First Word

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Takuya Kuroda

Time Coil

Time Coil - (6:35) 102 BPM

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21 Sep 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Greetings (Don Leisure rework) - (2:51) 86 BPM

Nebula (Allysha Joy remix) - (4:04) 65 BPM

364 (Werkha remix) - (3:49) 127 BPM

Green (Woodlands acapella) - (3:11) 160 BPM

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19 Aug 22
Indie/Alternative

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Midnight Crisp - (5:26) 88 BPM

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10 Aug 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Kaidi Tatham

Don't Rush The Process

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Mystery Solved - (2:00) 99 BPM

Don't Rush The Process (feat The Easy Access Orchestra) - (5:06) 94 BPM

Just Not Right Rudi - (0:47) 149 BPM

All I Need - (2:00) 96 BPM

We Chillin' Out (feat The Easy Access Orchestra) - (5:06) 55 BPM

Knocknee Donkey - (3:25) 60 BPM

Any Flavour - (2:34) 120 BPM

Funky Fool - (1:30) 86 BPM

Sooretama (feat Robert Mitchell) - (4:35) 131 BPM

Runnin' Tru - (4:03) 64 BPM

What A Dream - (2:17) 125 BPM

Mind Yourself - (0:36) 62 BPM

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29 Jul 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Kaidi Tatham feat The Easy Access Orchestra

Don't Rush The Process

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Don't Rush The Process - (5:06) 94 BPM

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01 Jul 22
Funk

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GUILI - (6:00) 120 BPM

TORO - (3:48) 120 BPM

GUILI (Art Of Tones remix) - (5:36) 122 BPM

Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Fredeverything, DiCE_NZ

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27 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco

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Peace (feat Rara Zulu) - (3:48) 126 BPM

Calling You (feat Ego Ella May) - (3:21) 62 BPM

YK X YE (feat BINA) - (2:57) 92 BPM

Let It! - (5:12) 120 BPM

Quit, Trying So Hard - (3:44) 159 BPM

Still Dreaming (feat Rara Zulu) - (4:24) 90 BPM

Remedy - (5:23) 76 BPM

Healers (feat Dancing Water) - (2:39) 122 BPM

Fatima (feat Belle Bangard) - (3:45) 149 BPM

G.N.D. - (5:31) 111 BPM

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13 May 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Allysha Joy/Ego Ella May

Calling You

Calling You - (3:21) 62 BPM

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06 May 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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All Werk Is Play - (2:03) 158 BPM

Move Different - (4:10) 125 BPM

You Kraft - (4:08) 143 BPM

Eterno Retorno (feat Moreiya) - (5:35) 132 BPM

Battered Mars Bar - (3:47) 60 BPM

Downtools & Boost - (1:50) 105 BPM

In Saint-Gilles (feat Le Motel) - (3:27) 65 BPM

May Day (feat Chunky) - (4:52) 120 BPM

On The Rhythm Of It - (3:49) 141 BPM

Microwerk - (1:09) 102 BPM

Beauty & The Bloc - (4:07) 57 BPM

Pick Up Football - (4:38) 59 BPM

Count Yer Pace (feat Kemani Anderson) - (4:36) 85 BPM

Derive - (3:36) 109 BPM

Played by: Sam Redmore, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz

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29 Apr 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Lily Apart (live) - (2:58) 116 BPM

Lily Apart - (2:47) 120 BPM

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15 Apr 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Allysha Joy/Rara Zulu

Still Dreaming

Still Dreaming - (4:24) 90 BPM

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08 Apr 22
Hip Hop/R&B

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Beauty & The Bloc - (4:07) 114 BPM

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01 Apr 22
Deep House

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Egg Yolk Bun - (2:43) 93 BPM

In The City - (0:58) 86 BPM

Beyond A Shadow - (1:42) 83 BPM

Regency - (1:33) 82 BPM

Shaboo Strikes Back - (1:27) 95 BPM

Big Trouble - (1:07) 89 BPM

Amiga 3000 - (1:43) 70 BPM

The Balcony (feat David Newington) - (1:40) 118 BPM

Love Theme - (1:16) 86 BPM

Shaboo's Hideout - (0:56) 86 BPM

Clearing Skies - (1:18) 88 BPM

Chase Theme - (2:12) 89 BPM

El Mono Was Here - (1:57) 96 BPM

Naima's Dream - (1:43) 74 BPM

Beware - (1:58) 84 BPM

Samosa Swiss - (2:13) 82 BPM

Muscle Head - (1:17) 82 BPM

Sugar Cane Juice - (1:45) 87 BPM

Holistic Healan - (1:41) 80 BPM

King Of Alperton - (1:38) 84 BPM

Almost Lost It - (1:53) 72 BPM

All Praises Due (feat Angel Bat Dawid & Amanda Whiting) - (4:13) 122 BPM

GTO Nights - (2:30) 83 BPM

Neon Drizzle (Hotel Shaboo - feat Gruff Rhys) - (3:27) 81 BPM

End Credits - (1:44) 93 BPM

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25 Mar 22
Hip Hop/R&B

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Move Different - (4:10) 125 BPM

