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Warriors of the Dystotheque – Lost In Your Silence Ft Lydia Kaye (Video)

Categories: Jazz, The Latest, Video|Tags: Downtempo, Jazztronica, Neo-Soul, Nu Jazz, Review (EN-RU)|

Warriors of the Dystotheque – Lost In Your Silence Ft Lydia Kaye
(Video)

“An unusual and memorable combination of genres such as neo-soul, downtempo and nu jazz elements. The lyrically designed composition, the instrumental introduction gradually introduces into the track, and the first-class sound design does everything to stay in the listener’s memory forever.”

“Необычное, от того и запоминающееся сочетание таких жанров, как neo-soul, downtempo и элементы nu jazz. Лирически оформленная композиция, инструментальная интродукция постепенно вводит в трек, а первоклассное звуковое оформление делает всё, чтобы остаться в памяти слушателя навсегда.”

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Conjure jazzy ethereal pop on LOST IN YOUR SILENCE ft Lydia Kaye

Taken from new EP LOST IN YOUR SILENCE due 18th June via Fly Beat Music

Warriors of the Dystotheque return to their own label Fly Beat Music for the release of the 1st track from the forthcoming new album, LOST IN YOUR SILENCE features the vocal talents of Lydia Kaye (Kalahara) and has been produced on a remote island off the coast of France by the self proclaimed musical nomad, the legendary HOWIE B (Bjork, Massive Attack, Tricky, U2).

LOST IN YOUR SILENCE see’s WotD return to their jazz influenced broken beat sound and immersive vocals with British singer Lydia Kaye.

Lydia explains: “I was thrilled to team up the Warriors for their new release and had an instant affinity with this track, I was inspired by the jazz tipped style, reminiscent of the music I grew up with, it’s the kind of music I always wanted to make. I felt a real sense of freedom working on this song. It was really fresh and exciting to work with a new palette of sounds alongside an awesome collective of musicians that let me do my thing.”

She goes on to add: “The melody came instinctively and led me into this unresolved feeling of unrequited love, We’ve all been there – when the pain of waiting to hear from someone, leaves you in limbo and can have a maddening and numbing effect on your mind. Now having worked on this track with the Warriors we’re gonna do a few more for the forthcoming album, which I’m super excited about.”

In addition to the title track is An Island Affair Ft Abby Oliveira, Abby delivers spoken word over a lush string laden downtempo groove where she reminisces of all the years gone by visiting the White Isle and how we would swap our current lives in lockdown for another trip to the island of Ibiza.

Lost in Your Silence and An Island Affair comes with remixes from Cartin and Ken Fan. Cartin is a 23 year old producer from Derry who has came to the attention of Jonny from WotD due to his successful Acid Flex nights in Derry & Belfast as well as releases on established Belfast label Extended Play, also emerging as 2020’s AVA festival producer & just this month AVA festival have announced the 2021 line up with a live show from Cartin for their live Boiler room.

Ken Fan is no stranger to the Balearic world with his residency at the world famous Cafe del Mar – Ibiza as past 7 years and he has recently taken the sounds of the Island to Radio 1 with the Wind Down show on Saturday mornings. Catch him daily at Cafe del Mar playing his extra long Sunset sessions.

This release is funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s SIAP fund and the University of Atypical.

https://www.facebook.com/warriorsofthedystotheque
https://twitter.com/Dysto_Warriors
https://www.instagram.com/bee.howie

The Paper Sea – The Eyelid Cinema (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Neoclassical, The Latest|Tags: (Neo) Classical, Ambient, Drone, Jazztronica, Nu Jazz, Review (EN-RU), The Paper Sea|

The Paper Sea – The Eyelid Cinema
(Spotify)

“An amazing and wonderful combination of ambient music elements and the most delicate piano melody. -The Eyelid Cinema- is easy to compare with the cooling ball of the sun leaving at night. A veil of fog descends on the ground, the sky is covered with feathers from clouds and a dream begins ...”

“Удивительное и прекрасное сочетание элементов ambient музыки и нежнейшей мелодии пиано. -The Eyelid Cinema- легко сравнить с уходящим в ночь остывающим шаром солнца. На землю опускается пелена тумана, небо застилают перья из облаков и начинается сон...”

