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Homage to This Heat
One of the most pioneering and innovative bands of the 1970s was This Heat. Check this experimental production from 1979, the renowned 24 Track Loop: In 1976 Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams met in Camberwell, London, England and founded the band. John Peel loved them. These three releases sold poorly at the time,…
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Lebanese treasure: Raja Zahr reissue
Ooooff. This is a proper World Treasures Music secret weapon. Grab one while you can. This LP is usually fetching hundreds and hundreds of £/$ etc. Now, it’s out there again courtesy of the Orientalissimo label. Drum Sequence is one of the highlights. Listen to a prime cut, esoteric and dance floor in one heady…
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More light on Lizzy
Lizzy Mercier Descloux now gets the full reissue treatment from Light In The Attic Records. The Parisian poet, painter, actor and musician finally gets the homage she deserves with this timely repress of her four seminal LPs. Mambo Nassau skips through styles, embracing mutant funk, disco and punk. There’s even a pastiche of Bavarian oompa…
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Musical genius: Mamman Sani
These unreleased recordings shed even more light on the genius of Niger artist, Mamman Sani Abdoulaye. The track Arman Doley is so exciting to hear because of the vocals of Sani and accompanying singer(s). Previous releases on the label SahelSounds have been cosmic enough, but this is incredible. Arman Doley is one of the first recordings of…
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World Treasures Music on air
Having been quiet on the posting front, here’s a link to a recent mix I did for Balearic Social. The mix features treasures from around the globe, including Francis Bebey, Arica, Ahmed Fakrun, Mathematiques Modernes, Kamuran Akkor, Vakula and more. Click here to listen to the mix. Thanks to Andy Pye at Balearic Social. The…
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Afro7 drop Kenyan bomb
Superb work from Afro7 again. The original of this rework is the one I have been spinning. Lost and lots more information about Kenyan music at the fantastic site: Afro7.
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Collectors’ frenzy for Japanese reissue
Utakata No Hibi by Mariah is one of those records that you can’t believe exists until you see and hear it. There is a huge interest in Japanese music and it continues to grow as fetishistic record enthusiasts covet and search for this type of grail. Well heads up, it’s just been reissued and…
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New book and CD celebrates Peruvian music and culture
This is a must for Latin music enthusiasts. Online blog Sounds and Colours has published Peru – a document of everything that’s happening in Peruvian culture right now, as well as its cultural past and astonishing musical legacy. The book has 200 pages of articles, illustrations and photos, along with a 19-track CD full of…
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Post-punk genius: Lizzy on Light In The Attic
The seminal genius of French artist Lizzy Mercer Descloux is celebrated in a reissue of her classic debut LP by the purveyors of the finest archive material, Light In The Attic. Press Colour is a supreme selection of this auteur’s music and songwriting. Her covers of well known classics in her unique style – Fire being the best…
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Label feature: Frederiksberg Records
World Treasures Music spoke to Andreas Vingaard of Frederiksberg Records about their new reissue LP, Carsten Meinert Kvartet – To You. Click here to read or visit the labels section.
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