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These are the fifty albums of 2022 that have meant the most to us, alongside our compilations & archives of the year
Oli Savill and Leon Stenning of London underground jazz outfit S.O.L.L. talk about their meditative and minimal debut album Mind Reader
Charlie Dark tells Stewart Gardiner about life as a DJ, providing hope on the radio and the early days of Mo’ Wax
Australian duo Deyell and Pike soundtrack a pulsating world on the verge of eco-collapse with their new album Isola
A round-up of wild vital sounds, featuring Mr Bongo, Brian Jackson, International Anthem, Analog Africa, Ben Marc, The Trilogy Tapes and more
Gilles Peterson tells the story of his life in radio as we celebrate his Lockdown FM book and the new STR4TA single
Scandinavian jazz bassist Petter Eldh’s Koma Sax ensemble commit an act of magic with a miraculous stew of future jazz avant-garde beats
These are the seventy-five albums of 2021 that have meant the most to us, alongside our compilations & archives of the year
A review round-up of jazz and beyond featuring Scrimshire, David Ornette Cherry, Theon Cross, John Coltrane, Ben LaMar Gay and more
Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio further recombine outsider downtempo pop, soundsystems and forward-thinking jazz on In Spring for World of Echo
Glasgow duo Cahill//Costello chart an improvised course under sheltering skies and ocean depths, with their minimalist debut Offworld
Andrew Wasylyk talks about reasonable daydreams, meeting migratory geese and the making of his intoxicating new LP for Clay Pipe Music
Ishmael Ensemble’s new LP Visions of Light is a bold expression of UK jazz without borders, shaped by the sounds and aesthetics of Bristol
Producer, DJ and record collector Rebecca Vasmant talks in depth about the vibrant Glasgow jazz scene and the making of her magical debut LP
Emma-Jean Thackray’s Yellow LP is an essential work of cosmic jazz-not-jazz informed by club culture and unlike anything else around
Decca Records initiate their British Jazz Explosion reissue series with a vital collection of hard to find UK jazz cuts from 1965 to 1972
Frank Foster’s 1972 spiritual jazz meets jazz-funk set The Loud Minority sees the light of day on vinyl again courtesy of Wewantsounds
A roundup of short reviews from Concrete Islands HQ, with jaimie branch, Amanda Whiting, DJ Format, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Ziad Rahbani
New Jersey jazz-proggers Joy on Fire return with Another Adventure in Red, their most ambitious head trip yet
A quick roundup of short reviews from Concrete Islands HQ, with releases from International Anthem, Soma, Ghost Box, Strut and Jazzland
A timely reissue of the George Otsuka Quintet’s 1975 live set by Wewantsounds is Japanese jazz as lockdown palliative
Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders’ hybrid jazz odyssey is a meditative symphonic work that delights in immersive beauty
Gilles Peterson and Jean-Paul Maunick’s STR4TA evoke late 70s to early 80s Brit-funk in true to form DIY style and make it the sound of 2021
A collection of short reviews inspired by music magazines and DJ charts, including Altın Gün, Soul Jazz, UNKLE, Weatherall and more
Stewart Gardiner highlights a baker’s dozen of 2020 records he missed then, but has fallen in love with now
The latest in Jazzman’s Spiritual Jazz series takes the vibrational pulse of the current era with two sets of forward-thinking excursions
These are the seventy-five albums of 2020 that have meant the most to us at Concrete Islands, alongside our archive releases of the year