Head Nodding #1

Azymuth - Villa Mariana (Far Out Records)
Fabiano Do Nascimento - Oya Nana (Now Again)
Six Organs of Admittance - Threshold Of Light (Drag City)
Fawda Trio ft. SwamiMillion - I Got The Blues (Original Cultures)
Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - Into Forever, Barck & Comixxx rmx (Sonar Kollektiv)
Baba Ali - Cog In The Wheel (Ways and Means)
Sa Ra Creative Partners - The Bone Song (All Young Kings)
Noname - All I Need (Self Release)
Tay Sean - Space Madness (Homeskillet)
Dennis Ayler - Friday Night (Dennis Ayler Music)
Emanative - Ominous Shanti (Home Planet)
The Kondi Band - Yeanoh (Strut)
Guem - Le Serpent, Jeremy Sole Edit (Bandcamp)
Pirana - Soso Love Version (Dub Store)
Dazion - Rigola (Music From Memory)
Paz - Laying Eggs (BBE)

So most of the mixes so far from us have been fairly chilled, maybe upping the tempo a little near the end so we thought it was time to get your head nodding and toes tapping. You probably won't burst out dancing around the living room but we've put together a nice selection of soulful, jazzy, funky beats & pieces, thrown in a little Brazilian, a bit of dub, some African vibes even a bit of stoner rock and got a steady groove on just to keep your head nodding rather than let you nod off.

Whilst I'm here we've finally launched the website (www.theslowmusicmovement.org) and the social media is now in full effect if you want to stay in touch. We try and post daily a new musical discovery and there are some good tips online, even if I say so myself. Feel free to make social media truly social and say hello, we're always keen to get some feedback, your thoughts or suggestions.

Noname - Telefone (Bandcamp Self Release)

When you are this natural sounding you don't need to cake on the studio make up. This album is organic wholemeal musical bread from an artisanal hip hop bakery not an urban music donut from Walmart. Eat this album and feel a whole lot healthier.

If Nonames effortlessly flow was not enough she has also enlisted a wonderful cast of collaborators to compliment her conscious, fluid like water, lyrical dexterity. I've never heard of any of them before but there could be the makings of an epic Chicago collective if the talents of theMIND, Raury, Cam O'bi, Xavier Omar, Eryn Allen Kane, Akenya, Ravyn Lanae,  Saba, Smino & Phoelix chose to combine.

If that wasn't enough the girl is doing it for herself by self releasing the album so show her some love and buy it from her Bandcamp page above.