Suzuki is the second studio album by Austrian downtempo / trip-hop duo Tosca, released by Studio !K7 and G-Stone Recordings in 2000. Unlike many of Tosca's subsequent releases, Suzuki is essentially an instrumental album, with vocal samples integrated throughout, but in such a way that they "become a part of the instrumentation." The album is dedicated to the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki. The dedication can be found on the inside of the front cover.

TRACK LISTING

1 Pearl In
2 Suzuki
3 Annanas
4 Orozco
5 Busenfreund
6 Honey
7 Boss On The Boat
8 John Tomes
9 Ocean Beat
10 The Key
11 Doris Dub
12 Pearl Off

Jessy Lanza has always made music that perfectly suits the mood – whether it’s the heads-down trance of the dancefloor or that hazy, post-club bliss. It’s no surprise for an artist that takes electronic music’s most intoxicating sensibilities and effortlessly reimagines them as experimental pop and R&B. The Canadian singer, producer and DJ from Hamilton, Ontario, has trodden an inspiring path which led to 2013’s boldly minimalist debut Pull My Hair Back, released on revered UK label Hyperdub. Gorgeously complex follow-ups Oh No – shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize – and 2020’s All the Time crowned her as a singular talent in the left-of-pop sphere.

It’s with this genre-bending approach that Jessy Lanza presents her entry for the DJ-Kicks series – a sprawling, club-indebted odyssey that draws you in closer and closer with each listen. Recorded this summer, the mix is an incisive snapshot of her emotional landscape during the past 18 months. In 2020, with nothing but a van, a few personal belongings and her musical gear, Lanza and her partner relocated from New York City to the Bay Area to ride out the pandemic. A change of scenery, buoyed by the slower pace of their new home, gave her a fresh perspective during a worldwide screeching halt.

Jessy Lanza’s DJ-Kicks mix also arrives as a divine stroke of timing. As the world slowly starts to re-open, it’s a portal into the ecstatic energy of the dancefloor; an emblem of genuine healing – both personal and communal – that transports listeners to a state of pure euphoria.

TRACK LISTING

CD
01 Jessy Lanza - Guess What
02 Jessy Lanza - Seven 55 (feat. Loraine James) [DJ-Kicks]
03 Jessy Lanza - Wet X3 (feat. Taraval)
04 DJ Spookie - Twilite
05 Michael J. Blood - Lip Biter
06 Mr. Ho - Bail-E
07 Crystal - Jungli - La [Joe Howe Club Mix]
08 Masarima - Freak Like U [Club Mix]
09 Golden Donna - Foaming
10 Mafia Boyz - Teaspoon La Qoh
11 Markus Mann - I'm Losing
12 Jim C. Nedd - Maleka
13 Maarten Van Der Vleuten - Nightshift
14 Secret Werewolf - Yage
15 Grain - Untitled B2
16 Gant-Man - Distorted Sensory (Loefah's South Side Rmx)
17 G3 - Drum 2 [Peanut]
18 Lolina - A Path Of Weeds And Flowers
19 Dee Jay Nehpets - Na Na Na
20 Oyubi - 140yaku
21 DJ SWISHA - If The Shoe Fits
22 Jessy Lanza - Heaving Featuring Taraval
23 TAH - Beat It Up Like (These Drums)
24 Kanyon - IDFW Snakes
25 CN - Anubis
26 The Raining Heart - Raining Heart

2LP
A1 Jessy Lanza - Guess What
A2 Jessy Lanza - Seven 55 (feat. Loraine James) [DJ-Kicks]
A3 Jessy Lanza - Wet X3 (feat. Taraval)
A4 Oyubi - 140yaku
B1 Jim C. Nedd - Maleka
B2 Jessy Lanza - Heaving (feat. Taraval)
B3 Dee Jay Nehpets - Na Na Na
B4 DJ SWISHA - If The Shoe Fits
C1 CN - Anubis
C2 Lolina - A Path Of Weeds And Flowers
C3 Mafia Boyz - Teaspoon La Qoh
C4 The Raining Heart - Raining Heart
D1 Michael J. Blood - Lip Biter
D2 Markus Mann - I'm Losing
D3 Mr. Ho - Bail-E
D4 Golden Donna - Foaming

Game-changing multi-instrumentalist Kamaal Williams has put together the latest DJ-Kicks mix. It features four of his own brand new and exclusive tracks and hints at the wide world of influences that have made him one of the most prominent artists of the last few years.

