Brownswood Bubblers 5

5th in the series from Giles Petterson's label. Released on March 8th

Ragen Fykes - Love Life - Brownswood Bubblers Five by Brownswood

Electric Wire Hustle - They Don't Want by Brownswood

Ron Basejam - Into My Life by Brownswood

Bonobo – Eyesdown Ft. Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix)

Bonobo - "Eyesdown" f/ Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix) by TheMintCollective

N'dambi - Band On The Wall - Manchester - March 29th

Manchester debut for Texan soul singer N'Dambi. In Europe to promote her fourth album, "Pink Elephant"

Tickets just £10. Information from Band On The Wall

Electric Wire Hustle - Perception

'Perception' Electric Wire Hustle from Electric Wire Hustle on Vimeo.

From late last year but I've only just picked up on this thanks to Kev Beadles excellent Mind Fluid podcasts.

Electric Wire Hustle are a Wellington, NZ based production trio. Perception is taken from their debut album

It Was All A Dream - 90's Hip Hop Mix

A mixtape by Manchesters DJ Lego,inspired by 'do or die' Bedford-Stuyvesant & Fulton Street, Brooklyn...

MTUME & BIGGIE - JUICY FRUIT
MELISSA MORGAN - FOOLS PARADISE
BIGGIE - WHO SHOT YA?
CRAIG MACK - BRAND NEW FLAVA
BLACK MOON - GOTCHA OPEN
BIGGIE - FREESTYLE
NAS - MEMORY LANE
PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - T.R.O.Y.
MARY J BLIGE - MVP
LORDS OF BROOKLYN - PARTY BEATS
ODB, BIZ MARKIE & FUNKMASTER FLEX - NOTHIN' BUT FLAVA
LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - FUNKY CHILD
ODB - POP SHOTS
JADE - DON'T WALK AWAY
ATCQ - CAN I KICK IT?
NAS - HALFTIME
LL COOL J - DOIN' IT WELL
KOOL G RAP & NAS - FAST LIFE
METHOD MAN & MARY J BLIGE - YOU'RE ALL I NEED
GHOSTFACE KILLAH - CHERCHEZ LA GHOST

IT WAS ALL A DREAM by LEGO-aA

The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Miles Away

A rather bizarre name change for Madlib's Yesterdays New Quintet. It's a collection of there interpretations of a variety of jazz classics originally performed by the likes of Roy Ayers, Harry Whitaker, Pharoah Sanders and many more.

Available now in Stones Throw Records

Esco Williams - The INTROduction EP

Liverpool's local nerd and neo soul junkie Esco Williams (J.Esco the Geek of the jsoul project) has now fully immersed himself in nothing but creativity, save his xbox and comic books, to deliver a project as close to his heart as he can get. Taking inspiration from Eric Roberson's Music Fan First campaign/ethos, he has endevoured to capture the sounds he loves and his stories to create a listening experience that is not only personal but reflects his influences, loves and passion. The INTROduction EP is a small taste of what to expect from the upcoming album. stay tuned.

Dwele & Suite For Ma Dukes - Angel

FULL SCREEN
The Sounds of VTech / Angel Feat. Dwele   

Miles Bonny - Never Be The Same

Free DL from Mile's album "Incense and Wine". Out now

Coultrain - The Wanderer

Forthcoming on Philly's RecordBreakin is Coultrain's follow up to his 2008 self-released album "Adventures of Seymour Liberty"

Released on 7" Single and Download on Feb 22nd.

Rahel - Hope

Rahel first to my attention on Eric Lau's "New Territories" album. She's been in the studio with Mark de Clive Lowe and "Hope" is a little free sampler from their work together

Erykah Badu - Window Seat

First single from her forthcoming album "New Amerykah Part II: Return Of The Ankh," which will be released on March 30, 2010.
Erykah has co-produced the track with James Poyser and drums from ?uestlove add to the live feel

Julie Dexter - Transitions (produced by Zo!)

Birmingham's very own Julie Dexter teams up with Foreign Exchanges keyboard player (and producer in his right) Zo!

Not sure if the is a precursor for an album from the pair but if it is then I'm very intrigued.

In the meantime you can download "Transitions" here

Scrimshire - The Low Road (Marc Rapson Remix)

New single from Wah Wah 45's Scrimshire. The Low Road, taken from the album Along Came The Devil, has been given a remix by Marc Rapson whose reputation is rising and rising.

Available now on 7" or download

Jose James - Code

José James :: CODE - Music Video from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.

If Jose James - Black Magic is not my album of the year then we are in for some serious musical treats in 2010. The albums starts in fine style with "Code" featuring production from L.A producer Flying Lotus

Eric Lau - Kilowatt V2 EP

A return for Londoner Eric Lau after his New Territories album. It comes in the shape of an E.P. , the second release for Kilawatt Music.

The E.P. features instrumental production from Eric as well as two high quality vocal tracks.
"Always Will" is a future soul track with vocals from the ubiqitous Muhsinah and keyboards from Kaidi Tatham (2000 Black, Silhouette Brown etc)
"No Regrets" is some mellow, soulful head nod hip hop featuring Washington DC's Oddisee.

The EP will be released on March 1st 2010 in CD and limited 7" format

Listen to a sample here

Grooveman Spot - Change Situations

Grooveman Spot's second album due on 07/04/2010 on Jazzy Sport Records.
Featuring the likes of Ahu, Erik Rico, Grap Luva, Kissey Asplund, John Robinson, Muhsinah and Aaron Phiri

Soundcloud sampler here
grooveman Spot "Change Situations" snippet by jazzysport

"Down To You" featuring the uber talented Muhsinah was featured on one of my mixes last year