A totally unique musical journey - love it!

Buy / Stream the album here: https://orcd.co/ragarone

A wonderful album full of Balearic vibes, funky riffs and mellow moments, originally released in 1980.

BBE Music are excited to announce this highly sought after album titled ‘Will & James Ragar One” which will be reissued on Vinyl and CD as well as across digital platforms.

James and Will Ragar hail from Louisiana, where their early education into music began. At a young age they moved to New Orleans - where they heard live Jazz for the first time. This inspiration is demonstrated through their free approach to this album.

Their natural evolution through the Louisiana club scene saw them develop and hone their talents of adding that southern swag to covers they did, almost making them their own.

‘Will and James Ragar One’ is a blend of acoustic and electric tones, carefully and cohesively put together by the brothers.

‘As the Day Grows Tired’ is the first song on the album and one of the first songs James wrote.

The theme for ‘She’s Laughter’ is about returning home to someone you love and features a heavy guitar solo. ‘My Shining Sun’ has an unusual jazz form and is an ode to the joy of playing music. ‘Don’t Wish’ was inspired by a jazz chord progression that was a favourite, James played the solo on a pearwood soprano recorder. Gary Roberts played percussion on the session and also played the flute on ‘Just a Wanderer’.

Will & James Ragar - Melting Pot

clicking [firin' line reinterp]

Tracklist and download available here: http://blrrm.tv/2TxE4U

Henry Wu Trio Boiler Room London Live Set

5th Release on the fresh minute Music Label.
Taken from Kay Suzuki's B i p o l a r EP available to purchase soon.
The EP also features a track with Colonel Red and Remixes from Altered Natives, Soulparlor and Souled.


Kay Suzuki ft. Fatima - Something to Say - Fresh Minute Music

Influenced by broken beat, @kerceya incorporates a jazz-funk styled vibraphone on 'Steppin' Out' making for mellow loungin' listening. 

Taken from a new EP, 'Lounging'', released on @darkerthanwax.

Read more buy: http://bit.ly/kerem-steppin-out

Loungin' EP

Listen on Youtube

Kerem Akdag - Steppin Out (Worldwide Premiere)

Lurking in the darkness patiently, along with both tracks of the Ominous Shanti / Black Enchantment 7" - is the bonus remix from Black Classical… 

(Bandcamp Bonus track)

Ominous Shanti (Black Classical's Om & Om & Om Remix)

https://2000black.bandcamp.com/album/simmering-the-long-climb-in-the-sun

Simmering & The Long Climb In The Sun

@Jitwam's self-titled debut album " िज़तम िसहँ", sounds as if it's been dug up from centuries past, found in a distant land, made with home-made electronics and instruments. Its otherworldly nature instantly sucks you in and takes you someplace else. 

Born in Assam, Gauhati, in Northeast India, but currently based in New York’s storied borough of Brooklyn, jitwam spent his formative years in New Zealand and Australia, before living in monasteries in Thailand, orphanages in South Africa, and washed out apartments in London.

Of everywhere and nowhere, his music draws influence from a litany of iconoclasts including, but not limited to RD Burman, Moondog, The Velvet Underground, Yayoi Kusama, Jay Electronica, Jay Dilla, Moodymann, Leon Thomas, Madlib and Asha Bhosle.

Across the album he utilizes knowledge acquired through years spent digging through dusty crates, and talents honed as a multi- instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist. A series of stumbling, jazz/soul-rooted beat sculptures, each buried beneath a haze of fuzzy psychedelia, broken microphone blues, and articulated through a freestyled process he describes as “first thought, best thought”, िज़तम िसह solidifies jitwam's spot as a major emerging talent.

Recalling the fourth world dreamscapes explored by oddball songwriters like Connan Mockasin, Clarence Clarity, Jai Paul, Silicon, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, it represents a time of transition and remembrance for jitwam, while still fulfilling the core qualities he looks for in song. In his words, “Music is a refuge. A shelter from the storm. A place you can go to close your eyes.”