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11 Mar 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Let It! - (5:12) 120 BPM

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04 Mar 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Yellow - (5:44) 120 BPM

Change Must Come (feat Oliver Night) - (5:15) 122 BPM

Breathe - (6:13) 123 BPM

Swirl - (1:13) 115 BPM

We Can Do Everything - (5:15) 127 BPM

Coming Up - (5:16) 125 BPM

Played by: Kisk, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz

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11 Feb 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Eterno Retorno (feat Moreiya) - (5:35) 132 BPM

In Saint-Gilles (feat Le Motel) - (3:27) 65 BPM

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04 Feb 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Green - (3:09) 58 BPM

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12 Jan 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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I Wonder - (1:20) 73 BPM

Lily Apart - (2:47) 120 BPM

Born In 98 - (2:29) 86 BPM

CGWY (feat Children Of Zeus) - (3:04) 76 BPM

Harmless - (3:17) 104 BPM

Given Summer (feat Ayeisha Raquel) - (3:57) 76 BPM

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10 Dec 21
Hip Hop/R&B

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Monsters - (3:20) 120 BPM

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10 Nov 21
Hip Hop/R&B

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Battered Mars Bar - (3:47) 120 BPM

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05 Nov 21
Funky/Club House

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Nebula - (3:56) 76 BPM

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06 Oct 21
Pop

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Allysha Joy

Light It Again Remixes

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Light It Again (Alex Phountzi remix) - (4:51) 126 BPM

Better (Kaidi Tatham remix) - (5:36) 127 BPM

Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, DJ Amir, Wipe The Needle

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02 Jul 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

The Description Is Not The Described

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Nathaniel Cross

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Goodbye For Now - (7:13) 123 BPM

Charge It To The Game - (4:30) 110 BPM

Light In The Darkness - (8:23) 90 BPM

Who Looks Inside, Awakes - (7:14) 54 BPM

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25 Jun 21
Jazz

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Sunrise - (1:01) 78 BPM

No Love Song - (3:59) 71 BPM

I Know - (3:24) 134 BPM

Be Someone - (3:54) 72 BPM

I Need You - (4:08) 92 BPM

Nice & Sweet - (4:33) 131 BPM

Balance (feat Akemi Fox & Georgie Sweet) - (4:26) 82 BPM

Cali Dreams - (4:05) 75 BPM

42Long - (3:12) 78 BPM

The Most Humblest Of All Time, Ever - (4:22) 126 BPM

What I'm Seeing - (3:33) 103 BPM

Love Again - (5:28) 89 BPM

Sunset - (3:05) 69 BPM

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04 Jun 21
Hip Hop/R&B

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Nathaniel Cross

Charge It To The Game

Charge It To The Game - (4:30) 110 BPM

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28 May 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Be Someone - (3:54) 72 BPM

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21 May 21
Hip Hop/R&B

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No Love Song - (3:59) 71 BPM

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23 Apr 21
Hip Hop/R&B

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Various

A Family Affair

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Darkhouse Family - "All The Way" (feat Tyler Daley & Kaidi Tatham) - (3:57) 83 BPM

14KT - "The Power Of Same" (feat Muhsinah - Tall Black Guy remix) - (3:58) 92 BPM

Olivier St.Louis - "Runnin' Wild" (single edit) - (2:59) 60 BPM

Tawiah - "Lost In A Dream" (Bobby Xennial remix) - (5:23) 120 BPM

Teotima - "But I Can't" (K15 remix) - (4:42) 118 BPM

Allysha Joy - "Better" (Kaidi Tatham remix) - (5:36) 127 BPM

Takuya Kuroda - "Fade" (feat Corey King - KEARL remix) - (5:21) 62 BPM

Quiet Dawn & Sarah Williams White - "One By One" (original version) - (5:26) 119 BPM

Werkha - "In Sunny G" (feat Ellen Beth Abdi) - (4:33) 115 BPM

Souleance - "Mont Maudit" - (4:04) 110 BPM

Myele Manzanza - "Family Dynamics" (Darkhouse Family remix) - (3:08) 84 BPM

Takuya Kuroda - "Change" (Reginald Omas Mamode IV remix) - (3:21) 91 BPM

Don Leisure - "Egg Yolk Bun" - (2:44) 92 BPM

Essa - "Justice" - (4:10) 97 BPM

Tall Black Guy - "I Will Never Know" (feat Moonchild - 14KT IAMABEENIE remix) - (4:23) 93 BPM

