KU to release a collection of 8 45s from the Cavendish Music catalogue. Paying homage to the genre of Library Music.
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PRESS RELEASE: Eric B & Rakim – Eric B For President
FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 18: KU announces Eric B & Rakim ‘Eric B For President replica 45 reissue. Learn more >
Record Store Day: High Pulp – Mutual Attraction Vol. 2
High Pulp returns with a brand new installment of covers, on Mutual Attraction Vol 2. A spiritual jazz journey, interpreting arrangements by Arthur Verocai, Cortex and Casiopea. The 8-piece fusion band pays homage to tracks and artists that have woven themselves into their DNA. Green vinyl for the UK. Black vinyl for the USA. Learn more >
Lewis Parker – All I Got
The world-wide known Lewis Parker has been releasing records since his early teenage years and has created a deep body of work over the course of his career. He’s been a staple of the hip hop scene since the late ’90s, after inking his first major-label deal in 1998. Leading to some of his most well-known work with the Iconic Ghostface Killah, Sadat X as well as, modern-day phenom, Joey Bada$$. Learn more >
Welcome to Other Mirror.
Other Mirror was formed by longtime friends, Jonny Cuba (Soundsci Producer) and James Tilley (multi-instrumentalist). In 2018, the band found themselves creating music together, for a project that they had talked about starting since becoming school friends many years prior. Although this is the band’s debut album and debut on KingUnderground, the members who make up the group are far from newcomers. Learn more >
Music Is Black History.
Every February in the US, and October in the UK, marks the beginning of Black History Month. We’re well aware that music wouldn’t be what it is today without the ground-breaking contributions from many black artists, singers, musicians, and producers. Learn more >
KUrated. Robohands.
KUrated is an invite-only effort to honor and showcase game-changers in all forms of music-focused creativity. The vision is to connect artists and industry professionals with existing and new audiences, as well as their peers. An opportunity for artists to share their unique perspective on the creative process, monumental moments, influential pieces of art, and the industry. KUrated is a deeper level to connect and strengthen our growing KU community. Learn more >
KUrated. DJ Nu-Mark.
KUrated is an invite-only effort to honor and showcase game-changers in all forms of music-focused creativity. The vision is to connect artists and industry professionals with existing and new audiences, as well as their peers. An opportunity for artists to share their unique perspective on the creative process, monumental moments, influential pieces of art, and the industry. KUrated is a deeper level to connect and strengthen our growing KU community. Learn more >
Robohands – Shapes
‘Shapes’, the third album from the London-based instrumentalist-composer-producer-extraordinaire, was initially planned to be recorded in full at Buffalo Studios with producer JP Pilon in Limehouse, London. While much of the record, including all of the drumming, was completed there, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Baxter to get creative and flex his talents as an engineer. Baxter, who has become obsessed with gear and the technical side of the creative process, just as much as with being a well-versed composer and musician, was able to finish the remainder of the record at his flat in London. Learn more >
High Pulp – Mutual Attraction Vol. 1
“I am deeply grateful for how Pharaoh Sanders, Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra, each in their own way, invite the listener to attend to the pure sound (and silence) from which the note emerges, the organic pulse that creates rhythm. The musical wisdom contained in their work is an antidote to rigidity and a cause for endless optimism,” says the group’s saxophonist, Andrew Morrill. Learn more >