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Knats

Knats

    Knats is the band’s much anticipated self-titled debut album.

    It comes on the heels of an incendiary year for the band including supporting Geordie Greep (black midi) and playing as the backing band for R&B legend Eddie Chacon on UK tours. They also played a sold out Jazz Refreshed headliner, supported Str4ta at a sold Jazz Cafe, and performed at the BBC Proms.

    Led by two lifelong best friends from Newcastle, Stan Woodward (bass) and King David-Ike Elechi (drums), Knats pride themselves on making "Geordie Jazz", with sophisticated arrangements, strong melodies and danceable grooves. Their infectious energy has seen the band develop an enviable word-of-mouth ascent, earning Spotify playlist covers and plaudits from the likes of the Guardian, Jazzwise, and more.

    In its entirety, this album is dedicated to Knats’ loved ones; Stan’s composition and recent single "Tortuga (For me Mam)" shows his love and appreciation of his Mam, while "Se7en", a darker tune, expresses his emotional relationship with his Dad, formerly "DJ Se7en". "Adaeze" is a tribute to King’s late sister, taken from a gospel folk tune, incorporating West African percussive breaks and instrumentation.

    The Knats album represents many things, but most importantly that Newcastle is not to be overlooked.

    “they gleefully rewire jazz with a hard-as-nails rhythm section, drum’n’bass energy and punk aggression.” - The Guardian.

    “jaw-dropping brilliance” – Jazzwise.


    TRACK LISTING

    Side A
    A1. One For Josh
    A2. Miz (featuring Anatole Muster)
    A3. 500 Fils (featuring Parthenope)
    A4. Black Narcissus
    A5. Rumba(r)

    Side B
    B1. Makina Thema (Interlude)
    B2. Tortuga (For Me Mam)
    B3. Se7en (featuring Tom Ford)
    B4. In The Pitt
    B5. Adaeze

    Various Artists

    City Music Tokyo - Multiple

      A glorious 2x LP / 2x CD gatefold double album resplendent with OBIs featuring some of the best examples of, until recently, a very underrated genre. Now of course, it's the hippest sound around.

      Curated from the extensive Nippon Columbia catalogue by Japanese renaissance man Cunimondo Takiguchi, this compilation chronicles the hottest cuts from the most innovative originators of the City Pop genre.

      It's the best bits from 70s and 80s funk, soul, disco, AOR, R&B and Pop; Tokyo's tastiest cocktail. Add to this Gearbox's famed high production values and quality control, and you have an early contender for Compilation of 2024.

      "A deeply glamorous combination of penthouse glitz, exquisite studio smarts and razor-sharp musicianship...A glut of sophisticated pop pleasures" THE WIRE MAGAZINE, MARCH 2024.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. CARNATION - Edo River
      2. Yakushi Nakanishi - Futari Bun No Atsui Yume
      3. JADOES - STARDUST NIGHT
      4. Keiko Kimurai - Don't Call Me On The Phone
      5. Tomoki Kikuchi - Samugari
      6. Yumi Seino - Mayonaka No Denwa
      7. Takaki Horigome - Fuyu Kitari Naba
      8. Midori Hara - Spacewalk
      9. Emi Necozawa - Me Ni Mienai Mono
      10. Nanako Sato - Umi Ni Ukabu Piano
      11. Kyoko Furuya - Harumi Futo
      12. Escalators - Fly High
      13. Mitsuko Horie - Weekend Night
      14. Namihiko Ohmura - Moonlight, Starlight
      15. Chikako Ueno - Nostalgic Spaceman
      16. Hiroshi Sato - F.W.Y.

      Binker & Moses

      Feeding The Machine

        Feeding The Machine is the long-awaited 3rd studio album by semi-free jazz duo Binker and Moses. The album yet again cements Binker and Moses' status as being at the vanguard of London's jazz and jazz-adjacent music scene. With honorary band member Max Luthert on tape loops and electronics, Feeding The Machine crosses into ambient, minimalism and experimental electronic music territories, whilst also nodding to the duo's roots in riff-heavy free jazz.

        TRACK LISTING

        SIDE A
        1. Asynchronous Intervals
        2. Active-Multiple-Fetish-Overlord
        3. Accelerometer Overdose
        SIDE B
        1. Feed Infinite
        2. After The Machine Settles
        3. Because Because


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