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African Funk Experimentals: choice cuts from Africa Seven
The rapidly growing Africa Seven label release their second edition of African Funk Experimentals 1979-1981 following their Tala AM release. This comp features the best of Cameroonian musician Pasteur Lappe’s Afro-fusion, sounding very fresh today and in keeping with the current wave of all things tropical. Nicolas “Pasteur” Lappe found popularity on Radio Adele in…
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World Treasures Music on Subcity Radio
During a trip to Glasgow, WTM did a two hour mix for the excellent Rather Hot radio show on Subcity Radio. Click here to listen.
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Hawaii’s music finds its place on Strut: Aloha Got Soul
All hail digger and DJ Roger Bong whose Aloha Got Soul blog and label has ended up in a much needed compilation on Strut. Bong has been the man mainly responsible for bringing artists like Mike Lundy (Rhythm Of Life) and Nohelani Cypriano (Lihue) to fans of “modern soul”. Hawaii’s incredible funk, disco, soul and…
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Motta Must Have Jazz – new LP
We love you Ed – especially in this expressive mood. Lovely little jazz dance song from the Brazilian balladeer. Taken from the LP Perpetual Gateway on Must Have Jazz.
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New collection of pioneer Partch
New World Records have released a collection from composer and inventor Harry Partch. American born Partch who died in 1974 will now be rightly enjoyed and consumed in a trance-like state by many more. Check out this documentary about his musical instrument inventions and his pioneering use of microtonal scales: This collection from New World…
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Quality Thesda reissue on Left Ear Records
Melbourne’s Left Ear Records continues its sterling work with this official re-release of Thesda’s killer LP. Thesda’s musical ideas collided in a small studio with Spaced Out pressed in very small numbers. The only distribution it got was as a Christmas present one year and interest was reignited in April 2007 after a record collector…
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Unreleased Senegal gems from Analogue Africa
Fantastic collection here from Analogue Africa. Been kicking around for a while on CD, but now fully available on vinyl. Unreleased gems a plenty from the musical goldmine of Senegal. For more visit Analogue Africa Bandcamp. Also worth checking their last release with a full compilation of the sublime Amara Toure, the artwork is mesmerising:
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Dancing in outer space moonlight
B.B Seaton’s Dancing In The Moonlight on Studio One is a great record and is pricey OG. Thankfully it’s been reissued – keep em peeled. It’s very similar to The Earon’s Land Of Hunger providing a great excuse to post this psychedelic MTV interview from 1984: Dancing In The Moonlight: Land Of Hunger:
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