Alright, time to put your pants on and get on your feet! Exciting brand new tracks from the likes of MJ Cole, Salva, Radiohead, Africa HiTech, Sygaire, Andre Lodemann, Siriusmo, MdCL and loads more. Keep an eye on Beyondjazz.net for our upcoming compilation – out on March 28!

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Take – Neon Beams (The Clonious Remix) – Alpha Pup
MJ Cole – Manta – Prolific
Salva – Blue – Friends Of Friends
Rossi B & Luca – E10 Riddim – Planet Mu
Magnetic Man – Box Of Ghosts – Columbia
Long Arm – The Branches (Instrumental Version) – Project: Mooncircle
Afrikan Sciences – Go Speed – Deepblak
Radiohead – Morning Mr Magpie – Radiohead

Sepalcure – No Think – Hotflush
Africa HiTech – Out In The Streets – Warp
Orakel – Ignore C.H.A.N.G.E – 4lux
Rise – Messages Pt.2 – Futuristica
Ronnie Laws – Your Stuff – Liberty
Umod – Maxine 1 – demo
Offset – Comfort Plus – Fine Art

Title – Put Your Pants On – Beyondjazz
Scallymatic Orchestra – Freedom – Flyin High
Sygaire & Defcon – It’s You That’s Happening – sygaire.bandcamp.com
Gold Panda – Marriage – Ghostly International
Prommer & Barck – Lovin’ (Andre Lodemann Remix) – Best Works
Aphrodisiax and Mr Jimi – Whatever The Weather ft. Kaidi Tatham – Fresh Minute Music

The Rising Sunz – Sunrize – Henry Street Music
Siriusmo – Feed My Meatmachine – Monkeytown
MdCL – Uplifted – Reel People Music
Andre Zimma – Hope Is On The Way feat. Terry Lovique – Swedish Brandy
Actress – Gershwin – Nonplus

And eclectic this episode is! From 1976 to 2011, spanning dozens of genres, all across the globe. It’s all good music!

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Siriusmo – Mosaik – Monkeytown
Domu – Omega Supreme v2 – demo
Emufucka – Galactic Soul ft. Mizube – Citywurl
Salva – Wake Ups – Friends Of Friends
Prommer & Barck – Lovin’ – Best Works
Andreas Saag – Leslie’s Vision ft. Filip Leyman – Room With A View
Afrikan Sciences – Spirals – Deepblak

Loose Ensemble – Apollo Soul – Foundation Music
MdCL – Feels Like Home ft. Ovasoul7 – Reel People Music
Gregory Porter – 1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub) – none
Aged In Harmony – I Feel Like Dancin’ – Mor-Tones

Quasimode – Ant Soldier – Blue Note
Orakel – Come Closer – 4lux
Inner Life – Make It Last Forever – Salsoul Records
Submotion Orchestra – All Yours – Exceptional
Radiohead – Feral – Radiohead
Franklin – Cats Voyage (Dreamer Mix) – Wool Recordings

Opolopo – Step Into The Light – Tokyo Dawn
Gino Vannelli – The Battle Cry – A & M
Amalia – Welcome To Me – Tokyo Dawn
Deep Space Orchestra – Last Exit – ART
Joash – This Beautiful Machine – Compost
Lensco – Midlite – Beyondjazz
Photek – Slowburn – Photek

Here it is at last, episode number 400. The big news of course is that we’re releasing a fourth Beyondjazz compilation. More than 4 years after volume 3, this new collection of exclusive tracks will surely appeal to Beyondjazz aficionados. Keep an eye on beyondjazz.net for all information concerning the release, and tune in to this show for a sneak preview!

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Sofa Surfers – Sinus (Dorian Concept Remix) – Monoscope
Umod – Miracle Fish – none
Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) – XL Recordings
Andre Zimma – M.U.S.I.C – Swedish Brandy
Lay-far – Holiday Groove – demo
Jacques Greene – The Look (Koreless Remix) – LuckyMe
Afrikan Sciences – Two As 36 – Deepblak
Martyn & Mike Slott – All Nights – All City

Deadboy – If U Want Me – Numbers
Salva – Keys Open Doors – Friends Of Friends
Eliphino – L.F. (I Know) – Somethink Sounds
Sepalcure – Your Love – Hotflush
XXXY – You Always Start It – Ten Thousand Yen
Gold Panda – Before We Talked – Ghostly International
James Blake – Unluck – R & S
*** Beyondjazz vol. 4 preview mix
Kira Neris – Awakening – Beyondjazz

