🌏 Heavy Rotation

Apr 22, 2025 → Apr 28, 2025

Check out our selection of future and old classics for this week's Heavy Rotation!

Check out our selection of future and old classics curated by for this week's Heavy Rotation!

→ This week! The French duo Souleance - our most played artist on Le Mellotron! - is back with a new EP of Turkish funk, Kebab Discotheque, due May 2 - "Halumi" opens the dancefloor on a cheesy note, with Turkish singer Özgür on vocals. Colombian house producer Felipe Gordon releases new EP Profundo, with the beautiful jazzy "Takes Time" on Clone Records. Out of Ghana, Kwashibu Area Band, who has worked on two albums with the great Pat Thomas, releases highlife-jazz LP Love Warrior's Anthem on London's Soundway Records. Also from Ghana, Y-Bayani and Baby Naa & their Band of Enlightenment Reason & Love, released the beautiful Nsie Nsie back in 2020 on Philophon, with a more soul and reggae influence. Wrapping this week up with Panamanian singer Sylvia de Grasse and her enchanting "La Cita", released on Ansonia in 1959. Enjoy!

Halumi

Souleance, Özgür
2025 · France, Turkey

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Takes Time

Felipe Gordon
2025 · Colombia

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M'akoma Nnwom

Kwashibu Area Band
2025 · Ghana

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Rehwe Mi Enyim

Y-Bayani and Baby Naa & their Band of Enlightenment Reason and Love
2020 · Ghana

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La Cita

Sylvia de Grasse
1959 · Panama

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Marseille Movement

David Versace
February 27, 2023

Cantar das Kandakinhas

Pedro Ricardo
February 14, 2023

Sete Ventos

João Selva
January 16, 2023

Quiet Storm

Underground Canopy
November 2, 2022

Take it back

FOXTROTT
October 26, 2022

Playa Poco Sexy

Sexo y Fantasia
October 7, 2022

Vessel (Side to Side)

William Florelle, Shama Joseph
September 23, 2022

🎛️ PREMIERES

Feb 27, 2023
Feb 27, 2023

Marseille Movement

David Versace
2023 · Australia

Following up on his 2022 LP "Okra", Australian David Versace releases new single "Marseille Movement" next Friday on La Sape Records. It's a beautiful, fun and well crafted piece of contemporary latin jazz, gathering musicians from both the London and the Australian scene. Future classic premiere only on Le Mellotron !

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Feb 14, 2023
Feb 14, 2023

Cantar das Kandakinhas

Pedro Ricardo
2023 · Portugal, UK

Last month, we introduced you to the work of Portuguese producer Pedro Ricardo with the track "Do Outro Lado do Mar" from the amazing Jazzego compilation Granito featuring many interesting Portuguese jazz projects. Today we're super happy to Premiere "Cantar das Kandakinhas", one of our favorite tracks from Pedro's first LP Soprem Bons Ventos, which translates to "Good Winds Blow". A beautiful folk track filled with a delicate guitar reminiscent of the artist's Portuguese background, airy vocals and some mysteriously repetitive background vocals. Haunting! The LP is out this Friday 17th of February via never disappointing Soundway Records!

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Jan 16, 2023
Jan 16, 2023

Sete Ventos

João Selva
2022 · Brazil, France

After his critically acclaimed previous LP "Navegar" back in 2021 (which features the Le Mellotron highly rotating "Se Você"), Carioca, Lyon-based João Selva is already back and about to release his anticipated new LP "Passarinhos" on Underdog Records, teaming up once again with hardest working French producer in the tropical funk music business, Bruno Patchworks! The album is packed with future Brazilian funk classics, including the super addictive "Sete Ventos" which we are super happy to premiere here!

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Nov 2, 2022
Nov 2, 2022

Quiet Storm

Underground Canopy
2022 · France

Only a few weeks after the release of their beautiful EP "Sequences", French jazz/hip-hop quintet is already releasing their first mixtape tomorrow on French Menace label. A solid contribution to the genre and a confirmation of the band's virtuosity. We're proud to contribute today with the Premiere of "Quiet Storm", one of the many already future classics on the album.

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