Monkey Straddle, the debut CD of Nnnj (“inch”) on The Agriculture records, is an interesting downtempo blend of influences ranging from ambient to jazz to IDM to world music. Nnnj’s music falls into the broad downtempo category – but the tracks on Monkey Straddle are some of the most interesting examples of the genre that… Read More Nnnj – Monkey Straddle
Luz Mob‘s eclectic style, freely blending hip-hop, latin, dub, jazz and soul, was brewed in part during his travels across the country for 3 years, from Brooklyn to the mountains of Colorado, to the S.F.City by The Bay. In advance of releasing his Luz Interpretations album on January 23rd, 2007, Luz Mob is making available… Read More Free Tracks From Luz Mob
This album, the third in the Verve remix series, is an interesting collection of reworkings of classic jazz tracks. The series takes cuts from the Verve archives and pairs them with top remixers, including Brazilian Girls, Sugardaddy, Adam Freeland, Danger Mouse and Carl Craig. Verve has one of the strongest collections of work by great… Read More Various – Verve Remixed3
This CD arrived in an unimpressive package – a hand-labeled CDR in a blank CD case and a floppy disk with the cover art on it. The music, though, was a welcome surprise. Van and Borner is a duo of electronic musicians out of Poland. The band, made up of Barbara Zielinska Van & Sabina… Read More Van and Borner – Miracles
Four years ago, Bebel Gilberto’s Tanto Tempo was a surprise hit, bringing bossa nova rhythms to electronica fans and a mainstream audience. The late DJ Suba produced most of the CD, and he brought an adventurous production style to the CD, helping to make it a must-have. Gilberto is the daughter of bossa nova pioneer… Read More Bebel Gilberto – Bebel
Garritan is now shipping their Jazz & Big Band collection. Jazz & Big Band offers a complete collection of instruments to create realistic-sounding jazz and big band arrangements. It features over 50 individual instruments including: a comprehensive saxophone collection (16 different saxes), 5 trumpets (with various mutes plus a scream trumpet), 5 trombones (with various… Read More Garritan Ships Jazz and Big Band Sound Library
The Ziriguiboom label is a leading source of modern Brazilian music. The Now Sound of Brazil brings together some great tracks from this label, providing a satisifying introduction to some artists you may not be familiar with, and Brazilian electronica. The CD is a Six Degrees release that features music of the Ziriguiboom label. Ziriguiboom… Read More Various – The Now Sound of Brazil
Merry Mixmas is an album of remixes of Christmas lounge classics. While the remixers featured on this CD draw on a wealth of classic material, including tracks by Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Earth Kitt, Julie London and Vince Guaraldi, the results are uneven.
Big Fish has introduced Elements: Traditional Jazz, a sample collection featuring Jazz Drums, Bass, Piano & Guitar Loops. Description: Jazz, “a genre of music characterized by a strong rhythmic understructure, blue notes, and improvisation on melody and chord structure.” Experience traditional jazz in its purest form. If your productions call for authentic jazz, the complex… Read More Big Fish Intros Elements: Traditional Jazz
As the first release in Beta Monkey Music’s Signature Series, the new Jazz Essentials offers authentic and expressive drum loops for traditional jazz. The royalty-free collection features more than 400 loops in pure and true detail, covering authentic jazz phrasing from a cool and relaxed 100 bpm, a blistering bop at 325 bpm and all… Read More Beta Monkey Releases Jazz Essentials Drum Loops
