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Jamael Dean
Avant-Garde Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, Post-Bop, Electric Jazz
Apple - Featured Albums: Jamael Dean - Oriki Duuru
Pianist and producer Jamael Dean is a harmonically sophisticated pianist with a bent toward expansive, boundary-pushing jazz and hip-hop. A gifted player since his teens, he emerged in the 2010s in Los Angeles, playing with Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, and his grandfather, drummer Donald Dean, before issuing his 2019 Stones Throw debut, Black Space Tapes. He has continued to develop his genre-bending approach, releasing 2021's Primordial Waters, 2023's Convergence with Shin Sasakubo, and his 2025 solo piano date Oriki Duuru.
Born in 1998 in Bakersfield, California, Dean was introduced to music at a young age and initially started out on violin while in the third grade. At age nine, he was given a keyboard and soon began teaching himself how to play by ear. Under the guidance of his grandfather, longtime Les McCann and
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Marlon Hoffstadt
Club/Dance, House, Euro-Dance, Trance, Deep House, Tech-House, Acid House
Spotify - New Music Friday: Marlon Hoffstadt - Supersonic
Berlin-based DJ and producer Marlon Hoffstadt unabashedly embraces Eurodance, trance, dance-pop, and any other form of dance music with big hooks and booming kick drums. Earlier in his career, however, he made more streamlined house music with a pop edge. His 2013 track "Shake That" (with Dansson) became an Ibiza favorite, and he continued issuing material influenced by deep house and acid house, including 2016's Shattered, and releases with HRRSN as the duo Tender Games. Around 2019, he began making modern interpretations of '90s Eurodance and trance with releases like Ready for Take Hoff. His debut album, Planet Love, appeared in 2020, and he launched his DJ Daddy Trance persona the same year. Ecstatic, high-BPM tracks like 2023's "It's That Time" and "I Got You" have earned millions of streams as well as critical acclaim, and he's sold out tours… Read More