Williams has taken his long standing love of seventies jazz fusion and mixed it up with the contemporary sound of the London underground to devastating effect. House, broken beat, grime, soul, funk, hip hop and jazz all permeate his work, which has seen him evolve from one-man producer Henry Wu to acclaimed live band Kamaal Williams, backed by talented drummers and bassists. His pioneering work in the studio and live arena has influenced a whole new generation of like-minded musicians that have helped make the capital one of the most musically exciting and quickly evolving cities in the world, with Williams' own virtuoso drumming and percussion right at the heart of it all.

The exceptional Yussef Kamaal album 'Black Focus' was one of the most talked about records of 2016. Vinyl pressings kept selling out, it received rave reviews, earned the band the Breakthrough Act award at the 2017 Jazz FM awards and led to spellbinding live shows all over Europe. The follow up, The Return, came on Williams' own new Black Focus label and took his band global, all while picking up nominations for best independent album at the AIM Music Awards.

Improvised rhythm and spirituality are at the heart of everything Williams does, as is London life, with its diverse people, cultures and musical customs all feeding into his work. That is also true when making more electronic sounds as Henry Wu, who appears here after standout EPs on labels like Rhythm Section International. Williams' music is so individual it is more than deserving of its own tag: the artist himself calls it Wu Funk, and some of the many sounds that feed into it are all showcased on this adventurous new mix.

Exclusives include a live take of 'Snitches Brew,' new Kamaal Williams tracks 'Shinjuku' and 'Strings ATL' , as well as 'Wivout U' from Henry Wu. Those vital highlights sit next to classic jams from Southern Freeze, a strong contingent of London innovators from K15 to Dego and Tenderlonius to Kaidi Tatham, with funk driven house from Peven Everett, raw stuff from Steve Julien, lush synth grooves from Lone and feel good grooves from Phil Asher all making this is an honest and uplifting collection that, when necessary, is happy to eschew blends, fades and mixing in favour of red hot selections and sequencing.

Kamaal Williams DJ-Kicks is a fascinating insight into the record collection of a true musical alchemist.

STAFF COMMENTS

Millie says: Take a dive into Kamaal Williams’ chosen tracks picked for DJ Kicks, a few brand-new exclusives and a mixture of Jazz, Hip Hop, Broken Beat and all the good stuff including Steve Spacek, Ratgrave and some Henry Wu gems in there too. Oooff!

TRACK LISTING

CD
1. Budgie - Sometimes
2. Kamaal Williams - Snitches Brew (live In Atlanta) **
3. Karriem Riggins - Summer Madness S.A.
4. Lord Tusk - Space Invader (Vocal Mix)
5. Seiji - Buggin' Out
6. Steve Spacek - Hey There
7. Max Graef - Speed Metal Jesus
8. Kaidi Tatham - Two Tens Madam
9. Freeez - Southern Freeez
10. Peven Everett - Stuck (Original)
11. Hard House Banton - Sirens
12. Diggs Duke - Cause I Love You
13. DJ Harrison - MovingUp
14. Ratgrave - Ein Kola Bitte!
15. Wbeeza - He’s So Crazy
16. Awanto 3 - Pregnant
17. Henry Wu - 117 Careplan
18. Lone - Airglow Fires
19. Henry Wu & Earl Jeffers - Projections
20. City People - It's All In The Groove
21. Phil Asher - Peace And Love
22. Tenderlonious - Song For My Father
23. Yussef Kamaal - Lowrider
24. Steven Julien - XL (Original Mix)
25. Kamaal Williams - Shinjuku (DJ-Kicks) **
26. Henry Wu - Wivout U **
27. Dego - Nuts
28. K15 - Time Humbles Us All
29. Kamaal Williams - Strings ATL **
** = Exclusive

LP
A1. Budgie - Sometimes
A2. Kamaal Williams - Snitches Brew (live In Atlanta) **
A3. Steve Spacek - Hey There
B1. DJ Harrison - Moving Up
B1. Ratgrave - Ein Kola Bitte!
B3. Wbeeza - He’s So Crazy
C1. Seiji - Buggin' Out
C2. Freeez - Southern Freeez
C3. Hard House Banton - Sirens
D1. Henry Wu - 117 Careplan
D2. Henry Wu - Wivout U **
D3. Kamaal Williams - Shinjuku (DJ-Kicks) **
** = Exclusive

When Peggy Gou released her debut EP ‘Art of War’ in 2016, she made a list of career goals. One of them was to become the first South Korean DJ to play Berlin’s techno institution Berghain, an objective she achieved only a few months later. Another item on that list was to record an instalment of !K7’s DJ-Kicks series. “It’s the premier class of DJ mixes,” she says. “Some of my favourite selectors have contributed to it.” Now Peggy Gou can tick that off her list too as she proudly presents the 69th edition of the mix series.

