On this dazzling new EP, Christian Prommer invites his long time friend and colleague Peter Kruder – one half of the infamous duo Kruder & Dorfmeister – to reinterpret Ame’s famous deephouse-anthem Rej. Prommer uses the flipside himself for a deep track named Dirty Drums. What’s in a name… Anyone who has a clue [...]

Finally! The Booka Shade tour dvd & cd are out on Get Physical, portraying the best parts of their roaring Movements World Tour. Footage from all over the world was gathered to give the owners of this box an idea of what Arno Kammermeier and Walter Merziger have gone through to bring their musical message [...]

Yes people, the time has come for yet another mind-boggling edition of the world’s hottest dancemix-compilations! Body Language number 6 is mixed by none other than Junior Boys, the Canadian’s who are known for making melancholy dancetracks with soul. And with Supermayer, Rework and Matthew Dear the tracklist looks promising! Check out the tracklist. Out [...]

Reggae-imprint Trojan Records reports several thousands of records and cd’s have dissapeared from Jamaica’s most comprehensive music-archive, the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC), amongst which some unique recordings of Bob Marley. According to the Jamaica Gleaner, about eighty percent of the records are missing – probably stolen between 2004 and 2007. Minister of Information, Culture, Youth [...]

LA based singer-guitarist-poet-dancer Mia Doi Todd has just finished her fifth album. The record is called GEA and will be released on Kindred Spirits. On the album, the lovely voice of this intriguing lady can be heard, accompanied by her own guitar-playing. Todd has been strongly influenced by the nineties indie rock scene and was [...]

Portico Quartet have a unique sound, that hovers in the twilight zone between adventurous jazz and classical music. Their first album Knee Deep In The North Sea was released November 5th of last year and has earned them a rightful spot at Gilles Peterson’s World Wide Awards at Cargo London on the 5th of January. [...]

London-based minimalists Italoboyz are moving one step up the international ladder by releasing on Get Physical. The two Italian-born dj’s/producers moved to the UK in 2001 to form their production-duo a year later. In the meantime, they’ve learned a lot from their weekly party running from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning. Also, they’ve had great [...]

What’s a decent festival season without some decent gifts? Sonar Kollektiv thought exactly the same and came out with a very special mobile case, the perfect Christmas-gift. Check out that super deluxe Jazzanova charm at the end of it. Ain’t that quaint? Giving this beautiful piece of blingness to your loved ones will definitely upgrade [...]

Benny Sings is representing The Netherlands in Paris this weekend, playing in La Bellevilloise. Radio Nova will be recording the session, broadcasting live from 21.00 hours. Kspace is especially hoping for a great show with all the new tracks, including the Christmas carol he sang together with Clara Hill. This will surely get you in [...]

Wow! That’s all we can utter after checking out this rare footage of Jon Hassell at Glastonbury in 1987. Here is the legendary trumpeteer jamming with Farafina, a West-African group with whom he later recorded the album Flash Of The Spirit. This peticular show is, together with another jam Hassell and Farafina did at NYC’s [...]

Ho, ho, ho, as Santa would probably put it. In these dark days of midwinter madness we like to cuddle up with our loved ones under that old X-mas tree (yes, even us Kspace-bloggers have a soft spot). The perfect soundtrack for these moments of quality time is without a doubt the ever touching voice [...]

German dance-vocalist Raz Ohara teamed up with Dane Raz and Oliver Doerell aka. Dictaphone to deliver a magnificent album. Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra is rated as one of the best things to come from the Get Physical label this year. They’re featured on the cover of this month’s De:Bug magazine and are set [...]

Rainer Trüby wasn’t just a great influence on Jazzanova music-wise. Apart from sharing with them his great knowledge of old jazzrecords, he also taught them a great deal about wines. Cause in the end, aren’t all great wines like the great tracks of this world, ripening with every year? That’s why Sonar Kollektiv have released [...]

Moodmusic has pulled it off again! A fabulous release by Dave DK came out this month, taking everybody by storm. This long awaited follow up of Sensory Overload (2000) on Mueller Records is bound to set the clubs on fire. Light And Colours represents his wide range of sounds, from chilled-out tracks to dancefloor killers. [...]

In eager awaitance of next month’s Deviation night at London’s Gramaphone, we urge you to tune in to  Benji B’s Deviation radioshow – ready to be downloaded from BBC1Xtra. For over five years, Benji has been playing out the best soulful music heard in the UK. Anything from leftfield hiphop to jazz-fusion to house music [...]

Dawn Build An Ark’s second album on Kindred Spirits, is available on limited edition double vinyl and cd. The music comes with magnificent artwork by Machine, one of Holland’s most intriguing graphic designers. Dawn came out in October, as a follow up to their highly acclaimed debut, Peace With Every Step (2004). Once again they [...]

Numoonfest 03, Rotterdam’s yearly haven for nu-jazz, soul funk and electronica, has given us two tickets for every festivalday to hand out for free. All you have to do is send a mail to eric@kspace.tv, stating which day you’d like to come, and maybe you’re amongst the lucky winners. You can choose between the Tony [...]

From Thursday December 13th through Saturday December 15th, Numoonfest 03 takes place in Rotterdam’s renowned experimental venue Lantaren/Venster. For this third edition of the yearly festival, loads of groundbreaking artists will participate in musical kollaborations. Numoonfest’s program is a mix of music, poetry, dancing and live painting, with the focus on “instant composing.” Highlights include [...]

Roland Appel has finally made his way to Sonar Kollektiv as a solo-artist. After playing as a dj for years he first formed Fauna Flash and later joined Truby Trio. After that he was one third of VoomVoom, together with Peter Kruder en Christian Prommer. But he didn’t forget to focus on his solo-project, which [...]

Lefties Soul Connection are truly one of Amsterdam’s most soulful bands. For nearly five years they’ve been storming the world with their funk-infused live music. Ever since their first single Doin’ The Thing came out in 2002 they burst on the scene and haven’t looked back since: all eyes on the prize and all feet [...]