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Sven Wunder’s music has sent collectors into a spin – don’t miss next album ‘Wabi Sabi’, a debut repress and selected 7″s
Sweden’s Sven Wunder is back with a new album Wabi Sabi following the cult success of debut Doğu Çiçekleri or Eastern Flowers. The music can do the talking here: Pre-orders are go with UK label – Mr Bongo – who have thankfully repressed the highly sought after debut – fetching silly money on Discogs due to…
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Check the new digital Hive Mind Records compilation – it will benefit a range of charities and sounds superb – dig deep for an excellent project
Label favourites Hive Mind Records have put together a fantastic compilation in aid of a bunch of charities – get The Uncanny Times and donate to a range of worthy causes (here on the label’s Bandcamp). Label boss Marc Teare (thanks Marc for all the background – Ed.) explains: “The Uncanny Times started as a…
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Africa Seven drop latest sure-fire installment of vintage funkers with a Cameroon focus – on ‘Africa Airways Six’
The latest compilation of funky treasure pays special attention to artists from Cameroon (or its diaspora) from French based label Africa Seven. The records were either released in the Central African nation, or France primarily, before export elsewhere during the 1970s and ’80s. The tracklist to Africa Airways Six – Mile High African Funk 1974…
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Kansas Smitty’s drop sublime single from new album in June – fans eagerly await after London residency and sell out shows
Essential new single Judgement is the latest offering from British seven-piece, Kansas Smitty’s – residents and proprietors of the East London jazz venue of the same name – their music creates a warm nostalgic feeling of solace, with its New Orleans nod and gospel spirituality. It’s the third single from the much anticipated and rescheduled album, Things…
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LISTEN: latest WTM Radio show (link and tracklist in post)
A range of music covered on the site – new releases and reissues, thanks to the artists and their teams for the various heads up and resources. Featuring François N’Gwa, Islandman, LITIA=LOE, Mokhtar Mezhoud, Sepehr and more. https://soundcloud.com/kmah-radio/world-treasures-w-mike-greenwell-23242020 Tracklist LITIA=LOE – Each Dawn Every Day (The Day After) Dengue Dengue Dengue – Simiolo (Dazed Dog Remix)…
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Meet Bananagun with their psychedelic sound – influences of West Africa meet the Brazilian Tropicalia movement – the Aussies’ highlife, surf-rocking Os Mutantes
Bananagun will drop their debut album The True Story of Bananagun on June 26th and the lead single is People Talk Too Much – a Fela Kuti inspired jam that showcases their psychedelic and globally influenced sound. It features percussive touches of West African highlife and Brazilian Tropicalia. Hailing from Melbourne, The True Story of Bananagun records the…
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Virtuoso pianist Koki Nakano releases glorious second album, ‘Pre-Choreographed’ – it adds to impressive catalogue of Nø Førmat! label
The new album from Koki Nakano is a beautiful production – Pre-Choreographed is out today and is the second release from the Japanese neoclassical pianist – issued through his label home Nø Førmat! (also a stable to Oumou Sangaré and Mélissa Laveaux). Album track Bloomer features Japanese choreographer Mariko Kakizaki and was shot on location…
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Shiran breathes new life into traditional Yemeni wedding song ‘Ya Banat Al Yemen’ for new album ‘Glsah Sanaanea…’ for Batov Records
Shiran delivers a contemorary redo of a classic Yemeni song, the lead single for her new album Glsah Sanaanea with Shiran, following her self-titled debut album in 2018 – an LP that saluted her cherished family home of Yemen, singing songs in both Arabic and Hebrew, from her base in Tel Aviv. Here’s the new…
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Turkey’s Islandman are international psychedelic specialists, with latest album ‘Kaybola’ chugging across the globe for Music For Dreams
This is a much recommended world treasure that combines Anatolian psychedelia with wonky pan-Asian chug – it’s Kaybola, the second album by Islandman, released via Danish imprint, Music For Dreams. It’s a really classy, well-produced set of hypnotic guitar melodies, field recordings and bubbling shamanic rhythms – Kaybola is a tour-de-force of the Turkish trio’s…
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