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On The Jungle Floor is a Bangalore, India based Online Record Store & Music Discovery Website that finds purpose in spreading love and hope, celebrating the things that make us different, and bringing people closer to their favourite artists.
Founder Akhil Hemdev's radical vision is apparent through the carefully curated titles sprinkled with diversity and colour, intimate interviews with artists from South Asia and its diaspora, and a distinctive focus on musicians with calibre, not exclusive to UK Jazz, Hip Hop or Alt R&B.
Here are a list of available titles that come highly recommended:
Yazmin Lacey's - Morning Matters
A gracefully delivered EP by UK Soul Singer Yazmin Lacey featuring members of the Ezra Collective and Moses Boyd.
Khruangbin - Hasta El Cielo
The Houston Band’s Hasta El Cielo, a version of Con Todo El Mundo, their second album is a skillful Dub play on Global sounds.
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Debut Album of American Singer Songwriter Erykah Badu, a powerful glimpse into the evolution of Neo-Soul.
Solange - A Seat At The Table
Third Studio Album by R&B singer Solange Knowles is a Portrait of Black presence and survival featuring The Dream, Kelela, Lil Wayne, Q-Tip, Kelly Rowland, Sampha & more.
Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus
A chimeric Jazz outfit between Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams aka Henry Wu, Black Focus has a clear but diverse soundscape reminiscent of present-day London.
Thundercat- It Is What It Is
The Fourth Album of Jazz Bassist and heir to Afro-Futurism, Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner reflects on the loss of friend, Mac Miller on this moody record.