Ok so this guy's music is amazing
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 June 2020 11:34 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the tip on that Nerija album. I just got it on vinyl and it kills, EU especially.
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Saturday, 27 June 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
Soul Jazz Records is putting out a 2CD/3LP compilation of new UK jazz called Kaleidoscope - New Spirits Known & Unknown on July 17.
Soul Jazz Records’ new album ‘Kaleidoscope – New Spirits Known and Unknown’ brings together many of the ground-breaking artists involved in the new jazz scene that has developed in the UK over the last few years. Featured artists include Matthew Halsall, Yazmin Lacey, Ill Considered, Tenderlonious, Theon Cross, Emma-Jean Thackray and many, many more in this ground-breaking release.As well as sharing a pioneering spirit in these new artists’ approach to frontier-crossing musical boundaries, a further theme of this album is that many also share a determination to independent practices - and most of these artists’ recordings featured here are either self-published or released on independent labels. While the attention of this new wave of jazz artists has up until now has been London-based, this album shows how this movement is spread across the whole of Britain (and indeed beyond).‘Kaleidoscope – New Spirits Known and Unknown’ shows that while there is commonality in these artists approach to music, there is a wide variety of styles – from deep spiritual jazz, electronic experimentalisation, punk-edged funk, uplifting modal righteousness, deep soulful vocals and much more.Soul Jazz Records’ new release comes as a superb one-off pressing special deluxe triple album edition which comes with a bonus limited-edition one-off pressing 7" single, a standard triple album, and a deluxe double CD pack. This album also comes with extensive sleevenotes, artist interviews and exclusive photography.
As well as sharing a pioneering spirit in these new artists’ approach to frontier-crossing musical boundaries, a further theme of this album is that many also share a determination to independent practices - and most of these artists’ recordings featured here are either self-published or released on independent labels. While the attention of this new wave of jazz artists has up until now has been London-based, this album shows how this movement is spread across the whole of Britain (and indeed beyond).
‘Kaleidoscope – New Spirits Known and Unknown’ shows that while there is commonality in these artists approach to music, there is a wide variety of styles – from deep spiritual jazz, electronic experimentalisation, punk-edged funk, uplifting modal righteousness, deep soulful vocals and much more.
Soul Jazz Records’ new release comes as a superb one-off pressing special deluxe triple album edition which comes with a bonus limited-edition one-off pressing 7" single, a standard triple album, and a deluxe double CD pack. This album also comes with extensive sleevenotes, artist interviews and exclusive photography.
Track listing:
Tracklisting1. Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra – When The World Was One2. Yazmin Lacey – 90 Degrees3. Hector Plimmer – Communication Control4. Ill Considered – Long Way Home (Live At The Crypt)5. The Expansions – Mosaic6. Chip Wickham – Red Planet7. Levitation Orchestra – Odyssey8. Emma-Jean Thackray – Walrus9. Tenderlonious and The 22archestra – The Shakedown10. Pokus – Pokus One11. Theon Cross – Candace Of Meroe12. Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin – Tanner's Tango13. Collocutor – Gozo14. Makaya McCraven – Untitled15. Nat Birchall – Ancient World16. Ruby Rushton – Moonlight Woman17. Ebi Soda – Dimmsdale18. The Cromagnon Band – Thunder Perfect19. SEED Ensemble – Mirrors20. Ishmael Ensemble – Kito's Theme21. Vels Trio – Yellow Ochre (Part 1)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 29 June 2020 11:38 (four years ago) link
that looks great - excited to hear it
― Mordy, Monday, 29 June 2020 14:20 (four years ago) link
Weird that Lunch Money Life isn't on there-- I really like their newest record
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
The newest side project/collaborative release from Danalogue is pretty sharp:
https://danalogue.bandcamp.com/album/i-was-not-sleeping
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 21 November 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
Sounds pretty great, thanks Ned.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 21 November 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
yeah, digging this
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:27 (three years ago) link
New one is real nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZUbNXhnSm4
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
He was part of the Pop Conference today ( but I missed it)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 April 2021 06:22 (three years ago) link
that new track hits the spot
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 26 April 2021 08:38 (three years ago) link
that album is going to kill!
― calzino, Monday, 26 April 2021 09:18 (three years ago) link
Yeah this is excellent. To see these guys at a place like SOB's would be so amazing.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
I only scratched the surface of Sons of Kermet and the rest of this scene up till now, but I love both the recent singles a lot.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 2 May 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
it's finally here! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
― a penetrating sigh (calzino), Friday, 14 May 2021 10:09 (three years ago) link
this is an amazing ear enema following listening to st vincent. going to be playing it a lot this year.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 14 May 2021 10:31 (three years ago) link
lol first time I've seen enema deployed as a positive metaphor
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 14 May 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
hahaha this is more like an ear candle anyway, fire emojis otm
― rob, Friday, 14 May 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
I've had to put on some quite dry and tediously enthralling neo-classical chamber jazz improv to calm myself down after all the excitement of blasting this one out earlier. Probably more like an ear enema!
