Friday, February 17, 2012

"Cuernevaca" by Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Recorded live as part of Another Honest Jon's Chop Up at the Fiesta des Suds, Marseille, 30 October 2011.
From the forthcoming album Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble on Honest Jon's Records, to be released May 2012.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Brainfeeder

The Brainfeeder label, recent deserved winners of the ‘Label of the Year’ award at the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards have just given all of us a thank you present with a free download of an album of their back catalogue.



Although mostly featuring work from the label’s back catalogue, what’s noticeable is that this works well as an album in it’s own right; it also perfectly evidences the rich diversity of sounds and textures Fly Lo has gathered at Brainfeeder. From the insistent, staccato beats of TOKiMONSTA, to the organic euphoria of Thundercat, to some blissed out bars from rapper Jeremiah Jae, the collection includes some excellent work from the label’s emerging artists. These tracks nestle alongside better-known names such as Martyn and The Gaslamp Killer. ‘Viper’ appears from Martyn’s 2011 album ‘Ghost People’, and it’s a menacing piece of electronica with sparse percussion and a gnarly, unforgiving synth line. The ‘Killer’s contribution is the meandering rhythms of ‘When I’m In Awe’, featuring Gonjasufi at his shamanic, spiky best.
Check it right
here