Making up one half of Knower with the singer Genevieve Artadi, drummer and keyboardist Louis Cole unleashes novelties with a speed comparable to the frenzy of his playing style.
Music Genre: Electronic
For Fragments du Monde Flottant (Fragments of the Floating World), Devendra Banhart offers a compilation of twelve unreleased demos by the likes of Arthur Russell, Nils Frahm, Rodrigo Amaranth and Vashti Bunyan. With the support of the Swiss label Bongo Joe (Altin Gün, Begayer, Hypercult … ), Devendra Banhart undertakes a playful curator's role for an anthology that is as elevated and intimate as his folk beginnings. From Los Angeles, he answers Qwest TV’s questions.
Known primarily as a result of rapper Lando Chill’s recent recordings, producer Andy "Lasso" C., now The Lasso, has released a ‘solo’ album. Here, the inverted commas are needed because The Sound of Lasso is comprised of work involving no less than thirteen musicians.
The French pianist co-produced three songs from When I Get Home, the magnificent album that Solange has just released. He describes how this sophisticated R&B was created by a handful of musicians jamming in a lavish house overlooking Los Angeles.
A producer and a multi-instrumentalist, the Israeli artist offers up a listening experience that feels soothing at times and haunting at others.
Finding a home on the London-based Albert’s Favourites label, the Ronin Arkestra is a Tokyo-centered collective that brings together some of Japan’s most progressive jazz and electronic musicians.
The Los Angeles talent is the latest artist to be added to Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder catalog. Listen to her new track here.
Cykada
| Electronic, JazzAn ensemble consisting of musicians who’ve also played parts in the groups Maisha and Ezra Collective, Cykada’s eponymous debut album was recorded back in 2017 at the pivotal Total Refreshment Centre venue in London.
The album title Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery is about more than conjuring an image. Instead, it feels like a definite instruction to the listener. Once on board, we flash forward while the cabin walls shake, the light of the past suspended in streaks through the windows, too slow to catch up. Thus the mission log reads: status, launched; destination, unknown.
The unique genre-bender has dropped “No Blacks, No dogs, No Irish” ahead of a hotly anticipated debut LP. Listen here.