A brilliant new cut from Raffy Bushman, the London-based pianist and composer, whose debut EP last year, 'Look Up', certainly caught our attention and found a home on many respectable playlists too.

Raffy's spirited and melodic piano playing is a joy to hear on "Abraham". Supported by Nubiyan Twist's Finn Booth on drums and Mikele Montolli, hailing from Verona via Graz, on bass. 

Raffy gained praise and recognition far afield for his direction of Unit 31,  a music and visual arts collective of serious impact in London. He also founded the NuShape Orchestra, collaborating with Nubiya Brandon on 'All Kinds of Limbo' a transportative musical VR experience at The National Theatre.

After an impressive debut last year, Raffy looks set to go from strength to strength, from all indications.

Exclusive Premiere: Raffy Bushman "Abraham" (Forthcoming on Bridge The Gap)

Track list

Rosie Frater-Taylor- Think About you
Yelfris Valdés - Aceleyo Aña (Quantic Remix)
Luca Manning-This Time
Jay Phelps-Fall
Rosie Frater- Taylor- Hey
Jonny Enser- A Beginning
Reuben James - Tunnel Vision
James Copus- The Line
Rosie Frater-Taylor-Wavy (ft. Chris Hyson)
Yelfris Valdés - Maktub (Contours Remix)
Roselien-Not My Fantasy 
Immanuel Wilkins - Part 3_ Eulogy
Someone Anyone-Less Life


Rosie Frater-Taylor Interview


Ben Howard- Finders Keepers
Rosie Frater-Taylor, Jay Phelps, Menelik Claffy (LIVE)- What is this thing called love
Rosie Frater-Taylor (LIVE) Just my Type
Marvxlous- Life Is Beautiful
Intelekt-The Return
Jay Phelps Beats Medley- 
loop 1, 
Loop 2-Drake gods plan
Loop3 - Average White Band - You got It 
Travis Scott - Antidote (DJ Kasir x Vandalized Drill Edit)
Danvers - My Nina [CoOp Presents]
PYRMDPLAZA - House Bump For Joe Kay
Gonzi - Bawss

EAR TO THE GROUND (Show 8): Jay Phelps - ft Rosie Frater-Taylor

Second Release from MATTERS UNKNOWN
featuring Senegalese griot Mohamed Gueye on Sabar

Jonathan Enser (Nubiyan Twist) - Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Keys, Vocals
Matt Davies (Noya Rao) - Drums
Rosie Turton (Nerija) - Trombone
Viva Msimang (COLECTIVA, AUKA) - Trombone
Lyle Barton (Emma Jean Thackray, Golden Mean) - Keys + Synths
Alec Hewes (Allysha Joy) - Double Bass, Electric Bass

MATTERS UNKNOWN hits with heat on second single ‘BlindSpot’, a deeply spiritual odyssey and firm collaboration with Senegalese Griot Mohamed Gueye on Sabar. 


This tune is an ode to the London cyclist, whilst also casting metaphors on the cadence of mental health. Just as in The Blues the practice of the affirmation of life is expressed with melancholy. BlindSpot connects with the listener through exploring the declaration of sorrow whilst deploring despair. It brings into play the full force of this ensembles capacity to interact in a shared unity of vision whilst allowing space for each players character to shine through. 



The groove was originally inspired by drummer Matt Davies's experience of mentorship in Gambia where he translated this rhythm to the drum kit; however it wasn’t until meeting Mohamed Gueye that this tune was complete. Passed down to him by his ancestors, Mohamed has a detailed understanding of Sabar rhythms and the history of Senegalese culture made clear through his pervasive yet deeply melodic drumming. He brings the contemporary inline with the tradition. From history we write our future and this fusion is definitive of the African diasporic unity in modern contemporary British music.

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MATTERS UNKNOWN - BlindSpot ft. Mohamed Gueye

MATTERS UNKNOWN is a project by UK-based trumpeteer, multi-instrumentalist & producer Jonathan Enser, known of Nubiyan Twist. 'BlindSpot' is their 2nd single and features Senegalese musician Mohamed Gueye on Sabar drums. 

Release date: July 8th
Full article: www.steppinintotomorrow.com

★ PREMIERE ★ MATTERS UNKNOWN - 'BlindSpot ft Mohamed Gueye'

samples cut and horn, piano played by yours truely
thanks to Wim for the deep breathing xx

LykaWave feat. Wim

Akalé Wubé are the hardest working band on the Ethio-Jazz scene in France today. For seven years they've been hitting the stage with an impressive regularity, all over Europe, Asia and Africa. Their music — half original songs, the other half covers of Ethiopian classics and traditional tunes from the 60s and the 70s — has been growing, expanding and maturing into a unique Ethiopian groove of their own. Next week they'll be playing at the Pan Piper in Paris, with famous Malian musician, vocalist, arranger and composer Cheick Tidiane Seck as their guest. French Ethio-jazz band Arat Kilo will be opening. It'll be on saturday, october 17th. We've said it before, but save the date!

