Jesse Hackett’s superb new album of gothic chamber jazz is out today. I’ll be shipping out all the Bandcamp pre-orders over the weekend, the record will be hitting shops courtesy of Honest Jon’s Distribution, and you can stream the album in full on your favourite app. Boomkat have this to say about the album: “Hackett came up with the album after long nights with Accidental alumnus Peters going back and forth over music from Erik Satie, Oliver Messiaen and Charles Mingus. Peters is a worthy...

The first release of 2026 is out on Friday 27th February : https://jessehackett.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnes It’s a deeply personal album of twilight chamber music from London based artist, Jesse Hackett. Jesse was the keyboard and synth player in the Gorillaz live band for many years, and he’s also the brain behind Elmer Fudd (Honest Jon’s Records), Metal Preyers and Teeth Agency (Nyege Nyege Tapes), amongst many others. This one is a total curveball from Jesse sounding like nothing else...

Jonathan More of the mighty Coldcut played Sidi Sma Ya Boulandi as the opening track on his best music of 2017 show (which features loads...