Buy and stream here. “Never Too Late” is the latest entry in a trio of covers released by Dead Horse Beats, also known as Patrick Wade, since 2016’s “Thinking of You”. Wade’s re-imagination of the 1972 Nat Turner Rebellion features a lockstep rhythm section backing his soulful harmonies and performances on electric piano and organ […]
Buy / Stream: https://bit.ly/34NwwLU First single from Fukoka, Japan producer Brisa who has been co-signed by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Lefto, Danny Krivit, Toshio Matsuura and many more. “Behind The Veil” is on first listen evocative of a grittier Floating Points but invokes Footwork vibes, jazz keys, strings and female R&B vocal snippits creating […]
Buy / Stream here. Manatee Commune taps minimalist electronic composer Roger Sellers aka Bayonne (Mom & Pop Records) for the first remix coming off of his PDA Album. While Sellers keeps the original structure of “I Can Dream” with Effee’s bubbly vocals intact, he reconstructs and rebuilds up the foundation of the song with deep […]
Buy / Stream here. Yasmin was always meant to be the birth of a new sound for Kumail. After spending his formative years delving into textural lo-fi electronica and textural ambient music, he went searching for a new sound more in-tune with his older, more mature, and more thoughtful self. What began as a study […]
Listen + buy 7″ here. The Goods are back with 4 re-flips of their summer anthem “Peach” – first up B. Bravo takes it into a heavy funk zone with big drums and added talkbox, while the band’s alter ego The Possé Remix dives deep into soulful house waters. Australia’s M5K gives us a little […]
Buy / Stream here. Hot off the release of their debut LP “Two Steps Away”, we present to you a scorching remix by NYC based disco don and founder of Let’s Play House – the one & only Jacques Renault. Mr. Renault does what he does best, extending the groove out and letting the bassline […]
Buy / Stream: https://bit.ly/2M89NDn The Pendletons take a bold step with their first full length album, 2 Steps Away, releasing this fall on the Bastard Jazz imprint. Recorded in San Francisco with a rock-solid band consisting of some of the best musicians in the Bay Area, including guitarist Carl Locket (Shalamar, Rick James) and Star […]
Stream here: https://spoti.fi/2pcWBUO Kumail is a musician, producer, performing artist Mumbai, India. Over the last four years, he has ascended to the very top of India’s burgeoning culture of electronic music on two parallel paths – as a gifted musician and bandleader drawing expansive canvases of rhythm, texture and emotion, and as a roughneck DJ […]
Buy / Stream here. The Pendletons return to Bastard Jazz with a brand new single from their upcoming debut LP “2 Steps Away” due out in mid October. “Running Away” is a funk heavy stomper with bugged out synths, heavy drums, swirling guitars and lyrics about a pensive relationships.
Buy / Stream here. The Goods are back with a second single, “Peach,” a collection of moods with an obsession for chasing the funk. When their vocalist Black Tree heard the beat for the first time in the studio, lyrics and melodies flowed instantly. He says: “My hope is that it becomes a feel good […]
Buy / Stream here. Potatohead People return with a brand new track “Single Life” featuring Vancouver based vocalist Bunnie. Paying homage to the vibe and sound of mid-90s r&b but pressing forward into the future beats scene with PP’s usual musicality, the song represents a forward step in songwriting and sensibility for the band. Out […]
Listen and purchase 12″ here. Bastard Jazz is proud to present the new EP from Vancouver’s AstroLogical, also known as one half of production duo Potatohead People. With a long list of collaborations outside of the group ranging from Pomo, Phife Dawg, Illa J and DJ Khalil – Astro’s new EP “Private World” resides somewhere […]