Emanative – Dub In Vader – Beyondjazz
Daeque – Star Spangled Beauty – Beyondjazz
S13 – In Japan – Beyondjazz
Chris Barker – Out Of Dark – Beyondjazz
Jazz Neversleeps – Live In Maredsous – Beyondjazz
Crackazat – Bouncer Pounce – Beyondjazz
Basic Soul Unit – The Cloak – Beyondjazz
Opolopo – Tennhauser Gate – Beyondjazz
Souled – Hanky Skank – Beyondjazz
*** end of preview mix
Joash – Don’t Fear It, Fight It – Compost

Orakel – Recreation Song – 4lux
Bilal – Robots (MonkeyRobot Remix) – none
Umod – Serene Sister – none
Martyn & Mike Slott – Pointing Fingers – All City
Daft Punk – End of Line – Walt Disney
Amalia – Freeze That! – Tokyo Dawn
Opolopo – The Singularity – Tokyo Dawn

After some very dark winter days, we finally had some days of sun here. It’s still cold though, so to warm up we selected some beats and grooves you can shake some limbs to. Loads of new and upcoming music again – the year is treating us well so far, musically speaking. Also, next episode will be #400, where we’ll announce something special … Keep your ears peeled!

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Benny Tones – Chrysalis feat. Sacha Vee – BBE
Title & Delvis – Sidechain Reaction (Dub) – On-Point
Stray – If Lovin’ U – Tokyo Dawn
James Blake – Wilhelms Scream – R & S
Grooveman Spot – Take Back – Brownswood
Orakel – After All – 4lux
Spaven – Zeebra III – Jazz Re:freshed
Jed and Lucia – The Park – Ubiquity

Huess – I’d Rather Be The Hunter – Inaudible Answer
D’Angelo – Left & Right (Sam Champ Remix) – samchamp.bandcamp.com
Andreas Saag – Nobody Here – Brownswood
Slakah The Beatchild – War Within ft. Ebrahim & Tingsek – BBE
Georg Levin – Intangible – BBE
FaltyDL – Endeavour – Planet Mu
Chris Barker – Omnia – demo

Vindahl – Sometimes – Tokyo Dawn
AD Bourke – Light Echoes (Ulysses82 Remix) – Citinite
Lone – Cloud 909 – Magic Wire
Freepoint Crew – Change For The Better – Chess Piece
Debilos – Turn My Clock ft. Anqui – Molts Records
Jaymz Nylon – Live In This Light ft. Jessi Colasante (P60 Remix) – Nylon Trax
Space Dimension Controller – Mercurial Attraction – R & S

Bassfort – Dixtrit (Jimpster Remix) – Freerange
Altered Natives – The Bitch – 3024
Caribou – Sun – City Slang
Siriusmo – Signal – Monkeytown
Dorian Concept – My Face Needs Food – Ninja Tune
Lysergic – Created By Lines – lysergic.bandcamp.com

From 150 down to 100 BPM we take you through a selection of the finest beats and vibes on the scene these days. Mosca, Dorian Concept, James Blake, Gold Panda, Siriusmo, Martyn, Vakula, Ooft!, Spaven, … so many dope tunes out there, now in this podcast!

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Ursula Rucker – Tron – Five Six Media
Dorian Concept – Toe Games Made Her Giggle – Ninja Tune
James Blake – To Care (Like You) – R & S
LV & Untold – Beacon (Mount Kimbie Remix) – Hemlock
Gold Panda – Peaky Caps – Ghostly International
Koreless – Up Down Up Down – demo
Sepalcure – Fleur – Hotflush
Eliphino – You’ll Know – Somethink Sounds

Ital Tek – Infinity – Planet Mu
Fantastic Mr Fox – Sepia Song – Black Acre
Siriusmo – Hotbox – Eye Industries
DJ Jazzy Jeff – Rock Wit U ft. Erro (Yoruba Soul Dub) – BBE
Martyn – Shook Up – 3024
Kemeticjust feat. Terrance Downs – I Got Life (Justin’s G-Tech Mix) – Brownswood

