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New wicked tunes across Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Hip Hop Dub Beats. Weekly updated playlists from the website www.thewickedsound.com

The Wicked Sound Playlist 30 (2021) Jazz Funk Soul Beats

JazzFestBerlin - Jozi Playlist

We put together a playlist of the best new music of last month.

Twistedsoul Stereo: October

A special selection made for the background sounds of our Intergalactic Jazz Spaceship.

#FutureJazzBlast 2

A 2nd selection full of high quality, jellyfish-like crazy shit any psychonaut can listen to together with normal humans

#Jelly vol. 2 - 2

Africa'Jazznation

prayer for amerikkka pt. 1 & 2

prayer for amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2

Celestial Greens

Thembelihle Dunjana : keys and vocals
From the album Inyatyambo Pt. 1 (℗ 2020 Thembelihle Dunjana)
'New Horizons: Young Stars of South African Jazz Vol.2' out on 28 Sept 2021 and digitally from 15 Oct 2021 - pre-order AFS051 here: www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/new-horizons-2-0

A1. Thembelihle Dunjana - Pressin' On

Smoke Sessions

Hangin' in and Jivin'

Umkhumbi kaMa

Draco

Draco (feat. The Kankas)

Birdy Island (Remixes)

Foreign Flowers (Dengue Dengue Dengue & Prisma Remix)

Salute to the Sun

Harmony with Nature (Live at Hallé St Peter's)

‘Melodi’ is the second album from Kit Sebastian. Those familiar with the band's cult classic 2019 debut record 'Mantra Moderne' will instantly recognise their unique sound that blurs boundaries of world music, jazz and psychedelia. Not to be content replicating the same album, sonically the feel of ‘Melodi’ is a maturation. It is more diverse and provides glimpses into many different worlds from the Italian Riviera to the mountains of the Caucasus, the beaches of Bahia to the city streets of Istanbul and Paris. This joyous merging of soundscapes evokes a borderless planet with music as an international language, belonging everywhere and nowhere.

Melodi

Kit Sebastian - Affet Beni

Martin Rude & Jakob Skøtt Duo released 2 albums in 2020: The Discipline of Assent & The Dichotomy of Control. For the third installation in their Stoic opus, they join forces with Tamar Osborn on saxophone & alto flute. Similar to their first 2 albums, Rude & Skøtt improvised a tidal wave of ideas and grooves in the studio of Causa Sui’s Jonas Munk, the perks of which were shipped to the UK for Osborn’s overdubs of echo-drenched sax and wah-flute. An improvisation rippling across time & space, merging a river of constantly in flux head-on improv, as well as making room for floating harmonies and studio-wizardry.

Playful, experimental and explorative, the trio ventures into a free wash of exotica drenched in deep modal jazz-vibes - with splashes of something more futuristic and modern. But contrary to what the title suggests, there are also roaring waves of energy, sizzling funky grooves to complement the ambient undercurrent. It’s a record akin to the library & film music of the 60’s and 70’s and an ode to the willful river of experimental moderation. Far in.


Bios:
Tamar Osborn: Saxophonist, composer and multi-wind instrumentalist is the creative force behind modal jazz ensemble Collocutor (On The Corner Records). She is a long-standing member of the Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, performs and collaborates regularly with Sarathy Korwar, Jessica Lauren, Emanative, Ill Considered and DJ Khalab, and is an in-demand session musician.

Martin Rude: Multi-string instrumentalist & lead singer in Sun River, as well as stand-in bass player in Causa Sui. 

Jakob Skøtt: Drummer in Causa Sui with a slew of side projects on El Paraiso, as well as responsible for the label’s visuals.

Rude Skøtt Osborn Trio: L'Ombra Blu

’Assimilation’ is the fourth, and final, single taken from The Brkn Record’s forthcoming debut album, ‘The Architecture of Oppression Part 1’. A groundbreaking concept album from Jake Ferguson of The Heliocentrics. It is a critical journey through the eyes of Black Britons, blending powerful and sobering narratives with psychedelic and soulful symphonies.

It is a track that has an overwhelming potency and power. A visceral tour de force that stops you in your tracks. The music has a Wagnerian manner to it, culminating in a dramatic and emotional intensity, masterfully matched by the evocative lyrics and their delivery. Over a pulsing, ominous beat, spoken word artist, singer and performance poet Dylema breaks down the psychological and social violations entrenched by the pressure placed on Black and Brown people to ‘assimilate’ to so-called English culture. 

Born and raised in Nigeria, Dylema moved to England in 2000 and it is this lived experience that is expressed in the song’s lyrics, "When I came to this country, I had such a strong accent that it was really difficult to blend in. Before I opened my mouth, you had the Black thing, and when I opened my mouth you had the African thing. People were taken aback by that, and so I found myself assimilating and remembering my experience of that assimilation. I felt in order to survive in England I would have to learn how to speak like an English person. Even though I have this accent right now, it is completely fake. It never left me to have an African accent, so amongst my friends and people close to me, I slip back without even noticing. The level of skill I had to have to assimilate into England required so much of me. Even if you’re not born and raised in Africa, there are so many things that Black British people have to do to assimilate without even noticing it. I still feel like I haven’t completely assimilated and I’m ok with that now. That is what inspired me to write Assimilation. I felt someone needed to put a voice to what we actually do to ourselves to be respected or accepted in Britain.”

