A K Paul: Landcruisin’

R&B producer Jai Paul is treading the road less traveled; armed with only two official releases (“Jasmine” and “BTSTU”), he’s been able to wield the hype and keep a loyal fanbase on their toes for years. He recently set up the mysterious website Paul Institute with his brother A K Paul, another producer who’s worked with NAO and Jessie Ware. Give up your cellphone number …

Brooklyn’s Luft Coffee

The new local roasters serving up small batches at an internet radio station

About five years ago, Blair Smith’s twice-a-day coffee pitstop at NYC’s Kaffe 1668 led to him striking up a friendship with barista Justin Rodriguez behind the counter. Smith then met mobile developer Aaron Sutula in a coffee seminar held by an espresso machine company. “I took a day off of work to go,” remembers Sutula. “And Blair was the only other person who also took …

MeLo-X feat. Little Simz: FFFS

Brooklyn-based producer MeLo-X pairs so well with rapper Little Simz (fresh UK import Simbi Ajikawo who’s been building her own formidable empire) in their track FFFS, which now gets a video treatment to match its astral, “free-fallin” vibes. Experimenting with shadowed outlines and projections, “FFFS” comes off of MeLo-X’s 2015 EP Curate, a mixed bag of dreamy synth-driven tracks that worm their way into the …