Georg Levin – That Girl (Dub Version) – BBE
Herman – Rock Your Body (Vakula Remix) – Fine Art
Sygaire – Love Ride – sygaire.bandcamp.com
Soulparlor – Planet Sex ft. Replife – Tokyo Dawn
Mark E – RnB Drunkie – Merc
Ooft! – Make U Mine – demo

Onra – The Perfect Match – Brownswood
Sy Smith – Teena (Lovergirl Syberized) – mashibeats.bandcamp.com
Electric Wire Hustle – Perception (Sam Champ Remix) – samchamp.bandcamp.com
Mosca – Tilt Shift – Fat City
The RAah Project – Space Between Thoughts (Ennio Styles & Spray Tandoori Remix) – Summer Dawn
AD Bourke – Aries – Tokyo Dawn
Spaven – 1759 (Outro) – Jazz Re:freshed

I went through a few technical hurdles to record and post this podcast, but here it finally is, the first one of 2011! So much great music coming out these days, there’s no time for specials or best of lists. Just two hours of new hiphop, disco, house, breaks and more. I also hope to pick up a more regular schedule for the radioshow, we’ll see how far we get. Enjoy this one first!

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Cid Rim – Bear Hug Love – Affine
Spaven – Maz – Jazz Re:freshed
Erykah Badu – Soldier (Sam Champ Remix) – samchamp.bandcamp.com
72 Soul ft. Brise – Fool Is Blind – Release
Huess – Broke – Inaudible Answer
B-Ju – Habit In Your Redlight – none
MonkeyRobot – Symbiosis – Release
Souleance – Passarinho – First Word Records

9th Cloud – Round And Shiny Times – 9th Cloud
Damon Bell – Sha-Kah – Deepblak
Negghead – Pointless Pressure (feat. Woolfie & JD73) – Wax On
Awanto 3 – Get That BeeDeeBee – Rush Hour
Erdbeerschnitzel – 360 – 4lux
Lone – The Birds Don’t Fly This High – Magic Wire

Eliphino – I Just Can’t – Somethink Sounds
Space Dimension Controller – Transatlantic Landing Bay – R & S
Marlow – Put Off Feat. ComixXx & Knixx – Room With A View
Opolopo – The Wow Signal – Tokyo Dawn
Maddslinky – Dub Is For Real (ft. Mr Scruff) – Tru Thoughts
The Clonious – Truth ft. Paul Randolph – Affine

Caribou – Jamelia (Gold Panda Remix) – City Slang
Francesco Tristano – Fragrance De Fraga – Infiné
Rocketnumbernine – Matthew And Toby (Four Tet Remix) – Text Records
Kele Le Roc – That Rhythm – Freelance Diva
Martyn – Left Hander – 3024

For more than 13 years now, Kevin Moon from Toronto, Canada has been making music under the Moonstarr monniker. This month, his own Public Transit Recordings label is releasing The Archive, a collection of 9 tracks – of which 4 unreleased – that deserve a digital (re)release. A good time for me to sit down and sift through more than seven hours of Moonstarr music on my computer, most of it still deliciousy yummy!

We also have a competition in this episode: you can win a digital copy of one of Moonstarr’s latest releases! Just listen to the podcast to find out how to enter.

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Spaven - Spaven's 5

label: Jazz Re:freshed
releasedate: December 6, 2010
style: Future Jazz

Maybe you’ve never heard the name Richard Spaven before, but chances are big you’ve heard the man play, maybe even live. He’s been a household drummer for so many artists: Mark de Clive-Lowe, José James, The Cinematic Orchestra, GURU, 4hero, … the list goes on. But now that the good cats at Jazz Re:freshed have kickstarted a new series of mini-albums called 5ive’s, it’s time for Richard to step out of the shadow and deliver his first proper release. He is accompanied by a few great guests though: José James and Dj DooWop on vocals, Brotherly’s Robin Mullarkey on bass, Flowrider’s Vincent Helbers on keys, and many more.

The result is amazing. The drumming of course is fingerlicking good, but the intricate jazz arrangements, quirky time signatures and modern electronic production are top notch as well. Give these 6 tracks a few spins and you’ll be hooked. From the hypnotizing Rockers Round Window to the enchanting ballad Maz and the headnodding jazzhop of Zeebra III. The mysterious and slightly discomforting Network could have been on Two Pages, or a Domu album. And 1759 finally is the perfect closing track – mesmerizing and soothing. This is future jazz, people. Give this man a 5-album contract!

Check this Youtube video of Richard introducing the album.

