First of all, a disclaimer and a (kind of) apology: I am not a professional journalist and this quick review is not intended to be the most well-written, perfect analysis of the show I was blessed enough to witness tonight. What it is though, is an extremely biased and emotional reaction to something that touched me, made me feel good, made me want to cry and to laugh, or to put it simply, made me feel alive. After missing Lianne La Havas several times when I was in London, I finally had a chance to see her live in Marseille tonight and I had the most wonderful evening, as I…

Tonight was one of the best nights I’ve had in a very long time and I feel that sharing it with you and FINALLY updating the blog is probably the best way to keep celebrating. I won’t go into too many details about the reasons why I have been M.I.A. for so long but let’s just say that one of them was a general lack of inspiration and motivation. You know, shit happens (excuse my French). Tonight though, I feel a renewed sense of belonging, a revived faith in the power of music and desire to share it through my words. It all started with a long overdue meet-up with…

Tensei, the duo of Chicago producers Simple X and Midas Wells, is getting more and more exposure lately and recently signed to Plug Research, after being featured on an EP put together by the label, with their excellent remix of Bilal’s Robots. Despite the fact that they have worked on many remixes and may be largely known for those, they shine as bright when it comes to creating their own tracks and this lovely EP is only a confirmation of their talent. Presented as an introduction to their work and a prelude to an upcoming full-length album, One will rejoice fans and probably enroll many more among appreciators of instrumental…

After DiViNe SeVeN’s INTROSPECT LP last week, I am catching up with another release I have been meaning to tell you about for ages. Shade Cobain, who is among my favourite producers, dropped his latest project TEARS on August 15th, in collaboration with JiLLz Worth’s Them Fighting Words, and the album is, once again, a must-have. Big shout out to iNanz for yet another amazing artwork. Now, let me tell you why you need some “TEARS” in your life… Shade Cobain describes his latest album as “the musical memoir of a 365 day grind” and once again puts a lot of himself into the music, creating a very personal, yet…

As is sometimes (err… often actually) the case, I got slightly side-tracked and overwhelmed by music in the past weeks and months, which created a delay in me writing this review. But this INTROSPECT LP is such a beautiful album that I had to tell you more about it. I hope DiViNe SeVeN and you won’t be too mad at me for taking so long and that it will be worth the wait. Now, let me tell you more about this excellent album… One of the things I appreciate most about artists, on top of providing quality music, is their ability to evolve and explore different ways to express themselves, to…

This is just a quick post to let you know that my latest review is now featured on OURshow’s blog. Big shout out to Conshus for the opportunity and for putting me on D-Voo‘s music. You can now discover his new album Weather The Storm through my review. Also, I need to say that OURshow is a dope radio show that every hip-hop appreciator should check out. Based in Orlando, Florida, they play some of the best hip-hop from the indie scene, including some “homegrown Ozone” (Ozone = Orlando), which is quite cool! You can check them out every Saturday between 5-7pm (local time) and catch up with the podcasts on…

After discovering Kap Kallous’ universe with two previous projects, The TV EP and The She EP, that sounded like appetisers to my ears, I was quite impatient to hear his debut album, I Should Have Kept My Mouth Shut. I may have been overwhelmed at the time of the release and I have to admit I didn’t give it the time it deserved. But as soon as I listened to it I knew the wait was worth it. Why I took so long to write about it will remain a mystery but I hope you (and Kap Kallous) won’t be too mad at me for keeping “my mouth shut” for…

I first heard the angelic voice of ArinMaya thanks to an article on Bama Love Soul, where they presented her previous project, the amazing Sound Of ArinMaya. I was immediately mesmerised by the lady’s voice but also deeply touched by the emotional and spiritual content of the EP. Since then, I have been playing this project regularly, while waiting for a new one and an occasion to listen to more of ArinMaya’s heavenly music. My wishes have been granted and I am fortunate enough to have been introduced to Let the Love Come, her new project in collaboration with Nick Cassarino, which will be released on June 14th. While her…

Sometimes, I have been wanting to update the blog for days (or even weeks) but didn’t really find the inspiration or haven’t taken some time to do so. Life has this way of clouding your mind and closing the door to creativity sometimes… This lengthy intro will be a way for me to sort of make up for the lack of words on here in the past weeks. So, as there hadn’t been any Internet connection at work all day and I quickly exhausted the computer game possibilities, I decided to put pen to paper. What could I talk about, I wondered for a second. Well, the obvious topic was…

DiverSe is a young artist I discovered back in October thanks to Twist from Civil Mics and with his previous project, the Mind Of A Lyricist Vol. 3. In case you have never heard about him (which means you haven’t been following the blog, but it’s ok, I’m not mad at you), you can first get familiar with the talented MC through an interview we made before the mixtape was released and then discover my review for MOALV3. Now that you are up to speed, let me tell you about his latest project, For All It’s Worth EP. Just before I do that though, I will take some time to…