Casimir Liberski ReTRio - Zelda Suites (The Live Album)

WRWTFWW Records continues its collaboration with Belgian jazzman Casimir Liberski with another Zelda-themed rendition, following his celebrated Z Suites album. This time it’s a full-on live session – Casimir Libersk ReTRio’s Zelda Suites (The Live Album) is a heroic Hyrule jazz adventure available in half speed mastered DLP in a heavyweight sleeve with obi.

Casimir Liberski reimagines the golden era of video game soundtracks with live jazz versions of Zelda favorites The Legend of Zelda (1986), A Link to the Past (1991), Link’s Awakening (1993), and Oscarina of Time (1998) – and tons of Easter eggs! Dancing between nostalgia and avant-garde, the Brussels-born pianist and composer crafts a sonic world of pixelated folklore where melody and improvisation coexist in harmony.

Zelda Suites (The Live Album) is the origin story of Liberski’s acclaimed Z Suites album. He explains:

The live recording of Zelda Suites (The Live Album) preceded the studio recording that later comprised ReTRio's first album, released on WRWTFWW entitled The Z Suites. This live recording was captured at the end of a tour in Germany and Belgium, in Osnabrück, in a small, intimate venue. This new album therefore contains only "hot first takes," imbued with all the emotion that permeated our playing that evening. In a way, it's perhaps more closely linked to my initial vision for the project: to "take the iconic themes from the Legend of Zelda games that shaped my childhood and perform them live through a jazz lens”. For me, the conditions of live performance are the very essence of jazz. There's a frankness of being present, in the very moment the music is created and, one might say, listens to itself, that draws the musicians into a fervor and audacity that often transcends them. The magic of jazz comes at this price. Unapologetic, as they say in English. This album reveals a perhaps more authentic and unrestrained side of our playing. No excuses.

Again, long live Hyrule jazz!

Tracklist:
1. Title Theme (Live)
2. Overworld (Live)
3. Tal Tal Heights (Live)
4. Dungeon Suite (Live)
5. Hyrule Castle (Live)
6. Uncovered Secret (Live)
7. Deku Tree (Live)
8. Kokiri Forest (Live)
9. Lost Woods (Live)
10. Mysterious Woods (Live)
11. Sheik's Theme / Kakariko Village (Live)
12. Windmill Hut (Live)
13. Dark World Suite (Live)
14. Mabe Village (Live)
15. Dark World Dungeon Death Mountain (Live)
16. Light World Dungeon (Live)
17. Boss Battles (Live)
18. Fairy Fountain (Live) 

Orquesta Akokán - América!

Recorded live to tape at Penrose Recorders by Gabriel Roth, AMÉRICA! expands on the classic Mambo sounds that the band has become known for — blending Latin soul, boogaloo and salsa - all while staying true to their Cuban roots. On their fourth studio record, the band introduces an all-star line-up of new singers including Miriam Elhajli and Carolina Oliveros (of Combo Chimbita). Elhajli and Oliveros both tap into the raw energy of Celia and La Lupe, but turn the lens toward something more intimate: themes of loss, upheaval, and the weight of the immigrant experience.

Tracklist:
1. No Me Voy
2. Mami Qué Qué
3. Hace Tiempo
4. Aprendizaje
5. Me Tienes Sin Cuidado
6. Girassol
7. Nadie Me Toca Igual
8. Cha Cha Cha Ooh La La

Adrian Younge - Afro-Disco Makossa

Afro-Disco Makossa is the first Linear Labs album built for the dance floor, and Adrian Younge is uniquely qualified to make it. Having already recorded modern Afrobeat classics with Tony Allen and Ebo Taylor through Jazz Is Dead, Younge asks a new question: what would a Ghanaian producer in '76 have made if he set out to create an American disco record for his hometown? The result is a relentless, hypnotic patchwork of Afrobeat, funk, and disco recorded to tape, built for the DJ of any era.

Tracklist:
1. Feel the High Life
2. Shake Down
3. Number One
4. Every Body
5. Fire in the Disco
6. Afro-Disco Makossa

Bonobo and Arooj Aftab - Fire on the Water / Drift

Tracklist:
1. Fire on the Water (feat. Arooj Aftab)
2. Drift
3. Me and You

Krafty Kuts - Turbulence

Renowned for turntablism and super-sharp productions, Krafty Kuts has built a reputation as one of the most consistent forces in bass music. From early releases with Ministry of Sound, Fabric and Finger Lickin’ to the foundation of his own Against The Grain label, and as founder of Brighton’s Supercharged, his career reads like a long-form study in British bass music culture.

A selector as much as a technician, he digs deep and blurs the lines between genres with intent. His DJ sets are a genuine journey: one minute Santana, the next Sami Virji. It’s a never-ending drive to keep breaking boundaries.

Now, with his forthcoming album, Krafty Kuts pushes his music production further. This isn’t an album that blends genres—it destabilises them. Pulling from UKG, breaks, bassline and flashes of jazz, Turbulence twists familiar forms into something harder to pin down. The beats are fractured, the low-end rumbling, the energy unpredictable by design.

Take Changes, for example: a four-to-the-floor, bassline-driven banger that effortlessly slips into emotive, soulful vocals before taking another twist into jungle-esque breaks and bass – it’s a masterclass in how keep listeners on the edge of their seat. 

