Nemo Lakes is the moniker and alter-ego of LA-based producer, Tyler Simpson. Growing up in the 2000s gave Tyler a rich body of musical work to borrow and take inspiration from. He blends the styles of artists from that era like the electro-indie-pop of Gorillaz and Phantogram, or the Rock-inspired hip-hop of acts like Kid…
This month we’ve got new music from Bonobo, Logic 1000, George Fitzgerald, three9four, DJ Susan, Wax Motif, Vince Versa, Roy Ford, The Cooler, Anthony Naples and another fantastic track courtesy of Clive from Accounts. If last month was a journey…
The boys are back, L’Orange & Solemn Brigham team up for the third instalment of their Marlowe project and to say I’m buzzing is an understatement. I first came across L’Orange with his “Old Soul” album which I instantly fell…
Frowein Pedersen are a German and Danish duo based in Zürich, Switzerland. I’ve been really impressed by the amount of fantastic jazz coming out of Switzerland the last few years, so it was no surprise when I pressed play on…
Scoobert Doobert has just dropped a new corker of a cover with his new single, “September.” I’m not usually one for cover songs, but every once in a while, a producer will get the tone just right. And this totally…
When I finally discovered the hit TV series, The Wire, it was nearly 10 years old already. I remember the show coming up in conversation and the reaction when it was clear that I didn’t have The Wire as a…
Welcome to The LoFix, a new fortnightly column to share some LoFi & ChillHop that I’ve recently discovered and love. Giving you that fix of chill, something we all need regularly and if you’re feeling the tracks do share them…
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…