After huge support and love for their MGIC EP, this beautiful EP from Edseven & Tan Brown receives a heavy weight remix treatment from Jonny Faith (Tru Thoughts), Steve Spacek (Ninja Tune), Kid Sublime (BBE) and Peret Mako! Sultry vibes on this one!

Exclusive Premiere: edseven "Heart Wars" (feat. Tan Brown) (Steve Spacek Remix)

Some more tasteful Jazz from MJC!

My favorite track on the album, sounds like it's going around a loop infinitely...

Leaves

Available on vinyl, CD or digital formats: orcd.co/lillygoodparty2

Swiss DJ Alex Attias returns to BBE with a second helping of uptempo cuts, perfectly encapsulating his LillyGood Party! sound.

Founder of the recently revived Visions imprint, a long-time collector and a revered selector, Alex Attias is, before everything, a refined producer whose musical craft has seen him travel the globe, most notably with an extended stint in the birthplace of the bruk sound, London.

The tracks you’ll find on this compilation are all current favourites, or proven classics that have never left Alex's record box at the LillyGood Parties, a gathering Alex and his brother Stephane run in their hometown of Lausanne, Switzerland.

LillyGood Party! Vol.2 is another testament to Attias’ unswerving taste for smooth yet intricate, subtly layered yet deeply rooted dance compositions; some subtly edited for maximum dance-floor effect.

Featuring instantly recognisable names such as Louie Vega's Elements Of Life, Peven Everett and even Pharoah Sanders, LillyGood Party 2 also sheds light on some lesser-known artists, digging out some gems, buried deep across the jazz, disco and electronic musical strata.

Alex Attias presents LillyGood Party Vol. 2

12 Senses - Touch

This is episode 29 of a weekly mix series where I share music that inspires me, all genres, all formats.

TRACKLISTING:

Mildlife - Memory Palace
East Coast Love Affair - Don’t Be Afraid
Sault - Son Shine
Jessie Ware - Step Into My Life
Nu Guinea - Disco Sole
Falle Nike & Ghost Culture - Mounemouma
Mark E - White Skyway
Mark Barrott - Evening Star
Big Bang ft. Nathan Haines - Smile In Your Eyes (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix)
Jazztronik - Samurai
Andrés - You’re Still The One
Anderson .Paak ft. Lalah Hathaway - Reachin’ 2 Much
Jamie 3:26 - Give Me Your Love
Tornado Wallace - Healing Feeling

[ INSIDE ] EP29

This International Tribe mix is coming from Seoul-born, Tokyo-based producer and sound artist Sundaysaurus ahead of her debut album “Pretty Poison” on Chow Down Records on 9th October 2020.

International Tribe: Sundaysaurus

Ancestral Afro-Venezuelan rhythms meet futuristic Latin jazz, raw funk and afrobeat on Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos’ exhilarating new ‘Bichos’ album for Olindo Records. Venezuelan bassist Raúl Monsalve leads an all-star ensemble of musical trailblazers including “the voice of Venezuela” Betsayda Machado, singer Luzmira Zerpa (Family Atlantica) and drummer Dave De Rose (Agile Experiments, Moloko, Mark Ronson).

Out Friday 16th October via Olindo Records:
https://backl.ink/142728605

Find out more here:http://www.musicamacondo.com/2020/10/premiere-monsalve-y-los-forajidos-mosquito-ft-betsayda-machado/

Bichos

Premiere: Raul Monsalve y los Forajidos - Mosquito ft. Betsayda Machado

2020 sees Jazz & Milk celebrating its 15th anniversary! For this special occasion we have invited Àbáse for an interview. The musican and producer from Hungary, based in Berlin, also contributed a dj guest mix. Dusty is presenting to you various exclusives from the forthcoming vinyl compilation "COMMUNITY - 15 Years of Jazz & Milk" which will be released on Nov 27th on Jazz & Milk.
pre-order: https://jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com/album/community-15-years-of-jazz-milk
Thanks for tuning in!

