Quantic and his Combo Barbaro

One of my records of the year has definately been Quantic and his Combo Barbaro's ‘Tradition In Transition’ release through the every excellent Tru Thoughts.

In 2007 Will ‘Quantic’ Holland moved to Cali in Colombia to pursue his passion for both unearthing lost treasures from Colombia’s musical past and making new music with the golden array of talent available. Holland assembled his Combo Bárbaro (literally translating as ‘group of barbarians or people from outside Europe’)and with this record created a multi-cultural patchwork, a record bathed but not exclusively rooted in Colombian musical culture but embracing the musical range of all the American continent.

This is the video for my favourite track on the album 'Un Canto A Mi Tierra'which features folklore singer Nidia Gongora and is shot on location in her home village of Timbiqui in Colombia.

Zed Bias - Neighbourhood 2009

Zed Bias has given his most recognisable tune the 2009 make over. 'Neighbourhood 09' is out now and features Nicky Prince and MC Rumpus. Watch out for a cheeky Gilles Peterson cameo in the video.

Mayer Hawthorne - The Ills

OK with two post about his music in the last two weeks, you can probably tell I'm really diggin' the sounds of Mayer Hawthorne. I spotted this video on YouTube this morning and had to post it. It is an unofficial video for his track 'The Ills' as featured on his album A Strange Arrangement which if you don't already don't own a copy of then you need to get it pronto.

Mayer is due to visit the UK's shores at the End of this month so watch out!!!

4Hero present Extensions

4Hero are due to release a collection of versions of there tracks on their 'presents Extensions Album out on 19/10/2009. Rather than releasing the usual style of remix album'. This album is a collection of original previously unreleased cover versions of their music, reinterpreted by a selection of hand picked artists.

For this project they’ve sought out a range of forward thinking outfits, orchestra's & producers including some new discoveries to cover their music. 4hero played their part in the music supervision including some recording, mixing and co producing tracks on the album.

On this video Ayanna Witter-Johnson performs her version of 'Give In' which was originally on the Playing with the changes Album and was a massive favourite of mine.

Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura - New Cuba Sound

Not only is Cuba home to one of my favourite drinks (Havana Club Rum in case you're interested) but it is also home to some pretty darn good music too. The man that is Gilles Peterson has created this compilation, which has been almost a year in the planning and following a whirlwind trip to Havana he recorded this record at the legendary Egrem studios. Due for release on 26/10/2009 featuring collaborations with top Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and Vince Vella it has resulted in 28 tracks with 20 artists over 2 albums.

Bonobo - The Keeper

Bonobo - The Keeper featuring Andreya Triana from Ninja Tune on Vimeo.

The new Bonobo Single 'The Keeper' is due for release on October 19th through Ninja Tune. The video has been floating around on the Net for the last few months and is proving to be quite a hit. It features the vocals of Andreya Triana. The new album is due for release early next year so watch out.

The Clonious - 693 Ballons

Paul Movahedi aka The Clonious. and good friend of MiLK::Session favourite Dorian Concept has dropped this little beauty '693 Ballons' featuring Mr Concept on Bass and Keys & Cid Rim. His Album 'Between the dots' is also dropped on Ubiquity Records on 13 October 2009 so watch out!

MiLK::Session You Tube Channel

Several Months after the event I have finally managed to get round to uplading all my videos from this years Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival in Sète France. So get yourself over to the channel to check out the videos of the likes of Laurent Garnier, Theo Parrish, Jazzanova, Dorian Concept, Soil&Pimp Sessions & Diplo. Above is a sneaky peek of what to expect with Gilles Peterson introducing Laurent Garnier 'Live' to the crowd. Enjoy!!

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Floating Points Ensemble at Maida Vale

If you didn't catch this on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Radio Show last week then you have to check this out. Floating PointsFloating Points Ensemble Recorded a Live Session at Maida Vale Studio featuring Fatima on vocals. Here is a Rip of the session from the show, it is pretty darn fantastic, especially the last track 'Mind' Epic stuff!!

Also be on the look out for the excellent 'Vacuum EP' which is due for release later this month, this guy just keeps churning out great release after great release.

Floating Points Ensemble BBC Maida Vale Session CLIPS by floatingpoints

Q-Tip @ Knitting Factory

One of my favourite Hip Hop Albums of last year was definately Q-Tip's 'The Renaissance'. Having grown up listening to A Tribe Called Quest I have always been a fan of his rhyming style. The new album was definately worth the long wait since his last LP 1999's Amplified. This video has my favourite tune from the album 'Gettin' Up' backed with 'Vivrant Thing' from his debut.

A Little bit more we like.............

A big favourite of ours at the moment Mr Dorian Concept, here performing live on FM4 Soundpark Studio 2 Session in Austria. There are two tracks here the first 'Past 2' with Dorian showing off his classical piano skills. The second 'two hour power' shows Dorian doing what he does best playing the synthesizer like no one else.

If you don't have it already get you're self a copy of his LP 'When planets collide'. For a taster check out episode 3 of the MiLK Sessions Podcast where you'll find own of our favourites 'The fucking formula'.

A little something we like!!

The Suite For Ma Dukes EP by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & Carlos Nino is out now and we love it. This is a video for Hoc n Pucky recorded live with a 40 piece orchestra Live @ The Luckman in LA.