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Sunday, May 7 2023, 12PM
The second album from Queens, NY-bred artist Raveena Aurora is an impressive blend of airy R&B with psych-tinged electro-pop, funk and hip hop, along with incorporating elements of Bollywood film music and other South Asian styles reflecting her heritage (her family immigrated to Queens from India) on songs of love, loss and healing.
www.raveenaaurora.com
The enigmatic London musician Jai Paul also co-founded the record label Paul Institute with his brother A.K.
"Crush" is a cover of the 1998 song by Jennifer Paige. The song is included on "Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)". Jai Paul's only project, which includes demos and unfinished tracks compiled and released in 2019, after a leak of the project happened originally in 2013.
jai-paul.com
Chai explained the meaning behind this song: "each and everyone of us has our own color, and each of those colors possess their own kind of power! PINK is a strong yet gentle color, one that has the ability to make any and everyone shine! No matter who or how old you are! CHAI will continue to move forward, alongside the limitless color PINK! It’s that type of song! Enjoy it 〜♡"
chai-band.com
Hollie Cook is a former member of the punk/reggae band The Slits.
Cook describes her music as "tropical pop". She has a passion for female rocksteady and reggae singers.
holliecook.bandcamp.com
holliecook.com
Kabaka Pyramid is a conscious revolutionary lyricist with a unique musical style; blending the power, energy and melody of Reggae with the lyricism of Hip hop. Hailing from Kingston, Jamaica this Bebble Rock Music artist uses his liquid and hypnotizing delivery to spread positive messages of spiritual evolution that forces you to listen.
The name "Kabaka" is Ugandan for "King" and the long lasting survival of the Pyramids of ancient Africa represent his desire for longevity in the music and deep connection to Kemetic roots; leaving messages for generations to come.
www.kabakapmusic.com
"'Third Time's The Charm' concludes this trilogy of albums that directly focus on my study of time and how important it is to make sure what you’re doing is fulfilling you in every way."
Video:
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www.protoje.com
Black Thought's collaborative project with El Michels Affair, "Glorious Game".
Michels says of their collaboration: "Before long, Black Thought was coming around the studio and would jam with us from time to time. Then, fast forward to 2020 and COVID lockdowns, he just hit me up out of the blue, wanting me to send him stuff to write to. We both were looking to stay busy."
elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com
Happy birthday Arthur Blythe! Born on this day in 1940 in Los Angeles. Blythe passed in 2017 at age 76.
www.nytimes.com
Georgia Anne Muldrow and Josef Leimberg collaborate on a track co-written by Muldrow and Leimberg with Sun Ra. From the forthcoming compilation "Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War", music inspired by the Sun Ra track "Nuclear War", releasing on May 26.
Red Hot is a U.S. based 501(c)(3) non-profit production company whose mission is in promoting public health and diversity through equal access to care. It started in 1989 by Leigh Blake and John Carlin as a response to the devastation wrought by AIDS on a generation of New York artists and intellectuals.
redhot.bandcamp.com
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Contemporary harpist and Grammy nominee Brandee Younger will perform at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley on June 6th.
brandeeyounger.com
Debut EP from this British artist.
"Why (spare me tears)" was co-written and produced with Jamie Woon, It is the second solo single of Elmiene's career.
Navy Blue told Rolling Stone that the album title refers to the "ways of knowing that I don't know. What I think I know might not be it, and to remain teachable and malleable in the process, there’s always going to be a new experience that informs the way I think about everything."
About this song he said "They say the eyes are the windows to the soul or windows of the soul, I'm not quite sure. But I imagine a singular window, if we're singular, if we’re just a body, it's a window to the soul, which is me. And I said a 'ceiling meets the wall' as in a box or whatever, that's the body that my soul is in. But I also don't think that my soul or my spirit are stuck in this body, in this physical thing. I think it's certainly beyond given our comprehension of what this is."
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navybluethetruest.com
Filipino disco band from Manila, founded by Vic Sotto, Spanky Rigor, and Tito Sotto.
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Celeste Kalugdan Legaspi Gallardo is a Filipina singer, actress, film and theatre producer, and an advocate for artists' rights. She is from Cavite City.
"A World Where Many Worlds Fit": Kimmortal and Gabriel Teodros on Black and Asian Solidarity.
Kimmortal and Gabriel Teodros chatted with Tia Ho. Check out the interview here:
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K!MMORTAL lyrical flow rap experimental hip hop electronic soul full activating queer Filipinx shape shifting type movement.
kimmortal.bandcamp.com
kimmortalportal.com
Filipina-fronted agit punk band from New York, agitated by state repression, government corruption, and patriarchy.