Label head Dusty is broadcasting live every 3rd Tuesday a month from 6 - 8pm (CET) from the dublab.de studio in Cologne, Nippes! In his monthly show Dusty presents his favourite musical discoveries as well as forthcoming exclusives and guest mixes – soulful, spiritual, electronic, cosmic… you name it, Jazz & Milk got it.
www.jazzandmilk.com

Tracklisting:
Mtume - Theme (For The People)
Bongani GiveThanks - Indoda (African Repraise) / exclusive - Jazz & Milk
Sam Irl - Changes / exclusive - Jazz & Milk
Feater - Cosmic Dust / exclusive - Jazz & Milk

Àbáse Interview:
Àbáse - Align ft. Wayne Snow
Àbáse - Fallen Statues / exclusive - Jazz & Milk

Àbáse Vinyl Mix:
John Coltrane Quartet - Alabama
Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Arriving Soon
Baden Powell - Sarava
Art Blakey Quartet - Cafe
Waaju - Kaolack
Klaus Doldinger - Raga Up And Down
Dumama + Kechou - Wessi Mama (feat Siya Makuzeni)
Roland Kirk - Fly By Night
Dévai Nagy Kamilla - Zöld Erdőben
Gonda Sextet - Profán Ünnep
Luedji Luna - Um Corpo No Mundo

Jazz & Milk - 15 Years Anniversary Edition w/ Dusty & Àbáse (November 2020 / dublab.de)

MIMS is excited to share the wild & incredibly rare Venezuelan big band sound of "Socorro Auxilio" by Germán Fernando y su Orquestra, taken from El Palmas Music's forthcoming compilation, 'Color De Trópico', released Friday November 20.

'Color de Trópico' is a carefully-compiled work of healing and reconstruction, documenting a special moment in the history of Venezuelan music, when the country’s democracy was just a few years old and the profound impact of the oil industry on society had only just begun. DJ El Palmas and El Dragón Criollo have chosen eight impossibly hard-to-find jewels, originally released between 1966 and 1978, remastered and reissued here for the first time on vinyl.

According to music journalist Alfredo Churión “those who saw (Germán Fernando) attested to having witnessed something indescribable”, a mysterious man who doubted even his sanity and of whom today practically nothing is known. He was someone who dared to show a completely foreign effrontery, signing unintelligibly, moving frantically and throwing himself to the ground before the stunned gaze of his audiences. Venezuelan writer Luis Armando Ugueto states: “his art could go from the sublime to bad taste – and it was craved by the press – when he subjected viewers to strange songs where he pleaded for socorro and auxilio [help].” 

Germán Fernando had a histrionic proposal that was a thousand times misunderstood and that even popular presenters of the time like Renny Ottolina dubbed “his follies”. A theme close to the jazz orchestra soundtracks of James Bond and Batman accompanies the showman here who comes across like a creole Screaming Jay Hawkins. He creates a whirlwind of sound that, while as agile as a featherweight, is also capable of knocking out all the old ideas Venezuelans themselves have about their music.

DJ El Palmas, aka Maurice Aymard, tell us, "We started to make this compilation almost one year ago, and it was very complex to make it happen for several reasons. First of all,  find the legal rights of the songs and to negotiate with old record labels, it´s something that takes a lot of time and effort, many phone calls and emails back and forth for almost six months.

Besides this there was another task, to find the right 'gems' that could fit into our concept, and that could express in music what we were looking for, but this also would lead us to other challenges.

The first one was that most of the masters were not available, we had to start searching for old vinyl records and most of them were not in the market,  and also the ones available were very expensive. A lot of digging had to be made, all these  'fun' obstacles we found on our way were a big adventure for El Drágon Criollo and myself.

We also wanted to express in a new vinyl record, the history and the era of Venezuela, as it was at the end of the 60's and the beginning of the 70´s, when there was an explosion of genres , from jazz, cumbia, salsa, disco, joropo, boogaloo and pop, it was amazing what was going on in this beautiful and tropical country at that time. 

Also the connection between El Drágon Criollo (Paulo) and I was super important, he is Colombian and I am Venezuelan, so we have so many things in common but at the same time different points of views, so this was also super fun, it was a learning process for both of us....."

El Dragón Criollo adds, "The compilation of Color de Trópico is in the end like an art exposition of different artists in the same gallery. So the curatorship was made very carefully and with tons of problems at the same time, because the pieces to expose were not easy to find. Here we are trying to show the versatility of what was going on in Venezuelan music at that time, it is really an eclectic mixture of colors."

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Exclusive Premiere: Germán Fernando y su Orquestra "Socorro Auxilio" (El Palmas Music)

We are very pleased to premiere "A Macieira", the uplifting and graceful lead single and first track on 'Orla', the debut LP from London-based Lusophone-influenced jazz ensemble, Caravela, due out February 26 on None More Records. 

The London-based ensemble explores musical traditions from Portuguese speaking cultures, encapsulating influences from Brazil, Cape Vert in West Africa and Portugal. 