Cid Rim vs The Clonious - Full Nelson EP

label: Affine
releasedate: December 1, 2010
cat #: AFF 005

Onto another fantastic debut, from Vienna this time. Cid Rim is the drummer of the JSBL band (together with The Clonious, Dorian Concept and Willi Rosner) but here he has three tracks to prove his solo worth. Opener Jerome could very well be played on more adventurous radio stations, as it sports a quite poppy sound and a straightforward verse/chorus progression. Nice, but then things start to get crazy – as in crazy good. Chop Suey Cide Step has a driving midtempo beat and a bumpy acid bassline like Luke Vibert likes them. On Bear Hug Love Cid Rim pulls open all registers, with squelchy synths, bleeps and stabs on a ruff dubstep riddim. Madness!

On the flip The Clonious takes his turn. He released his (excellent) debut album on Ubiquity last year, and here takes a similar approach to side A: one catchy vocal tune and two tunes-gone-wild. The vocal is courtesy of Paul Randolph, who turns Truth into a bit of an anthem that will work well on dancefloors. Earringer is the counterpart to Cid Rim’s Bear Hug Love: frantic, agitated and just plain crazy. The final track called Paul’s Suite is a bit more balanced, where The Clonious paints an intricate musical story with otherworldly synths and stuttering beats.

Another excellent release by Austria’s Affine label – fans of Dorian Concept and the like: don’t sleep!

A bit of jazz to kick off with, and then onto synth-infused boogie and midtempo grooves. We keep pushing the tempo and pass by a few wonderful pieces of deep house, and end with a seminal piece of music made 16 years ago, but still sounding so good… In fact, I love all of these tunes!

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Matthew Halsall – Ode To The Big Sea – none
Francesco Tristano – Wilson – Infiné
Kyrstal Klear – Dekryptic – All City
Erdbeerschnitzel – Suave – 4lux
Opolopo – Take It Slow feat. Sacha Williamson – Tokyo Dawn

Cid Rim – Chop Suey Cide Step – Affine
Souleance – Soupape – First Word Records
San Soda – Gala + Tiësto + Fergie – Release
Scuba – So You Think You’re Special (Joe Remix) – Hotflush
Caribou – Jamelia (DJ Koze Remix) – City Slang
Andre Zimma – Mermaids Bay – Swedish Brandy
Atjazz – Day 2001 – Mantis

ZoulCraft – Ownez – Xtrasolar
AFMB – Backup Days – Drumpoet Community
Dave DK – Will Be Gone – Moodmusic
Jimpster – Alsace & Lorraine – Freerange
Pedestrian – Hei Poa (Bubblers Edit) – Brownswood

Gold Panda – Killing Yourself On A Beach – Ghostly International
Spaven – Network – Jazz Re:freshed
The Clonious – Paul’s Suite – Affine
Vermin Twins – Exoskeleton (Title’s Rough Rider Remix) – On-Point
Fantastic Mr Fox – Over – Black Acre
Autechre – Plezo – Warp

Erdbeerschnitzel - Suave EP

label: 4lux
releasedate: December 2010
cat #: 4LUX010-01
style: Midtempo synth house groovers

Erdbeerschnitzel (German for “a slice of strawberry”) aka Tim Keiling usually produces house/electro music, but for this EP on the 4lux label he went for a midtempo approach. The sound in these three tracks reminds a lot of Floating Points, but label boss Gerd assured me that Suave for example was recorded two years ago. So what you get is three great arrangements with funky midtempo house grooves and several layers of playful synths and filtered samples. The Suave EP will have you nodding your head frantically!

Krystal Klear - Tried For Your Love EP

label: All CIty
releasedate: December 2010
cat #: ACKK12x1
style: Disco Boogie madness

Hailing from Manchester comes Krystal Klear with the new disco sound! With Boogie Wan and Dekryptic you get two perfectly produced slices of electronic boogie, but the main dish here is Tried For Your Love, and even more the Hudson Mohawke remix. The original is a lovely dreamy synth adventure reminiscent of Dâm-Funk – although a bit cleaner – while Hud Mo completely transforms this and mutates it into a ridiculously effective new jack swing revival! Our limbs are busting down in all kinds of uncontrollable moves to these killer piano stabs, sax loops, hard claps and jaw dropping breakdowns! Look for this remix in my 2010 favorites chart.

Samples at the All City website.