Children Of Zeus - "Get What's Yours" - (3:52) 65 BPM

Review: Contemporary jazz label outta the UK, First Word, brings us a compilation highlighting a select group of artists, groups and collaborations the label has works with and supports, taking in broken beat, hip hop, jazz and R&B to spoken word and soul. Highlights from its UK roster include tracks by Darkhouse Family, Kaidi Tatham and Sarah Williams White to a streak of US artists in 14KT (and that Tall Black Guy remix) to Muhsinah, Stro Elliot & James Poyser. Special mentions go to Melbourne songstress Allysha Joy, New Zealand jazz drummer Myele Manzanza and Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda! French act Souleance turn out some playful latin breaks in "Mont Maudit" with some classy disco coming outta Don Leisure's "Egg Yolk Bun". Full flavoured First Word selections.

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16 Apr 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Kaidi Tatham

An Insight To All Minds

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Try N Follow - (2:04) 132 BPM

Intergalactic Relations - (6:00) 55 BPM

Interlude - (0:24) 52 BPM

Carry It Mongo Man - (4:17) 120 BPM

Chungo (feat Uhmeer) - (3:59) 92 BPM

Insight To All Minds - (3:50) 63 BPM

Nah Top Yuh Noise - (0:21) 89 BPM

DSXSWC - (4:38) 79 BPM

Rodney - (5:04) 120 BPM

Rain - (6:24) 60 BPM

Could It Be - (3:44) 61 BPM

Interlude 2 - (0:07) 80 BPM

Stro Kyat (feat Stro Elliot) - (5:02) 96 BPM

Tek Care - (4:10) 63 BPM

Enjoy Life - (1:16) 147 BPM

Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Jakobin & Domino, Marina Trench, Henna Onna

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02 Apr 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

M.O.T.H. (Matters Of The Heartless)

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Olivier St.Louis

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Jump The Line - (3:30) 148 BPM

Runnin' Wild (extended version) - (4:42) 60 BPM

Confliction (feat Oddisee) - (4:01) 85 BPM

All In Love - (3:28) 80 BPM

Quit - (4:36) 70 BPM

Serotonin - (3:49) 90 BPM

Steady - (3:33) 55 BPM

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29 Jan 21
Soul

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Jump The Line - (3:30) 74 BPM

Played by: The Allergies

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27 Nov 20
Hip Hop/R&B

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Watercolours - (4:28) 84 BPM

Better - (4:43) 123 BPM

Light It Again - (6:22) 128 BPM

Mardi - (5:47) 106 BPM

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20 Nov 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

Light It Again (Radio Edit)

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Allysha Joy

Light It Again (radio edit) - (4:38) 121 BPM

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28 Oct 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

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Les Mouches - (5:27) 115 BPM

Aquarelle - (4:10) 105 BPM

The Bounce - (4:07) 105 BPM

Mont Maudit - (4:04) 110 BPM

Maneuvers - (5:59) 114 BPM

L'Opuleance - (4:00) 101 BPM

Played by: Juno Recommends Funky House

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09 Oct 20
Funky/Club House

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Fade (feat Corey King) - (3:56) 128 BPM

ABC - (6:03) 128 BPM

Change (feat Corey King) - (5:54) 91 BPM

Do No Why - (4:12) 108 BPM

Fly Moon Die Soon - (5:24) 151 BPM

Moody - (6:28) 77 BPM

Sweet Sticky Things - (4:52) 86 BPM

Tell Me A Bedtime Story - (6:21) 115 BPM

TKBK - (5:29) 80 BPM

Review: Trumpeter and composer Takuya Kuroda outta Brooklyn, New York (via Kobe, Japan), makes his way to First Word Records. Known for his session work and work with American vocalist Jos? James, Kuroda has garnered his own reputation within the NYC jazz scene for his unique and hybrid sound of soulful jazz, funk, post-bop, fusion and hip hop. A recognised artist on legendary label Blue Note also, Fly Moon Die Soon presents Kuroda's sixth studio album that the artist himself describes as an expression between 'irony', 'nature' and 'the beautiful obscenities of humanity.' Find uplifting, body moving ragtime, beatdown and funk tracks in "TKBK" to the live lounge numbers in "Change (feat Corey King)" to this LP's legendary title track with its sweet Asiatic notation and R&B flavours.

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18 Sep 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz