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Lofi heavyweights Mr.Käfer & Phlocalyst are restructuring the metaphysics of a jazz thing (to quote Gang Starr). “Memories”  is the second single from their  album  “Now / Again“ on MPM. The smooth beat is wrapped in warm melodic layers, led by  Phlocalyst's distinctive horn. The Flemish producer  lives Munich where he plays in a classic orchestra. Mr.Käfer was born in Salzburg, Austria with family ties in Algeria. He lives in Cologne where he fuses boom-bap & jazz with North-African music.

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Produced by Mr. Käfer & Phlocalyst.
Trumpet by Phlocalyst. 
Mixed by Mr. Käfer. 
Mastered by Roe Beardie. 
Artwork by Giza One. 

Cat No: MPM 308-2
Artist: Mr. Käfer & Phlocalyst
Titel: Memories

© ℗ 2021 Melting Pot Music

Mr. Käfer & Phlocalyst - Memories

Koralle returns with a brand-new jam called ‘New Day’. A harp-heavy jazz beat for Dorothy Ashby-fans and potheads alike. Since singing with MPM in 2019, the Italian producer has become a household name on the European beat scene, with four albums and more than 30 million streams under his belt. Stay tuned for a l-o-t of beat & rap releases produced by Koralle soon. Artwork by Italian painter Giulia Dall’ara.

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Produced and mixed by Koralle.
Mastered by Roe Beardie.
Artwork by Giulia Dall’ara.

Cat No: MPM 323-1
Artist: Koralle
Titel: New Day

© ℗ 2022 Melting Pot Music

Koralle - New Day

Variables

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‘Velvet Blue’ is the third single by Ray Lozano, releasing on February 2nd. Ray Lozano is a German-Filipino singer, born and raised in Cologne. She is a songwriter and producer who likes to dabble in playing piano, bass, and guitar. With ‘Velvet Blue’, she offers another musical short story taken from her debut album ‘Pairing Mode’, which will be released on March 3rd.

In each song (or chapter) Ray moves through a perspective on solitude. From longing for love to feeling contempt with yourself, disoriented, and then empowered again. Ray’s honest lyrics paired with her vulnerable, yet sophisticated and bold voice guide us through an emotional dreamy space found somewhere between heartbreak and hope. “’Pairing Mode’ is like a collection of polaroid pictures. Or like a menu, composed of several delicate dishes” she explains, emphasizing that it is to be enjoyed with all our senses. Every track is “a moment that has been captured and is complete as it is.”

Ray and her co-producer Samon Kawamura (Max Herre, Joy Denalane, Megaloh) create a landmark in German-Asian culture. Their sound is following in the footsteps of the art and soul of Solange's ‘When I Get Home’ plus some quirkiness à la Tierra Whack - but always undoubtedly Ray Lozano. Her music offers a sense of home - direct, soothing, and playful. ‘Pairing Mode’ is accompanied by a strikingly gorgeous poetic film, produced by visual artist Parissa Charghi.

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Lyrics written and performed by Ray Lozano. 
Produced by Samon Kawamura & Ray Lozano. 
Instruments performed by Samon Kawamura & Ray Lozano
Mixed by Samon Kawamura. 
Mastered by Arne Schumann.
Artwork by Parissa Charghi. 
Photos by Eno de Wit.

Cat No: MPM 336-3
Artist: Ray Lozano
Titel: Velvet Blue

© ℗ 2023 Melting Pot Music

Ray Lozano - Velvet Blue

Aged Eyes

Rising Dutch producer Afroham releases his debut EP 'Quantum Love' on Melting Pot Music. The 26-year-old musician from Rotterdam is fusing neo-soul, lofi and hip-hop in his very own style and fashion. On three vocal and two instrumental joints Afroham (and a close group of musical friends) addresses love and rejection in the digital age, topics Millennials and Gen Z are oh so familiar with. Appropriately, Afroham and singer Ginge (who appears on two songs) first met on Tinder and started dating. But instead of becoming a couple they ended up writing songs together.

Further guests on 'Quantum Love' include Swiss singer Djemeia (best known for her work with Melodiesinfonie and Slum Village) and producers/musicians Cocabona, Ian Ewing, Birocratic and Misha (all household names on the international beat & lofi scene).

Born Nathan Avraham, Afroham's artist name is a playful take on his surname and his hairdo. His superpowers also include creating visual art via video and 3d animation (despite being colourblind). Afroham has directed and animated a full-length movie that accompanies the release of the EP and its three singles. The artwork for all four releases comes from Parisian artist MC Blue Matter who in turn was inspired by the “Quantum Love” film when he worked on the covers.

