Category: Uncategorized
-
Stunning debut album by Finn Rees – ‘Dawn Is A Melody’ for Mr Bongo is among the very best of jazz albums this year – and is more world class music from Oz
Listen to the wonder of this album – Dawn Is A Melody by Finn Rees – a contender for best (jazz album) of the year, and one that means artists are delivering once again during a year (so far!) of supreme jazz music. There’s been a particular movement of supreme sounds from Antipodean parts, with…
-
TRIBUTE: second visionary volume by Rainer Buchmüller – DJ and producer, a.k.a Fred und Luna – who passed while championing ‘Kraut Future Sounds’
Rainer Buchmüller, the German DJ and producer best known as Fred und Luna, died just before the release of his selection of Future Sounds Of Kraut Vol. 2. in 2024. Buchmüller’s death was confirmed earlier this year, by Michael Reinboth of Compost Records. “I’m deeply saddened that we lost our friend, artist, poet and soulmate…
-
Luke Una selects and edits South African cuts for Mr Bongo – fresh servings of bubblegum from Thandi Zulu, b/w futuristic jazz dance from Lionel Pillay
Two fantastic edits here appearing on the second volume of the Mr Bongo series – hats off to Luke Una here and the way he has changed the dynamic and energy for two must-have jammers. One is a jazz dancer come proto-house fusion, think Chaz Jankel and Marshall Jefferson being new additions to The Believers.…
-
Hot Secousse’s next release of Les Groupes d’Animation Féminins du Gabon – ‘Merci Yaya Bongo’ – compiles captivating musical political propaganda
Can’t wait for this one, French label and radio station – Hot Secousse – always bring the goods, bringing unheard music from parts of the world that others neglect to reach. This compilation will provide some of the best soukouss music ever created – produced by a group formed by President Bongo of Gabon and…
-
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer join together on album ‘The Closest Thing to Silence’ and it is ambient bliss on International Anthem
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer have produced another catalogue highlight for International Anthem Recordings – joining the label’s ambient and jazz dots, through this fourth world music gem. The album – The Closest Thing to Silence – expands a collaboration originally undertaken by the three artists for the BBC Radio 3 program…
-
Phenomenal Somaliland fusion of punk and desert blues is a modern masterpiece – ‘Sharaf’ is lead single from Sahra Halgan, back with third album
The new single Sharaf by Sahra Halgan – Somaliland’s iconic singer and freedom fighter – is a thunderbolt, announcing her return with third album Hiddo Dhawr. The cultural activist blends age-old Somali traditions with a raucous repetitive guitar riffs, handclaps and a relentless beat of a tambourine. Hiddo Dhawr is released on March 29th on the new…
-
BEST OF 2023: Mississippi Records continue to find and reissue some of the finest and rarest music and field recordings – three highlights picked
The annual discoveries and celebrations of artists and music by Mississippi Records are hugely appreciated and frequent throughout any year – three favourites in 2023 were the Canto A Lo Divino compilation, the debut album from Assiko Golden Band De Grand Yoff! and the reissue of the 1976 gem from Aselefech Ashine and Getenesh Kebret.…
-
Inturist is an avant-rock and electronic album – visiting a post-Soviet psychedelic past, while providing a soundtrack for the future – for Incompetence, Berlin
It was a very pleasant surprise this winter when a new label got in touch with World Treasures Music and pitched a new, superbly conceptual album – warming the ears with a cold-wave tonic – as well as enabling discovery of a diverse and entertaining back catalogue. It’s an online diggers’ dream. Inturist and the…
WORLD TREASURES MUSIC 