Are you playin in DC this weekend of June 1-3rd? — Asked by Anonymous

Peace,

Thanks for asking! We’re actually working on putting the finishing touches on our live set as I type, but don’t have any dates confirmed at this time. It’s looking like we’ll be gigging around here in late July or August.

If you want to stay in the loop on future shows, you can join our email list @ http://eepurl.com/ijCZM and we’ll keep you posted. We won’t spam you, promise. :)

Take it light,

Hayling

Our labelmate Dotmatic recently released a lovely new project, Lullabies for Spring. Do yourself a favor and partake.

Our labelmate Dotmatic recently released a lovely new project, Lullabies for Spring. Do yourself a favor and partake.

How did our signing with Record Breakin’ Music come to be? Here’s how it all went down, as told by event promoter and Philly ambassador George Lawrence. Thanks for helping us make it happen, brother!

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Back in September, while we were scouting venues for Mara Hruby in DC, we were introduced to a young brother named Hayling, hanging out in his apartment listening to music. After about 45 minutes, I asked:

“Who’s this?”

“Oh, this is us.”

“This YOU???”

“Yeah… You like it? I’lll play you some more stuff.”

And thus begins the journey. After about 2 or 3 more songs, I pulled out my phone, dialed DJ Junior from Record Breakin’ Music, and the rest is history… Since signing to the label, Columbia Nights has released 2 singles, Stormy Weather (a Little Dragon cover) and Feel (a George Duke cover), and recently just blessed the world with their first album, Dawn | Dusk. Above is the video to their first single off the album, As You Are.

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Kind words from Okayplayer. The group themselves say they’re “in search of a bold new approach to black music.” Intrigued? You should be. We think they’re onto something. 

Kind words from Okayplayer.

The group themselves say they’re “in search of a bold new approach to black music.” Intrigued? You should be. We think they’re onto something. 

We recently connected with Monte J. Wolf of the Brave Soul Collective to discuss some of the business, social, and spiritual dimensions of our work. Check it out here.

We recently connected with Monte J. Wolf of the Brave Soul Collective to discuss some of the business, social, and spiritual dimensions of our work. Check it out here.

Celebrating today’s release of Dawn | Dusk with our first video, directed by Wildersee.

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The EP finally drops on Monday. In the meantime, here’s a preview.

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Wise words from the Duke. (Live from @amoebamusic.) (Taken with instagram)

Wise words from the Duke. (Live from @amoebamusic.) (Taken with instagram)

We recently had a chance to catch up with some time with Courtney McSwain of EmPower Magazine. Check out the interview here.

We recently had a chance to catch up with some time with Courtney McSwain of EmPower Magazine. Check out the interview here.

Ivan Orr of Grown Folks Music catches up with Columbia Nights to discuss inspiration, music theory and more. Visuals courtesy of Reese Bland.