Meeting by Chance - Time Deception - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Winner of the 2014 Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition for his playing and the 2013 Herb Albert Jazz Composer Award for his writing, Alex Goodman brings them both together in this set of original compositions reflecting on the transitional period during his move from Toronto to New York in 2012. Connecting favorite musicians from Canada and New York, the music draws heavily on his rich musical upbringing as a member of Toronto's eclectic jazz community and the interaction with his experiences over several years in New York. A wide-ranging project with modern classical, jazz and world music elements, along with instrumentation including cello, vibes and voice, InchBorder Crossing,Inch in the end, is a truly personal statement with a soul that can resonate with all. & #10; •InchGoodman has acquired a signature style that's definitely like no other... A jazz phenomenon the world over.Inch - Birmingham Times

Richard Russell has introduced the world to several generation's worth of era-defining musicians. But since 2017, the XL Recordings founder has used the Everything Is Recorded project to prove he's not merely a visionary record producer, or the founder of the most consequential independent record tag of the past 35 years. He's a visionary artist in his own right, with a temperament so generous that his records are filled with the voices of the artists he's encouraged, shepherded, or spotlit along the way. Everything Is Recorded albums are feasts of collaboration, and his soul-enriching new album, Temporary, is no exception. The guest list overflows with incandescent talent Florence Welch, Sampha, Bill Callahan, Jah Wobble, Kamasi Washington, Nourished by Time, Alabaster DePlume, Noah Cyrus. The silvery thread linking all these voices together is, of course, Richard Russell himself, by design the least visible member of Everything Is Recorded, but the only one who could have dreamed up this expanse to begin with. Russell began recording his collaborators' musings on death and loss early on in the process for Temporary, and although they only survive in two carefully crafted audio collages (InchOctober,Inch InchThe SummonsInch) on Temporary, their power suffuses the record. These are the most luminous and relaxed compositions of Russell's career, reflecting a late-breaking fascination with British folk that dovetailed, not coincidentally, with Russell's own brush with mortality in 2013. What is folk music, after all, if not a record of the voices of the dead? His music dissolves the borders between sampled and recorded, between modernity and antiquity, life and death, now and forever.. He grasps the true meaning of his album's title We may be, in fact, temporary. But our longing - for each other, for peace, for love and communion - goes on forever.

Honing their studio skills and coining the phrase Dubhop, Supremely dedicated committed artists Matt James, Aaron Grain and Dan Sorce, FNDMNTL's debut , 'Subduction', arouses a fresh feel of deep-dub-downtempo-soul, acid jazz and hip-hop. Paying close attention to detail Subduction is like a mix-tape moving continuously, seemingly without break. The mind participates and the head nods subconsciously. 'Subduction' suits both intimate situations and intensive listening - provoking conversation. Reciprocated by the seducing cover art work by acclaimed artist George Vergette, this CD is one that will be on your MOST PLAYED list. FNDMNTL has been featured on CBS, The L Word, Godiva's, TBS, Showtime, Showcase. FNDMNTL produces with guitar, percussion, programming, bass, turntables, and samplers. They bring forth their own brand of instrumental music; encompassing beefy instruments, fat filled bass lines, sharp traps, and sugary sprinkles of tasty programming.