The Haggis Horns : One Of These Days [Haggis Records]
The Haggis Horns 4th album “One Of These Days” features a grittier bluesy sound while maintaining their trademark raw soulful sound. The slow grinding groove of “Curse Of The Haggis” is evidence of that and a pleasant sign of things to come. Long time member Lucinda Slim adds her sultry vocals to the mid-tempo “World Gone Crazy”. On “All Fuzzed Up” the band demonstrates that they can turn up the heat when necessary. There’s much more to savor here with appearances from John McCallum and Doc Brown respectively. Twenty years on the scene The Haggis Horns are still one of the premiere UK soul bands around today.
Web Web: Oracle [Compost]
Web Web is a German based supergroup of acclaimed musicians. The essence of “Oracle” is derived from the Spiritual Jazz movement of the seventies. On “Journey To No End” the quartet explore searing exciting exchanges among each other. Pianist Roberta Di Gloia sets the table with a glorious melody while Tony Lakatos’s soloing on Tenor. On “Unreal Prediction” Lakatos’s adventurous phrasing on Soprano are deeply satisfying when playing alongside Gloia’s rhythmic rhodes. “Alternate Truth” is a moody mellow tune yet full of imagination. Peter Gall’s simmering percussion allows Lakatos and Gloia to stretch out. Their solos flow naturally and are a joy to listen. “Oracle” isn’t impressive because it was recorded in one take. It’s very impressive because these are musicians at the top of their game coming together with superb compositions. This is a delightful record worthy of repeated listens.
27 November 2017
Laslo – Maradek [Greta Cottage Woodpile]
Weirdest Dream – Vanishing Rider [Dopeness Galore]
Nathan Thomas – Sunblind (Simon S Futuristica Re-fix) [Futuristica Music]
Ambient Jazz Ensemble – Agfacolor [Here & Now Recordings]
Embezzlement Society – Kickin’ The Kebs Up [Banoffee Pies Records]
Kruder & Dorfmeister – Definition… [G-Stone Recordings]
Oh No – Wowzer Funk [Now-Again]
The Bug – Get Riddim [Ninja Tune]
Wiley – Step 2001 [Big Dada]
Fatima – Somebody Else [Eglo Records]
Darkhouse Family feat. Vanity Jay – Just so You Know [First Word Records]
Michael Cosmic – Peace In The World [Now-Again Reserve]
Michel Sardaby – Gail [World Seven]
Craig Harris – Dijiribludu [India Navigation]
Ruby Rushton – Song For Christopher [22a]
Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe – Chick Chick [Superfly Records]
Kamashi Waashington – Humility [Young Turks]
The Expansions – Breakthrough [Albert’s Favourites]
Leon Ware – Our Time [Elektra]
Benita – Time For A Change [Athens Of The North Records]
The Astral Walkers – Passage (Full Experience) [Deepblak]
Mike Steva feat. Osunlade – Resoulution (Simbad Solution Remix) [Yoruba Records]
Abel – Sweet Jo [Atjazz Record Company]
Hefner/Cosmos – Dive Into You [Inertia Records]
20 November 2017
Gaby Hernandez – Messy Love (String & Vocal Mix by Miguel Atwood Ferguson) [Mr Bongo]
Marcos Valle – Fogo Do Sol [Preservation]
O.T. Sykes – My First Love [Everland]
AmmonContact – Fun Is For Funky [Ninja Tune]
Paper Tiger – Jellyjel [Wah Wah 45s]
Crowd Fever – Fever [Vintage League Music]
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Concussion [Colemine Records]
S-Tone Inc. with Toco & Friends – Superbacana [Schema Records]
Renegades Of Jazz – Them Who Walk Slow (Sabrosa Pacifico Cumbia) [Agogo Records]
Barry White – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit (M+M Mix) [BBE Records]
Billy Palmier – Strawberry Zone [Citywurl Records]
Convertion feat. Leroy Burgess – Lets Do It [KFP Enterprise]
Skyy – Here’s To You (Kadena Multi Track Mixes) [Galaxy Sound Co.]
Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella feat. Bridgette Amofah – New World Shuffle [Schema Records]
Lioness – New Beginnings [ROMB]
Gianluca Pighi & Massimo Paramour feat. Ahmad Larnes – Come With Me [Makin’ Moves]
Jordan Rakei feat. Kaya Thomas-Dyke – Wallflower (Dan Kye Edit) [Ninja Tune]
T-Roy feat. Shaun Ashby & Oliver Night – My Life [Broadcite]
Air – B.K. [Black Saint]
Sonny Fortune – Bacchanal [Atlantic Recordings]
Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay (Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival) [Pablo Records]
13 November 2017
Onyx Collective – Fruit Stand [Big Dada Records]
Khaled Kurbeh & Raman Khalaf Ensemble – Al Baseet [Between Buttons]
Ross McHenry Trio – Those Lost Days [First Word Records]
World’s Experience Orchestra – Rain [Now-Again Records]
The Lyman Woodard Organization – Saturday Night Special (Alternate Take) [BBE Records]
Frank Foster And The Loud Minority – Day Spring [Columbia]
Lee More – Ten Toes Up Ten Toes Down [Past Due]
The Expansions – Breakthrough [Albert’s Favourites]
The Cactus Channel – Leech [Hope Street Recordings]
Jono McCleery – Ingenue (Synkro Remix) [Counter Records]
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek – Turn It On [Sonar Kollektiv]
Overlast – Sister Envelope (Umod Remix) [Dopeness Galore]
Sima Bina – Naz Kardanet Vaveyla (As Smooth As Edit)
Qwestlife feat. Jacqui George – Give Me A Minute [Glitterbox Recordings]
Karmasound – Flashback [Phuture Shock Musik]
Beraber – Sun Ritual (Vincent Floyd Remix) [La Freund Recordings]
Atjazz – Track 8 (Mix 1) [Atjazz Record Company]
Kevin Yost – Ky Funk-n-stuff [i! Records]
Abel feat. Elliot & Marcel – Tornado [Atjazz Record Company]
Bel Air Project – Dark Jazzor [Versatile Records]
6 November 2017
Carl Craig – Twilight (Live In Paris) [Planet E]
Djrum – Showreel Pt. 2 [R&S Records]
Karl Hector & Nicolas Tounga – Ngunga Yeti Fofa (The Joaquin Joe Claussell’s Electric Afrika Version) [Toy Tonics]
Mario Biondi – Stay With Me (LTJ Xperience Remix) [Schema Records]
Zopelar – Transbordo Tropical [Yūgen Records]
Kasif – Rumors [Arista Records]
Woody Shaw – Sun Bath [Muse Records]
Guanabara – Village Girl [Baystate]
Jojn Gordon – 2nd Movement – Fulfillment [Superfly Records]
N’Kouri – I Take You My Feeling [Superfly Records]
Mugwisa International Xylophone Group – Jinja Pearls [On The Corner Records]
Martha High – Think (About It) [Record Kicks]
The JB’s – More Peas [People Records]
Lee Fields & The Expressions – Time [Big Crown Records]
The Haggis Horns feat. John McCallum – The Long Way [Haggis]
Linda Williams – Our Song [Arista Records]
Paper Tiger – Elastic [Wah Wah 45s]
Rich Garvey – Feels Right [Cascade Records]
Hans Hu$tle & Tahnee Matthiesen – Watery [Beat Department]
The Peter Franks Group – Lament For Her (Quiet Dawn Remix) [Futurisitca Music]
Fayze feat. Craig Gloster – Glostic [Detund]
Synkro – Red Sky [Apollo Records]
The Beauty Room – Holding On [Peacefrog Records]
Binker & Moses: Journey to the Mountain of Forever [Gearbox Records]
Binker Golding and Moses Boyd are part of the collective of young musicians emerging on the vibrant London scene. As Binker and Moses they remind us just how engaging a drum and sax duo can be without the reliance of a chordal instrument. The duo explores a a variety of moods with Golding’s adventurous solos servng as the lead voice. “Trees On Fire” finds Binker swinging with a flurry of energy that builds throughout while Boyd infectious rhythms equally holds his own. “The Valley Of The Ultra Blacks” find Golding on soprano and unleashing a flurry of spirted soloing while Boyd’s mighty percussion asserts itself with high energy. With fifteen tracks of their own compositions and inspired by the great duets of the past. Binker and Moses come out swinging and produce one of the best records of the year. I’m already looking forward to their next release.
