanteous summer jam with Dusty on a visit to Vienna which has already been played out and supported by DJ's like Mr. Scruff. The B-side begins with "Oh Mother", a raw percussive afrobeat workout with an ethio-sytle twist, recorded together with Viennese underground group Smizuler & The Helmets. Additional Trumpets were played by LA's Todd Simon. The EP concludes with an excellent remix by Sam Irl homie "Cid Rim" remixing "Safety Hertz", turning it into a futuristic and dreamy bass workout.

Sam Irl, a young producer originally hailing from a small village in rural Lower Bavaria, has been living and working in Vienna for quite some time now. Besides studying recording engineering at Vienna's University of Music and Performing Arts he produces tracks of various styles, ranging from sample-heavy MPC Hip Hop beats, analogue tape-recorded synthesizer Funk to raw Broken Beat and Deep House tunes. He has released on Stuttgart's Pulver Records, Bonzzaj Recordings ("Untitled One" with Dorian Concept) in Switzerland and Fresh Minute Music London. Besides releasing his own music he has done remixes for JSBL, Swede:art, Trishes (FM4), Inverse Cinematics (aka Motor City Drum Ensemble) and Munich's dialect-Hip Hop-group Doppel D.

Look out for Sam Irl's live performances jamming on two MPC's, drum computers and analogue synthesizers.


Slower Bavarian EP

Safety Hertz

Sam Irl - Safety Hertz

Oh Mother (feat. Smizuler & The Helmets)

Sam Irl - Oh Mother (feat. Smizuler & The Helmets)

(2009) Jazz & Milk mix by Dusty for Michael Ruetten's Soulsearching radio show - enjoy!

1. Idris Muhammad - Loran's Dance - Kudu
2. Dizzy Gillespie - Matrix - Perception
3. Mr. Chop - The Caveman - Jazz & Milk
4. George McRae - I Get Lifted - T.K. Disco
5. Quantic y su Combo Barbaro - Enyere Kumbara - Tru Thoughts
6. Nat King Cole - Day In Day Out (Cut Chemist Remix) - Capitol
7. The Jivers - Do What - Jazz & Milk
8. Mocean Worker - Shamma Lamma Ding Dong - Jazz & Milk
9. Gagle - Eastern Voyage - Mukatsuku
10. Femi Kuti - Tell Me (Jeremy Sole's Musaics Remix) - Mercer Street
11. Romanowski - Flagranti - Jazz & Milk
12. Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Salsa Verde (Dusty Remix) - NYC Trust
13. César's Salad - Manteca - Jazz & Milk
14. The Boogoos - The Journey / Ghana '74 (Dusty Remix) - Jazz & Milk
15. Vono Box - Pepita - Jazz & Milk
16. Dusty - Voodoo - Jazz & Milk
17. Free The Robots - Jazzhole - Jazz & Milk
18. Romanowski - Strudel Strut (Up, Bustle & Out Remix) - Jazz & Milk
19. Dusty - Loco Para La Pista (Solo Moderna Remix) - Jazz & Milk
20. Alice Russell - Universe (Dusty Remix) - Little Poppet

Jazz & Milk mix by Dusty for Soulsearching Radio #597

Release Date: March 18, 2013
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Several years after his successful debut album „Keep It Raw,“ Dusty hits home with this ecelectic 4 track EP which represents a foretaste of his second album „Mood Matters“. The Jazz&Milk label founder consistantly straddles the line between tradition and modernity and proves that an album need not simply commit itself to a genre or two; and in the process ups the ante considerably by featuring a broad spectrum of musical styles, bringing together Dusty’s favourite leanings such as Jazz, Funk, Soul, Afrobeat, Latin, percussive Beats and Deep House rhythms, while seeking a natural balance between accoustic, electronic and traditional sounds through the prism of a club-music oriented approach. 

This fusion is brilliantly demonstrated on the title track „Mood Matters“ which meshes forward-driven house beats with organic instrumentation – a big Jazz banger for the dancefloor! „Danse Macabre“ features Dusty’s live band project „Bad Jazz Troupe“ taking you on a wild trip between massive horn sections, heavy beats and deep basslines. On the B-side you’ll find the strong Afro-Funk piece „Seventy Three“ with its sweeping horns, charming Afrobeat guitars and mighty drumbeats and let’s not forget the soulful beauty of „Longing Lingers“, featuring the heavenly voice of Carla Vallet ,as well as one of Munich’s most talented producers, Bartellow. 

Catch the video for the title track „Mood Matters“. Paper drum- and tape machines are brought to life through elaborately generated stop-motion sequences which can also be found on the cover artwork - handmade and directed by the artist himself. 


