Nu-Jazz

windsock · 11-08-2018, 11:58 AM

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings

This one's actually one of the better nu-jazz releases this year. A little bit of trip hop here, a bit of avant-garde jazz there; it really makes up for the Mansur Brown and Szun Waves albums.

windsock · 11-26-2018, 07:16 PM

Tommy Guerrero - Road to Knowhere

An interesting fusion of instrumental, Latin-tinged jazz rock and nu-jazz electronics. Takes a lot of influence from Guerrero's more recent downtempo works as well, making for a pretty groovy yet laidback album.

windsock · 01-16-2019, 02:31 PM

Sungazer - Sungazer Vol. 2

The second EP from nu jazz duo Sungazer, which consists of YouTubers Shawn Crowder (probably best known for his "Learning Japanese in a Year" series) and Adam Neely. I can't say I'm a fan of Neely's videos but this is a fairly cool release. Very heavy on the glitchy, syncopated dubstep-ish percussion and conventional fusion elements. It's super technical in a really unique way. 'Drunk' is a banger.

windsock · 01-18-2019, 07:42 AM

BYTY - 1EP

Interesting little debut EP from Polish act BYTY. Lackadaisical and hypnotic with splashes of trip-hop. '30.10' could have been trimmed down a minute or two imo but other than that pretty solid.

This actually comes from Warsaw-based netlabel Przesada, who've been releasing some pretty cool and interesting stuff since around May of last year. Check 'em out.

Blarobbarg · 01-19-2019, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by windsock

Sungazer - Sungazer Vol. 2

The second EP from nu jazz duo Sungazer, which consists of YouTubers Shawn Crowder (probably best known for his "Learning Japanese in a Year" series) and Adam Neely. I can't say I'm a fan of Neely's videos but this is a fairly cool release. Very heavy on the glitchy, syncopated dubstep-ish percussion and conventional fusion elements. It's super technical in a really unique way. 'Drunk' is a banger.

This was super enjoyable! My first experience with Neely, though I've heard his name thrown around a lot. I look forward to listening to more of their stuff.

windsock · 01-19-2019, 02:08 PM

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This was super enjoyable! My first experience with Neely, though I've heard his name thrown around a lot. I look forward to listening to more of their stuff.

The thing most memorable for me by Neely is when he talked about not liking Whiplash because it was a work of dramatic fiction and not a pinpoint accurate documentary on the type of music schools that he went to.

**Frownland** · 01-19-2019, 09:15 PM

I watched that video and one of his points is that Buddy Rich can't be an idol of a college aged jazz drummer because he knows a college professor who says that he hears jazz majors talking about newer artists. Adam Neely treats trends and guidelines as law which leads him to a lot of really stupid conclusions.

**Marie Monday** · 01-23-2019, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by windsock

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings

This one's actually one of the better nu-jazz releases this year. A little bit of trip hop here, a bit of avant-garde jazz there; it really makes up for the Mansur Brown and Szun Waves albums.

You're like the K addict of this thread lol. Like this a lot ^

windsock · 01-23-2019, 09:16 PM

Well at least I post in the appropriate thread and add some content to my posts. I also encourage any discussion of the genre cause I love talking about it.

I thought the McCraven album was good but its main problem was its length.

rostasi · 01-23-2019, 09:44 PM

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