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Sonikseek: Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes Drop Blue Fire

Tomorrow is the release date for an album that has been absolutely teased to the brink of delirium. Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes, two British producers and Jazz instrumentalists, will give us a look at the final product of a collaboration that has brought us “Nightrider”, quite possibly the sleekest, stylish, most outrageously dope and laid back Jazz-Hop track ever (that also features one of my favorite rappers Freddie Gibbs). What is most interesting about this song and all the...

Sonikseek: Revisiting the Underrated Brilliance of Labi Siffre

  A medium-sized tangent to start things off (before the main topic of Labi Siffre): There are those who listen to the music before the lyrics, and then there are those who need serviceable lyrics before they jump on-board with a song. Everyone leans in one of these directions, yet it’s certainly never cut and dry. It’s a slowly-peeled discovery to find the direction a person gravitates, and always an illuminating discovery. You can probe by asking some questions, though...

Sonikseek: The Magnolia and Something Called Scandinavian Soul

Once upon a time it took months to get anywhere. We use to meet people from different countries and cultures only by travel, to see them physically by either coming to them or foreigners coming to you, and this usually only transpired through the necessity of trade. Travel was harrowing and long voyages were not cut and dry experiences, but rather extended tours of survival. Dirty port cities and crossroads towns were a heady mix of suspicion, curiosity, and opportunism....

Sonikseek: Toronto Gives Us the Future of Pop with MorMor

2017 was a year that confirmed what many of us already knew: Rock music is losing ground in the world of pop music relevancy. We saw it happening in 2016 as the Knowles sisters dominated the “best album” polls and artists like The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, and Chance the Rapper grew in popularity. Some expected a rebound in 2017, and yet the most compelling music of this past year once again came from the Soul/R&B/Rap veins of popular music. Kendrick...

Sonikseek: Diffuse Soul by Nick Hakim

The best Lyft rides are the ones where I get to my destination….obviously…. but also the ones where the driver is playing really good music. In Denver we have this amazing radio show on 102.3 FM called OpenAir, which my Lyft driver Justin was playing last night. OpenAir plays new music off the beaten path, indie music that can only be described as “niche” and “not radio typical”. By the time I arrived at the theater to see Alien: Covenant...