The Berliner-by-choice started working on the mix last year. It was a busy time for the 28-year-old: she’d just scored her first Mixmag cover and her single ‘It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)’ was receiving awards and critical acclaim. Each month she would DJ in 20 nightclubs all over the world. And yet, the goal for her mix was ambitious: instead of trying to capture the energy of her DJ sets, she aimed to create a portrayal of her own musical journey. An 18-track listening session that takes you straight into Peggy Gou’s living room where she plays you the formative tunes from her collection. No genre boundaries – she moves across disco, house, techno and electro. No tempo limits – the mix ranges from 90 to 150 BPM. And no age restriction – the earliest tunes on the mix are from 1983.

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: DJ superstar, powerhouse producer and general woman of the moment, Peggy Gou has been smashing up the Piccadilly sales totals of late, and this compilation makes it clear where her influence stems from. Seamlessly moving through electro, bass, house and synthpop, the Korean producer leads us on a journey through the best bits of club music from the last 30 years. All in all a brilliantly immersive and hugely flexible collection from the superstar DJ.

TRACK LISTING

CD
1. Spacetime Continuum - Fluresence
2. Peggy Gou - Hungboo (DJ-Kicks)**
3. Pearson Sound - Earwig
4. Pegasus - Perseguido Por El Rayo
5. Sly And Lovechild - The World According To Sly & Lovechild (Andrew Weatherall Soul Of Europe Mix)
6. Dorisburg - Rytm804
7. Hiver - Pert**
8. Kyle Hall - Flemmenup
9. DMX Krew - EPR Phenomena
10. JRMS - 3
11. Shades Of Rhythm - Exorcist
12. Kode 9 - Magnetic City
13. The System - Vampirella
14. Black Merlin - Kundu
15. Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn
16. R-Tyme - Illusion (Mayday Remix)
17. Psyche - Crackdown
18. Deniro - Epirus
19. I:Cube - Cassette Jam 1993**

** Tracks Are Exclusive To This Compilation.

LP
A1. Peggy Gou - Hungboo (DJ-Kicks)**
A2. The System - Vampirella
A3. Pegasus - Perseguido Por El Rayo
B1. I:Cube - Cassette Jam 1993**
B2. Sly And Lovechild - The World According To Sly & Lovechild (Andrew Weatherall Soul Of Europe Mix)
C1. Deniro - Epirus
C2. Psyche - Crackdown
D1. Hiver - Pert**
D2. Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn

** Tracks Are Exclusive To This Compilation.

An expressive electronic album filled with sadness, yet one with the sort of positive, stirring resolve that leaves you feeling utterly comforted, Bjarki’s new album "Happy Earthday" is influenced by his home country Iceland as well as environmental issues. 'Maybe you can feel the melancholy of my life, the nature overall. Volcanos and the lava flowing down the slopes, the frightening noise of the ocean beating the land, the strong wind in the mountain passes and a glimpse of the first ray of the rising sun over the glacier. Now that is the dawn of a new day.”

Having released bodies of work on Nina Kraviz’s label трип and his own label bbbbbb, Bjarki views "Happy Earthday" as his proper debut album; he feels it’s a more coherent and conceptual body of work that finds him offering up music he never thought he would release. 'You can consider this album a window into my head and even my soul,' says Bjarki. 'For me it is a bit odd, sharing like this to the world. As a very private person I am not used to opening my door so completely. It’s a little scary for me. ‘What if …’ I wonder, expecting all kinds of everything.'

The album contains very personal material written over the last decade during fragile moments of introspection. And because of that, 'releasing this album is also a kind of a farewell to music I made in a certain period in my life. It’s like I’m saying farewell to a grown-up child which is now ready to leave the nest.'

There are skeletal rhythms with sombre chords lingering in the air, downbeat drums with heavy moods, and moments of more uplifting optimism along the way. Throughout the album - made up of comparatively short tracks that help the whole thing move at an engaging pace - Bjarki always manages to make his machines sing with real resonance; they ooze genuine pain and a stunning sense of melancholy that is comforting even when the tempo is raised and drums come to the fore.