― a penetrating sigh (calzino), Friday, 14 May 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
lol we're 2/3 of the way to a terrible thread idea here
― rob, Friday, 14 May 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
kinda shocked about how well d double e does on his feature here lol
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 May 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
God wtf why is this not on Bandcamp, why do these artists insist on doing this to people.
― Take, eat; this is my body. What I got, you got to get (the table is the table), Friday, 14 May 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
I think it's an Impulse thing, they aren't on bandcamp at all. Some of the older Hutchings stuff on different labels is though.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 May 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
Btw, I agree! Disappointed to see this wasn't on there either, just clarifying that I think it's a label decision, not the artist in this case.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 May 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
the digital album is available directly from impulse
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 May 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah, and I've bought it only to be sent a link to just the album art.
If labels are going to pull this shit, they need to do it right.
― Take, eat; this is my body. What I got, you got to get (the table is the table), Friday, 14 May 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link
Ngl, I've already opened a complaint with Paypal over it. It would be like me paying full price for a record that comes out today, only to be handed the sleeve with no vinyl inside.
UMG can kiss my ass.
― Take, eat; this is my body. What I got, you got to get (the table is the table), Friday, 14 May 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
yeah that's fucked up
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 May 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
I saw that there is an article in the new Mojo on this scene but haven't seen the new edition yet to see what that article contains.
― Stevolende, Friday, 14 May 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
Shabaka is guesting on today's BBC 6Music Jamz Supernova show (1300-1400 UK time) - which is as good an excuse as any to bang on again about my current favourite show on the radio.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000w4jz
Sons of Kemet Jazz saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings talks through the influences behind his new album Black To The Future, This album begins and ends with powerful lyrical and musical statements of rage and frustration, expressed outwardly in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the subsequent BLM protests and features guest vocalists including, Chicago bandleader/vocalist Angel Bat Dawid, American poet Moor Mother, legendary British Grime MC D Double E and British artist/rapper/spoken word musical artist Kojey Radical.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 15 May 2021 10:49 (three years ago) link
"Let the Circle Be Unbroken" is really something and then ""Envision Yourself Levitating" gently and mournfully blowing in afterwards. I'm impressed how distinct this album is from YQIAR while clearly the same collective
― rob, Sunday, 16 May 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
The new Sons of Kemet is on Bandcamp, ftr.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 16 May 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
thank you!
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 May 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
gahh it was pulled from Bandcamp while it was still in my cart, wtf Impulse
― sleeve, Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
The new video from the Sons of Kemet album is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw_YbYpOPzo
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 23 May 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
There was a whole ass Soccer96 LP this year that I totally missed?
https://soccer96.bandcamp.com/album/dopamine
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
Update: it's really good, and much more cosmic than the post-punk EP with Alabaster dePlume (which I loved as well).
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 23 December 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
bro this honks
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 23 December 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, December 23, 2021 1:02 PM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 January 2022 00:15 (two years ago) link
― sleeveYo Sleeve, hope you've got it now!It's been back on bandcamp for a while, getting to be my Number 1:https://sonsofkemetmusic.bandcamp.com/album/black-to-the-future
― dow, Friday, 14 January 2022 05:28 (two years ago) link
thx, I did get it eventually, I like it but it is def in like my #15-20 range
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Friday, 14 January 2022 06:10 (two years ago) link
Interesting! What would you say are its limitations? Not gonna argue with you, just wondering about a different way of hearing it.
― dow, Friday, 14 January 2022 07:43 (two years ago) link
off the top of my head, I thought it was trying to do too many things at once. I like the vocals and the spoken word stuff but found that it made the record lose focus compared to Your Queen Is A Reptile which I did really love
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
I agree, it's a very good album but feels less focused than Queen. And some of the poetry is too ranty for repeated listening.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 14 January 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link
Preview for the new Binker (Golding) & Moses (Boyd) is unreasonably great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPZxrsS2Hp0(And if big booming snares remind you of anyone, yep, it’s produced by Hugh Padgham)
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Sunday, 16 January 2022 03:11 (two years ago) link
Saw Sons of Kemet for 2nd time last night in DC. Enjoyed 'em again. The energy, propulsive rhythms , etc. Hutchings briefly played flute on one song. Might be kinda nice if they varied their set a bit more like that.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 March 2022 13:39 (two years ago) link
jellie
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 28 March 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
I missed their Big Ears set (becz I've seen them before and they were scheduled against Patti Smith), but my son loved it. And he and I both got to see Shabaka play Aaron Copland's clarinet concerto with the Knoxville symphony, which was awesome. He should play clarinet more too!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 28 March 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
really want to catch them in SF in a few weeks but can only attend one of the two shows they are doing,which is unfortunately sold out right now and people are trying to get mad money for tickets secondhand, even though the second night has plenty of tickets available.
― akm, Monday, 28 March 2022 17:43 (two years ago) link
Sorry. DC show had a "low number of tickets available" message on club website on the day of show, but tickets were still available . Saw The Comet is Coming once here here as well. All shows in fairly small rooms.
Hutchings really looked like he was enjoying himself onstage last night. Occasional smiles after wiping off sweat under the hot stage lights in the basement level club.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 March 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link