Masaaki Yoshida aka Anchorsong has been winning friends here in the UK and internationally throughout Europe with his live shows, and yes we do mean live: Yoshida’s music is created with a sampler and a keyboard, from scratch at his gigs. Sometimes these sounds are augmented by a string quartet.

With 3 EP releases in his native Japan, Anchorsong relocated to London and soon hooked up with the Brighton-based Tru Thoughts label, who put out his international debut LP "Chapters". That, an appearance on Boiler Room TV last year, and support from Radio 1’s Huw Stephens have all helped this young man begin to garner attention. We are hoping this release for BBE will be the one that transforms him from a name bandied round by the electronic music cognoscenti, to a high-profile artist/producer.

Previously characterised as being a maker of downtempo beats, The Mawa EP is an altogether more upbeat affair. The opener rattles along with African tribal chants, dense percussion and a fuzzy near-analogue ambience; the African vibe is continued on track 2 with a looped marimba before we suddenly switch to some sparse, dreamy 4/4 stuff that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on Nu-Groove way back when. The third track is altogether busier, interweaving more chanted vocal snippets and tinkling percussive figures over a sensuous bassline, and the closer increases the bottom-end action with some near sub-bass anchoring layers of shifting, swirling bleeps. This release puts Anchorsong firmly in ‘minimal’ territory and demands attention from electronic music DJs everywhere. 

Gilles Peterson:   
‘Anchorsong is absolute fire…a brilliant EP’

Karizma: 
‘Its Dope really creative will defo play out ‘

Osunlade: 
"These hams are going direct in my wyrb crate ..from first note, masa just says get your ass up and dance! flamingos makes you feel warm inside..ivory is something from another planet with its syncopated spliced rhythms, sounds and voices..makes for a nice dreamy moment. mantra just brings it all home with simple yet affective deepness..pure!"

Flamingos

No Gravity is the first track to be heard from Moiré's debut album Shelter.  Find out more about the album here: http://www.werkdiscs.com/moireshelter.html

It will be released by Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune the 18th August 2014.

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No Gravity

Windswept

Derecho

https://leavingrecords.com/statues-live
Spencer Zahn is the LA-residing bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer who has released several albums both as a solo artist and as a collaborator. His music is marked by openness - spacious sonic spaces rich with contributions from his creative community.

In November 2023, Zahn released Statues - the album compositions were written during a six month period of solitary focus - however after moving to Los Angeles in early 2023, Zahn started to work with a group of new musicians that make up some of the most exciting players in LA. His new west coast quartet consists of Nicole McCabe, Vancil Cooper, and Zach Tenorio.

On Zahn’s latest offering Statues Live the west coast quartet performed two live concerts both recorded to make up the tracklisting for his new album. Though the compositions are the same as the studio album Statues, the sound and performance is unique to this new live album leaning heavily on the perspective of the quartet and their collective improvisations. Side A was recorded live, outdoors at the Leaving Records concert series. Side B was recorded live, indoors at Altamira Sound in front of a studio audience.

Side A Recorded by Adrian Garcia Mixed by Spencer Zahn Recorded live at Leaving Records on October 14, 2023

Side B Recorded by Rob Shelton and James Riotto Mixed by Spencer Zahn Recorded live at Altamira Sound on November 19, 2023

Mastered by Matthewdavid McQueen

Artwork & Layout by Radha Vishnubhotla

Personnel: *Vancil Cooper, drums Nicole McCabe, alto saxophone Zach Tenorio, electric piano Spencer Zahn, fretless bass & piano

01 Changes in Three Parts [Live at Leaving Records]

Taken from 'Intermission' by Shigeto, out October 30, 2015.

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Shigeto - Pulse

'Love 4 Dilla' (2013 guest mix for Electrocaine)

--http://www.electrocaine.com/podcast/056/

Tracklist:

1. Intro / Dam Funk – I Wanna Thank U (4 Steppin’ Into My Life) ~ 2013
2. Octavio Santos – Fall In Love (For Dilla)
3. Matmatix – Landspeeder
4. Evil Needle – One for Kennedy
5. Jay Dee feat Frank N Dank – Pause (Sawandi Rework)
6. Analog | Division – Just Another Day
7. DarkoTheSuper – Dilla Dawg Is The Illest
8. D.L.O. the Iceman – I Am Legend
9. J Dilla – Grannie
10. JuSouL – Thank You (A J Dilla Tribute)
11. Robot Orchestra-Beauty And The Beat
12. Freshtone – Give You The One (Instrumental)
13. J Dilla – Ruff And Rugged
14. PSimDope-Air & Water [Dilla x Aaliyah]
15. Illa J – DFTF (Instrumental)
16. Bahamadia – Uknowhowwedu (Instrumental)
17. J Dilla – Kaklow (Jump on It)
18. Nate OG – His-Story!
19. Spacek – Dollar…Circulate (Out of Spacek Remix)
20. Slum Village – World Full of Sadness
21. J. Rawls – A Tribute To Dilla
22. Mar Variation – 2u4u
23. Slum Village – What it’s All About
24. Al Hudson & The Soul Partners – I’m About Loving You
25. Outro

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FUNK B

'Love 4 Dilla'

instrumental of Purple Skies to celebrate two months of Stockholm Marathon :)

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Stockholm Marathon

Purple Skies (Instrumental) - free dl

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