Sun-soaked funk ‘n’ soul
Their music can be best described as classic melodic pop with a funk ‘n’ soul twist, drenched in sunshine. Young Gun Silver Fox will release their album this fall.
Jeff Parker creates a sonic world
“I am trying to create a sonic world to wander around in.” Jeff Parker’s new album “Forfolks” will be released on December 10.
Uplifting & Carefree: The True Loves
Like walking down a favorite neighborhood street, slapping-five with friends, checking up with clerks in their stores, admiring your own dark sun-glassed face in their windows, ducking under flowerpots and smelling the familiar smells of your most cherished locale.The sound of soul group True Loves is just like that.
Jazz/funk/fusion
With Hiroki Miyano, Yutaka Shiina, Safari, Katsumi Horii Project and many more!
Alois: life-affirming energies infused with deep melancholy
Welcome to Alois! The Swiss band have created their own world of dance-oriented art pop. Alois came from jazz and relish playing out. Last month the band gave an energetic performance at ESNS to prove that.
Stan Forebee x Axian: A tribute to the commuting lifestyle
“Daily Routines” from Stan Forebee and Axian is a a tribute to the commuting lifestyle from not so long ago. The energetic, powerful but meditative mood reflects the longing of people to start settling back into a ‘new’ normal life.
A spirited alliance: Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes
With the album “Heritage of the Invisible II” Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes share a volume of their story in rich color – a brilliantly imagined testament to generations of memory, creation and existential joy.
From the Beat Scientist Makaya McCraven
The new album “Universal Beings E&F Sides” is an addendum to Makaya McCraven’s critically-acclaimed 2018 release “Universal Beings.” It presents 14 new pieces of organic beat music cut from the original sessions.
A joyful work with deep roots: “Sons of Ethiopia”
“Sons of Ethiopia” from Admas is a fascinating piece of the Ethiopian musical puzzle. Emerging from the community of Ethiopian exiles who had been scattered to the winds by the brutality of the Derg dictatorship, the album was in 1984 the sound of a new generation.
The revolutionary cry resonates in “La Tour Du Pouvoir”
“Tric!”, the title of the first track of “La Tour Du Pouvoir” means “strike” in old Lyonnais dialect and would be heard in the rallying cries of the printer’s revolt in 1539. The same cry for liberty was shared by oppressed African-Americans and “canuts” (silkworkers from Lyon).