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Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet drop chart topping debut ‘Ladilikan’ next week
The debut album Ladilikan by Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet will be released on World Circuit Records on Friday 15th September and is already being tipped to be the transglobal LP of the year. The video to the collective’s single has already shown their exquisite sound and the fusion of Malian griot and contemporary classical…
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Supreme modern boogie from Australia’s Donny Benét
This release came out earlier this month from retro-futurist boogie monster Donny Benét. Thanks to Crown Ruler’s Jeremy Spellacey for the tip. Hear and buy more music from this Australian artist at Donny’s Bandcamp.
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Antibalas to release ‘When The Gods Are In Peace’ album after five year studio break
Where The Gods Are In Peace is an epic Afro-Western Trilogy and is Antibalas’ first studio album since 2012. The LP on Daptone Records is a search for solace from American political opportunism, greed and vengeance. The album is far more psychedelic in style than previous incantations of the band’s sound. While paying respect to…
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Interview: Ya Tosiba’s Zuzu Zakaria
World Treasures Music spoke to Norwegian-Azerbaijani artist Zuzu Zakaria. She forms a duo with Finnish skweee pioneer Tatu Metsätähti – aka Mesak. Their album on Asphalt Tango Records was released in June and mixes old street poetry traditions from Azerbaijan with underground electronic beats. It is also inspired by classical Arabic and Persian music, Scandinavian…
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Bro. Valentino reissue brings Trinidad heat for Analog Africa
Analog Africa’s latest tropical music smasher is from Bro. Valentino. The Trinidad singer was voted among the top 50 calypsonians of the 20th Century, four of his songs have also been selected in the Top 200 calypsos of that period – Life is a Stage (1972), Barking Dogs (1974), Dis Place Nice (1975) and Stay…
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Latest World Treasures Music show for KMAH Radio
Here’s the tracklist, link and a superb video from Palmbomen II. A track by the electronic wizard opens the show from August 17th. Palmbomen II produces amazing ambient dance music and his videos have a retro, Twin Peaks-esque vibe. His material from 2017 can be difficult to get hold of on vinyl, so buy on sight…
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World Treasures Music on KMAH Radio
Here’s the tracklist to the latest radio show. New material from Antibalas, Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet, Harmonious Thelonious, K Lone, plus Pugilist & Mystik – the latest on Jack Sparrow’s Navy Cut label. Recent reissues include Billy Cole on Japanese label Rock A Shacka and Apples on Odion Livingstone. There’s also exciting edits from…
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Invisible Inc. label feature and interview
Glasgow based label Invisible Inc. are going from strength to strength with a visceral blend of music and performance. Their latest EP by Peter Power is an ambient and tropical infused delight. Their DJ sets and parties showcase their heady brew and vision of dance and performance. Komodo Kolektif – an electronic band fusing tribal…
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Interview: Yale Evelev of Luaka Bop
World Treasures Music spoke to Luaka Bop president Yale Evelev, the label’s latest release compiles the work of Alice Coltrane – World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda. The record features music Coltrane made while she lived at the Sai Anantam Ashram (a spiritual monastery in California), which she established in…
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Sorry Bamba’s ‘Du Mali’ LP is reissued by Africa Seven
The second LP of one of the most pivotal figures in the history of Malian music – Sorry Bamba – is being reissued this month by Africa Seven. His work spans five decades and Mali’s cultural traditions and new musical styles that arose during Mali’s post-Colonial period. Bamba was born in 1938 in Mopti, dissected…
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