Japanese jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi’s final recordings collected in new LP

Listen to a SOPHIE tribute mix, by Nabihah Iqbal

Leon Vynehall announces new album on Ninja Tune, Rare, Forever

Inside Amoeba’s new Hollywood store

Studio One rocksteady and reggae tracks collected in new Soul Jazz compilation

Music from Colombia’s Kagabas People featured in new Lion’s Drums LP

Jeff Mills launching new music magazine, The Escape Velocity

This new MIDI sequencer is designed to look like a turntable

Swelling synthesizers meet “wonky beats” on Hugo Massien’s debut album

Broken English Club fuses techno with noise and industrial on White Rats III

The Roots reissuing Do You Want More?!!!??! in 4xLP expanded edition

This week’s VF HQ Spotify playlist (5th February)