Author: WTM
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Tashif Kente’s 1991 album is South African gold – its timeless street-soul vibe is revived by the taste making DJ duo and label, Heels & Souls
Heels & Souls Recordings is a label that has been curating a series of soulful jams, reflecting their stirring DJ sets and bountiful, deep crates. Now, they look back to the sounds of South Africa’s townships in 1991, picking four of Tashif Kente’s finest cuts from his sought after album A Boy And A Dream.…
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El Búho is a DJ and producer for the decades – his new album reflects his environmentally conscious practice in life and music
UK recording artist El Búho provides a calming organic ambiance juxtaposed with concern about climate change on his new electronic album Strata. Out now, is the second single by El Búho & Nita – Cenizas De Agua and sets out the stall for the forthcoming LP on Wonderwheel Recordings. El Búho’s (AKA Robin Perkins) fifth…
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‘Eight Waves In Search Of An Ocean’ by Fortunato Durutti Marinetti has musical expertise and masterful craft on album for Quindi Records
This is an excellent album that once again shows the versatility of Turin-born Daniel Colussi for the Italian label, Quindi. The artist has used this alias for three years now – the first album was a 2020 cassette album, Desire, later pressed on vinyl due to demand in tandem with the release of 2022’s Memory’s…
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DON’T MISS: New curation of contemporary ‘kraut sounds’ & kosmishe music is expertly compiled by Fred Und Luna for Compost
Compost Records have remained an ever-present, ever-consistent label and purveyor of the finest music for decades – and their latest selection of 16 modern “kraut-ish” electronic tracks are another fine catalogue addition. The German taste-makers are not just jazz cats and here is a fine choice of modern music – inspired by Kraftwerk, CAN, Neu,…
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LISTEN: Latest World Treasures radio show for Alto – touring West Africa, UK dub, disco biscuits, Caribbean doom dreams and jazz-funk wrong speeders
Tracklist Theadora Ifudu – Hello There Berkely Ike Jones – Tears In The Ghetto Senyah – You’re The One Denison George – Under Siege Clarence Parks – Don’t Shoot Gunman Freddie Clark & I Roy – Troubles Joe Ariwa – King Moses Dub Vincent Arthur & Dagomba – Travel With The Music Ayo Manuel –…
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Onipa’s new album flows through afrobeats, highlife, kwaito and UK bass – bridging between the London club-scene and African folklore
Onipa release Off The Grid next month – the band’s second full-length album and first release on Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records – featuring collaborators such as Moonchild Sanelly, David Walters, Dele Sosimi and Theon Cross. The twin creative forces behind Onipa – Tom Excell (Nubiyan Twist) and Kweku Sackey (K.O.G. & the Zongo Brigade),…
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Hippie legends: Circus Underwater’s 1984 album is reissued by Soundway Records – it’s a collectors’ item and is a blissful stoner classic of ambient beauty
Soundway Records are turning out the treasures at present – this month they reissue the sublime Circus Underwater self-titled outing from 1984. It’s a heady, ambient trip – displaying the label’s diversity as ever – and was recorded in a marijuana and caffeine induced haze by two US based, “blood brothers”, Jay Yarnall and Richard…
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New ‘With Love’ selection by Miche again features soul at its finest for Mr Bongo – ‘As’ by Julius Brockington’s The Family Tree is a taster
The Family Tree’s version, of the Stevie Wonder classic As, is the second single to preview the forthcoming Mr Bongo compilation – With Love: Volume 2, compiled by Miche. The compiler came to prominence working at the audiophile venue Spiritland in London – he’s known for his musical knowledge and the programming role enabled the…
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LISTEN: Narr Radio mix tours Europe – featuring vintage industrial, EBM sludge, new-wave krautrock, armchair techno and weird breaks
Tracklist Sven Torstenson – The Morning After V-Z – Suono Assente Musiccargo – Ich geh den Weg mit dir B-dum B-dum Sound – Istanbul Code Industry – Behind The Mirror (Release Of Anguish Mix) De-Bons-en-Pierre – Accidental Surgeries G.ZIFCAK – Ducky Dirter Organza Ray – Preen Scene V-Z – Candles (version) Photonz – The Hanged…
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jaimie branch’s incredible third album for International Anthem – it marks a year-and-a-day since the tragic passing of this modern jazz legend
Today, International Anthem releases jaimie branch’s third and final album with Fly or Die entitled Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), alongside focus track Bolinko Bass. The record is the late trumpeter and composer’s third and final album with her quartet. The record arrives just days after the one year…
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