VIDEO: Ivan Ave - Also (co-produced by Kaytranada & Kiefer)
Here’s the video for Ivan Ave’s cruising anthem, “Also”.
Here’s the video for Ivan Ave’s cruising anthem, “Also”.
Habibi Funk 005 looks at the work of Ahmed Malek and restoration from Jakarta’s Flako. Ahmed Malek was in his 50s when he discovered synthesizers during their relative infancy in the 80s. His experimentations remained in boxes kept with his family but now they have been brought to earth with the help of Flako. The …
The visionary sound of Blitz The Ambassador has been years in the making and now it’s finally here in the form of Diasporadical.
JuJu Rogers & Bluestaeb get “LIT” with their new album. Themes of subversion in music can be poignant and sometimes groundbreaking. The title of JuJu Rogers & Bluestaeb’s collab project twists the meaning from its pop culture definition to an meta-abbreviation of “Lost In Translation”, which has been described as “a metaphor for the disconnection …
More Arabic funk from Jakarta Records.
Suff Daddy drops the eclectic new album Birdsongs. “Music for summer evenings, champagne nights and gloomy mornings” as described by Suff Daddy himself. There’s a certain decadence that emanates through the album, particularly on the nu-funk jam Paper Proclamation featuring Mayer Hawthorne. Piano Joint is a personal fave with its crisp percussion and piano-led melody, …
In need of some funk from North Africa? Get yourself into this mix courtesy of Radio Jakarta.
While to some the name “Beirut Groove Collective” may sound like a hipster’s art rock band fantasy, it is the real brainchild of Lebanese DJ Ernesto Chahoud, better known as DJ Spindle. “Middle Eastern Heavens II” is an exclusive mix for Jakarta Records’ 10th radio episode. Middle Eastern funk and disco galore, Chahoud amalgamates a …
Jakarta Records present Pat Van Dyke and the jazzy “Science Fiction”, from his debut album. Musician Pat Van Dyke is the latest member of the illustrious Jakarta family and being a multi instrumentalist from New York, he has the best of many music worlds. His new album “Right on time” dropped on 17th April (we’re …
Jannis from Jakarta Records returns for the second part of his Arabic vinyl mix.