The Brkn Record - Assimilation (feat. Dylema)

RIFT Two

Stab The Voice

"Green Room" (Keith Mansfield)

Rehab

Rehab (Hot Chip Remix)

The Less You Know, The Better

Redeemed

Erik Truffaz

iimfama Ziyabona zaneliza

RE: ECM

Recat

Sona Jobarteh's debut music video "Gambia" in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Independence for the Gambia in 2015. 

Swakky Remix this track in Deep - House mode

Swakky & Sona Jobarteh - Gambia

Sweet Jones

Poundstretcher

The Branches (Deluxe Edition)

Power of Rain

Fusion

Referee

'Identity’ is the new single by bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta, featuring rapper Jitsvinger and vocalist Eden Myrrh. Jephta (2017 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz) fuses his love of jazz, hip-hop and electronic music in this new track that speaks to self-expression and living your truth, fearlessly.

Benjamin (24) has already made a name for himself as one of South Africa’s premier jazz double bass and electric bass players. Nominated for both the Metro FM awards and a SAMA, 2016 saw him winning the Wawela Award for ‘Best Male Artist’ and ‘Songwriter of the Year’. Now he puts on the hat of producer for this crossover single that showcases his range as an artist. 'Identity' is the first single from his anticipated sophomore album, ‘The Evolution of an Undefined’, due for release in late 2017.

Identity - Single 

Identity

Identity - Single (extended version)

Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)

Dear Adoniah, we give thankx for the most beautiful blessing, Andoniah.
1luv!

Open Letter To Adoniah

Mushroom Hour Half Hour

live, from The Truffaz Quartet Paris Tour
L'europeen with Mounir
December 10th 2007

يا نسيم الورد خبر للرشا .. يا نسيم الورد خبر للرشا ﻿ 
لم يزدنى الورد إلا عطشا

أنا من أهوى .. و من أهوى أنا ..
نحن روحان حللنا بدنا .. 

نحن مذ كنا على عهد الهوى .. تضرب الأمثال في الناس بنا
أيها السائل عن قصتنا .. لو ترانا لن تفرق بيننا 

أنا من أهوى .. و من أهوى أنا ..
نحن روحان حللنا بدنا .. 
روحه روحي .. و روحي روحه
إن يشأ شئت .. و إن شئت يشأ 

شعر الحلاج

Erik Truffaz & Mounir Troudi - Flamingos - الحلاج - منير ترودي

Earth

Reflection (feat. Liz Elensky & Nat Birchall)

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From the album "Alter Ethno"
Feat. Dimitar Liolev (sax)

Pokrai Reka

Erik Truffaz & Mounir Troudi - Flamingos

WOLF Music offer up something a little different to their usual tip, enlisting the warm dusty reverberations of four-piece, jazz-not-jazz collective Velour for a 7 inch of hazy, genre traversing rhythms. Alongside being producer for the Velour project, long-standing member of the WOLF pack Mr. Fries gives his own distinctive house touch to the flip side remix.

Perfectly capturing the new school of jazz, Essen-based Velour crisscross genres drawing on elements from each yet anchoring their roots in the richness of jazz’s deft melodies and percussive touches. Head-nodding down the open road, ‘Pose’ is that undeniably soulful, first swig of summer many tracks strive to be. Morphing into a woozy affair as the sun sets midway through, Velour’s songwriting talent well outstrips their years. Throw WOLF pack member Mr. Fries into the mix, kneading in his signature production style and the freshly baked result straddles the intersection between jazz, broken beat, house and soul.

Fries then takes on remix duties for the flip, maintaining that dusty demeanour yet going for a full frontal Moodymann-esque house interpretation. The smokey jazz bar sax, background hustle and weighty beat make for a summertime heater served straight from the grill, garnished just right with Mr. Fries own vocals over the top.

Velour - Pose

1ofthesedayz

The first single of the new SPAZA album - UPRIZE! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Full Album drops on 16 October 2020. Pre-order the LP on our bandcamp and pre-add the album on all digital stores.

Ariel Zamonsky – upright bass 
Gontse Makhene – percussion and vocals 
Malcolm Jiyane – vocals, piano & trombone 
Nonku Phiri – vocals & FX 

Recorded on 15, 16 & 17 July 2016 in the living room of a flat at Albyn Court, Yeoville, Johannesburg 
Musical direction at recording sessions by Nhlanhla Mngadi & Andrew Curnow 
Recordings engineered & mixed by Dion Monti 
Recordings mastered by Norman Nitzsche at Calyx Mastering 
Films excerpts featured on recordings selected by Sifiso Khanyile 
Recordings edited and produced by Monti & Curnow 
Executive Produced by Andrew Curnow 

Cover Design by Graeme Arendse 
Photo on front cover courtesy of African News Agency | Photographer unknown 

Manufactured & Distributed by !K7 Label Group 
All songs published by Mushroom Hour Half Hour

Umkhumbi kaMa

Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O