With 'Take Me Back To Nowhere', A.S. Fanning presents a work that does not dwell on answers, but rather asks the right questions. The fourth solo album by the Berlin-based Irish songwriter unfolds like a floating state between inner turmoil and melancholic clarity. Deutschlandfunk Kultur has already named it album of the week!
'Lost in Your Garden' is jazz with vision: the new album from Ensemble Du Verre captivates with its clear forms, leaves plenty of room to breathe, and focuses on subtle textures rather than superficial effects. The project is led by Sönke Düwer, who sets the course as composer, drummer, pianist, producer, and sound designer. The album brings together sketches and ideas from several years into a compact whole: retrospective in its maturity, forward-looking in its sound. Planning and chance intertwine, motifs grow, new details constantly emerge, and the energy of improvisation and electronic groove keep everything in motion. The result is poetic, melancholic, and uncompromising, with jazz at its core and enough openness for breaks, melancholy, and light.
DJ Sacred, who originally hails from Ukraine, is known for his raw beats, which are heavily influenced by 90s Memphis rap. He releases his music on influential labels such as Doomshop and Natural Sciences and is also considered the founder of the Dungeon Rap genre.
Available for the first time, all Xmal Deutschland Peel Sessions collected in one place – available exclusively for Record Store Day as a 2×LP Silver Vinyl set. The 16-song anthology has been mastered at Abbey Road Studios and features artwork by Timothy O’Donnell & band photography by Jörg Bohm.
Pete Namlooks Ambient album 'Escape – The Futurescape' from 2011 has been rejuvenated and is ready for pre-order.
Imagine: it's 36 degrees outside, the crickets are drowning out the street noise, the monstera plant on the windowsill is taking on cactus like features, and the perfect soundtrack is coming from the speakers: ‘Mescalero Ranger’ -the second album by the Viennese garage rock combo Reverend Stomp. Okay, yes, it's the middle of winter and this visualization is still a bit difficult. But next summer is sure to come, and until then, the eleven songs on ‘Mescalero Ranger’ can warm our ears, hearts and stomping dancing feet.
'no te preocupes' is the new EP from Tremendous Aron, written and recorded around a major life shift, just before and after his move from Berlin to Chile in March 2025. Even as a teenager, the drummer was an avid rap lover. Constantly searching for samples for his own beats, he eventually came to jazz via rap. Today, he mixes the two styles as he pleases, drawing inspiration from soul icons of the 60s and drum sounds of the 90s boom bap era. This is how Tremendous Aron finds his own sound, where jazz harmonies and improvisation meet loop-like beats. 'no te preocupes' is a warm, colorful mix of friendship, transition, and Latin-tinged groove, a sonic embrace that reminds us, as the title suggests: don’t worry too much.