Martyn Heyne unveils accompanying video for ‘Brandung’

15 January 2019

Ingenious German multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Martyn Heyne has unveiled a fittingly stunning video to accompany ‘Brandung’, lifted from his 2016’s mini-album Shady & Light. Heyne explains how the video came about:

“A while back, the filmmaker Melinte Reitzema got in touch about some music of mine she wanted to use in her latest work. The film, LUCY – My Transgender Life, is a documentary about her dear friend Lucy Fizz and features some wild and enchanting footage. One batch of material in particular caught my attention: Lucy dancing alone at the famed London venue The Box, shot in super slow motion and close up. Melinte is an angel and turned it into a music video for me.”

Now watch the video for ‘Brandung’.

Listen to Elena Setién’s new single ‘She Was So Fair’ feat. Steve Gunn

14 January 2019

We’re just over a month away from the release of Elena Setién‘s gorgeous new album Another Kind Of Revolution, marking her debut on Thrill Jockey. The independent spirit the Basque singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is known for is central to the upcoming album, and we find her playing the majority of the instruments. The lyrics on the album, and as the label explains, “describe the beauty of everyday life, nature, and promote the forces of change not as a burden, but as the very source of hope to draw from”.

After sharing the title track, Elena is enticing us again with a new single, ‘She Was So Fair’ feat. Steve Gunn. Listen to both now.


Another Kind Of Revolution is out on February 25th through Thrill Jockey.

New album from Chris Child out in February

10 January 2019

Brooklyn based composer Chris Child aka Kodomo has announced the follow-up to his 2017’s Divider EP. Marking his fourth full-length release, the upcoming Pieces For Piano Vol. 1 arrives on February 1st through his own imprint FOIL. The album is a collection of solo piano works, composed “with the intention of creating something simple, intimate and quiet”, as the press release describes.

After sharing ‘Prelude 2’, Child is giving us another beautiful taste from Pieces For Piano with ‘Impetus’. Listen to both below.

Theon Cross announces debut album Fyah and shares new single ‘Activate’

07 January 2019

At the tail end of 2018, tuba player and composer Theon Cross, a big player in London’s vibrant contemporary jazz scene, teased his debut album with ‘Panda Village‘. News of the album have now been confirmed and we’ll only have to wait till February 15th for Fyah to be out through Gearbox Records. The album “encapsulates the culture and influences that have surrounded Cross growing up in the city, incorporating elements of Caribbean music, hip-hop, grime, jazz, club and electronic music”, describes the press release. “The new album perfectly exemplifies the future-facing magnetism of the current scene in London. Full of powerful tuba-driven basslines, fervent jazz soloing, raw yet precise rhythm sections and the introduction of synths, the album is all at once danceable and masterful.”

And there’s more reasons to get excited, with ‘Activate’, the explosive new track Cross has just unveiled, featuring fellow adventurous jazz musicians, saxophonist Nubya Garcia and drummer Moses Boyd. Take a listen now.

Theon Cross unveils new single ‘Panda Village’

23 December 2018

Photo: Andy Earl

Coming out of the vibrant London jazz scene that flourished in recent years, tuba player and composer Theon Cross has lent his talents to a multitude of stellar artists. Busy performing with the likes of Moses Boyd, Makaya McCraven, Kano, Jon Baptiste, Pharoe Monch and Emile Sande, Cross is also a member of Sons of Kemet and a permanent fixture in South London based collective Steam Down. He has also been busy with his own trio featuring Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd, and ‘Panda Village’ is one of the fruits we can now get a taste of. There’s plans for more to come in 2019 and if ‘Panda Village’ is anything to go by, we just can’t wait!