TRACK LISTING

1/A1. BlessuðBörnin
2/A2. Alone In Sandkassi
3/A3. ( . )_( . )
4/A4. Two-brainedness
5/B1. AN6912
6/B2. Healthy Texting
7/B3. Bheiv_sheep
8/C1. ANa5
9/C2. Cereal Rudestorm
10/C3. Salty Grautinn
11/C4. Sprinq 3-2
12/D1. Plastic Memories
13/D2. LitaogLeira
14/D3. Happy Screams
15/D4. UX

Following a year that saw the 50th entry in the long-running series released to wide acclaim, DJ-Kicks returns in 2016 another landmark edition. Iconic Detroit DJ and producer Moodymann is at the helm for his first ever multi-artist DJ mix compilation. Born Kenny Dixon Jr., Moodymann is a one-of-a-kind electronic music icon, hailing from, and wholly synonymous with the Motor City. He is an outspoken, impossibly charismatic artist who has been putting a distinctive and soulful stamp on house and techno since the early 90s. Melting together jazz, funk, soul, blues and rock in captivating ways, he is responsible for some of electronic music’s most definitive tracks, EPs and LPs on labels like Planet E, Peacefrog and his own KDJ and Mahogani Music imprints. As able to serve up the sweetest and most sensual sounds as he is the darkest and most depraved grooves, his own unique voice and stream of conscious musings infuse expertly sought-out samples for music that is decisively alive and authentic.

Across 75 minutes and 30 tracks, Moodymann does not disappoint: despite being a notorious vinyl fetishist, Dixon’s aim is to present music of quality, not to one-up fellow collectors. Rather than serving up ridiculously rare or hard-to-find records, he instead focuses on creating a libidinous, blues-drenched mood that takes in heart-breaking soul, gorgeous hip-hop and love-fuelled house. In addition to cuts from his own creative circle, the mix features 11 exclusive Moodymann edits. Like everything Kenny Dixon Jr. touches, DJ-Kicks showcases the taste, skill, and soul of a dance music original.

TRACK LISTING

CD -
1. Yaw - Where Will You Be
2. Cody ChesnuTT - Serve This Royalty
3. Dopehead - Guttah Guttah
4. Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself
5. Talc - Robot's Return (Modern Sleepover Part 2)**
6. Beady Belle - When My Anger Starts To Cry**
7. Shawn Lee Feat. Nino Moschella - Kiss The Sky
8. Jai Paul - BTSTU**
9. Flying Lotus Feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers**
10. Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
11. Rich Medina Feat. Sy Smith - Can’t Hold Back (Platinum Pied Pipers Remix)
12. Julien Dyne Feat. Mara TK - Stained Glass Fresh Frozen
13. Little Dragon - Come Home
14. Andrés Feat. Lady - El Ritmo De Mi Gente
15. Fort Knox Five Feat. Mustafa Akbar - Uptown Tricks (Rodney Hunter Remix)
16. Daniel Bortz - Cuz You're The One**
17. José González - Remain
18. Big Muff - My Funny Valentine
19. Les Sins - Grind**
20. Tirogo - Disco Maniac
21. SLF & Merkin - Tag Team Triangle**
22. Joeski Feat. Jesánte - How Do I Go On**
23. Kings Of Tomorrow Feat. April - Fall For You (Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix)**
24. Soulful Session, Lynn Lockamy - Hostile Takeover
25. Anne Clark - Our Darkness
26. Peter Digital Orchestra - Jeux De Langues**
27. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox)**
28. Marcellus Pittman - 1044 Coplin (Give You Whatcha Lookin 4)
29. Lady Alma - It’s House Music
30. Daniela La Luz - Did You Ever ** Moodymann Edit.

LP -
A1. Yaw - Where Will You Be
A2. Flying Lotus Feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers**
A3. Les Sins - Grind**
B1. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox)**
B2. Julien Dyne Feat. Mara TK - Stained Glass Fresh Frozen
B3. Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself
C1. Dopehead - Guttah Guttah
C2. Talc - Robot's Return (Modern Sleepover Part 2)**
C3. Peter Digital Orchestra - Jeux De Langues**
C4. Jai Paul - BTSTU**
D1. Beady Belle - When My Anger Starts To Cry**
D2. Daniel Bortz - Cuz You're The One**
D3. Joeski Feat. Jesánte - How Do I Go On**
E1. Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
E2. SLF & Merkin - Tag Team Triangle**
E3. Lady Alma - It’s House Music ** Moodymann Edit
F1. Tirogo - Disco Maniac
F2. Kings Of Tomorrow Feat. April - Fall For You (Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix)**
F3. Soulful Session, Lynn Lockamy - Hostile Takeover.

"Songs For Endless Cities" is a new series that will be focusing on the new generation of DJs and producers who have a fresh and individual take on an ever evolving electronic scene.

Anyone with a passing interest in new electronic music may have noticed a generational shift over the last few years, and Brackles comes from that new wave of producers, promoters, DJs, hustlers and bustlers who have little to do with the 40+ year old Ibiza veterans still punting out big tunes for ever diminishing creative returns. They’re part of the 'hardcore continuum', but not shackled by it, they play post dubstep / future garage / UK funky but aren’t defined by it, and whilst the likes of Brackles and his contemporaries work dancefloors with the kind of energy only a new, young generation of DJs can, their musical scope and breadth reaches well beyond club confines.

