Tara Lily - Quiet Nights (Early Takes) feat. King Krule

South London’s restless pulse runs through British-Bengali musician Tara Lily’s latest collaboration with the enigmatic King Krule. On ‘Quiet Nights (Early Takes)’ (Friday 7th November), the pair craft shadowy soundscapes where hazy jazz chords and warped synths blur into something raw and hypnotic.

“Tropical Storm,” described as a “lucid dream playing in our minds again and again” captures flashes of early King Krule chaos, refracted through Tara’s sleek and sleepy vocals, over a bed of guitar pedals, synths and DIY beats. Talking about the project Tara says:

“‘Quiet Nights’ are some of the early sketches from a deadly quiet and beautiful period of time. For myself it was a time of stripping back, dropping down into the ground and channelling something raw and real.”

This release aligns with Tara Lily’s first UK & EU tour, promoting her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Speak In The Dark’, with a flagship performance at the Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Rooms, as part of London’s EFG Jazz Festival.

EP focus track and project opener “Flying To Kolkata” is a sensory journey that captures the essence of a 5am flight through the night sky into the jazz capital of India. “It’s Never the End” sees a flood of white noise set the scene for Tara’s idiosyncratic, melancholic and brooding vocals, while “Corcovado” closes the tape with a silent nod to the classic bossa nova and jazz standard.

‘Quiet Nights (Early Takes)’ follows the release of Tara Lily’s debut ‘Speak In The Dark’ , a record about “speaking your truth - things that go unsaid—secrets and desires”. Transgressing jazz, electronica, trip-hop, and alternative R&B with Indian soundscape ‘Speak In The Dark’ is an artistic representation of Tara’s emotional highs and lows with ADHD. The album was praised to critical acclaim by Dazed, Crack Magazine and The Face, along with key support from tastemakers like Jamz Supernova, Jamie Cullum and Jack Saunders.

Archy Marshall, AKA King Krule, is an artist who needs little introduction. A singer, songwriter and producer from Peckham, South London who is considered an indie music veteran, beloved by a cult following all over the world. Boasting releases on XL Recordings, True Panther, and Beggars, the Mercury Prize-nominated artist has remained one of his generation’s most enduringly treasured songwriters.  

Tracklist:
1. Flying to Kolkata
2. Tropical Storm (feat. King Krule)
3. It's Never the End
4. Corcovado

Joe Nora - Shapeshift

Shapeshift is a swirling tapestry of color, texture, and emotion - a constantly evolving sonic form that drifts between the familiar and the abstract. The album showcases some of Joe Nora’s most refined and expressive instrumental work to date, capturing the dynamic range of his production over the past year.

Much of the project was shaped by a pivotal trip to Japan, where Joe performed a series of shows. The experience left a deep imprint on the music, with several tracks composed in anticipation of the tour and others created afterward, still echoing with its inspiration. The opening track, “Osaka,” originated from a sample Joe recorded while in the city. He later shared it with fellow tourmate el., who reinterpreted it in his own way — a version that appears later in the project. Upon returning home, Joe crafted his own beat from the same sample, setting the tone for the album’s journey.

The title Shapeshift reflects Joe Nora’s fluid production style, but also his personal evolution - who he was before the Japan tour, and who he became after. It’s a document of change, both internal and artistic.

From the detailed, high-energy cuts like “Osaka” and “Backflip” to the meditative calm of “Fakie,” a collaboration with longtime friend and collaborator Chief, Shapeshift is a wide-ranging statement. It’s an immersive world built from Joe Nora’s distinct sonic language - a project that reaches beyond words to express an ever-shifting spectrum of emotion and form.

Tracklist:
1. Osaka
2. Backflip (feat. Sara Kawai)
3. Blue Jeans
4. River Loop
5. Balcony Day
6. (Dream) Interrupt
7. Shapeless
8. Osaka (El.'s version) (feat. El.)
9. Rain Or.. 
10. Fakie (feat. Chief.)
11. Watercolor

Medline feat. Roni Alkekengi - Wind Parade

Second single of a series of five 7" vinyl by Jet Set records / Kyoto.
Each limited to 300 copies manufactured in Japan.

Twins killer covers made by Medline and Roni Alkekengi, reissue picked by Jet Set from his debut album released in 2012 "People Make The World Go Round".

Like Leon Michels of El Michels Affair, Medline plays every instruments himself, delivering a fine and exquisite reinterpretation of two jazz funk classics.

Side A features a new version of Wind Parade, adding fresh vocals, violins section, bass and guitar as huge musical update. 

The song sounds at his best in respect to the legacy of the Mizell Brothers and Dr Donald Byrd. The classic jazz funk anthem will make your dj set shine.

On the B-side, Medline's cover of "People Make The World Go Round" make an impressive and soulful fusion between, soul, jazz, funk, hip hop and classical arrangements. 

The song is a universe in itself, with many layers of emotions and a core of swetness while it keeps you pulsing all along. Unique and ultimate cover.

Tracklist:
1. Wind Parade (45 Edit)
2. People Make The World Go Round

Wun Two & SwuM - Floran

Tracklist:
1. Cascade
2. Cloudz
3. IDK
4. Sao Paulo
5. Blue Spirit
6. Yuji 

Squarepusher - Stereotype

Originally self-released under the artist name 'Stereotype' in 1994, an hour of raw, dancefloor-focused early Squarepusher productions, fuelled by pirate radio and rave, remastered from the original tapes. A companion of sorts to the debut album under the Squarepusher name, Feed Me Weird Things, which was recorded around the same time before emerging on Rephlex Records in 1996.