Grant Phabao is the unstoppable producer behind the Paris DJs sound. Over nearly two decades of superb music-making, he grew to be a prime purveyor of Jamaican Soul, wether labeled "ska", "rocksteady", "reggae", etc. After releasing albums with reggae icons Carlton Livingston, The Lone Ranger, The Jays or The Silvertones, and remixes for the whole planet, from George Clinton to Alice Russell, from David Byrne to Shawn Lee, from Jurassic 5 to The Beta Club… he started producing African music, working with the likes of Ebo Taylor, Franck Biyong, musicians from Fela's Afrika 70 or Egypt 80, from Antibalas, from The Souljazz Orchestra, or from Brownout, just to name a few.
With the Paris DJs label, he managed to cross the rigid boundaries of music categorization with an astonishing quantity of high-quality productions and remixes in many styles, achieving a high-order mastery in reggae, ska and afrofunk…

While discussing the possibility of releasing Akalé Wubé's sax & flute player Etienne de la Sayette's solo recordings on Paris DJs, the idea of getting Grant Phabao to put to good use his reggae-remixing skills on one of Akalé Wubé's songs arose quickly. But what about the Ethiopian horn or vocal harmonies, would they fit on a reggae groove? Well you can't really know until you try, so that's exactly what happened.

The song picked is the delighful 'Alègntayé', extracted from the band's latest album, 'Sost'. It's a tune originally written by Ayaléw Abbèbè and Tesfayé Abbèbè, arranged by Mulatu Astatqé and made famous by Pan-Ethiopian singer Tlahoun Gèssèssè. Akalé Wubé covered it with radiant Ethiopian singer Genet Asefa on vocals. Now Grant Phabao takes the tune all the way to Kingston, Jamaica — via Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia and Paris, France. It's gonna be hard to make a groove more global than that. And guess what? The resulting blend, unheard before, works like a charm! Ethio-reggae. What's next?

Credits :
Written and composed by Ayaléw Abbèbè & Tesfayé Abbèbè
Etienne de la Sayette : tenor & baritone saxophone
Paul Bouclier : trumpet
Loïc Réchard : guitar
Genet Asefa : voice
Erwan Loeffel : percussions
Laurian Daire : Hammond Organ
All other instruments, additional production, mix and mastering by Grant Phabao at Paris DJs studio
© 2015 Akalé Wubé / Clapson / T.I.M.E.C. / Paris DJs
Illustration by Ben Hito

Paris DJs http://bit.ly/1WKvN4z
Bandcamp http://bit.ly/1OVD4wY

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Akalé Wubé - Alègntayé feat. Genet Asefa (Grant Phabao Remix)

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Rinse FM Podcast - DJ Boring & Baltra

Previewing music from “Payton's Place.”

Nicholas Payton: trumpet
Tim Warfield: tenor sax
Anthony Wonsey: piano
Reuben Rogers: bass
Adonis Rose: drums

The full set list is as follows (all compositions by me unless noted):

Back to the Source
Paraphernalia (Wayne Shorter)
The Last Goodbye
Concentric Circles
United (Wayne Shorter)
I'm Old Fashioned (Kern & Mercer)

The Nicholas Payton Quintet - Live at the Village Vanguard 12.14.97

JAY & Tahl bring u tributes, chat and good times in the LA studio.

JAY & Tahl / NTS Radio

Changsie///
(The first 30mins)

Sweet Exorcist/Test Four
LFO/Track 4
The Wizard & The Prince/Mr. Terry Meets Mr. Fingers
Tuff Little Unit/Join The Future
Tomas/Mind Song
Fallout/The Morning After (Sunrise Mix)
Fred Fresh/Feelin’ It
Higher Intelligence Agency/Ketamine Entity (Axiom mix)
Nexus 21/Self-Hypnosis (Mr Whippy Remix)
Aphex Twin/Analogue Bubblebath 1


Jack Chrysalis///
(The second 30mins)

Ploy - Gulch
Guide - Radial
Unknown
Pearson Sound - Everything Is Inside Out
Jack Chrysalis - ??
Two Shell - ??
Synapse - Night Moves
The Delinquents - Room On The Top
Unknown
Jack Chrysalis - ??

MATTERS UNKNOWN - BlindSpot ft. Mohamed Gueye

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