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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
Calabashed have released their first EP – Behold A Black Wave – capturing their numerous influences and musical tastes on a highly original debut. The band met through the London hub, Total Refreshment Centre, uniting their extensive musical talents into Calabashed. The band have unified over a love of jazz, rock, hip-hop and numerous other…
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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
The FLEE label and creative hub are releasing their next installment – a vinyl bounty of Kenyan collaborations in a wide range of styles – and are also inviting new artists to enlist for the next chapter of the project. Extra Muros – Kenya is the result of the creative residency program, organised by FLEE,…
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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
Nduzangou is a must listen by Zaza and her production partner Zile, their hypnotic and sensual YouTube wedding anthem is a wonder, which has been thankfully highlighted by our friends at the wonderful Secousse label and platform – it’s a digital release, we hope so much for a vinyl release too. The label says: “Now…
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Nils Petter Molvær produces album with Mino Cinelu for first collaboration – Mino’s worked with Miles Davis and Gong – before beautiful ‘SulaMadiana’ LP, out September 4th
A beautiful album by Mino Cinelu and Nils Petter Molvær is out soon – SulaMadiana will be released via BMG’s Modern Recordings imprint and is the first collaborative project between Norwegian trumpeter Nils and French percussionist Mino. The pair met in 2015 at a solo gig Molvær was playing in Turkey. Cinelu played with Miles…
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‘Just Me ’N’ You’ is J. R. Bailey’s soul masterpiece – reminscent of the best work by the soul greats – and is set for high quality reissue by the taste makers at Be With Records
UK label Be With Records are very busy right now – with soul album reissues alongside their promised double album revive of the great South African artist, Caiphus Semenya – another one to look forward to is J.R. Bailey’s Just Me ’N’ You. Originally released by MAM Records in 1974, it’s a jazzy soul album…
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‘Azerbaijani Gitara’ is a scorching retro blast of psych’ by Rüstəm Quliyev – Bongo Joe’s new comp’ immortalises this guitar pioneer and musical polymath
Bongo Joe are back again with more psychedelic wedding music – this time Azerbaijan Gitara is a nine-track reissue compilation of legendary Azerbaijani guitarist, Rüstəm Quliyev (we loved previous BJ compilation Maghreb K7 Club Synth that explored electronic folk music from Algeria via Lyon – Ed.). The styles that BJ unearth and reissue are so valuable,…
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Meet TACOBITCH – a Norwegian collective pushing audio and visual boundaries – check the tracks and videos from forthcoming EP ‘Humami’ on LEKK
Norwegian collective TACOBITCH share their two hyper-charged offerings from their new Humami EP on LEKK – the two singles are Hamayasan and Stitch Face. Both techno-pop tracks fuse a range of elements and soundtrack two videos wth unsettling qualities. “Five of us used to live together, and that house had a really toxic environment,” Tacobitch explain.…
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Mowgan completes trio of electronic albums that harness sublime vocal talent and musicianship via Mali, Benin, Nigeria, NYC and France on Mow Records
Mow Records drop their third album L’enfants De Kita – all produced by label owner Mowgan and this time featuring the vocal talents of Fanta Sayon Sissoko from Mali. The album was recorded in Toulouse where Fanta is based, she is a singer with a musical family – her father played guitar and ngoni for…
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Worm Disco Club launch new label Worm Discs after acclaimed parties and a creative lockdown period, they’re forging “a new Bristol ‘Jazz’ sound” with first compilation
A new Bristol ‘Jazz’ sound is coming, with New Horizons – the first release on Worm Discs, the new label by party promoters Worm Disco Club. They have been championing south-western talent in the UK since their inception in 2014 – with their Glastonbury Festival ‘Wormhole’ stage collaboration, as well as hosting The Comet Is…
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