Stereotype will be released on 24 October via Warp Records, recut as a 2 x LP vinyl edition (the original release crammed nearly an hour of music onto one 12” single!), and available on CD and digitally for the very first time.

Tracklist:
1. Whooshki
2. 1994
3. O'Brien
4. Greenwidth
5. Falling
6. O'Brien (Darkness)

Chihiro Yamanaka - Ooh-La-La

"Ooh-La-La" by Chihiro Yamanaka, a leading Japanese jazz pianist based in New York and active internationally, is a long-awaited and completely new recording, his first in about a year since "Carry On" in 2024. While centered on Brazilian music, including bossa nova by Antonio Carlos Jobim and others, Yamanaka's arrangements of Stevie Wonder's classic "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and even J-POP songs such as "Sneaker Blues" are all vividly fresh and varied, with a sound that is unique to Yamanaka. The arrangements are fresh and diverse. Yamanaka also took on the vocal challenge with his original song "Piyo The Little Bird. The album is a richly varied and rewarding listen that fully demonstrates Yamanaka's unique musicality that is not bound by genres or boundaries.

Tracklist:
1. Curumim
2. Desafinado
3. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
4. Vera Cruz
5. Marionette
6. The Girl From Ipanema
7. Piyo The Little Bird
8. Sneaker Blues
9. Tristeza

DJ Muggs - Soul Assassins Instrumental Library, Vol. 3

Welcome to Vol. 3 of the Soul Assassins Instrumental Library series

Featuring instrumentals from songs from

MF DOOM
ROC MARCI
CONWAY THE MACHINE
WESTSIDE GUNN
FREDDIE GIBBS
HOLOGRAM
ROME STREETZ
CRIMEAPPLE
CAPPADONA
ETO

Soul Assassins Projects

Tracklist:
1. Assassination Day (Instrumental)
2. Ace Of Swords (Instrumental)
3. Push Your Wig (Instrumental)
4. Don't Ride With The Drugs (Instrumental)
5. Every Season (Instrumental)
6. Street Religion (Instrumental)
7. Rose Bowl (Instrumental)
8. Mr. Dynamite (Instrumental)
9. 900K (Instrumental)
10. Worm Hole (Instrumental)
11. S.A. Mobbin (Instrumental)
12. Dominate (Instrumental)

Nightmares On Wax - Bang Bien (feat. Yasiin Bey)

Oh No - Nodega

Oh No helped shape the texture of modern independent hip-hop, introducing the world to his turbulent lyricism with the 2004 Stones Throw classic The Disrupt before establishing himself as one of the world’s most dynamic beat architects. Ranging from soulful to sinister, hypnotic to chaotic, Dr. No's psychedelic production has become a vital force in hip-hop, while his acclaimed sample-themed instrumental collections have mined Mediterranean psyche funk, the work of jazz icon Roy Ayers, Italian library music, rare Ethiopian grooves, and more. Now, the renowned California artist is back with Nodega, his first vocal album in more than a decade. Conceptualized as a corner store where microphone assassins stop through to lay down their street tales, the project finds Oh No cooking up a fresh batch of wild creations as the drama unfolds. While contributing a handful of memorable verses himself, Oh No mostly focuses on crafting soundscapes for a staggering array of guests, including Logic, Ghostface Killah, Talib Kweli, Tha God Fahim, Alchemist, Guilty Simpson, Blu, CRIMEAPPLE, Rah Digga, Esoteric, Vic Spencer, Wildchild, Tash, and more. This concept is brought to life by music Oh No describes as a "cinematic landscape ranging from dark stabbing pianos to melodic jazz interludes, raw gutter loops to funk grit, dirty synths to nighttime thrills." A visceral experience elevated by immense collective talent, Nodega is a compelling one-stop shop for Oh No's expansive artistry.

Tracklist:
1. Broken Radio Intro
2. No's One Stop (feat. DJ Romes)
3. Community Trenches (feat. Blu, Kazi, M.E.D. & Roc C)
4. Around Here (feat. Rah Digga & Talib Kweli)
5. Rooftop Shottas (feat. Aloe Blacc, Ghostface Killah & Tristate)
6. Dr. Nodega Infomercial (Interlude)
7. Gutter Streams (feat. Gangrene)
8. Watch Ya Steps (Interlude)
9. Grounding Stars (feat. Guilty Simpson, Montage One & Vic Spencer)
10. Nodega Run (feat. J. Sands)
11. Money Everyday (feat. Big Twins & Tha God Fahim)
12. Nobody Told U (Interlude)
13. How Crime Works (feat. CRIMEAPPLE)
14. Alley Loitering (Interlude)
15. No Parking Zone (feat. Logic)
16. Czarnobyl Torture (feat. Esoteric)
17. Good Beer Therapy (Interlude)
18. Likwit Smoke (feat. Tash & Wild Child)
19. ICU With Bottle Service (feat. Bishop Lamont & Khrysis)
20. Corner Goons (feat. Jayo Felony & Roc C)