Afroham has released a sling of successful singles on labels like Steezyasfuck and Chillhop (where he also works during daytime). His current playlist has music from artists like H.E.R., SiR, J. Dilla, Men I Trust & Mndsgn.

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Artwork by MC Blue Matter.

Cat No: MPM 333
Artist: Afroham
Titel: Quantum Love

© ℗ 2023 Melting Pot Music

Afroham - Doing Tonight (feat. Ginge & Misha)

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Lofi heavyweights Phlocalyst and Mr.Käfer unite again for the second volume of their joint project “Now / Again” on Melting Pot Music. “Some New Soul” is the third single.

But wait a minute … is it really appropriate to label “Now / Again II” Lofi? If you follow one of the relevant playlists, you have heard some tracks by our two friends for sure and yes they are heavyweights within that scene (check their numbers). But what about the music? “Now / Again II” is far cry from sad piano loops, fake vinyl crackles and played out SP-404 effects (or whatever the racoon in you associates with Lofi).

Let's call “Now / Again II” contemporary smooth Jazz rooted in soulful Hip-Hop instead. Executed with a great ear for strong melodies, sophisticated arrangements and an everlasting love for blue notes. You won't regret it.

“Now / Again II” is available digital and on LP.

Phlocalyst – Trumpet, Rhodes, Synths, Piano, Bass
Mr. Käfer – Drums, Rhodes, Synths, Piano, Bass

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Produced by Mr. Käfer & Phlocalyst.
Mixed by Mr. Käfer.
Mastered by Roe Beardie. 
Artwork by Giza One

Cat No: MPM 325-3
Artist: Mr. Käfer & Phlocalyst
Title: Some New Soul

© ℗ 2023 Melting Pot Music

Mr. Käfer & Phlocalyst - Some New Soul

Produced By:
Jonah Christian
Tre Pugh
Bradford Tidwell @bradford-i-tidwell

SiR - Never Felt Anything That Good (Prod. by Jonah Christian, Tré Pugh, Bradford Tidwell)

Prod. @jonahlchristian

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From the forthcoming album "Get It Together Remixed". 

Sola Rosa - Love Alone (Jeremy Sole Dub Alone Remix)

Snoh Aalegra - Find Someone Like You (Instrumental)
Produced by Jonah Christian
Piano - George Moore
Drums - Amir Oosman
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Find Someone Like You (Instrumental)

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Dear summer, you know we gonna miss you... Thankfully Syrup are blessing us with „Sunlit Days“, a perfect farewell song to the warm season..

And while the sunlit days go by, our favourite little super group are also announcing their first full-length album „Rosy Lee“, which will be in stores on 18th September. The LP will be available on black and syrup-coloured vinyl. 

Technically, Syrup are a hip-hop group with unmistakeable leanings towards soul and jazz. The group consists of an MC (Turt), a pianist/singer (C.Tappin) and a beatmaker (Twit One). Their music is rooted in the tradition of collectives like Native Tongues and Soulquarians, and they have come up with a pretty appropriate term to describe their sound, which is “cool bap”.

Twit, Turt and Tappin first met at a club in Bristol some years ago, where Twit played a DJ gig. They quickly became friends and have been working on music together ever since. In 2017 Twit brought Turt and Tappin over to Cologne to perform at the legendary Radio Love Love boat party. In the same year Summers Sons released “Undertones”, their first EP for Melting Pot Music, followed by “Uhuru” (2018) and “The Rain” (2019) and C.Tappin's debut EP “Ashes To Ashes” (2019).


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Produced by Twit One.
Vocals by Turt & C.Tappin.
Mastered by Roe Beardie.
Cover photo by Robert Winter.
Lettering by Ramon Backus.

Cat No: MPM 274-4
Artist: Syrup
Titel: Sunlit Days

© ℗ 2020 Melting Pot Music

Syrup (Twit One, Turt & C.Tappin) - Sunlit Days

Stream, download & LP: https://melting-pot-music.lnk.to/semilla

With their new single “Power”, Pachakuti and young.vishnu deliver a strong political statement against white supremacy and racism.
Musically, “Power” is a heavy deep funk tune reminiscent of the Meters and Poets Of Rhythm and features Masha Kashyna on vibraphone. The groove works as the perfect backbeat for a speech by Civil Rights and Black Power movement leader Stokely Carmichael, delivered in the early 90s:

“We must understand, the problems we suffer
is only because we are powerless.
If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem.
If he has the power to lynch me, that’s my problem.
So the only reason why the white man
can lynch me, is because I’m powerless.
Subsequently, the only way I can fight white
supremacy is through power.
P-O-W-E-R!
And the only way you get political power
is through the organized masses.”