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Calming piano melodies on a bed of synth pad and organ

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THE PAPER SEA is the solo project of Jared Matt Greenberg, cornet player and keyboardist for the post-rock quintet Whale Fall. Greenberg was a founding member of 1990s San Francisco shoegaze band The Rosemarys and teamed with Charles Wyatt to form Charles Atlas in the early 2000s, as well as playing with John Vanderslice, Dart, Sutro, An American Starlet, Carta, and others. After experiences touring the world and placing music in film and television, Greenberg comes home with THE PAPER SEA: intimate instrumental music recorded in Los Angeles, grounded in piano, laced with synths and organs, strings, and horns, and resonant with childhood memories, wistful moments, and lasting love.

J. Naji, Andrew Getman – aahhh/Love Your Enemy (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Andrew Getman, Funk, J, Jazz, Jazztronica, Naji, Nu Jazz, Review (EN)|

J. Naji, Andrew Getman – aahhh/Love Your Enemy
(Spotify)

“Jazz with a difference. The interplay between the saxophone & guitar, plus the deployment of subtle effects keep the tracks interesting & moving through new tonal territory. Both of the aforementioned lead instruments deliver solos worthy of mention, and the rhythm section deftly keeps everything glued together.”

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Richard Ford – Orfafardo – radio edit (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Jazz, Jazztronica, Nu Jazz, Review (EN-RU), Richard Ford, World Music (Other)|

Richard Ford – Orfafardo – radio edit
(Spotify)

“A real laid back track full of emotional jazz improvisation. The material is so well developed that helps to structure the flow of incoming positive energy, which is emitted by a bright rainbow when listening to -Orfafardo-.”

“Настоящий релаксатор, насыщенный эмоциональной джазовой импровизацией. Материал настолько хорошо проработан, что помогает структурировать потоки входящего позитива, который излучается яркой радугой при прослушивании -Orfafardo-.”

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As an accomplished composer, producer, and bassist, as an Emmy-winning music editor, and executive music producer for film, L.A.-based Brit-transplant Richard Ford humbly maintains a resume of impressive accolades. He has worked with many Oscar-winning filmmakers on such films as Sideways, Argo, and Hidden Figures and, all this as a kind of second career after spending his early adult life as bass player for British music icons like Joe Jackson, Bram Tchaikovsky, and revered guitarist Bill Nelson. Basso Profondissimo 2, the album "Orfafardo" comes from, marks Richard's continued return to his bass-playing roots:

“I began to feel as though my music mojo was tapped at the end of the workday and didn’t have the energy or patience to be creative working on my own music. So, a couple of years ago I decided to take the basses out of the closet, and made it my mission to take some time away from film work to write my own material …I haven’t stopped since! After I finished the first Basso Profondissimo project, the muse of inspiration was still there, and I kept writing for what would become my next album, BP2.”

More info: https://dogranchmusicpr.com/richardford/
https://www.instagram.com/richard_ford_music/

Jop, Ben Thomas – Overload – Instrumental (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Ben Thomas, Jazz, Jazztronica, Jop, Nu Jazz, Review (EN-RU)|

Jop, Ben Thomas – Overload – Instrumental
(Spotify)

“-Overload- can be likened to an early morning flower. As soon as the time passes, it opens the petals and stretches to the Sun. Amazing magic of improvisation, connecting jazz elements with electronic music.”

“-Mood Genesis- можно сравнить с цветком рано по утру. Как только восходит солнце, он раскрывает свои лепестки и тянется к солнцу. Удивительная магия импровизации соединяющая джазовые элементы с электронной музыкой.”

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Written with live instruments (trumpet, piano, drums & percussion) and multiple synths including mellotron, prophet, farfissa swell as Rhodes and other plug ins. influenced by Jazz, Groove, Electronics, Soundscape and Pop music, with muted trumpet playing the lead melody, and a trumpet choir added at the peak.

Paul Jordanous on trumpet, piano and synths
Ben Thomas (drums & percussion)

https://www.instagram.com/thisisjopofficial/

Jazzy Chill Collective- Come To Me (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Adult Contemporary, Jazz, Jazztronica, Jazzy Chill, Nu Jazz, Review (EN-RU)|

Jazzy Chill Collective – Come To Me
(Spotify)

“The charming performer of -Come To Me- has no limits. Jazz in its full splendor, vocal expression, improvisation and blues mood.”

