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Vagabon - Fear & Force

Pianist Art Hirahara makes bold and personal statements while taking us along for the ride on a journey of self-exploration with his third release for Posi-Tone.  “Central Line” is the sincere demonstration of a forward-minded artist seeking to discover the inner continuity of his life, and to pay respect and homage to the music of his family, ancestors and homeland.  Hirahara utilizes his visionary talents as a bandleader and musician to uncover the hidden possibilities latent in the compositions.  He also makes a bold and original statement while ultimately remaining true to himself.  With an amazing combination of talents and hard swinging highlights by bassist Linda Oh, drummer Rudy Royston and special guest Donny McCaslin on a few selections, and an evocative program of music, Hirahara’s “Central Line“ is elegantly lyrical and clearly suggestive of a modern jazz sensibility that is sure to bring bright moments of intense delight to jazz fans everywhere.

Central Line

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Visible Cloaks - Terrazzo (Ft. Motion Graphics)

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Video by Brenna Murphy. From Reassemblage
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Visible Cloaks - Terrazzo (ft. Motion Graphics)

taken from "For Doom The Bell Tolls" to be released the 4th of March 2017. Available now for preorder on vinyl and compact disc.

For Doom The Bell Tolls

Dread Sovereign - This World Is Doomed

From ~Bonny Doon~, out March 10, 2017 (Salinas)

Bonny Doon

I See You (single)

"What's That Perfume That You Wear?" off Jens Lekman's 'Life Will See You Now,' out February 17, 2017 on Secretly Canadian

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Life Will See You Now

WHAT'S THAT PERFUME THAT YOU WEAR

Jens Lekman - What's That Perfume That You Wear?

Hands in Our Names (ORD-27)

Karima Walker- We've Been Here Before

Taken from the "Banished from Time" LP/CD/MC

Black Cilice - Timeless Spectre

From the full-length album Raw Light II out January 20, 2017 on Western Vinyl.

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Raw Light II is a collection of tracks meant to accompany Botany's 2015 long-player, Dimming Awe the Light is Raw, which sees its wide-release vinyl reissue on January 20th. Originally conceived as a separate album forming parallel to Dimming Awe, this companion piece confidently stands toe-to-toe with its forerunner in breadth and execution. Where the previous iteration made plenty of room for guests (Milo, Ryat, Matthewdavid) the sequel is a solitary showcase of inebriating instrumentals that connect to the Austin composer's aesthetic main artery despite their stylistic diversity. Consistent with Spencer Stephenson's previous output, there is a playfully adept balance of abstraction and structure on Raw Light II that elevates mere beat-tape sequentiality into something holistic and cinematic. Album opener "No Heed" walks us through the front door with dusty existential weariness, building with a pulse like something beating on the basement hatch, finally busting through into the daylight by track two. From there Stephenson spins threads of mature optimism-- upbeat but never naive, and always insinuating some deeper emotional vantage. "Janis Joplin," created when Stephenson lived across from a former home of the late rock songstress, hits hard with overtones of barely-restrained aggression that conjure the temperament of the song's unlikely namesake. Tracks like "The Strangeways" and "Wednesday Oct 28 2015" are steeped in odd charm, writhing upward towards the heavens with medicated grins. Finally, album closer "Tetherball" leads us out with repeated off-kilter pulses that swing for the chakras and never relent. Raw Light II is yet another rejuvenating trip through the mind of an adventurous and heartfelt sound-smith who's always eager to bring us along for the journey.

Raw Light II

Botany - "Crowd Nothings"

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Bad And Boujee - Migos (omniboi Rmx)

From Kelly Lee Owens' self-titled debut album, out March 24th on Smalltown Supersound!

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Kelly Lee Owens - Anxi. (ft. Jenny Hval)

This is the first single from Julia Lucille's new album Chthonic coming out April 7, 2017 via Keeled Scales on LP/CD/CS & digital release.

Chthonic

Julia Lucille "I Don't Think I Can"

'Only God Knows ft. Leith Congregational Choir' Out Now - 
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Taken from 'Only God Knows ft. Leith Congregational Choir' released 24th January 2017 via Big Dada.

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Only God Knows ft. Leith Congregational Choir

Taken from the 'World Eater' LP, out now on Sacred Bones. 
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Blanck Mass - Silent Treatment

“In protest of the current inhumane political climate, I could not rest my head in privilege. I wrote 'Bebin' in Farsi, to solidify. I stand strong with love. In this case I choose to avoid mainstream media, because I have no interest in part taking in a victimized concept. As I will not be able to travel to the United States for indefinite duration, take this without lights, camera, action. I am solely a messenger. In the brain of love, there is no place for racism, nor bigotry.” -Sevdaliza

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Lyrics:
This feeling 
Makes you feel grande 
Yet this same feeling 
Makes me feel small 
Don't oblige me what to feel 
If I don't feel it at all 
You ask me how I feel 
Yet close your eyes 
To truth be told 
Behold.. 

Whatever it is you demand of me 
My love for this world 
My love personally 
Is larger than life 
This is my story


Written and Composed by Sevdaliza 
Produced by Mucky & Sevdaliza 
Strings by Mihai Puscoiu 
Mixed & Mastered By Mucky & Sevdaliza

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BEBIN

Taken from 'The Night Land' released 03.03.17
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Talaboman - Safe Changes

Dark Red

Out now on !K7 (vinyl, digital)
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Tracklisting: 

01 Michael Mayer & Joe Goddard - For You (DJ Koze Club Mix)
02 Michael Mayer & Joe Goddard - For You (DJ Koze Club Instrumental) (DIGITAL ONLY)
03 Michael Mayer & Joe Goddard - For You (DJ Koze Mbira Mix)
04 Michael Mayer & Joe Goddard - For You (DJ Koze Mbira Instrumental)

Best of 2017

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