New music from this London-based band’s upcoming fifth album Off Planet (due out June 16th).
djangodjango.bandcamp.com
Peggy Gou is a South Korean DJ and producer now based in Berlin. She says that "Before I was a DJ, I was a raver." bit.ly
peggygou.com
"We Are The Magic" is the new sophomore album from producer and DJ WheelUP aka West London’s Danny Wheeler. Built around concepts such as the law of attraction, humanitarianism, and spiritualism - "We Are The Magic" adds to the broken beat canon while showcasing WheelUP's most mature and forward-thinking work to date. The LP boasts contributions and collaborations with a host of talent: Kaidi Tatham, Sam Interface, Abacus, Victoria Port (Anushka), Toya Delazy, Spaceship Coyote, Destiny Will, Brint Story, Steelo and more.
djwheelup.bandcamp.com
From M.I.A.'s debut studio album. M.I.A. collaborated with Justine Frischmann, Switch, Diplo, Richard X, Ant Whiting and Greg "Wizard" Fleming on the album. Watch the music video here! youtu.be
Chaz Bundick (Toro y Moi) began playing and recording original compositions in his preteen years, forming multiple indie bands starting in middle school and continuing until his personal project, Toro y Moi, was signed by Carpark Records in 2009.
Toro y Moi stopped by KEXP for an in-studio performance, hosted by Morgan back in 2015. You can watch his full set here: bit.ly
Funk project from LA based Miles Tackett. Get the track here: breakestraubiq.bandcamp.com
www.breakestra.com
The Paradise AKA Alan Braxe & Romauld!
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"...a highlight from French producer Alan Braxe’s show-stopping run in the early ‘00s. Braxe is probably best known for his contributions to Stardust’s iconic “Music Sounds Better With You,” but he also recorded a half-dozen excellent singles with Fred Falke and churned out another handful of great remixes. Much of this work was collected on the 2005 compilation The Upper Cuts, which sadly appears to be missing from Apple Music; you can still hear the music, but it’ll take a bit of legwork."
alanbraxe.bandcamp.com
This is the first track from the band's new album, "Chris Black Changed My Life," due out on June 23rd.
Watch the music video here: www.youtube.com
www.portugaltheman.com
"Cypher 1: Ella" joins Mabiland, Mare Advertencia Lirika, EMJAY and Delfina Dib.
Visualizer: www.youtube.com
Mabiland is Colombia-born and currently based in Medellin and one of the few visible Black lesbian women in Latin America.
IG: @Mabiland
EMJAY is Mexican-born, Jersey raised.
Mare Advertencia Lirika is a Zapotecan rapper and songwriter from Oaxaca, Mexico.
IG: @mare.advertencia.lirika
Delfina Dib is an Argentinian singer, composer and rapper based in Colombia.
IG: @delfina.dib
Off the 10th studio album from the Washington D.C. band, recorded in Port Antonio, Jamaica. The band noted about the recording: "The innovation, spirit and power of Jamaican music is a constant source of creative manna for us. On the musical map, Jamaica is an entire continent. Frankly, we could have spent a year there... "
thieverycorporation.bandcamp.com
DANGERDOOM was a hip hop project from Danger Mouse and MF DOOM. "The Mouse and the Mask", was released in 2005.
mfdoom.bandcamp.com
Ishmael Butler's latest project: the debut album from Lavarr the Starr. He met Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces in 2019 and signed to Butler's Glass Cane Records label in 2020.
"Lavarr The Starr was born an illusion ago in an otherwhere not unlike Chicago or Paris. He hears loudly the vibrations of the past but his music surfs the future waves. A keyboardist and programmer singer rapper in 2020 he was quoted as saying 'some of my favorite singers can’t sing but they always all ways sound like love'."
lavarrthestar.bandcamp.com
New EP from Seattle's NAVVI out now! Find it on this local label: hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com
Mindy Meng Wang (Chinese-Australian Guzheng virtuoso) and Tim Shiel (Australian DJ and producer) are currently in London doing a few shows.
Video: www.youtube.com
mindymengwang.bandcamp.com
mindymengwang.com
www.timshiel.com
Chinese American Bear’s (华裔美国熊) "Live at Hall of Justice" is a three song EP filmed and recorded at the historic Hall of Justice (Nirvana, Death Cab for Cutie, etc.) in Seattle. The band filmed and recorded these songs to showcase their strong live show, and are releasing videos with each song The EP includes live renditions of "好吗 Hao Ma", "再见Goodbye", and a cover of Tame Impala’s "大熊 Elephant" with Mandarin lyrics.
chineseamericanbear.bandcamp.com