Victor Bermon "Arriving At Night" (Hefty Records)

If anyone knows soulful, glitchy, melodic downtempo, its Hefty. Home of Eliot Lipp and Telefon Tel Aviv, their most recent release comes from Victor Bermon. Arriving At Night is quite beautiful and simultaneously confounding to describe. With beats that at times manage to reference both sparse "post-techno" as well as jazzy gems unearthed in dusty crates, Bermon envelops everything in warm melodies and acoustic accents. You can preview all the tracks on the Hefty site and it definitely sounds like an accomplished album from start to finish.

Grab a free MP3 "Farewell Lunch For Laura" HERE
BUY the album from Hefty's site

Players Association

Just discovered a new site, well new to me, for listening to DJ mixes: The Players Association
DJs can create a proile and upload their mixes, and users can listen and rate the mixes. Another cool feature is their mini-player which you can embed on any site. You'll find mixes from Eleonora (of underground-soul.com), Saru, Chicken George and many others.
Check out Eleonora's "A Darker Side" mix:

New DJ Chicken George Mix

One of our fave DJs Chicken George let us know that he has a brand new Jazztronica mix available at ProperlyChilled.com. Radio Jazztronica #4 can be streamed or downloaded here:
http://properlychilled.com/music/sessions/radiojazztronica/
He's put together a classic mix of jazzy hip-hop and soulful downtempo.

The tracklist is as follows:
Examples : Be Kind To Your Mind (Red Astaire Remix) (Raw Fusion Recordings)
The Procussions feat. Strange Fruit Project : Changes (Hiphop Is Music)
A Tribe Called Quest : Jam (Jive)
D'Angelo : Devil's Pie (Paul Nice Remix) (Virgin Records)
Kid Sublime feat. Yinka : Fruitsugar (Jahwell)
Brownout! : Laredo 77 (Freestyle Records)
Beatconductor : Hottest (Dub) (G.A.M.M.)
Marc Mac Presents: Visioneers : Ike's Mood I (BBE)
Platinum Pied Pipers : Stay With Me (Mitsu Remix) (Ubiquity)
J Rawls Presents: The Liquid Crystal Project : A Tribute to Troy (Unique)
Marvin Gaye : What's Going On (Remix) (Motown)
People Under The Stairs : Tuxedo Rap (Basement Records)
Greyboy feat. D-Styles and Ricci Rucker : Son-Ray (Ubiquity)
Carmen McCrae : Just A Little Lovin' (GB Remix) (Verve)
Gwen McCrae : Funky Sensation (MAW Mix)
Dzihan & Kamien : Stiff Jazz (Couch Records)
Projections : Stillness Meets Me (Work/Epic)
Adrian Quesada feat. Martin Perna & DJ Chicken George : OverThrowed! (Swedish Brandy)

Go check out the goodness for yourself!

New 4Hero Album

Finally, after 6 years, the UK's 4Hero are back with a new album. Play With The Changes drops Feb 27th on Milan Records. We've heard it and with their sound still as fresh as always, it definitely won't disappoint their diehard fans while hopefully attracting some new ears.

TRACKLISTING
1. Morning Child - feat. Carina Andersson
2. Take My Time - feat. Jack Davey
3. Look Inside - feat. FACE
4. Sink Or Swim (No Choice For Me) - feat. Lady Alma
5. Give In - feat. Darien Brockington & Phonte of Little Brother
6. Play With The Changes - feat. Talita Long & Larry Mizell
7. Something In the Way - feat. Bembe Segue & Kaidi Taitham
8. Stoke Up The Fire - feat. FACE
9. The Awakening - feat. Ursula Rucker
10. Sophia
11. Superwoman(Where Were You When I Needed You?) - feat. Terry Devos
12. Why Don’t You Talk?
13. Bed Of Roses - feat. Jody Watley
14. Gonna Give It Up (Wanna Quit) - feat. Lady Alma
15. Dedication To The Horse

For more info:
http://www.4hero.co.uk/
http://www.milanrecords.com/