Since he first shared his music with IZWID Records boss Kutmah at a Brainfeeder afterparty in London, jitwam has released through Leaving Records, Cosmic Compositions, and The Jazz Diaries (the label he co-runs with Casey Van Reyk and Nigel Mphisa). He’s also written with Inkswel (BBE) and Paul White (R&S), featured on Moodymann’s K7! DJ Kicks compilation and been championed by Gilles Peterson, Alexander Nut, Andrew Jervis (Bandcamp), and Funkineven. Mixed and mastered by Matthewdavid at Stones Throw Studios in Los Angeles,

 िज़तम िसहँ will be available digitally on Friday, November 3 and on vinyl December 15, 2017 through @CosmicCompositions 

Preorder Album: https://jitwam.lnk.to/cc17

ज़ितम सिहँ

Preorder Album

Exclusive Premiere: Jitwam "Yesiknw" (Cosmic Compositions)

A  journeying expression of densely rich jazz sonics combined with electronic textural modification.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2019/02/11/premiere-ronin-arkestra-stranger-searching-radio-edit/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/ronin-stranger

Stranger Searching

Rōnin  Arkestra - Stranger Searching (Radio Edit)(STW Premiere)

Cosmic Compositions is proud to present “SAMBO”, the new single by Hungarian producer and keyboardist, Àbáse. Following the release of the single ‘Align’ feat. Wayne Snow, Àbáse returns with a new single ‘SAMBO’, exploring again the topics of unity and togetherness.

The instrumental part of “Sambo” was recorded by Àbáse in Berlin’s Red Bull Studios in one live take, without using a click track. Àbáse later travelled to Ghana, where he met Stevo Atambire and they recorded Stevo’s singing and kologo playing in Kwame Yeboah’s famous Kwashibu Area studio in Accra, where Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas recorded their recent albums.

‘Sambo’ is an intricate mixture of funk, jazz and afro elements, representing the musical direction Àbáse is heading. Live, free, spiritual and dance- oor oriented. The producer has been an active part of the versatile Hungarian music jazz and hip-hop scene. He has been a member of several successful Hungarian acts, such as Amoeba, Soulclap Budapest and the project - The Mabon Dawud Republic - a fourteen piece Afrobeat orchestra guest- starring Dele Sosimi and he has honed his skills as a keyboard player and musical director, proving to be a world class musician. He now comes back with a killer track enriched with Stevo Atambire’s voice.

“Sambo was my Godfather in kologo music. He taught me everything and always talked about the strength of togetherness and that we must look after one another. This song is dedicated to him.” - Stevo

Exclusive Premiere: Àbáse - Sambo (feat. Stevo Atambire)

Buy / Stream: https://orcd.co/jjazz3

BBE Music presents J Jazz volume 3, the latest in its definitive compilation series exploring the finest modern jazz from Japan.

Since the first volume in February 2018, the J Jazz compilation series has showcased some of the most creative, inspired, and sought-after jazz recorded in Japan during a golden period spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Illustrating the richness and versatility of the composers and musicians on this collection, the music spans a wide yet coherent range of styles: samba, funk fusion, modal, spiritual, post-bop, and bossa all combine to present an aural portrait of a jazz scene that was constantly moving and shifting its multiple musical centres of gravity.

Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery studio in London, many of the tracks featured are reissued for the first time, including mega-rare private press cuts from the Yasuhiro Kohno Trio, Masaru Imada Trio, and Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet. There’s heavy post modal bop by J Jazz legends Kohsuke Mine and Koichi Matsukaze; samba heat from Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Shiraki and Seiichi Nakamura; and funky dance floor energy by Hiroshi Murakami, Ryojiro Furusawa Quartet and Shigeharu Mukai.

Selected albums from which the tracks are drawn will be reissued in full as part of the acclaimed BBE Music J Jazz Masterclass Series. Released as a deluxe, heavyweight x3 vinyl set in a gatefold sleeve with obi strip and insert, the collection comes with extensive artist biographies and track information. J Jazz volume 3 is also available in a x2 CD set with three bonus tracks, and selected tracks are available across digital platforms for download and streaming. J Jazz is conceived, compiled, and annotated by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden for BBE Music.

J Jazz Volume 3: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan (Album Sampler)

The In Sound From Way Out 

Residents: @aaronl_dj ≈ @original-hp ≈ @miazs-1 ≈ @peachystw ≈ @rosie-ama-cain ≈

Rōnin Arkestra - Stranger Searching (Radio Edit)(STW Premiere)

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