LISTEN: industrial chuggers – weird vibrations – strange clonks – dark ambient – unclassical – other people’s experiments – drone – it’s the World Treasures Music Light Sounds Dark periodic review
Asha Pulthi’s debut is reissued by Mr Bongo (with more to come) the Indian singer-songwriter made Loft classics, was sampled by Jay Z, 50 Cent, The Notorious B.I.G. and worked with Ornette Coleman and Goblin
Gabrielle Roth’s ecstatic dance was at the fore of the Human Potential and New Age movements – now reframed by the Time Capsule label on ‘Endless Wave Volume One’ – it’s a movement meditative masterpiece
Tvii Son’s new album for MIC Records crafts sublime sonic forces with a modern ooze of glorious post-punk on this sensational debut – hear dubwise production merge with electro and attitude, via Berlin and Ukraine
‘Suzie Super Groupie’ from 1976 is one of Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison’s masterpieces, an inspiration for DJs and hip hop producers – the much sampled father of funk is reissued by Be With Records
Calabashed come from London’s Total Refreshment Centre and debut EP ‘Behold A Black Wave’ – poetically inspired by Jazzman John Clarke, Mos Def and Kurt Cobain – is out on Purple City
Creative hub FLEE launch new sub-label ‘Extra Muros’, with a debut comp’ exploring new electro-soul directions from Kenya – artists invited to collaborate for second project in Italy
Zaza’s wedding song ‘Nduzangou’ is a masterpiece of twarab music from Comoro, this 2015 YouTube classic gets thankfully highlighted by the great Secousse label and platform
