Suaze is a producer from Birmingham that has been making interesting music for a few years now, producing for such artists as Love Moor, Richard Daniel, and Shaun Judah. Along the way, he’s also released a couple of instrumental releases as well. His latest is a short-but-sweet project, Sunroom Sessions.

The idea behind Sunroom Sessions is that this is music that you can put on and feel like you’re enjoying a beautiful sunny day with you windows open. And to that extent, Suaze certainly accomplished the mission at hand. This is gorgeous, warm, instrumental hip hop that just fills up the room and lets the sunshine in. For his overall sound, Sauze is working in a classic style of soul sampling-boom bap, but he is able to provide a lot of open space to his beats. He also finds some really clever and interesting ways to flip and pair samples that you might not seem obvious at first, but they work so well, you’ll wonder why more people aren’t working like this. And while the overall sound is warm and sunny, he finds a little room to get gritty and bring in a little Southern blues and soul to tracks like “Cruisin’ Biscuit,” and he manages to get just a little psychedelic on a track like “Silent Voices.” What really matters, though, is that this is a collection that you can keep returning to, and you can just vibe out to it, or if you’re a production nerd, you can lean in and catch all of the incredibly interesting minutiae and subtleties contained within his beats.

Suaze is a treasure among a really talented hip hop scene in Birmingham, and Sunroom Sessions demonstrates why in a small amount of space. His production is accessible, soulful, and intellectual.