Their debut full length LP ‘Orla’ is an intoxicating mix of Afro-Brazilian rhythms and contemporary London jazz drenched in modern psychedelic and progressive textures. 

The band’s deep and infectious grooves form the basis from which they can showcase their beautiful and mature songwriting craft. Lyrics touching on social and environmental issues in both Brazil and Cape Verde, as well as reflections on modern life, weave between the songs in Loubet’s native Portuguese.

Initially inspired by a recent period of living in Bahia, Brazil, interacting and working with local musicians there, Caravela took that experience and melded it alongside their wide range of influences to deliver a stunning set of contemporary songs.

Hypnotic and groove-laden percussion ties together all the different elements Caravela are bringing to the table, from Afro-Brazilian influences like Candomblè music or the tropicalia of Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso with some darker, electronic elements reminiscent of Radiohead, electric era Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. ICaravela have opened for Gilberto Gil, and their ranks include members of Waaju and Bahla. 

There’s also a grittiness from the band’s music evolving from within London’s contemporary jazz scene that makes Caravela’s music uniquely their own.  The African and Brazilian rhythms and jazz approach remain at the core of the group's sound, but the development and growth of their own songwriting, diverse range of textures and influences and their soaring vocals and spiritual lyrics make their sound so distinct. 

‘Orla’ showcases Caravela’s growth from their debut EP in 2017, building on their digging into Brazilian and Cape Verdian music to develop their songwriting and sound. It represents the growing sense of identity of Loubet and Sousa’s songwriting partnership, organically developing the songs through spontaneously singing lyrics and melodies over Sousa’s ideas on guitar, the music came together very naturally.

Lead single "A Maciera" builds on a clipped and funky guitar line, strong percussion and tight, syncopated drums as Loubet’s incredible vocals soar above the band, reflecting on the folk themes of maturity and innocence, as with the eyes of an old woman, strong and steady, like the old apple tree.

"A Macieira" is released on November 27 on all streaming platforms, whilst 'Orla' is out on vinyl and digital on February 26. Available to preview and pre-order as of now on Bandcamp direct from the label, None More Records, also home to released by Jouis, Monzanto Sound, ProjectKarnak and Lunch Money Life.

Orla

Exclusive Premiere: Caravela "A Macieira" (Forthcoming on None More Records)

Warm jazz-lined electronic goodness from the Albert's Favourites co-founder.

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Part of our 2020 charity Advent Calendar in aid of You Make It and Project Protect.

All money raised through Bandcamp sales goes directly to You Make It and Project Protect, so please give generously.

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We are happy to share the exhilarating live cinematic jazz sounds of Poland’s brilliantly titled Immortal Onion, with a recording of “Triggers”, recorded at Warsaw’s famous Jassmine club, forthcoming on U Know Me Records. 

Immortal Onion are an instrumental band from Gdańsk, Poland. The group consists of Ziemowit Klimek (upright bass/bass guitar/moog), Tomir Śpiołek (keyboards) and Wojtek Warmijak (drums). Formed in 2016, Immortal Onion offer a bold combination of many seemingly remote styles - jazz, minimalism as well as fusion, electronic music and even progressive metal.

“Triggers (live at Jassmine)” will be released on the fourth 10-inch EP celebrating the 10th anniversary of U Know Me Records, featuring 5 songs from Immortal Onion. For those missing live concerts there are 2 songs taken from the band's 8th of August performance at Jassmine club, Warsaw. The B-side starts with a rework of the song called "Leaving", originally composed by Hania Rani (who often performs with 2 members of Immortal Onion). The next song (“Zu Hause”) was created especially for this album as the result of the band’s experiments with electronics. The EP closes with a rework of “Eye Tracking” - a song from ”XD [Experience Design] - made by Kadrych.

The rework of “Leaving” will be released only on vinyl and won’t be available on streaming services.

Strictly limited edition - 300 hand-numbered copies. The first hundred will be released on red vinyl and copies from 101 to 300 as classic black ones. Released on December 18, 2020.

The album was created with help of trusted people, who also worked on “XD [Experience Design]” (the first Immortal Onion's album recorded for U Know Me Records and released in March 2020) - graphic design by Martiszu, mix by Envee (except the last song mixed by Maciej Stendek) and mastering by Eprom.

Exclusive Premiere: Immortal Onion "Triggers (Live at Jassmine Club)" (U Know Me Records)

Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Exclusive Premiere: Immortal Onion "Triggers (Live at Jassmine Club)" (U Know Me Records)

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