Archive for the Black Focus Category
Various Artists “Tokyo Flashback Psychedelic Speed Freaks” (Black Editions)
Black Editions present a monumental collection of 22 exclusive tracks by 22 of the most important artists to emerge from the Japanese underground over the last 40 years. Directed by Ghost’s Masaki Batoh and produced in tribute to the late Hideo Ikeezumi, founder of P.S.F. Records, the Modern Music record […]
Kamaal Williams “New Heights/Snitches Brew” (Black Focus)
Kamaal Williams gives it up to Miles on, ’Snitches Brew’ and the low down ace ‘New Heights (Visions of Aisha Malik)’, for a virulent follow-up to his widely acclaimed album, ‘The Return’.
Mansur Brown “Shiroi” (Black Focus)
It’s not often we mention Jimi Hendrix and Trap music in the same sentence. Or Brixton and George Benson. In this case Mansur Brown embodies all of these. An integral part of the groundbreaking Yussef Kamaal album, he now releases his debut album on Black Focus Records. As Thundercat claims […]
Kamaal Wiliams “The Return” (Black Focus)
Kamaal Williams has described The Return, his debut solo album, as “a natural evolution from the Yussef Kamaal project”. Yet while that was made in collaboration with drummer Yussef Kamaal and played around with jazz in its myriad forms, The Return sees the man sometimes known as Henry Wu stamp […]