Monday, February 20, 2012

Nicolas Jaar - What my last girl put me through


Born in 1990 Nicolas Jaar is a young and rising artist from New York with Chilean roots.
His huge variety of different electronic sounds and inputs make him one of my favourite electronic artists these days.
He studies literature in Rhode Island, released his first album (Space Is Only Noize) last year and is the founder of the label Clown & Sunset that hides some other promising acts like Soul Keita just to mention one.
Check out his live sets on youtube and his website : http://www.nicolasjaar.net/
I will keep you up to date !

enjoy

Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love


Sunday, February 19, 2012

Nujabes feat. Cise Starr & Akin - Feather




Nujabes was a Japanese Hip Hop producer, Dj and owner of the Shibuja record stores.
He also founded the independet label "Hydeout Productions".
Nujabes collaborated with hip hop acts such as: Cise Starr (from CYNE), Five Deez, Funky DL and many others.
Sadly Nujabes died in a car accident 2010 at the age of 36.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

SoulChef - Road Trip


SoulChef is a producer, composer, musician from Auckland, New Zealand. 
His music is a smooth and versatile blend of jazz, soul and hip hop.
You can get his album "Long Hot Summer" for free :
http://bluebottlerecords.bandcamp.com/album/long-hot-summer
 
enjoy !

Thursday, February 16, 2012

J-Live - Satisfied



J-Live is an emcee, DJ and producer from New York City. After completing his English degree he worked as a teacher in Brooklyn which he later quit to focus on his music career.
He featured famous acts such as DJ Premier, Pete Rock or DJ Spinna.
This song is on the album "All The Above" which was released 2002.

St. Germain - Rose Rouge



St. German is the alias of the French musician Ludovic Navarre. His style is described as a form of house and nu jazz. This is just one great track among others from the album "Tourist" which was released 2000.
His early influences were artists such as Bob Marley, Kool and the Gang or Miles Davis.

3582 - Bad As They Come (Remix)



3582 consists of the famous J. Rawl who produced Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli) and Jon Marshall or better known as Fat Jon, one of the members of Five Deez. This Track is from the album "Situational Ethics" which was released 2003.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Cannonball Adderley - Money In The Pocket


Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley is an amazing jazz alto saxophonist who worked with other jazz legends such as Miles Davis, Ray Charles and John Coltrane. He died in 1975.

Paul Kalkbrenner - Dockyard


Paul Kalkbrenner is probably one of the most popular acts in the German electro scene nowadays.
He achieved his breakthrough when he produced the soundtrack to the movie "Berlin Calling" in which he starred himself as the protagonist, an upcoming techno Dj in Berlin.
He is associated with other artists such as Sascha Funke or his brother Fritz Kalkbrenner.

Amadou & Mariam - Senegal Fast Food


Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia are an amazing couple from Mali, Africa.
The two artists are also known as "the blind couple from Mali", since they are blind since childhood years.
In their extraordinary career they have worked with famous bands such as Coldplay, U2 and so on.
They are also great supporters of charity organisations and the blind music institute where they met.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Wax Tailor feat. Charlotte Savary - Seize the day



Jean-Christophe Le Saoût or better known as Wax Tailor is a french Hip Hop producer who has his roots in the Paris suburbs. For this song JC Le Saoût worked with Charlotte Savary (also from Paris) who often works as an associated act of Wax Taylor. The song can also be found in the soundtrack of the movie "Paris" (2008) that I can really recommend.