Electro/Ambient

Artist: Esmark Label: Bureau B/Forced Exposure

Artist: Oneohtrix Point Never Label: Warp Records

Erotic Chill means seductive sounds, which offer a perfect „sound bed“ for sensual hours of being together! Finest ambient music! Record Label: Zyx Style: Lounge

A year after exploring the work of the Brazilian legend Chico Buarque on "Samba de Chico", Latin Grammy and echo jazz winner Hamilton de Holanda returns with a new album, dedicated to a grandmaster of the Musica Popular Brasileira Is: "Casa de Bituca". Because Bituca is the nickname of anybody in Brazil, Milton Nascimento, a world-famous singer and songwriter of the extra class who will celebrate his 75th birthday in October 2017. Milton Nascimento celebrated his breakthrough in Brazil in 1967 with his nameless debut album (later called "Travessia"), which he recorded with the Tamba Trio under the direction of Luiz Eça. The songwriting and Milton's singing vocals opened up a new world to the music scene of Brazil, which was in a kind of post-Bossa Nova depression, similar to the tropicalists around Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. The sometimes gloomy seriousness of Milton's songs and the urgency of his singing also reflected the sentiment of life at a time when military dictatorship was increasingly rigorous and brutal in the lives of the Brazilians. The uniqueness of Milton's style soon attracted attention to the jazz scene of North America, which was particularly hungry for new ideas. In 1969, Creed Taylor's "Courage" was released, accompanied by stars such as Herbie Hancock and Hubert Laws Milton. In 1974, Wayne Shorter invited him to his album "Native Dancer", followed by collaborations with, among others. Paul Simon, Sarah Vaughan and Earth, Wind & Fire, but also Latin superstars such as Mercedes Sosa and Leon Gieco. In 1993 he even took the vocal part on the song "Breath After Breath" by the British pop band Duran Duran. On his album "Angelus" (1994), among others, Jazz greats like Pat Metheny, Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock, as well as pop singer like James Taylor, Peter Gabriel and Jon Anderson. To this day he has published 40 albums. Hamilton de Holanda was born in 1976 in Rio de Janeiro. His instrument is the Bandolim, a ten-string mandolin, which is mainly used in Brazilian choro music. As an accompanist, he has worked with Brazilian stars such as Maria Bethania, Djavan or Yamandu Costa since the 2000s, but also international stars such as Cesaria Evora, Stefano Bollani and Richard Galliano. He released his first album under his own name in 2002, and many more followed in the most diverse settings (all alone, duets or larger occupations). The Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto, consisting of Hamilton de Holanda (bandolim), André Vasconcelos (bass), Gabriel Grossi (harmonica), Márcio Bahia (drums) and Daniel Santiago (guitar) "(2006)," Brasilianos 2 "(2008) and" Brasilianos 3 "(2011). In June 2016 they met again in the studio, to celebrate the tenth anniversary, to produce videos and to develop new repertoire. This led to the idea of ​​"Casa de Bituca". Within two days, the arrangements were sampled and recorded, and a few months later they met with Milton in the studio in Juiz da Fora (Minas Gerais) where he added his songs to "Bicho homem" and "Guerra e paz I". Another guest star at "Casa de Bituca" is the legendary Samba-Diva Alcione, which enhances the classic "Travessia" with a highly incisive-emotional performance. The repertoire selection of "Casa de Bituca" focuses on Milton's early phase, from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s, not least to the two "Clube da Esquina" albums of 1972 and 1978 To whom Milton confidently presented his Minas Gerais scene around musicians such as Lô Borges, Toninho Horta and Beto Guedes. In addition, there are two self-compositions by Hamilton: the already mentioned instrumental "Guerra e paz I", as well as the song "Mar da Indiferença", together with his longtime companion Marcos Portinari, in which we hear Hamilton for the first time in his career as a singer. The shock of the song, which had meanwhile been world-famous, was triggered by a Syrian child drowned in the Mediterranean in 2015. With his deep melancholy, it closes the bow to the legendary recordings of the young Bituca. Record Label: Musik Produktion Schwarzwald Style: Jazz

Hot Cold Bodies "is the first of two debut albums to be released by the artist, the album is a collection of the artist's latest recordings, and Franz von Reden turned a laptop from the 1990s with some preinstalled applications into the hands of the Microsoft Windows audio recorder The first ever dazzling recordings were filmed on the second debut album SPRING FRUITS appearing at HOT COLD BODIES in the seclusion of the home studio, away from the scene, the NEW ENVIRONMENT developed over years of experiment with sound, rhythm and rhythm Melody to elegant, melancholic, mysterious, eagerly grooving, euphoric songs, in the sounds and structures, but also in the voice of Franz von Redens, the memory of great pop since Roxy Music has been lifted up, music and texts tell of separations, the attractiveness of the Body, the space between the places and the irresistible Abla At the time. "Hot Cold Bodies" is about the mystery that is included in the other. The music of "Hot Cold Bodies" was written, played and recorded by NEUGEBEN, and mastered by Kassian Troyer. The cover shows a work by the artist Zora Mann. The double debut of NEUGEBBEN appears with the specially founded label FRANCESCA RECORDINGS. - Ulrich Gutmair Record Label: Francesca Recordings Style: Pop

Speaking of DJ Marcelle you never know what comes next. The DJane from Amsterdam likes experimenting, she is versatile and surprising. In autumn 2016 she released the 10” “The Wrong Direction” on Jahmoni, now she goes on with a new EP named “Too”. As usual it is full of fat bass beats, strange rhythms and ironic twists. Record Label: Jahmoni Style: Electro

Café Oriental is like a journey on a flying sound carpet that takes the listener straight into a world of One Thousand and One Nights. Oriental sounds with pleasant electronic beats musically melt oriental with cccidental sounds. Record Label: Ayia Napa Style: World Music

For fans of Alvvays, Early Slowdive and Makthaverskan. Agent Blue was made of cacodylic acid and sodium cacodylate: arsenic compounds. Arsenic, was the favoured poison of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Agatha Christie and the Borgias. Agent Blue translated into English from Swedish may sound caustic, but the band’s music is sweet, tender indie pop, highlighted with dark overtones about love, life, and the struggles of surviving in today’s society. This debut album was recorded by Gustav Data (Makthaverskan) and Tobias Bauer, in a studio in their hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden during the dark winter months. For a young band (16-20 years old) this is a classic sounding indie pop record with highly insightful lyrics. When Emelie Alatalo sings on Don’t Talk To Strangers you can hear her heartbreak on falling in and out of love. It’s tender and beautiful while still incredibly heartbreaking. Any fan of The Smiths can instantly gravitate toward her lyrics. Record Label: Through Love Style: Alternative Rock

Artist: Yoko Ono Label: Secretly Canadian/Ada

Artist: Yoko Ono Label: Secretly Canadian/Ada

Artist: Ariwo Label: Republic of Music

Artist: Tangerine Dream Label: Tiger Bay

Artist: Yoko Ono Label: Secretly Canadian/Ada

Artist: Various Label: Soul Jazz

Artist: DJ Tennis Label: Republic of Music

Artist: Various Artists Label: Real Gone Music

Artist: Profondita Label: Altar Records

Artist: Television Personalities Label: Fire Records

Artist: Television Personalities Label: Fire Records

Artist: Various Label: Soul Jazz