With the jazz-leaning electronic producer Hemai, Swiss trumpeter Bodo Meier finds the perfect remixer to give his Afro Latin inspired jazz a subtle electronic edge.

Hailing from Switzerland, Bodo started playing the trumpet at 8 and very quickly turned to jazz and improvisation. For the last 12 year, he's been touring intensely with a variety of artists across the globe.

In 2012, a tour through Brazil with the rock band Underschool Element in 2009 and in Senegal with percussionist Mory Samb started a deep connection with the Afro-American music heritage . Today, Bodo is involved in many projects and bands with Latin American music.

Bodo moved to London in 2015 and became very active in London's music scene. He started collaborating with guitarist Tjoe Man Cheung. Together they recorded two albums and toured twice in Hong Kong and China in 2016 and 2018. Now back in his native Switzerland, he writes and arranges music for his own band as well as others and released his debut album 'Approaching Change' on Berlin label QFTF. 

Bodo's debut EP, 'Eclipse', follows the release of singles 'Lamento Olvidado' and 'Roadrunner'. Both supported by the likes of Kev Beadle, Soho Radio, Twisted Soul and Jazz FM. It sees Bodo collaborate with electronic sensation, Tru Thoughts signed producer Hemai, for a dancefloor remix of 'Roadrunner' and swiss collective Alma Negra for their own take on 'Lamento Olvidado'.

Producer and multi-instrumentalist Louie Hemus AKA Hemai sonically melds soul and jazz with an electronic tinge. “Production-wise I’m experimenting with the concept of space; bringing together my favourite sounds from around the world and the universe and merging them with UK roots”, he explains. 

Born and bred in the UK’s second capital Birmingham, Hemai grew up around jazz culture, music and live musicians, taking influence from the likes of Herbie Hancock, The Gilberto’s and D’Angelo to modern day acts like Zero7 and Corinne Bailey Rae.

His 2019 debut EP “Eyes, Closed” received upfront support from Gilles Peterson, Erica McKoy and Papaoul (Worldwide FM) and from his home station BBC Radio West Midlands. The release was closely followed by Hemai’s official remix of Oscar Jerome’s “Gravitate” and being titled one to watch by BBC Introducing’s Jaguar on her Hot List 2020, cementing the now London-based artist’s place in the thriving UK jazz and electronic scene.

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“The Cutdown” gets its name from a late-night harvest on the eve of Polyrhythmics’ departure to their annual late-night appearances during New Orleans Jazz Fest. Guitarist Ben Bloom imagined the track setting the scene for a vibrant late night on Frenchmen St late at night during the city’s flagship musical gathering where modern electronic sounds are met with spirited funk bands performing to eager crowds at iconic venues. “The Cutdown” is the soundtrack to stepping outside to get some air, running into friends casually swaying to a second-line street party, and raising the vibes even higher. This track is off of the group’s 2020 full-length LP ‘Man From the Future’ and the digital single release is in celebration of the record’s second vinyl pressing coming out on Color Red in spring 2022.

Produced by Polyrhythmics

Credits:
Ben Bloom - Guitar
Jason Gray - Bass Guitar (Electric)
Grant Schroff - Drums
Nathan Spicer - Keyboards, Electric Organ
Scott Morning - Trumpet
Art Brown - Saxophone
Elijah Clark - Trombone
Karl Olson - Percussion Instruments

Tracking Engineer - Jason Gray
Studio Aleph

Mixing Engineer - Jason Gray
Blue Mallard Recording

Mastering Engineer - Doug Krebs
Doug Krebs Mastering

The Cutdown

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Polyrhythmics - The Cutdown | Color Red Music

The music here originated through a series of daily, one hour sessions in the lead up to the Nothing Feels Like Everything album release.  Each day Scrimshire created and filmed a one-minute piece and posted it online. 

This Autumn Adam has expanded some of his favourite pieces from those sessions into a gorgeous EP of woozy, cosy instrumentals, full of earthy textures and autumnal tones.

Scrimshire - Hornbeam

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Multi-instrumentalist, composer and homegrown bohemian carioca Antonio Secchin, aka Tunico presents his buoyant debut single ‘Galope’. Orchestrating a diverse body of traditional Brazilian rhythms and textures, the ‘galloping’ piece typifies the genre-defiant instrumental-music that Rio De Janeiro is famed for. Featuring some of the finest talents of Rio’s world-leading scene, including Antonio Neves, Chico Brown, Boka Reis and Katarina Assef among many more, Tunico puts out his first release with London based label Far Out Recordings, with more to come in 2023…

Tunico - Galope

“'Tangential City' was coined by my younger brother to describe our neurodivergent conversational style,” says Gordon, “hopping around seemingly unrelated topics that are connected to each other by infinitesimal tangents. I’ve adopted 'Tangential City' as an expression of the real and metaphysical liminal realities we all exist in. It’s the atlas of my musical/artistic mind.”

The single and title track of the new album is probably the most distinctive representation of this concept. Synths collide in mid air with beats that are hard to pin down. Stomping bass, broken beats and tempo changes just as you think you're getting a grasp on things.

Tangential City (Single)

Tangential City

Pie Eye Collective - Tangential City (single)

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Guaraci - Ando Voando (Original Mix)

Laid back soul sounds as the inimitable Andrew Ashong joins forces with Albert's Favourites label founder Jonny Drop. 

Sultry vocals compliment the yearning sound of horns (courtesy of former Funk Lovin' Criminal, Brian "Fast" Leiser) and mellow, warm bass movement. A magical combination dropping hints of what's to come on the full length LP in April.

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The Puzzle Dust

Jonny Drop • Andrew Ashong - The Puzzle Dust

SANDS presents a musical landscape of electronic and organic sounds that uses interactions with irregular lines to explore the ebb and flow of time and the fluid granularity of sand.

Music, keys and percussions: Coco G. Diez
Recorded and produced by Koyko
Vitoria (ES) 2024  

Artwork: Ghost Artist Society

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