Author: WTM
Lebanese folk-rock fusions from Rogér Fakhr for Habibi Funk – the label reissues unreleased and seldom heard songs from hand copied cassettes – it’s another Middle Eastern must
Cyprus artist Antonis Antoniou releases his first solo album on Ajabu! Records – ‘Kkismettin’ is a percussive and politically-driven portrait of his divided home-town, Nicosia
Willie Dunn is eulogised in Light In The Attic’s next chapter of their Native North America series – ‘Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology’ is a treasure
Captain Mosez is celebrated by the essential Afrosynth label – ‘Fly Cherry Fly’ and ‘Hey Hey Hey!’ – further define South Africa’s bubblegum sound from 1985 on this first-time reissue
IKOQWE’s Angolan rap album for Crammed Discs – ‘The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite’ is out now – Batida and Ikonoklasta further affirm their electronic African mutations
Sio ‘Features’ a range of producers on her deep-house song showcase for Stay True Sounds – the South African label is a torchbearer of the style that unites dance music the world over – out in April
Gordon Koang gets the remix treatment by two Aussies in his adopted homeland, Melbourne – Koang’s South Sudan pop is reworked by Sleep D and Andras for the Music In Exile project
Ghetto Priest is re-done by Ashley Beedle and Darren Morris – spicing up his version of ‘Hercules’ by Aaron Neville – into the North Street West ‘holyvoodou’ remix for Ramrock Records
