Chill instrumental beats with a jazzy edge.

Jazz Vibes

Lui Mafuta presents This Ain’t Jazz, a boundary-pushing new EP that fuses live musicianship
with electronic sensibility - an exploration of jazz influence through a deeply personal and
collaborative lens. 

The release is available on digital platforms and as a limited vinyl edition.

At the heart of This ain’t Jazz is a long gestating idea: to bridge electronic music with an
organic, band oriented aesthetic. Lui Mafuta reunited with four longtime friends and
collaborators: Paul Janoschka, Felix Roos, Jonas Esser and Benedikt Jäckle - who all studied
music together in Mannheim before scattering across the globe. Under the loose collective
named Weiller, they came together once again to create a sound that lives between genres.

The EP is a globe spanning production. Piano was recorded on Paul Janoschka’s Steinway in
his Frankfurt apartment; trumpet and clarinet were tracked in a rural French studio with Felix
Roos; drums came from New York via Jonas Esser; and saxophone was laid down in Lui’s own
studio in Mannheim alongside Benedikt Jäckle. All elements were finally assembled and
shaped into a cohesive vision back in Mannheim.

“There’s less synth work on this one than usual,” Lui says. “Most of the textures come from
the instruments themselves and a lot of sample mangling. I wanted it to feel raw, human and
alive.”
Despite its title, This Ain’t Jazz is a love letter to jazz’s influence. “I called it that just to be
safe,” Lui jokes. “It isn’t jazz but it’s coming from that space.” The project also serves as a
reconnection to his roots: two of the four featured musicians are teenage friends from his
earliest days making music.

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Sloane and Leslie talk about their favorite monthly comics from American publishers.
Starting with our first exposure to Western comics (from Watchmen to the Sandman) and ending with our recommendations.

A SPOILER FRIENDLY PODCAST ABOUT COMICS

Find Sloane- 
http://twitter.com/sloanesloane
http://slanesloane.com 

Find Leslie-
http://twitter.com/lesliehung
http://instagram.com/dairyfree

Theme for this episode by Brian Fukushima https://twitter.com/brianfukushima

Featured in this episode

Mirror by Emma Rios and Hwei Lim https://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Mountain-Emma-R%C3%ADos/dp/1632158345
Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios https://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Deadly-Kelly-Sue-DeConnick/dp/1607069628
All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely https://www.amazon.com/All-Star-Superman-Grant-Morrison/dp/1401232051
Habitat by Roy Simon https://www.amazon.com/Habitat-Roy-Simon/dp/163215885X
Ancestor by Matt Sheean and Malachi Ward https://www.amazon.com/Ancestor-Matt-Sheean/dp/1632159236
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo RIsso https://www.amazon.com/100-Bullets-Vol-First-Shot/dp/1563896451
Casanova by Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon / Casanova Acedia by Matt Fraction, Michael Chabon, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/casanova

Favorites
The Love Witch (2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Witch
Copra by Michel Fiffe http://michelfiffe.com/comics/

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