Full speech: https://youtu.be/AiewiXVAqW8

Inspired by Stokely’s sharp analysis as well as humorous and assertive argument, Pachakuti composed „Power“ to remind today’s movements against racism and white supremacy across the globe of the historical leadership the Black Power movement of the 1970s plays for us until today, including their clear visions of power and self-defense, and the contagious attitude of pride, courage and certainty.

As for all of the tracks of the „Semilla“ LP, Pachakuti added a poem by his own to enhance the track with his own understanding of Power:

P-O-W-E-R
is not domination,
is not exploitation,
is not oppression.
It is the ability
to understand and respect
to serve and defend
to care and unite.

As the Panthers said.
Black Power for Black People.
Brown Power for Brown People.
Red Power for Red People.
Yellow Power for Yellow People.
White Power for White People.
All Power for all the People.
For each and every one of Us.


About Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael was the young civil rights leader who, in 1966, popularized the phrase "black power." Carmichael was a leading force in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP), and lastly leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party.
Inspired by Malcolm X's example, he articulated a philosophy of black power and became one of the most popular and controversial Black leaders of the late 1960s. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, secretly identified Carmichael as the man most likely to succeed Malcolm X as America's "black messiah". The FBI targeted him for personal destruction through its COINTELPRO program, and Carmichael fled to Africa in 1968. He re-established himself in Ghana, and then Guinea by 1969. There he adopted the new name of Kwame Ture and began campaigning internationally for revolutionary socialist Pan-Africanism.
Carmichael was married to Miriam Makeba from 1968 to 1973. He died in 1998.


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Produced & mixed by young.vishnu
Keys by Pachakuti 
Bass by young.vishnu
Saxophone by Pachakuti
Organ by Pachakuti
Guitar by young.vishnu
Vibraphone by Masha Kashyna & Pachakuti
Percussion by Claas Sandbothe & young.vishnu
Mastered by Roe Beardie. 
Artwork & graphic design by Carsten Pölking. 

Cat No: MPM 290-2
Artist: Pachakuti & young.vishnu
Titel: Power

© ℗ 2020 Melting Pot Music

Pachakuti & young.vishnu - Power

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“At The Bay” by Bel Cobain & Lex Amor and produced by illiterate, is the first single from The Silhouettes Project. 
 
The Silhouettes Project
 
The Silhouettes Project a new platform for up and coming Hip-Hop, Soul and Jazz artists from the UK. It is not a record label or management team, it is a community project. The Silhouettes Project provides an open space - a recording studio and live venue located within the Total Refreshment Centre in Hackney, London - where MCs, singers, musicians and producers can connect and create.

The Silhouttes Project was founded by community organisers/artists Asher Korner (aka Kosher) and Jaden Osei-Bonsu (Eerf Evil) in 2019. When they told us about the project and played us some of the music we were instantly hooked and joined the collective as label partner. The art direction is executed by Sergio „SagaUno“ Alférez, an acclaimed designer and illustrator from Medellín, Colombia.

Starting in September, we release a new single each Thursday from artists like Kofi Stone, Summers Sons, Enny, KeepVibesNear, Manik MC, Lex Amor, Louis The Hippie, Summer-Pearl, Joe Beard and many more.

All 15 singles will also be availble on one LP towards the end of the year. 

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Vocals by Bel Cobain & Lex Amor. 
Produced by illiterate. 
Mixed by Outrageous Claims. 
Mastered by Roe Beardie. 
Artwork by Sergio “SagaUno” Alférez (https://www.instagram.com/sagauno/).

Cat No: MPM 288-1
Artist: Bel Cobain & Lex Amor (feat. illiterate)
Titel: At the Bay

© ℗ 2020 Melting Pot Music

Bel Cobain & Lex Amor - At The Bay (prod. by illiterate)

Stream, download & LP: https://melting-pot-music.lnk.to/semilla

“Semilla” is a collaborative album by multi-instrumentalist Pachakuti and producer young.vishnu. Pachakuti is a classical trained saxophonist and pianist with strong leanings towards jazz and latin music. young.vishnu is a beatmaker, arranger, sampleologist and the founder of the Nima Composition Archive. They both met briefly five years ago in Hildesheim and became friends on a road trip to the bask country. Pachakuti and young.vishnu formed a nine-piece band called the Soularkestra which became the nucleus of their new project.

