This was posted as a comment by the Sick Trumpet crew, but don’t want anyone to miss out on the info. So without further ado…

Ok, its been a tough one as we had so many entries of such a great quality and as a result could not decided on 1 winner, so we are taking the judges choices and putting them out on 1 digital release…

The winners are
Markus Intalex – Side9000
Phil Asher – Altered Native
Domu – Philta
Jenna G – AK’s Detroit Love Vocal Mix

A big thanks to all who entered, please feel free to keep submitting tracks to us at info@sick-trumpet.co.uk and keep making those beats.

Big Love

The Sick Trumpet Crew

It’s pretty safe to say that you’ll hear some of those remixes soon on the show, so listen up for the goods.

Peace.

Nina Miranda (of Smoke City fame) and Chris Franck (from Da Lata) are Zeep, and they’ve made a splash with a fun debut album this past summer for the UK-based label Far Out Recordings.

You can watch Zeep’s new video to the first album single “Super” below. Big ups to the folks at Far Out for passing the word along. Fun, psychedelic, colorful and full of life, have at it and have fun!

Originally aired as just Soulsearching, Michael Ruetten’s long-running weekly show has just hit its 10-year milestone.

One of the pioneering tastemakers of all things jazzy and soulful, Ruetten is in demand at some of
Europe’s most respected club hotspots. So, too, is his show, airing on a number of choice radio and Internet stations, and recorded at the Soulsearching studios in his hometown of Frankfurt.

Along with the great selection of new music, classic jazz, and terrific rarities, the show features guestmixes from top DJ’s, artists and producers from around the globe.

Listening to Ruetten’s show is like listening to a fine-weathered friend every week. He’s truly passionate about music, and he tends to dig deep into the crates admist his vast music collection. It’s an essential weekly destination, and worth adding to your list of shows.

Site: Soulsearching
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Today is the first time that I’ve attempted to embed a video, and oy…I’m getting some funny stuff while attempting to post both videos in the same post. I’m sure there’s a way to make that happen, and I’ll deal with it later.

For now, here’s Part Two of the video. Savor it!

Site: Swell Session

Time to start to kick up the video ante here.

Andreas Saag, aka Swell Sessions, is one of the extremely talented young musicians out of Gothenberg, Sweden. He’s part of a tight-knit group of friends who have established the “Gonky” sound (Gonky = “good” and “funky”)…from Gonkyburg, indeed!

He’s perhaps the best-known of the group, having amassed a body of original works and remixes that have earned him kudos the world over.

After many years in wait, a proper Swell Session album has been released back in September. Called Swell Communications, the album has been four years in the making. The follow-up to his album under the guise of Stateless, it’s collaborations galore here. From locals such as Elsa Esmerelda and Ernesto to renowed global talent such as Domu, Landslide and Sleepwalker, the album showcases the full Swell Session vibe.

In tandem with the album’s release comes a behind-the-scenes video “The Making of Swell Communications,” broken into two parts. Below is Part One. So have a view, and enjoy!

Site: Swell Sessions

Okay folks; I’ve been meaning to do this for quite awhile. While I do like to toot my own horn every now and then, I think it’s good to recognize those places and spaces that I tend to wander around and visit. It can be an online community, a music store, a podcast…whatever falls into the proper area of…The Essentials.

Based out of Belgium, the Beyondjazz online community has been an important hub for all things future jazz and soul, broken beat, hip-hop, rare grooves and jazz, and other related variants. Fronted by Oemebamo and Lensco, the site features contributions from a group of hardworking site moderators from around the globe.

The two main portions of its online community that are of immense value to me are the online forums and the weekly radio. The online community, a pretty active one at that, features all sorts of topics and discussions from playlists of Beyondjazz-approved radio shows to lively debates on subjects like the state of online music distribution, the (supposed) demise of vinyl, and so much more. With over 4,000 members that includes everyone from music fans to artists actively in the scene, things can get really active when news breaks.

The weekly radioshow is one of the best out there. Lensco is the voice behind the show, and you can still follow along nicely even if English is not his preferred language on-air. It’s all about the music, and really good upfront music is what you’ll get (as well as reissued rarities and top classics). You’ll also hear guestmixes from DJ’s and producers, artists’ triplets, and more.

You’d do well to make Beyondjazz your destination for future music.

Site: Beyondjazz
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