"Songs for Endless Cities" aims to capture a slice of Brackles after hours and out of hours, with the afterglow still burning, maybe the rhythms still bumping, but with the freedom to rove around a bit, enjoying and exploring sound without always having to turn back to the dancefloor. From the langorous, ethereal machine funk of opener Flying Lotus’ "Mr Chippy", and the cosmic-jazz tinged 303 energy of Floating Points' "People’s Potential", the classy, stripped back future-soul of Roska’s "I Need Love" and the UR-style strains of Dorian Concept's "Trilingual Dance Sexperience", to Deadboy’s "If You Want Me," a lethal combination of broken, funky rhythms, futuristic machine drones, disembodied soul diva looped up into hypno oblivion, topped off with an M1 organ riff straight out of the Frog and Nightgown in 1996, "Songs..." never stays in one musical place, but is a very much a coherent whole.

TRACK LISTING

01. Flying Lotus - My Chippy
02. Floating Points - Peoples Potential
03. Zomby - Tarantula
04. Roska - I Need Love Feat. Anesha
05. Brackles - Blo
06. Martin Kemp - No Charisma
07. Kyle Hall - Luv For KMFH
08. Cooly G - Love Dub Refix
09. DJ Dom - Sunshowers
10. DJ Mystery - Speechless Feat. Natalie K
11. Hypno - Over The Top
12. Rishi Romero - African Forest
13. Breach - Fatherless
14. Deadboy - If You Want Me
15. 2562 - Dinosaur
16. Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience
17. Funkineven - Must Move

After 10 years of forward-thinking musical fusion, Boozoo Bajou return with their most seductive and sophisticated album yet, "Grains". The producers Florian Seyberth and Peter Heider are already widely respected around the globe for their unique blend of downbeat with blues, jazz, soul, Latin and dub elements. But on "Grains", the Nuremberg duo take a lighter and brighter path, absorbing acoustic folk and classic songwriting into their progressive musical journey. Boozoo Bajou earned global attention with their irresistible breakthrough single "Night Over Manaus" in 1998, their 2001 debut album "Satta" and its 2005 sequel "Dust My Broom". They also demonstrated their wide-ranging musical taste on two excellent mix compilations, "Juke Joint" and "Juke Joint II".

Tracklisting
1. Flickers
2. Sign
3. Big Nicks
4. Same Sun
5. Grains
6. Fuersattel
7. Heavy On Me
8. Kinder Ohne Strom
9. Tonschraube
10. Messengers
11. Nebelkloster

Building on the critical success of her debut full-length album "Likes" and her collaborations with Matthew Herbert, "Slappers" is very much a statement of intent. A masterpiece of swinging syncopation, melodic sophistication and inspired sampling, "Slappers" belongs to that rare vintage of record that fizzes, twangs and sashays in all the right directions, slicing through house, disco, electronica, pop, blues and even a little country with wit, verve and honesty. Dani's sung on all the Herbert albums, from "Around The House" to "Bodily Functions", the big band outing "Goodbye Swingtime" and 2006 outing "Scale". Matthew returns the collaboration favour on this album, sharing production duties with Dani here.

Out Hud release the follow up to 2002's "STREET DAD", keeping up associations with !!! (for whom Tyler Pope, Nic Offer and Justin Vandervolgen also play) and LCD Soundsystem (for whom Tyler Pope also plays bass). "Let Us Never Speak Of It Again" was recorded in Washington DC, before the band returned to their New York house to have it mixed and deconstructed by band member Justin Vandervolgen. The album is an indefinable feast of filthy grooves, spectral sounds, tribal beats and haunting melodies that is unmistakably their own and yet immediately familiar, with tracks influenced by sources as various as Adrian Sherwood, Larry Levan, Judy Nylon, Dr Dre, dub, disco, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Lenky and Dancehall. It's been called 'Freak Sh*t' and it's been called 'Mutant Disco', inevitably it's going to be one of the defining records of 2005.

This is the first proper UK LP release from the Fat Jon produced Ohio quartet, and shows them at the top of their game, taking in everything from sweet soulful numbers for the ladies (extra vocals come from Venus Malone, Amleset Solomon and Arnyka Harris) to headnodders and breakers for the b-boys and flygirls to booty bass and R'n'B flavas. Good stuff.

The Bristol duo are back with more of what they do best - dubby downbeat with heavyweight soundsystem basslines and soulful / reggae vocals.