With “Semilla” the duo is dipping deep into hip-hop, jazz, latin, funk and soul with strong messages about politics, identity, globalization and neocolonialism.

Semilla means seed, means birth, 
means life, means opportunity. 
Opportunity of roots, of growth, 
of creativity, of expression. 
Expression of the sacred, 
of abundance, of eternity. 
Eternity of seeds, of flowers, 
of fruit, of death, of rebirth. 
Rebirth of lineages, of purpose, 
of knowledge, of truth. 

young.vishnu is still living in Hildesheim. Pachakuti moved to Berlin a couple of years ago and is also part of the Douniah & High John live band.

For fans of Sun Ra, Madlib, Quantic and Poets of Rhythm. The “Semilla” LP is limited to 300 copies and will be already available on 14th August. 

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All tracks produced & mixed by young.vishnu. 
All tracks written by Pachakuti & young.vishnu. 
Track 3 & 9 co-written by Masha Kashyna. 
Mastered by Roe Beardie. 
Artwork & graphic design by Carsten Pölking. 

1. Intro - Saxophone, bass & organ by Pachakuti. Keys by young.vishnu.

2. Vamos Pueblo - Saxophone, keys & bass by Pachakuti. Drums & vibraphone by young.vishnu. Percussion by Claas Sandbothe.

3. Power - Saxophone, keys & organ by Pachakuti. Bass & guitar by young.vishnu. Vibraphone by Masha Kashyna & Pachakuti. Percussion by Claas Sandbothe & young.vishnu.

4. Siempre Palante - Vocals, saxophone & keys by Pachakuti. Bass by Pachakuti & young.vishnu.

5. Semilla - Saxophone & keys by Pachakuti. Bass by Claas Sandbothe.

6. Familia - Saxophone & keys by Pachakuti. Drums, bass & percussion by young.vishnu.

7. Cinco Siglos - Vocals, saxophone & keys by Pachakuti. Bass by Pachakuti & young.vishnu. Guitar & organ by Felix Ewald. Percussion by Felix Ewald & young.vishnu.

8. Sol - Saxophone & keys by Pachakuti. Bass & guitar by young.vishnu.

9. Espiritu - Keys & organ by Pachakuti. Bass by young.vishnu. Saxophone, flute & vibraphone by Masha Kashyna. 

10. Amanecer - Saxophone, keys & synthesizer by Pachakuti. Bass by Pachakuti & young.vishnu. Drums & guitar by young.vishnu.

11. Destino - Saxophone, bass, strings & vibraphone by Pachakuti. Drums by young.vishnu. 

Cat No: MPM 290
Artist: Pachakuti & young.vishnu
Titel: Semilla

© ℗ 2020 Melting Pot Music

Pachakuti & young.vishnu - Sol

Stream, download & LP: https://melting-pot-music.lnk.to/rosylee

Technically, Syrup are a hip-hop group with unmistakable leanings towards soul and jazz. 
The group consists of an MC (Turt), a pianist/singer (C.Tappin) and a beatmaker (Twit One). Their music is rooted in the tradition of collectives like Native Tongues and Soulquarians, and they have come up with a pretty appropriate term to describe their sound, which is “cool bap”.

But if we put formalities aside and look at the bigger picture, Syrup are also a perfect example of how music can connect people beyond national borders, language and tradition. And furthermore, how Afro-American culture has influenced not only the musical taste but the views and opinion-making of generations of young people worldwide. The sheer existence of Syrup is also a big fat “Fuck Brexit!” which makes the group even more likeable.

“Rosy Lee” is available on LP as standard edition and limited colored vinyl edition (300 copies). 


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Produced and mixed by Twit One. 
Vocals by Turt & C.Tappin. 
Additional vocals on “Flightmode” by Sonne Ra. 
Keys on “The Recipe” and “Salt & Pepper” by C.Tappin. 
Cuts on “Politickin” by Hulk Hodn.
Mastered by Roe Beardie at The Brewery, Cologne. 
Photos by Robert Winter. 
Lettering by Ramon Backus. 
Artwork by Chicken. 

Cat No: MPM 274-4
Artist: Syrup
Titel: Sunlit Days

© ℗ 2020 Melting Pot Music

Syrup - Blue Sunday

Syrup - Hi(gh)

Syrup - Flightmode

Music Lover. Interested in Jazz, Funk, Soul, Elektronic Music, Songwriting, Old Stuff, New Stuff, Hip-Hop.

1.3.23

Julia