“Очарованию исполнительницы обворожительной песни -Come To Me- нет предела. Jazz во всём его великолепие, вокальная экспрессия, импровизация и блюзовое настроение.”

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Jazzy Chill Collective is a progressive jazz global music collective, led by American based singer Sofeeya. Their style fuses chill hop, funk, lounge, and modern jazz idioms to primarily explore lush soundscapes of love songs, breakup songs, sad songs, and songs about self-empowerment. Additionally, the quasi-band creates laid-back instrumental grooves, perfect for study or relaxation.

New singles "Come To Me" and "Never Break Your Heart" are out now on select digital platforms.

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Lo Marie – The Gap (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Jazztronica, Lo Marie, Nu Jazz, Review (EN)|

Lo Marie – The Gap
(Spotify)

“Looking for some serious Jazz music? Then you may be lucky with "Lo Marie". Discover the spontaneous tone changes in her silvery voice, followed by acoustic guitar harmonic notes. Excellent overall result with the signature of a true artist.”

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“The Gap” is the latest single from Lo Marie that combines jazz and funk with neo-soul. It is the perfect girl anthem for anyone who has been conflicted about what to do when it comes to a guy who doesn’t want the same things as them. Lo Marie radiates girl boss energy and I can’t wait to see what else she has in store for this year.

When she was younger, Lo Marie wanted to be an opera singer, but when she saw the amount of self expression jazz music could let her do, she realized that she wanted to go down that route with artists like violinist Melanie Alvey and bassist and mix engineer Conrad St. Clair, both of which she has worked with during her career. Lo Marie is gifted when it comes to writing lyrics, having intense drive, and fulfilling what she desires to with her music. Her abilities as an artist inspire me greatly to fight for what I want as a female artist in the music industry.

https://www.instagram.com/lomariemusic
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Mythos – Progression (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Glitch, idm, Jazztronica, Lounge, Mythos, Nu Jazz, Review (EN)|

Mythos – Progression
(Spotify)

“"Progression" is the recent result from the already known "Mythos". High quality sound, made with craft. Instrumental and electronic samples in absolute harmony that only Lounge can offer. A short trip to inner peace.”

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For 25 years, Mythos has been creating timeless, ethereal music fusing electronic beats with vocalese, piano, acoustic guitar, synths and sounds from around the world. 2021 marks the 25th Anniversary for the duo of Bob D’Eith (producer and piano) and Paul Schmidt (acoustic guitar) with special guest performances from Jennifer Scott (vocals), Jasmin Parkin (vocals), Rene Worst (bass), Pepe Danza, (percussion), Niko Quintal (percussion) and many others.

2021 is Mythos’ 25th Anniversary and this year we are pleased to release “XXV” a 14-track album including 5 new tracks and 9 fully remastered classics. “Progression” is a piece that evolves through the addition of ever complex melodies, all woven together into a tapestry of sound.

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Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez – Better For You (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Contemporary RnB, Jazztronica, Nu Jazz, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez, Review (EN-RU)|

Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez – Better For You
(Spotify)

“Jazz elements, funk and soul flavor and an impressive improvisation. -Better For You- is the successful combination of live and electronic music, in which the incomparable and exceptional vocals of -Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez- are just crazy!”

“Джазовые элементы, колорит funk и soul и впечатляющая импровизация. -Better For You- это удачная комбинация живой и электронной музыки, в которой бесподобный и исключительный вокал -Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez- просто сводит с ума!”

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Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez is a singer/composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Born into a family of musicians, music was Raina’s first language and it runs deep within her veins. Rooted in Jazz and R&B, the songwriter invites us into her unique sonic world with harmonic nuance and lyrical poetry.

Raina’s cross-genre style is built from the bottom up. With improvisation as a starting point for her songs, Raina draws on her emotionality and leans into her perception of the world around, uncovering hidden depths within daily life and articulating personal truth with vulnerability and bravery. Songwriting is her way of processing and understanding life in all its complexity.

