Foam and Sand is the ambient project of prolific composer Robot Koch. His music is an intriguing dialogue between technology and nature that seems particularly relevant to the times we live in. It's a constantly evolving exploration of that what lies beyond. The Berlin-born and Los Angeles-based award-winning producer has done official remixes for the…

Revealing his raw emotionality and sophisticated musicianship, each new body of work from the L.A.-based artist/producer centers on his hyper-imaginative and deeply personal storytelling. To that end, the lifelong musician also known as Quentin Mulligan builds many of his tracks around the countless voicemails he's saved up since his early teens. Raised in Santa Monica, California,…

It sometimes seems like there are about 90 live albums by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, all from the 1960s. This one, taped at a show in Montreal in 1967, stands out from the rest because the duo are in unusually lively form, and its having been recorded in a more raw than usual manner. As with…

Although there are numerous recordings featuring The Oscar Peterson Trio (with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis), the discovery of another previously unreleased date such as this one is welcome news to his fans. This concert, recorded in the summer of 1958 at the Orpheum Theater in Vancouver, Canada, finds the group in top…

On June 23, 1977, Sam ‘Lightnin’ Hopkins walked onto a small stage in a smoke & whisky filled club in Montreal and proceeded to lay down arguably his last great performance before his death 5 years later.“Lightnin’s Boogie – Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club” – remastered and available on vinyl for the…

Doeke (Doo-kuh) is the cinematic piano project of pianist and composer Jorn Swart. Known for his refined playing and emotive compositions, Jazziz Magazine wrote that Swart has “mastered the art of using a single improvised line to elicit complex emotions.” Swart moved to the USA in 2010 as a Fulbright Scholar to pursue a master’s…

Hertfordshire-raised, London-based singer-songwriter RHODES first captured everyone’s attention with a series of EPs leading up to the release of his acclaimed 2015 debut album Wishes. The album, which charted inside the UK Top 25, included the hit single "Let It At All Go," a duet with Birdy that has now amassed 175 million Spotify streams, and…

Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has since recorded fifteen albums. He was the subject of a 2010 documentary called Love Shines.

Realizer is the meditative, ambient, guitar-centric side project of prolific musician and multi-instrumentalist Matt C. White (Grandpa Jack, Dead Seconds, Blue Fold, Open Palm.) Realizer’s music is created through meditation and relaxation, and is intended for the same.Realizer—a.k.a. Matt C. White—unlocks a contemplative state through a personal patchwork of ambient sonic architecture, folk eloquence, and…