Fare Evader

Superb

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Stream 'Canal' now : https://idol-io.ffm.to/canal

Heir to Gilberto Gil and Jobim, Pedro Mizutani enchants with a voice full of saudade. Alongside Skinshape, a key figure in English indie rock, he shapes a modern bossa nova, guided by their shared passion. Canal, their third single before Mostrando os Dentes, takes us to the heights of Sugarloaf Mountain, carried by comforting guitars and a sun-drenched atmosphere. It’s an invitation to relax, where bossa nova mingles with an intoxicating softness.

Canal

Pedro Mizutani & Skinshape – Canal

Rammana

Kodak

Qwalia is the experimental, improvisational home for a quartet of some of London’s most prolific and inspiring musicians. 

Led by drummer Yusuf Ahmed (Joy Crookes, Anoushka Shankar, Unknown to Known), much of the band’s music to date surfaced in a single two-day session at the Fish Factory in Willesden, West London. 

Although improvisational at its core, the band’s fluency and innate musicality makes it hard at times to believe these pieces weren’t written and developed over weeks, rather than conjured in the moment, with no prior rehearsal. Qwalia’s music is an instinctive aural expression of how things seemed in the moment of creation.

Featuring Ben Reed on bass (Frank Ocean, David Byrne, Richard Russell’s Everything Is Recorded), Tal Janes on Guitar (Jordan Rakei, Cherise, Waaju) and Joseph Costi on keys and synths (Cat Stevens, Tom Herbert, Heidi Vogel), the band’s debut album ‘Sound And Reason’ was released by Alberts Favourites in March 2023.

This beautiful version of Elevator Company was recorded in Yusuf's living room last spring for a live video promoting the 2nd album Abbreviations. The band rarely, if ever, replay music they've already recorded, so this is a unique moment and one we're incredibly happy to be able to share. 

Elevator Company (Live)

Qwalia - Elevator Company (Live)

Reku na novom PC začnem s nejakým totálne jednoduchým beatom. Zároveň som mal zapojený starý harddisk so starými samplami, kde boli ústrižky z nejakého dôchodcovského jazzu.

Domov dôchodcov - instrumental 104bpm

4. Sunset in the jungle (WatchDeez)

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Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet’s distinct sound pulls from 70s film scores, the funkier side of jazz, and the samples that form the foundation of hip hop. 


Hailing from just outside of Melbourne, Australia, their first two albums, All News Is Good News and Daylight Savings amassed a die-hard fanbase and brought their sound from their home studio to every corner of the globe. The band is now signed to Big Crown Records, joining a lineage of contemporary and classic sounds that have influenced Surprise Chef’s music since their formation in 2017.


Surprise Chef’s self proclaimed “moody shades of instrumental jazz-funk” encompass punchy drums, infectious keys, rhythm guitar you might hear on a Studio One record, and flute lines that could be from a Blue Note session; but when you step back and take in the entirety of their sound and approach, you’ll hear and see a group greater than the sum of its parts.

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