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Sly5thAve and Roberto Verástegui’s Refreshing “Agua de Jamaica” (PREMIERE)

Sly5thAve and Roberto Verástegui’s Refreshing “Agua de Jamaica” (PREMIERE)

Sly5thAve and Roberto Verástegui capture something improbable, the ineffable essence of an afternoon that speaks beyond time, place, language, and culture.

Sly5thAve’s ‘What It Is’ Is Sleek, Soulful, and a Good Time

Sly5thAve’s ‘What It Is’ Is Sleek, Soulful, and a Good Time

What It Is, the new album from multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Quantic collaborator Sly5thAve, represents a triumph of musicianship over genre conventions.

West London’s WheelUP Merges Broken Beat and Hip-Hop on “Stay For Long” (premiere)

West London’s WheelUP Merges Broken Beat and Hip-Hop on “Stay For Long” (premiere)

West London producer WheelUP reached across the pond to Brint Story to bring some rapid-fire American hip-hop to his broken beat revival on "Stay For Long".

The Seshen Return Feeling Kind of ‘Cyan’

The Seshen Return Feeling Kind of ‘Cyan’

San Francisco alt-R&B/electropop group, the Seshen tie musical and emotional threads together beautifully on Cyan.

Bryony Jarman-Pinto Dazzles with Genre-Bending Debut ‘Cage and Aviary’

Bryony Jarman-Pinto Dazzles with Genre-Bending Debut ‘Cage and Aviary’

London's Bryony Jarman-Pinto explores R&B, jazz, and Afropop in exhilarating fashion to create her unforgettable debut, Cage and Aviary.

Soul Collective Pieces of a Man Come Straight Outta Manchester

Soul Collective Pieces of a Man Come Straight Outta Manchester

Manchester's soul collective, Pieces of a Man -- named after Gil-Scott Heron's first album -- honors the musical legacy of their hometown with the debut album, Made in Pieces.

Producer Quantic Puts His Musical Wanderlust Center Stage on New Solo Release ‘Atlantic Oscillations’

Producer Quantic Puts His Musical Wanderlust Center Stage on New Solo Release ‘Atlantic Oscillations’

Quantic's Atlantic Oscillations sees his return to the forefront, with all original music that draws on house, disco, soul, jazz, dub, and Will Holland's wanderlust.

Anchorsong Creates Music Without Borders on ‘Cohesion’

Anchorsong Creates Music Without Borders on ‘Cohesion’

Anchorsong's Cohesion makes the point that we are all the same as beings on this planet. Let's dance or at least fall into a trance together.

Anchorsong’s “Testimony” Gets the House Treatment (Letherette Remix)

Anchorsong’s “Testimony” Gets the House Treatment (Letherette Remix)

Letherette remixes Anchorsong's the warm blend of Indian drums and electronics on "Testimony" into a house track.

The Bamboos: Medicine Man

Quantic and Alice Russell: Look Around the Corner

Hidden Orchestra: Night Walks