30 October 2017
Hidden Orchestra – Alyth [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Sarah Elizabeth Charles – Taller
Chi – Cherry Glow [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Hal Bradbury – By Now [BBE Records]
O.T. Sykes – Loneliness Inside Of Me [Everland
The Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe – Coltrane [Superfly Records]
Sonny Fortune – Nommo [A&M Records]
Tony Burkill – Third Of All Numbers [ATA Records]
Menagerie – The Arrow Of Time [Freestyle Records]
Ivan Conti – Azul (Glenn Astro Remix) [Far Out Recordings]
Roni Size / Reprazent feat. Bahamadia – New Forms [Talkin’ Loud]
Honeyfeet – Sinner (Envee Remix) [Wah Wah 45s]
Charly Kingson – Nimele Bolo [Africa Seven]
Oby Onyioha – Enjoy Your Life [Mr Bongo]
Jimmy Ross – First True Love Affair (Reach Up Re-edit) [BBE Records]
Bootsy – Rather Be With You (Alphabets Heaven X SMBD Remix) [Gamm]
Jaxx Madicine – Espresso [Local Talk]
Bunny On Acid feat. Amp Fiddler – It’s On (Marcel Lune Remix) [Studio Rockers]
T-Roy feat. Shaun Ashby & Oliver Night – My Life [Broadcite]
The Astral Walkers – Passage (Full Experience) [Deepblak]
DJ 3000 – The Score [Motech Records]
Dewayne Davis – What Cha Do For Me (NJB Mix) [Pandamonium]
23 October 2017
Visionist feat. Rolynne – Your Approval [Big Dada Records]
Tiny Leaves – You’ll Be Okay (Equador Reworked) [Pegdoll]
Goldie feat. Jose James – Truth [Metalheadz]
Jonwayne – Out of Sight [Authors/The Order Label]
Miles From Kinshasa – Could We Just Talk Instead
Radio Citizen – Kein Planet [Sonar Kollektiv]
Bettye Lavette – Suspicions [Reel Music]
Courtney Pine feat. Omar – Darker Than The Blue [Freestyle Records]
The Cavendish Orchestra – Funkrund [BBE Records]
Sonny Fortune – Seeing Beyond The Obvious [A&M Records]
John Thomas & Lifeforce – Promontory [Nabel]
Puzzle – State Of Mind [Motown]
Le Gamby – Esmeralda [Past Due]
Fattish & Style-ist – Dummar Dum
Paper Tiger – Doofuses [Wah Wah 45s]
Oma Nata – A Break Forever [Forbidden Cuts]
Karmasound – Summer Rain [Phuture Shock Musik]
King Britt Presents Oba Funke – Buttamilk [Karma Giraffe]
Lee Moore – Get Off [Past Due]
Lyric L – Amazed (SMBD ’83 Dub) [Broadcite]
Honey Dijon & Tim K feat. Jason Walker – Burn [Classic Music Company]
Beraber – Sun Ritual [La Freund Recordings]
Genetic Funk feat. Mr. V – The Believe (Atjazz Remix) [Grounded Records]
Hypoleon – Tresberry (Jon McMillion Remix) [Lumberjacks In Hell]
Santiago Salazar – UKB to LAX (DJ 3000 Remix) [In The Machine Age]
Moon Man – Orbit Dance [Cajual Records]
16 October 2017
Pierre Sandwidi – Boy Cuisinier [Mr Bongo]
Patrice Rushen – Jubilation [Prestige]
John Thomas & Lifeforce – Maryke [Nabel]
Sambôa – Sacaneia Essa Nega [Playa Sound]
The Andy Tolman Cartel – Cypher [Freestyle Records]
Guy Cuevas – Ebony Game [Mr Bongo]
Nicole Willis & UMO Jazz Orchestra – One In A Million [Persephone Records]
Ikebe Shakedown – Penny The Snitch [Colemine Records]
Flying Stars Of Brooklyn NY – Live On [Colemine Records]
Blue Note All-Stars – Meanings [Blue Note Records]
EABS – Pingwin VI [Astigmatic Records]
Pharaoh Sanders – Greetings To Idris [Theresa Records]
30/70 – Slangin (New fade) [Rhythm Section]
Jordan Rakei – Carnation [Ninja Tune]
Lord Echo – In Your Life [Soundway Records]
Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos – What A Shame [Colemine Records]
Children of Zeus – Still Standing [First Word Records]
Fatima – Somebody Else [Eglo Records]
Anthony Joseph & Hanyo – Be The River [Heavenly Sweetness]
Real Life – Hold On (Rune Lindbæk Remix)
Wheelman – Snake [Belters]
Dani Boom – Los Sabanales Reflux [Big In Japan]
Luis Radio – Splitted [Makin’ Moves]