Cubic - Back To 808 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Curió Curió came to flight by chance. Two artists, Rio-born, Austria-based singer and actress Luiza Monteiro and German producer Dustin Braun, had separately reached a fork in their journeys. An opportune encounter soon blossomed into an uplifting, heartfelt Brazilian MPB-groove project shaped by psychedelic disco and studio experimentation. In their own words Curió Curió's sonic vision Inchis not straight disco, not straight samba, not strictly old-school but inspired by all of them, creating something contemporary but still nostalgicInch. A modern fusion influenced as much by Gal Costa and Jorge Ben Jor as Say She She and Bala Desejo, their sound deftly plots a course all of it's own. A celebration of freedom, movement, love and life, intertwined with introspective moments of reflection. Treating tradition as something alive, migratory and unresolved, the album is not simply bound by a shared love of Brazilian music, but by a deeper question that runs through every track; where does one belong when home becomes plural? As a Brazilian living in Europe, Luiza's lyrics explore themes of identity, culture, and existence. The tracks move between cities and emotional registers without settling, tracing a sense of identity that shifts rather than resolves. Songs like 'Amor Doente' and 'Mar sem Dar Pé' circle around relationships that resist clarity, while 'Menina Passarinho' captures the fear and necessity of committing to music as a path. For Luiza, deepening her commitment to music alongside years in theatre was both inevitable and difficult.Braun's production follows a similar logic. Initial ideas were often built without obvious reference points, only later incorporating rhythmic and vocal elements that hint at Brazil without reproducing it. Analogue techniques, tape, ribbon microphones and live ensemble recording bring a tactile quality that reflects the duo's interes

BRONX is the bands first album in five years and comes as the group celebrates it's Tenth Anniversary. Since the bands last in late 2008, the member's have recorded two breakthrough mariachi albums as Mariachi El Bronx and toured widely under both names. The band is coming off their European tour and is set to start their U.S. tour this month!

@0 is a collection of ambient tracks - curated by Coldcut - to benefit mental health, featuring some incredible names in the ambient world (Sigur Rós, Julianna Barwick, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Suzanne Ciani, Laraaji, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, and many more). Coldcut's most recent album as Keleketla! (a meeting ground between Ninja Tune cofounders Coldcut and a cadre of South African musicians) was included in Rough Trade's Albums of the Year and deemed as PopMatter's Best World Music Album of 2020. Upon the album's , NPR deemed it as one of the top 6 albums to be released in early July 2020.Ninja Tune will be donating their share (50% of net receipts) to three charities; CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), Mind and Black Minds Matter.Julianna Barwick - Star RaySigur Rós - Rembihnútur (Liminal re-work by Paul Corley)A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Beethoven 250Laraaji - Illusion of TimeKaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Mt Baker Ryuichi Sakamoto - Aqua (from Playing Piano for the Isolated)James Heather - And She Came Home (Strings Version)Suzanne Ciani - Morning SpringNailah Hunter - SadkoHelena Hauff - ThalassaMira Calix - danaïdesDaniel Pemberton & FSOL - Behind the Eyes Skee Mask - CG DripColdcut - The Fire Burns OutObay Alsharani - Dream Within a DreamDavid Wenngren - PianoiseSteve Roach - The Drift HomeSpecimens - Concrète DreamsYak Herder - Otaku ReverseRovo & System 7 - Unseen Onsen (Translucent Mix)Ned Scott (The Egg) - PatchworkNoodreem - The Healing Light of SoundNDiPA X Flex Machina - Bombay Tanpura (feat. Sandeep Mishra)Double Cushion - For Ignatz KarmelitoFRKTL - Rhododendron Forest RescueANNA - Another DreamImogen Heap - The Happy Song (Coldcut Remix)Irresistible Force X Coldcut - Autumn Leaves Return