Category archive: Music

Two of Japan’s most respected hip-hop labels, Jazzy Sport and Origami Productions, decided to team up and launch a collaboration album between local Japan heroes Gagle (DJ Mitsu The Beats, MC Hunger & DJ Mu-r) and the Ovall instrumental band led by producer and bassist, Shingo Suzuki. If you’re into soulful Japanese Hip Hop, I guarantee you’re going to love this new “Gagle X Ovall” album. The guys get a little help from UK Soulstress Shea Soul on “Heaven”, but for the rest it’s an all Japan affair. Make sure you visit for some of that digital niceness!

Gagle X Ovall – Solitude

Gagle X Ovall – Heaven Ft. Shea Soul

You might remember Leon Ware’s latest release on Quieres Chicle. Well the label’s second release, from Opera singer Orfeo, is due to release today and is produced and co-written by none other than Robin Hannibal from Quadron. They recorded both songs on the single (of which the soulful downtempo “Quiet Nights” is our fav) in Los Angeles. Get the 12″ over at Juno (soon).

Orfeo – Quiet Nights (prod. Robin Hannibal)

As mentioned before, Juicy Tunes just released the second installment of his Sunrise Blend Vol. 2 compilation album. Here’s an example of a nice little freebie containing music from Ta-Ku, Evill Needle, Midnight Runners and many more. Nothing mind-blowing here, but a great way to check out some newcomers. This is definitely worth the download so don’t forget to grab a free download and judge for yourselves.

Sivey – A Little Help

Evil Needle – Groovin’ In Heaven

The Indonesian, Midnight Runners, duo just dropped some new Funk joints. One they had tucked away safely on their computer and the other one is off the Sunrise Blend Vol. 2 compilation (which is available as a free download). We thought you might like to hear some of this new Indo Funk. In case you like it, go ahead and head on over to their Soundcloud page and start following them.

Midnight Runners – Night Groovin’

Midnight Runners – Found

I came across this new Breezy Lovejoy album via master teacher Shafiq Husayn today. Breezy is a drummer/singer from Los Angeles and it seems he released a couple projects on his bandcamp before his new “Out Of Body Experience Vol 1”. The first single of this album entitled “Sadie” really did it for me. I suggest you download the album for free over here..

Breezy Lovejoy – Sadie

Breezy Lovejoy – Paradise

For some reason we never posted about Bilal Salaam‘s wonderful “Blah (Time Between Asleep And Awake” album that came out in 2007. While doing this month’s Glimmering Fractions mix, I pulled out “So What” from the same album and decided to play the whole thing again. It was kind of an underground classic at the time, but leaked in EP form under the name “Noohustle” a year earlier if I remember correctly. Many of you might have this one on lock, but I bet there’s a lot of you that have yet to discover this lovely piece of Soul music. Get yours on or head on over to Bandcamp for higher quality files. Perfect Slept on Sundays material if you ask me!

Bilal Salaam – Blah

Bilal Salaam – Modern Day Slavery

We’re cutting it close again, but right on time as usual. This month’s “Glimmering Fractions” mix is full of soulful goodness for your ear. And since I was chilling on the beach in Barcelona, there wasn’t a lot of time left. So I decided to cut this one a little short, but don’t worry…it’s still full of little pearls. Listen to this month’s mix on Soundcloud (download available) or Mixcloud (stream only).

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The good peoples from BamaLoveSoul released their first official compilation today. Must say there are some nice gems on this album and DJ Rahdu managed to create a cohesive, soulful and diverse LP. The compilation is available (Digital, CD, Vinyl) on the BLS bandcamp and features Nicholas Ryan Gant, Tall Black Guy, Freddie Joachim, Ahmed Sirour, Diggs Duke, Byron the AquArius, and others.

Ahmed Sirour – BrookLon

Soia – Lost in Memory (Prod. Mez)

Must agree with Diggs Duke that Kimbra’s “Settle Down” is a nice example of tasteful popmusic. He took the chance to join another remix contest on IndabaMusic and I suggest you support this by voting here if you like it.

Kimbra – Settle Down (Diggs Duke Remix)

A nice surprise from Morocco’s Faraji ibn Hussein in my inbox about his brand new project “Faraji Heritage Experiment – ART“. The spirit of this project is to bring together musicians with various backgrounds and skills and let them use their swahili nicknames, the same way Herbie Hancock did back in in the 70’s on his Mwandishi LP. The first three tracks are available for stream on Faraji’s bandcamp..