John Robinson links up with Kyo Itachi for recent release, The Path of Mastery. JR is consistent with the lyrics on the album which contains several features on the vocal and production side in the form of remixes. Grab it HERE

John Robinson & Kyo Itachi – Life Itself (Phalo Remix)

Allen Hoist’s 8 year old With Love gets some lovely remix treatment from Raw Deal. You can’t deny your desire to get your dance on to this one!

Shouts out to the homie GQ for telling me about Thaione’s new album The Joys of Life & Pain entirely produced by a squad of dope producers including Tall Black Guy, Kenny Keys, and BusCrates. Apparently there was material left over which they choose to share completely FREE HERE. Enjoy!

20 year old North London guitar/beatmaker T-Funk fuses ATL with LA on some smoked out, Millie infused goodness! This is one you would never see coming, but just sounds incredible! Even at 3 minutes long, somehow it’s just not long enough

Check out pt2 of our tribute to women of alternative soul compilation. Many are new to our ears and we’ve included others we feel need to be given extra attention in your playlists. Shouts out to all vocalists included and to everyone that shared the mix with their friends. In case you missed pt1, grab it HERE and enjoy pt2

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 74 Miles Away takes “you on a trip from the era of Bob James, Weather Report and Herbie Hancock, 80’s boogie to the future beat sound of today. Heavy analogue synth action and deep Moog basslines are omnipresent, keeping the lush Fender Rhodes sound in balance.” Grab it HERE and peep Lefto’s mix featuring 74 Miles Away’s work and influences HERE

ATLien Applejac delivers an appropriate 45 minute all 45 set in NY. If you’ve ever heard the brother spin you know this is worth it and if you haven’t,  ”well here’s a funky introduction”

Mr. Bird cooks up a scorcher for the Spring/Summer with the Cuban soul of Monkey Funk. This one makes me want dance lessons so I can really get into it! Until then, I’ll just scoop the album HERE

Tuesday May 14, internationally renowned Birmingham producer Byron the Aquarius will unveil his long awaited debut solo album, The Luxury Life LP on all major digital retailers. After hearing his collaboration with Onra, The Big Payback (hear unreleased track) and his submission to our compilation On Deck (purchase) we finally get to hear his unique vision spread across 14 tracks. Get ready!

Next week, May 20th Tall Black guy will unleash his debut album 8 Miles To Moenart on First Word Records. Peep his latest single below and the previous 2 released tracks HERE and HERE. Next Monday can’t get here fast enough!

After finding out about this duo’s first “leaked” track, Standing in the Light (Download), we’re elated to hear more. Noted as an “interlude for upcoming ep” we believe if the entire album sounds like these 2 tracks, we may be hearing the beginnings of one of the best albums of 2013! Grab Open Up the Door HERE

I’ve never heard of DaRon Jones before but happened across his Soundcloud page and really enjoyed Meorgia Guhsinah which appears on his recently released Coolin (download). No word on whether this track is inspired by Georgia Muldrow and Muhsinah but the “name your own price” compilation is a super cool listen!