LISTEN: WTM mix featuring Tester Housing (Left Ear Records), Eddie Suzuki (Aloha Got Soul), Maston (Be With), ‘Mutant Pop…’ (LITA) and University Challenged (Hive Mind)
OTC drop “cosmically twinned EPs” – Uffe b/w Petwo Evans across a record each – and a cassette of unheard versions by The Diabolical Liberties: ‘Dub Protection & The Sportswear Mystic’
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek shine on new single ‘Haydar Haydar’, ahead of modern classic album ‘Dost 1’ from the outernational combo – lead singer Derya sounds like a Turkish siren of psychedelia
Leslie Winer – a pioneer of trip-hop and a much-admired songwriter by artists such as Grace Jones and Boy George – is to be celebrated by the Light In The Attic label with a new compilation
Radio Martiko with triple 7 inch drop: raw surf from French Canada, a unique funk-jazz-ska mashup and a repress of their tried and tested second 45 featuring two essential and unique versions
Big Youth records new album with Brain Damage – ‘Out Of The Blue’ is out today and is the last production of the late, great Samuel Clayton (Toots and the Maytals), who passed of Covid during its making
Habibi Funk to release compilation of secret weapons and label favourite artists on ‘An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2’ – the tunes are peerless and the cover art is brilliant
International Anthem: Jaimie Branch’s ‘FLY or DIE LIVE’ is new album from the Brooklyn jazz renegade, after peerless ambient LP by Carlos Niño & Friends and Damon Locks’ sublime ‘Black Monument’