Her latest single “Better For You” grapples with the gaze, focusing on the experience of being objectified and the ambiguous response to this reality. The song is most explicitly about sex and the ways in which heterosexual dynamics often prioritize men’s pleasure. “Better For You” highlights the ways in which women contort themselves physically and emotionally to be more desirable. Raina shares, “It also depicts the flip side of this, where we become or can become hooked on being the desired one; the way we come to need it, the way our identity becomes tied to this positioning. This is the ambiguity, the grey.” Drawing on her Latinx heritage, the rhythmic piano phrases, dynamic instrumentation and a grooving rhythm section provide a hypnotic backdrop for Raina’s clear and concise vocals.

The accompanying video is a depiction of different aspects of self and their varied responses to the same encounter. The parallel progression of the character in the orange world untying the ribbons and the character in the yellow world becoming emotionally undone, represents an unraveling, a release from the constraint of the gaze, a coming into her own rawness and vulnerability, co-existing with her strength all at once.

With over 600k streams on Spotify and a budding global audience, RSG has packed rooms at prestigious venues such as Brooklyn Bowl, SOB’s, Rockwood Music Hall, MoMA PS1 and many others. Opening for artists such as Starchild and the New Romantic, Raina has a deep connection to the New York City music scene. She has performed for 3-time Grammy Award winning singer Marc Anthony, who took a strong interest in her music, as well as having had the honor of working with Jazz composer William Parker, performing with him on stage and appearing on his albums.

“Better For You” is the first single to be released off of the upcoming album IF THEY’RE MINE, due spring 2021.

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Band Of Pockets – Feel Like Home (Spotify)

Categories: Audio, Jazz, The Latest|Tags: Adult Contemporary, Band Of Pockets, Jazztronica, Nu Jazz, Retro Soul, Review (EN-RU)|

Band Of Pockets – Feel Like Home
(Spotify)

“Sometimes we all want to relax and get away from the hustle and bustle; spread your wings and dissolve in pleasant memories. It is at such moments we listen deeper and save to our playlists good music and the new album Band Of Pockets - Trust This Feeling is such an excellent addition.”

“Иногда всем нам хочется забыться и уйти от суеты; расправить крылья и раствориться в приятных воспоминаниях. Именно в такие моменты нас спасает музыка и новый альбом Band Of Pockets - Trust This Feeling станет отличным дополнением.”

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A new band, founded in the eye if the pandemic storm, brings you soul and disco.

Feel Like Home is like a great Roberta Flack soul-number, with a gospel-choir, a beautiful flugelhorn, and some jazzy vibes, telling the story about finding that person that makes you feel at home.

Founded in the pandemic year of 2020, by songwriter and composer J.O. Nilsson, Band of Pockets will take you on a journey through soul, nu jazz, R&B, disco and funk. “Trust This Feeling” is their first release: an EP with 4 songs, created in situation where people can’t meet physically in a room, but instead share their talent and musicianship through the digital domain. Sending love, and files, via satellites into the magic heart of multitrack creativity. Thanks to this, Band of Pockets consists of members from all over the world; Sweden, USA, Brazil, Spain… They’ve come together, and they’ve nailed the vibe and the groove just like if they were playing together in a room. Who they are?

Rachel Marie Moore, also known as Yona Marie, born and raised in Maryland and parts of Washington DC, is a singer most known for releasing 'The Luv Exposure', featuring artists, producers, and singers from around the US. The lead single was featured on a Majormix release which included Chris Brown, Ace Hood and Tyga.

Jason Meekins is a drummer from Austin, Texas, and has worked with famous smooth jazz artists, and plays funk, soul and gospel in the Texas area.

Tomas Olsson, the Swedish keyboard wizard, who has been around the Swedish funk, fusion and pop-scene for decades.

Last but not least the famous bassist, “SV”, who, due to legal technicalities, is a well-kept secret. But the groove and the genius basslines might give him away.

All supervised by guitarist and songwriter J.O. Nilsson, composer of over 100 songs on Spotify. When asked what’s the point of putting a band together these days – a band that hasn’t even met for real – J.O. Nilsson answers: “We HAVE met. We have met in music. If you listen, you can hear it. And these are great times to engulf in creating new music.”

This is the foundation for Band of Pockets, then they blend with guests from all over the world, depending on the song, the arrangement and the feel. In that sense, Band of Pockets has a solid core, but a floating, curious and inviting soul. Welcome.