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Melting Pot Music

Melting Pot Music is a record label from Cologne, Germany. We like soul music, beats and BBQ. Yo!

13/08/2026

Praising an artist you work with always sounds fishy. So let’s skip that part.

We have no stakes in the flips that Nathan Afroham is sharing for free via Bandcamp. I think they are dope. Check his bio for a link.

Vince Staples - Government Cheese
Jennifer lo.cafe - Get Right

03/08/2026

Music sounds different when traveling. Nine songs I have on rotation while being in Denmark. The MPM playlist is curated by Olski. Listen on S****y, Apple, YouTube, Deezer. Summers Sons & C.Tappin on the cover.

1. Raphael Meleteas – Someone Else (Veego Records) Athens
Raphael Meleteas Veego Records

2. PYJÆN - & Ella Clyton – Shades of July (PYJÆN)
PYJÆN Ella Clayton

3. Summers Sons & C.Tappin – Balance (Deep Matter) London
TURT & SLIM C.Tappin DeepMatter Records

4. Skinshape – The Blade of a Knife (Lewis Recordings)
Skinshape Lewis Recordings

5. Rapsody – Apple Juice (We Each Other) Raleigh
The Homegirl Rapsody 💋

6. The Koreatown Oddity – Ragu & Prego (Stones Throw) Los Angeles
Koreatown Oddity • Dom P stonesthrow

7. Open Mike Eagle, KennySegal & Hemlock Ernst – Unfinished Concrete Initials (Backwoodz Studioz) Los Angeles
open mike eagle. Kenny Segal Samuel T. Herring Backwoodz Studioz

8. Adrian Younge -Afro-Disco Makossa (Linear Labs Crew) Los Angeles
Adrian Younge Linear Labs

9. Papa Wemba & Juls – Show Me The Way (Fontana Records) Kinshasa / London
Papa Wemba & Le Village Molokai Juls baby Fontana Records

13/07/2026

RADIOHOP are never not playing! Catch them in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Tilburg or Den Haag.

15th July, Amsterdam - Super-Sonic Showcase Fest @ Paradiso
Super-Sonic Jazz

14th Aug, Frankfurt am Main - Jazz Montez Holidays @ Jazz Monte Jazz Montez

19th Sep, Amsterdam @ Jazzclub The Other Side

20th Sep, Tilburg @ Music Film Festival: Miles Davis (Film & Concert) Paradox Paradox Tilburg

22nd Oct, Amsterdam - ADE-night @ Bimhuis (double bill w/ Tomoki Sanders) Bimhuis BIMHUIS

19th Nov, Den Haag - @ Dune Sessions, Paardsessions PAARD

Their album „Hard To Handle“ is available on LP + digital. According to the band it sounds like London had LA weather. Which is pretty accurate.

📸 slide 2: .jeon

Illustration & Graphic for Jazz Montez Holidays ‚26 by & Profi Aesthetics

08/07/2026

First playlist update in a while. I stayed away from DSPs & listened to records at home. Highly recommend.
KO-OP is the MPM playlist curated by Olski. Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube & Deezer (wish Bandcamp would step up their playlist game).

𝟏. 𝐌𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨-𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 – 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩 (HerbNest)
New Mo Kolours album „Fruits of the Diaspora“. Blending Mauritian Sega music with roots reggae. The Mamodes never fail to inspire (Mo is Reginald’s older brother).
Prod by: Mo Kolours & Eeyun Purkins
📍Bath & Bristolkolours.official

𝟐. 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧 & 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 - 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 (Soulspazm)
Underground uptown funk flipping the iconic „Fly Like An Eagle“ in a fresh new way. By today’s rap standards Homeboy Sandman is the epitome of uncool (& I like it).
Prod by. Jack Splash
📍New York & Los Angeles
soulspazm

𝟑. 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 - 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 (Day Dreamer)
„MettaSun“: Jimetta Rose reimagines a selection of Sun Ra’s most iconic recordings. Original song is from the 1970 album „My Brother The Wind“. More to come.
Prod by: Jimetta Rose
📍Los Angeles
Jimetta Rose

𝟒. 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐬 – 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (La Reserve Records)
Paying tribute to Charles Stepney, Rotary Connection and Minnie Ripperton. With Junius Paul on bass and Makaya McCraven on drums. Original song is from „Come To My Garden“.
Prod by: Candice Hoyes & Blair Wells
📍Chicago
Candice Junius Paul Makaya McCraven

𝟓. 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐙𝐞𝐮𝐬 – 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐝 & 𝐑𝐮𝐦 (C.O.Z.)
Liquid Ma*****na for your earbuds. New music from Konny & Tyler. Finally. Play it out loud when the next heatwave hits.
Prod by: Justin Zim, Beat Butcha, Coop The Truth
📍Manchester
Children of Zeus

𝟔. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 & 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐭 – 𝐋𝐚 𝐯𝐢é 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 (Deep Matter)
Fave tune from The Offline’s remix album (which also has Koralle & Jake Milliner). The Offline turns the chill original into a jazzy two step tune, Turt is running wild.
Prod by: The Offline
📍Hamburg & London
The Offline TURT & SLIM DeepMatter Records

03/07/2026

Taking a trip down memory lane: last September , .winter and Olski invited fans to Dublab, Cologne for a deep dive into Flo’s “Hagaki” album.

Find out how the album came together during a trip to Tokyo, what Hagaki actually means and why everything in the end is for the food (quoting Olski). The Q&A was hosted by Mina. Flo and Robert played some records too - listen tonight 6-7pm on Dublab.

Tracklist:
01. Yonekawa Toshiko & Kiyoshi Yamaya - Taburazaka
02. Takehiro Honda - I’ll be honest with you
03. Sonia Rosa - Tokyo in the Blue
04. FloFilz - Insonmnia feat. Nao Yoshioka
05. FloFilz, Saib - Matcha Pond
06. Hiroshi Fukumura with Sadao Watanabe - That’s enough for me
07. Takumi Moriya - Night Dream
08. FloFilz - 6FEncounters
09. FloFilz - Mount Rakko
10. FloFilz - Taito City Hideout feat. Takuya Kuroda
11. Ino Hidefumi - Spartacus

31/05/2026

Cologne Tings (Bye-bye Mai)

07/05/2026

Meet the band! RADIOHOP are:

Joshua Lutz on keys Johnny Biner on guitar Euan Jenkins on drums Joel Svedberg on bass

Captured during their recent Japan tour, live at CUEW Showcase, Shibuya Fows on April 11th.

Their upcoming album 'HARD TO HANDLE' drops tomorrow on LP & digital.

Photos by

05/05/2026

Join us for our label showcase at .club, Cologne!

takes the stage with his latest album ‘Hagaki’, accompanied by visuals by .winter.

Fresh off their Japan tour, Amsterdam’s hardest working jazz-hip-hop band return with new energy and new music, celebrating the release of their upcoming album ‘HARD TO HANDLE’. Out this Friday, May 8, on LP & digital.

Friday, 22.05.
JAKI, Cologne
Doors: 19:00
Start: 20:00
VVK 19€ / AK 22€

Tickets in bio. Artwork by

01/05/2026

Spring in full bloom + Bandcamp Friday = the perfect excuse to grab some new shirts.

@‌bandcamp is waiving their revenue share today (until tomorrow 09:00 Köln Ehrenfeld time), meaning 100% of your purchase goes directly to artists and labels. So head over to Bandcamp if you want to show some love to independent music. Whether you’re after records, tees, prints, or zines, there’s plenty to dig through.

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