Mood Matters EP

Mood Matters

Romanowski - Strudel Strut

Romanowski - Strudel Strut (Up, Bustle & Out Rmx)

Label head Dusty is broadcasting live every 3rd Tuesday a month from 6 - 8pm (CET) from the dublab.de studio in Cologne, Nippes! In his monthly show Dusty presents his favourite musical discoveries as well as forthcoming exclusives and guest mixes – soulful, spiritual, electronic, cosmic… you name it, Jazz & Milk got it.
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Tracklisting:
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger – Coffee intro (International Anthem)
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger – Gospel Trane (International Anthem)
cktrl – Lighthouse (Touching Bass)
Navy Blue – Ode2MyLove (Freedom Sounds)
Kip Carmen & Danny Horton – This Island Is Our Home (MTMU)
Ernest Ranglin – In The Rain (Emotional Rescue)
Steve Arrington – The Joys Of Love (Stones Throw)
Àbáse – Sorongo (Groove School Records)
DJ Harrison – SweetStickyThang (Not On Label)
Nicholas Payton – Sounds Like a Memory (Paytone Records)
Samii – Wake Me Up (2000black)
Laik – Keep It Light prod. Mblsh (Mandarin Dreams)
DJ Harrison – Letter A (Not On Label)
Kyle Hall – Rising (Forget The Clock)
Jneiro Jarel – African Bahia Sol feat. Dr Who Dat (Far Out)
Leroy Burgess – One Plus One [Dave Lee Ext Club Mix] (Z Records)
Ivan Neville – Dance Your Blues Away [The Mighty Zaf Edit] (Cordial Recordings)
Dan Kye – Raro (Rhythm Section International)
Ny-Ak & Ian Blevins – K Dance (Banoffee Pies)
Samii – For Too Long (2000black)
Jitwam with Folamour – Sun After Rain [Kaidi Tatham Remix] (The Jazz Diaries)
Sam Irl – Changes (Jazz & Milk)
Kyle Hall – Teacher Plant (Wild Oats)
Alex Attias feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow & Kid K. – I Wanna Know DUB (Visions Recordings)
Space Ghost – New World Energy [Sunset Mix] (Tartelet Records)
Cuisine Dub – Mating Call (Banoffee Pies)
Danse Cette Zik – Soweto (Periodica Records)
Mr President – One Night feat. Cindy Pooch & Celia Kameni (Favorite Recordings)
Rene and Angela – Turn It Out (Capitol Records)
Milton Hamilton – We have All The Time (Disko-Mania)
Moe Fabrik – Sassy Boi (Jazz & Milk)
Steve Spacek – Do U Want My Luv (Jazz & Milk)

Jazz & Milk radio show w/ Dusty (December 2020 / dublab.de)

Phoenix Rising

Àbáse X Zeitgeist - Phoenix Rising

Elevation #1 - 2

Àbáse X Zeitgeist - Elevation #1 - 2

Saturn Return

Àbáse X Zeitgeist - Saturn Return

Meditation #1 - 2

Àbáse X Zeitgeist - Meditation #1 - 2

This month's edition is a "J Dilla Sample Special"!
Featuring many original tunes sampled by the legendary producer, followed by corresponding Jay Dee beats!

Label head Dusty is broadcasting live every 3rd Tuesday a month from 6 - 8pm (CET) from the dublab.de studio in Cologne, Nippes! In his monthly show Dusty presents his favourite musical discoveries as well as forthcoming exclusives and guest mixes – soulful, spiritual, electronic, cosmic… you name it, Jazz & Milk got it.
www.jazzandmilk.com

Tracklist
Gap Mangione – Diana in the Autumn Wind (GRC)
Slum Village – Fall In Love (Barak Records)
Tarika Blue – Dreamflower (Chiaroscuro Records)
Erykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know (Motown)
Shawn Phillips – Don’t Want to Leave You, I Just Came to Say Good-Bye (A&M Records)
A Tribe Called Quest – That Shit (The Ummah Recordings)
The Singers Unlimited – Clair (Opus)
Slum Village – Players (Barak Records)
The Isley Brothers – Don’t Say Goodnight [It’s Time for Love] (Epic)
J Dilla – So Far To Go feat. Common & D’Angelo (BBE)
Sylvia Robinson – Sweet Stuff (Vibration)
J Dilla – Crushin’ [Instrumental] (Stones Throw Records)
Barney Kessel – The Look of Love (Black Lion Records)
Slum Village – The Look Of Love (Scenario Records)
100% Pure Poison – Windy C (EMI)
Yancey Boys – Alien Family [Instrumental] (Delicious)
Dave Grusin – The Colorado Trail (Sheffield Lab)
D’Angelo – Me & Those Dreaming Eyes Of Mine [Jay Dee Remix] (Golden Years)
Pharoah Sanders – Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt (Impulse!)
Jay Dee – Jay Dee 6 (Yancey Media Group)
Vangelis – Movement 1 (Polydor)
Talib Kweli – Colors of You (Javotti Media)
Ahmad Jamal – Swahililand (20th Century Records)
De La Soul – Stakes Is High (Tommy Boy)
Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá – Saudade Vem Correndo (Verve)
The Pharcyde – Runnin’ (Delicious)
Billy Paul – Let the Dollar Circulate (Philadelphia International)
Steve Spacek – Dollar (Sound In Color)
The Cyrkle – The Visit [She Was Here] (Columbia)
A Tribe Called Quest – Get A Hold (Jive)
Moğollar – Haliç’te Güneşin Batışı (Diskotür)
Jay Dee – Welcome 2 Detroit (BBE)
Jay Dee – Think Twice (BBE)
Master Ace – Sitting On Chrome [Ummah Remix] (Golden Years)
The Roots – Dynamite (MCA)
Q Tip – Let’s Ride (Arista)
J Dilla – Earl (Bling47)
J Dilla – Circus (Bling47)
Common – The Questions (MCA)
Brand New Heavies ft Q-Tip – Sometimes [Ummah Remix] (Barclay)
Azymuth – Rico Suave Bossa Nova (BBE Music)

Jazz & Milk radio show w/ Dusty - J Dilla Sample Special (February 2021 / dublab.de)

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