September 13, 2011 - posted in Features, Videos.
It took well over a year, but finally the album the Andreas Pålsson Trio recorded last summer titled “Scrabble” was ready for release earlier this month. To celebrate the occasion, the band performed two great gigs last week, please read on to watch and listen to a full live recording of one of them.
February 2, 2011 - posted in News.
The invisible friends from Venezuela are back with a mini-album of tasty leftovers from their previous release “Commercial”, this one is funnily enough called “Not So Commercial” (out February 8.). To be honest, this is not their absolute best stuff, but as always there are some really sexy tracks to be found including the tribute song “Corduroy” that really nails the sound of the Acid Jazz pioneers from back in the day. You can listen to a complete preview at the Nacional Records website.
December 13, 2010 - posted in Features.
This summer, I was very fortunate to take part in the recording of an amazing new jazz trio live in the studio during a warm May weekend in Oslo.
June 7, 2010 - posted in Mixes, Releases.
Sorry that we’re a bit slow on the update front these days — it’s summertime here and there are better things to do than sitting inside typing away at the keyboard, but as always, we bring you some sweet music to accompany the warm and sunny weather!
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Download: Funky Halvor + Rune – Thursday Funky Stuff (154MB mp3).
April 22, 2010 - posted in Records, Releases.
Call it sample-funk, organic breaks, vinyl mashups or whatever you like; Flow Dynamics, the Australian multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave McKinney’s self titled debut album contains just the right amount of real instruments and vocals needed to maintain the soul of all his diverse musical sources. This is hard-hitting, floor stomping funk music for the dance crowd with a few laid back grooves in between, reminiscent of the more well known DJ Greyboy and DJ Spinna.
December 1, 2009 - posted in Mixes, Releases.
DJ Afro, also known as José Luis Pardo – the guitarist in Los Amigos Invisibles, has his own hourly radio show where he spins some of his favorite tunes from many different genres. On his website there is an excellent archive of his newest shows available for online listening, just follow the link above and check it out because there is a lot of really good stuff in there, although some of his house mixes are not my cup of tea.
November 25, 2009 - posted in Records, Releases.
If you ever need a collection of high quality easy listening tunes, and yes, they do exist, this album from Irma Records is fine choice indeed. It covers the period from 1966 – 1972 and the track selections are really good, avoiding the drab elevator music arrangements in favour of solid performances and danceable grooves, making it perfect lounge fare for your ears and feet. Unfortunately it seems to be out of print, so you’ll have to track it down on your own which is probably not that hard.
November 14, 2009 - posted in Misc, Releases.
Jazz guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has recorded and released what might be called a directors commentary for many of his albums, and it’s interesting stuff to listen to even if you are not a big fan of the genre or his music, because he describes the creative process behind many of the tracks and what inspired their creation and so on. You can find the commentaries on his podcast page (some of them require iTunes), or you can download them all directly from this newsfeed.
November 12, 2009 - posted in Releases, Tracks.
Our Jazz Mafia friends from San Francisco have released a free 15 track sampler of their music:
November 6, 2009 - posted in Mixes, Releases.
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Download link: Halvor + Johannes + Rune – Fresh From Frisco – Part 4 of 4 (123MB mp3).
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