Broadway Project
Compassion
(Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
Already recognized as a critical success, it's creator, Dan Berridge has completed a beautiful and diverse collage of music styles, encompassing jazz, classical, beats, and psych rock. In a musical world either blissfully unaware or painfully cognizant of civilizations decay, Compassion is an expansive look at modern urban society's disparate, and desperate cultures. ... read more

Arkestra One
Arkestra One
(Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
On their self titled debut, London born Finn Matthew Timoney gives us a conglomerate of jazz, latin, soul, funk and ambient, not as a reproduction but as ingredients in Arkestra's distinctive sound. This sound is rich in arrangement, smoothly layered and seductive no matter if you are a jazzhead, soul man, or downtempo guru or are just in search of good music (and good titles). Brazilian chantuese Nina Miranda, who has worked with Bebel Gilberto, and Les Gammas to name a few, adds her sultry voice to the record. ... read more

Blue States
Man Mountain
(Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
Blue States' sophomore release on ESL Music sees a more melodic and song driven approach to Dragazis' craft. Featuring several tracks co-written by Blue States' live vocalist Ty Bulmer, Man Mountain is another breathtaking work of unspoken longing and romantic nostalgia. ... read more

The Karminsky Experience Inc.
The Power of Suggestion
(Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
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Sofa Surfers
See The Light
(Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
The ESL Music debut album from Vienna, Austria's Sofa Surfers. See The Light features some of the best tracks (chosen by Thievery Corporation) from the Sofa Surfers three previous albums. It also features remixes by Richard Dormeister ("Sofa Rockers" which appeared on the legendary K & D Sessions) and Thievery Corporation's R&B remix of "Can I Get A Witness." See The Light is a romp through soul, dub and hip-hop with vocal collaborations from Junior Delgado, DJ, Collage, Sensational, and Dawna Lee among others. ... read more

Chris Joss
You've Been Spiked
(Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
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