Other examples include Curvy, a more UKG-inspired vocal stunner, the bassline tearer New Ting, and the hedonistic energy of All Night – Krafty Kuts has delivered his best album to date.

Tracklist:
1. Curvy
2. All Night
3. Changes
4. Running (feat. MC Spyda)
5. New Ting
6. Flowers (with Skool Of Thought & Liliana Rose)
7. Friction
8. Aint No Way
9. Rocket (feat. Scarlett Quinn)
10. Making You
11. Wub Juggler
12. Best In Me (feat. B Live)
13. Real Tight
14. Don't Let Me Go
15. Out of Sight (Beatport Exclusive DJ Bonus Track)

Ancient Infinity Orchestra - It's Always About Liberation

Ancient Infinity Orchestra return with their third album, It’s Always About Liberation, a new record that deepens the vision of their acclaimed recent work while moving into darker, more searching emotional territory.

Conceived as a partner to It’s Always About Love, this new body of work shares its predecessor’s generosity and spiritual openness, but carries a different charge. Where the previous album focused on healing and warmth, It’s Always About Liberation is largely animated by struggle, perseverance and the desire for transformation while still offering a path to betterment. It is music made in full awareness of a fractured world, yet unwilling to surrender to it.

Like It’s Always About Love the album title draws inspiration from words spoken by Moor Mother during their 2024 We Out Here festival performance that deeply affected bandleader Ozzy Moysey: “It’s always about love / It’s always about liberation.” Those twin ideas became a framework for the two albums Ancient Infinity Orchestra were creating. If one album explored love as repair, this one explores liberation as movement, continually striving toward freedom, clarity and deeper connection.

Tracklist:
1. Nafas
2. Akshay
3. Triton
4. Illuminations
5. Celebrating the Beautiful Lineage of Sound & Hypnotic States
6. Mountain

Homeboy Sandman, Jack Splash - Weed Stores Everywhere

Alan Hawkshaw - KPM Legends Alan Hawkshaw

A prolific British composer, arranger, and session musician, Alan Hawkshaw created a widely-heard body of work without ever achieving any sort of celebrity, a situation which suited him just fine. Although he was a member of the Shadows, played keyboards with everyone from David Bowie to Donna Summer, and even scored a number one dance hit in the U.S., Hawkshaw's most enduring contributions were in the form of library music, which was licensed extensively across film and television from the late-1960s onward. By the time of his death in 2021, his theme songs to British programs like Countdown, Grange Hill, and the Channel 4 News remained intimately familiar to many.

Tracklist:
1. Beat Me ’Til I’m Blue
2. Chicken Man
3. Senior Thump
4. Man On The Move
5. Girl In a Sportscar
6. Studio 69
7. Delivery Date
8. Sunflower
9. Road and Rail
10. Rocky Mountain Runabout
11. Merry Go Round
12. Strangelands
13. Sky Train
14. Gingerbread
15. Rally Car
16. Roving Reporter
17. Mad Moment 

Alina Bzhezhinska, Tony Kofi & Tulshi - Whispers of Rain (Live)

Internationally acclaimed harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and legendary saxophonist Tony Kofi present Whispers of Rain (Live) - a powerful reimagining of Alina’s recent studio album, co-written with Ibiza-based producer Tulshi. Captured in an intimate live setting, this record is shaped by the unique chemistry between two master improvisers.

Recorded during performances celebrating the release of Whispers of Rain, the live album distils the emotional core of the project, a meditation on movement, with rain acting as a recurring metaphor for renewal, loss and transformation. Stripped back and expansive in equal measure, these live versions allow the music to unfold naturally in the moment.

Journey Home (Live) anchors the album with quiet intensity. Reflective and searching, it explores the idea of home as something internal rather than fixed, a feeling carried rather than a place returned to. In the live setting, the dialogue between harp and saxophone feels especially intimate, moving between restraint and release with effortless grace.

Throughout the album, Alina’s harp, redefined here as both rhythmic and melodic lead, intertwines seamlessly with Tony Kofi’s warm, searching tenor tone. Tracks such as Whispers of Rain, Across the Sea and Warm Days, Cold Nights take on new depth in performance, shaped by spontaneous interaction and a shared trust developed through years of collaboration. The result is music that feels fluid and alive, grounded in jazz tradition while unbound by form.

Alina Bzhezhinska continues to expand the role of the harp in contemporary music. A composer, bandleader and collaborator, she has worked with artists including Brian Jackson, Chaka Khan, Shabaka Hutchings, DJ Spinna and Sly Johnson, while her duet work with Tony Kofi has been described by DownBeat Magazine as “a masterpiece.”

Tony Kofi is one of the UK’s most respected saxophonists, renowned for his deep roots in jazz history and his expressive, contemporary voice. A long-time collaborator of Alina Bzhezhinska, their musical partnership is built on listening, instinct and mutual respect, qualities that sit at the heart of Whispers of Rain (Live).

The studio version of Alina Bzhezhinska and Tulshi’s collaborative album ‘Whispers of Rain’ is released on vinyl and CD, check it out here: alinahipharp.bandcamp.com/album/whispers-of-rain

Tracklist:
1. Child's Play (Live)
2. Nomad's Nocturne (Live)
3. Whispers of Rain (Live)
4. Warm Days, Cold Nights (Live)
5. Starling (Live)
6. Across the Sea (Live)
7. Journey Home (Live)