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Soundway to drop ‘Gumba Fire’ – expertly curated by Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi
Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi have handpicked a killer selection of bubblegum soul and synth boogie and have further built on the South African canon. All tracks have never been reissued or available digitally before on Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa. This Soundway compilation covers music that evolves from the…
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World Seven release collectors’ jazz gem: Pacific Express’ ‘On Time’
World Seven continue their fine foray into world music classics with another hard-to-find jazz classic from South Africa in 1978. Besides the success in southern Africa this album became a regional hit as a pirated music cassette in Nigeria. It was also released in France and Japan. Pacific Express emerged from Cape Town, South Africa in…
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Label feature: Glitterbeat (four times WOMEX award winners)
It was an extremely successful year for Glitterbeat Records in 2017 and 2018 has started in a similar vein. To add to their WOMEX award the label collected in October, Glitterbeat starts the year with two of its acts in the top three of the World Music Charts Europe. The chart currently looks like this:…
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Next installment from Pasteur Lappe is his debut ‘We, The People’ LP thanks to Africa Seven
Africa Seven’s reissue of Pasteur Lappe’s We, The People is the first for the label in 2018. The second album Na Man Pass Man sounded well pressed last year and there’s more fresh tracks here for fans. Nicolas “Pasteur” Lappe became a sensation on Radio Adele in Douala, Cameroon, in the 1960s. He went on to become…
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World Treasures Music Radio: 2017 Highlights and 2018 Preview
Playlist Georgian State Merited Ensemble of Folk Song and Dance/Anzor Kavsadze – Chakrulo Unknown (Voyager Golden Record) – Greetings (excerpt) Okyerema Asante – That’s My Girl Esa – Rent-A-Disc Unknown (Voyager Golden Record) – Greetings (excerpt) Majid Bekkas – Soudani Manayou (Cervo Edit) Dr. Alimantado – Born For A Purpose/Reason For Living Geoffrey Landers –…
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Minoru ‘Hoodoo’ Fushimi inteview – Japanese translation
It was one of the highlights of 2017 on Left Ear Records. Minoru ‘Hoodoo’ Fushimi’s In Praise of Mitochondria. The great man has kindly translated his interview (he did with WTM earlier this year) for our Japanese readers. To read it: Click here. If you missed it first time, visit the WTM Japan section. Minoru’s music…
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Kalita is dropping disco and boogie heat with Iwabo, while unearthing the stories behind the music
Kalita Records is an independent record label based in London and is setting the bar high with selection, integrity and journalism. All releases are officially licensed with the rightholder’s consent. Plus, the label is even filming interviews with artists and broadcasting them on their website. Kalita is up to their third release already with Iwabo’s…
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Kingsley Bucknor reissue ‘Just U And Me’ finishes year in style for Left Ear Records
This one has been on heavy rotation – Kingsley Bucknor’s Just U and Me LP, from Nigeria, in 1985. The Aussie label moves further afield and has has selected this trippy electro-funk and boogie fusion to finish 2017. After playing with Fela Kuti in the 1970s and releasing two afrobeat LP’s, Kingsley travelled the globe.…
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Minoru ‘Hoodoo’ Fushimi interview
In Praise of Mitochondria begs so many questions. This collection features some of the most innovative and cohesive examples around of supreme proto-electro, vocoder jams and electro-funk music in the world music spectrum. What was happening in Minoru’s world? It’s as if his music was made in isolation from the rest of the movement, while…
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Michel Sardaby reissue of holy grail deep jazz is first outing for World Seven
Heads up for this sublime album of rhodes and piano led jazz for new offshoot World Seven. The parent label Africa Seven has been providing supreme reissues of a French connection for a while. Now the Paris and London based crew have joined forces with a new collective of crate diggers to expand their remit.…
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