Lexingtone - Hard Bop Tango record kicks Though created behind the Iron

Though created behind the Iron Curtain

crackling production captures DOOM’s outsider genius

A spiritual jazz-funk masterpiece from one of the genre’s true visionaries

This album showcases Hesnawi’s seamless blend of reggae’s hypnotic rhythms with the polyrhythms of Libyan darbuka percussion

Lexingtone - Hard Bop Tango record kicks Though created behind the IronBlending tradition with quiet reinvention, Hard Bop Tango finds Scandinavian collective Lexingtone navigating the space between classic post bop and modern European jazz. Led in part by the expressive trumpet work of Erik Palmberg, the album moves with a restless, exploratory energy, with tight hard bop rhythms giving way to subtle Latin pulses, airy harmonies, and fluid shifts in mood and tempo. Working with a purely acoustic palette, the group leans