Out Today: Free to Dance by Deron Johnson
Since the late 1980s, LA-based jazz keyboardist Deron Johnson has worked with everyone from Stanley Clarke to David Sanborn and Seal, not to mention a memorable stint and close collaboration with Miles Davis. Those brushes with some of music’s greatest talents laid the groundwork for Johnson’s new album, Free to Dance.
New release: Amy Aileen Wood’s The Heartening out today
Amy Aileen Wood’s The Heartening is out today on Colorfield Records. “[R]ecalls the scrapheap jazz of Tom Waits’s Swordfishtrombones mixed with early Aphex Twin” John Lewis, The Guardian
Amy Aileen Wood: ‘Rolling Stops’ single and video
“Rolling Stops” is the first single off The Heartening, out May 3 2024 on Colorfield records. Featuring Fiona Apple, Sebastian Steinberg, Wayne Whittake and Nicole McCabe. Artwork made with millions of dots by Nicholas Nak.
New release: Gregory Uhlmann’s Small Day is out today
Gregory Uhlmann’s Small Day is out today on Colorfield Records. With special guest Chris Speed. Album art by Christina Huang. “Small Day is a miraculous collection of miniatures, a jewelry box filled with pleasing little mechanismas of diversion.” -Kevin Hyde, Molars
Out today: Memorial by Rich Hinman
Rich Hinman’s `Memorial is out today on Colorfield Records. WBUR’s Noah Schaffer describes the album as “pedal steel music without the twang”, “a gorgeous collection of nine pristine and often surprising original pieces.”
Anthony Wilson’s new full-length Collodion is out today
Collodion, the latest album of veteran guitarist and composer, Anthony Wilson, is 11 instrumental tracks brimming with sonic exploration and surprise, an electroacoustic experiment in which Wilson plays nearly all the instruments…
New release: Nora Stanley and Benny Bock’s Distance of the Moon
Distance of the Moon, saxophonist Nora Stanley and keyboardist Benny Bock’s first album together as a duo, is out today on Colorfield Records.
Daniel Rotem’s album Wave Nature is out today
Daniel Rotem’s album Wave Nature is out on Colorfield Records. Featuring singles “The Inadequacy of Language” and “Wave Nature”
Daniel Rotem - “The Inadequacy of Language” is out today
“The Inadequacy of Language” is the first single off Daniel Rotem’s upcoming album Wave Nature, out April 7, 2023 on Colorfield Records.
New release: Brad Allen Williams’ full-length album œconomy
A retrofuturist dreamscape of percolating modular synthesizers, lush cinema strings and tortured guitars. Brad Allen Williams’ full-length, œconomy, is out today!
New single “boomer” by Brad Allen Williams out today!
“boomer” is the second single off Brad Allen Williams’s upcoming solo album, œconomy, out Feb 10th.
Brad Allen Williams - “tecnologia” out today
“tecnologia” is the first single off Brad Allen Williams’s upcoming solo album, œconomy, out Feb 10th. With Mark Guiliana on drums and The Section Quartet on strings. Photo by Lauren Desberg.
New ep by The Randy Paserntes Trio Feat. Sam Gendel and Gabe Noel out today
Now At Last, the first ep from The Randy Paserntes Trio Feat. Sam Gendel and Gabel Noel, is out today on Colorfield Records.
Amir Yaghmai - Go Bozo out today
Go Bozo, Amir Yaghmai’s debut solo album, is out today. It’s a brilliant blend of club-ready dance grooves and ambient explorations – a bit like hearing a Floating Points remix of Brian Eno’s Apollo. “Go Bozo” was Yaghmai’s mantra during the recording process…
Amir Yaghmai - “Bozo Beach” (single)
“Bozo Beach” is the second single off Amir Yaghmai’s upcoming solo album, Go Bozo, out October 28th. Featuring Jonathan Larroquette and subsequently a reunion of Jogger.
Amir Yaghmai - “White Turtleneck” (single)
“White Turtleneck” is the first single off Amir Yaghmai’s upcoming solo album, Go Bozo, out October 28th. Artwork by Amir’s sister, Rosha Yaghmai. Inspired by Italian and Japanese ambient music of the 70’s/80’s, using Moog modular synth and Gregorian chant.
OHMA new album out Sept 9
Between All Things is a world in which a sonic forest blooms simultaneously in all directions. OHMA's, Mia Garcia and Hailey Niswanger thoughtfully crafted the body of sound during 2021 to invoke a deep listening.
Anna Butterss “Doo Wop” (video)
“Doo Wop” is the second single off Anna Butterss’ full-length album out July 8th, 2022 on Colorfield Records. Video by Dustin Laurenzi. Pre-order album here.
Benny Bock - “Dynamo” (video)
“Dynamo” is the second single off Benny Bock’s debut LP out June 10, 2022 on Colorfield Records. Filmed in 1972 by Richard Bock with a Bolex H8 in New York City.
Anna Butterss new album out July 8th
Anna Butterss’ Activities (out July 8th 2022 on Colorfield records) was born out of a chance studio invitation, a one day session that slowly evolved into the encompassing, electro-acoustic opus she eventually crafted.