The new album from British songwriter and producer, Karl Zine dissects the lifecycle of a relationship piece by piece. From euphoric highs to debilitating lows, Hyper explores the full spectrum of emotions associated with love and loss. “I wanted to explore the nature of relationships in all their wonder, mystery and heartache,” explains Zine when…
“Sugar Hill” is the debut single from disco house duo, Rose Rose. The band-like project sees dreamy house vibes through a sort of 70s-era disco lens. The result is a funky bass-driven groove with a layer of buttery chilled-out vocals. This is laid-back music to the max.
I was first introduced to Dave Brubeck in a “History of Jazz” class in the early 90s. Before that point, jazz was music that my grandparents listened to. Hearing “Take Five” for the first time changed that. Paul Desmond spoke…
Happy New Year. This month we’ve got new music from Kaytranada, Flight Facilities, Will Clarke, The Koreatown Oddity, Kelpe, DJ Tennis, The Gaslamp Killer, Al Pagoda and another song off of the new Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience album. It’s…
“This music evokes the feeling of going outside at Christmas, of walking on the snow carpet where the sound of footsteps is choked,” says Christophe Chassol when talking about his new Christmas album: The Message of Xmas. The son of…
With 2020 coming to an end, we thought it was fitting to put a Christmas Mixtape together that collected all the best new Christmas songs from the last 20 years. It’s the Christmas Mixtape 2000! There’s just over 2 hours…
It’s that time of the year again (my favorite time of year). It’s Christmastime! From here on out, I’m exclusively listening to Christmas music. To kick things of, we’ve got this fantastic Charlie Brown inspired Christmas mix by California electronic…
I was first introduced to Dave Brubeck in a “History of Jazz” class in the early 90s. Before that point, jazz was music that my grandparents listened to. Hearing “Take Five” for the first time changed that. Paul Desmond spoke…
It’s funny how this global pandemic has found ways to bring us all closer together despite all of the pain and suffering it has caused. Closer together virtually of course. Because while the Coronavirus would like nothing more then to…
For the album, Hewitt set out to document his experience of lockdown in New York City. As New York became more and more deserted, he went out with a field recorder to report how the sounds of the city changed. And while the premise was rooted in documenting the present, the project was very heavily influenced by the minimalist Japanese kankyō ongaku movement from the 1980s.
We live in a time when technology and innovation is advancing faster than we could imagine. Will we soon live in a time where technology has outlived us? Will the new innovations that we come up with this century be…