Ambient Video

Stream Brian Eno’s Red Bull Music Academy Lecture In Full

Brian Eno’s lecture for the Red Bull Music Academy in New York is now available for streaming in its entirety. Brian Eno is one of the most influential artists in the realms of electronic music, with his groundbreaking work within ambient music and rock in the 70s, 80s and beyond. He is still going strong …

Electronic

ONE TO WATCH: Cambio Sun - Intuition

Cambio Sun delivers a smooth guitar driven track for you to zone out too. I have literally had this track on repeat as much the raiiN mix done by Sir CRKS. Intuition is an outstanding track produced and vocaled by the very talented 18 year old Charlie Tait who is part of the Sydney based …

Funk Jazz Pop R&B Soul

Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder!

Stevie Wonder, the legendary funk and soul musician, is 63 today. A trailblazer from the moment he joined Motown, Stevie Wonder’s career has spanned six decades and seen his work inspire some of the greatest musicians we have ever known (including a certain Michael Jackson, whom he wrote for and duetted with on a few …

Jazz Mixes

Andy Hickford's Two Part Jazz Mix

DJ Andy Hickford put together a two part jazz mix a few months ago. Listen to it here. It looks like an unofficial jazz day here at Sampleface, so to continue the trend, we stumbled upon this fine two part mix from Andy Hickford, a DJ from the UK. Part one comprises of “smoky club …

Jazz

Are There Mistakes In Jazz?

American jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris finds an answer to the question “are there mistakes in jazz?” How many times have you heard people lambast the current state of jazz music or say they don’t like it at all because they’ve chosen to categorise it as “smooth jazz” or “free jazz”? Highly irritating, but if they’re …