In Focus: Herbie Hancock 3rd November 2023

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BEACH NOIR W/ NICK LEÓN

An invitation to dissociate on the beach inside your mind. Musical postcards from London back to Miami shores filled with sun, salt and melancholy. Nick shares the music that has influenced his upcoming album as well as highlighting Miami musical moments in the realm of ambient, idm and all things murky.

KRISTIN KONTROL PRESENTS: OUT OF VOGUE

Former frontwoman of rock outfit Dum Dum Girls eschews the pseudonym with her new solo project, Kristin Kontrol. Newly relocated to LA, Kristin delivers a monthly mix of expansive and hypnotic sounds: one part Durutti Column to two parts Alice Coltrane.

Funk Post Bop Jazz Fusion

How haven't we done this one yet? Two hours of jazz, fusion and idiosyncratic pop from one of the 20th Century's most singular innovators, Herbie Hancock.

Ever since the beginning of his career, Herbie Hancock has been triumphantly resistant to the contemporary dogmas of jazz, continually altering musical trends as he goes. During his tenure playing in bands with Donald Byrd and Miles Davis, Hancock was a foundational figure in the birth of post-bop jazz sound. He soon moved onto fusing jazz with funk, and fearlessly experimented with early electronic instruments, synthesizers and even samplers.

Collection: Jazz Masters