NUBYA GARCIA 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: There's an enduring wholesomeness to Khruangbin which is extending to the way their approaching documents of their live shows over the years. Their Live At album series has already taken in a show from September last year at Stubb's in Austin - a homecoming show for the world-roaming band, and it featured a host of their support acts and fellow performers too. Now they're presenting a fully-fledged split release with London's premier modern jazz explorers Nubya Garcia, capturing their performance from Radio City Music Hall in New York in March 2022. With a side of wax each, both bands sound utterly captivating in the live setting, and being placed next to each other helps bring the spirit of the evening itself to life in so many ways.

Review: DJ Yoda is a pioneering turntables, scratch DJ and hip-hop master who has defined all those scenes for more than 20 years. For this one though he leaves behind his high energy sounds for a much more mature and grown up beat with Edo.G and Nubya Garcia. 'Roxbury' is a smooth bit of deep cut boombap with gently tumbling toms and smooth flows from Edo.G. The icing on the cake is the dreamy sax work from new school star Nubya Garci. As well as the original, an instrumental is included on the flip. Both sides of this one hit different. Must cop.

Review: Long based sax supremo Nubya Garcia's debut album was a real thing of beauty so it only makes sense it now gets revisited by a team of super remixers for this special Record Store Day release. Presented on limited edition turquoise marbled vinyl it opens with Makaya McCraven's airy and floaty light remix of 'Source' before DJ Tahira layers up 'Stand With Each Other' with ethno-grooves that are loose and off kilter. That tumbledown vibe continues on the scruffy deep house version of 'Together Is A Beautiful Place To Be' by Shy One before big jazz house feels from Mark De Clive-Lowe close things down.