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Collectors alert for dance music from Pakistan
Early Pakistani Dance Music From Original 7″ Soundtracks 1967-1975 is a worthy addition to the ever expanding canon of music from Asia. This LP of sounds from Pakistan in the ’60s and ’70s has been compiled by Florian Pittner. “We wanted the world to know what fantastic music these guys played in Pakistan in those…
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Label feature: Voodoo Funk
World Treasures Music spoke to Frank Gossner, supreme digger of African music, DJ and head of the world renowned Voodoo Funk label. Click here or visit the West Africa section.
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Niger film soundtrack arrives – Mdou Moctar shines for SahelSounds
The soundtrack to Rain The Colour Blue With A Little Red has been released by SahelSounds – a film about the Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar. It charts Moctar’s rise to fame in the city of Agadez, Niger, recorded over the past two years. Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai features acoustic songs on the road, others during…
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Porridge Bullet drop ANOTHER killer electro-Afro edit
Ahiwo Ahiwo! Move quick on this one too. There are still copies around online, but these might not last long. The Estonian label Porridge Bullet have followed up the amazing Benga Benga with this glorious new release. Ahiwo Ahiwo is much in the same vein, but there’s still research to be done to find the…
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Holy grail from Mary Afi Usuah: official Voodoo Funk reissue
This one is amazing so move quick. Buy at Honest Jons. More on this release from the label head himself here.
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This is Leila Gobi, supreme songstress of Mali
Leila Gobi is a singer from Menaka near Gao, a rural area in Eastern Mali in the midst of the Saharan desert. Clermont have released her third LP and distributed more widely after her first two albums were available in her homelands. This video sees her in Malian pop mode, but her LP is sounding…
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The return of Nozinja – South African shangaan drops on Warp
Shangaan electro fury is coming with the release of Nozinja’s new LP this month. Nozinja is Richard Mthetwa, an electronic music producer based in the Limpopo province of South Africa, who has carved out a futuristic dance sound with tunes that peak at 180+ bpm and rock township shebeens and nightclubs alike. The dancing, the…
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New book reveals life of Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood is one of North America’s most enigmatic and mysterious songwriters. Record collectors and fans continue to celebrate his cult status and his recent reissues of classic albums have been gobbled up by the faithful. In 1999 he launched a comeback that would last until his death in 2007 and a new book launched…
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Tal National triumph with second LP
Zoy Zoy is Tal National’s second LP for FatCat Records. Here is the sensational track Claire and a fantastic video: Tal National reached international acclaim with their 2013 debut Kaani. The Niger band play epic five-hour sets and sell their CDs on street corners and roundabouts. It’s helped them to become one of the country’s biggest…
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Bassekou Kouyaté and Ngoni Ba drop new LP on Glitter Beat
The ngoni is the lute-like instrument that is essential to Mali’s Griot culture and Bassekou Kouyaté is taking its sound into new realms. His band Ngoni Ba are also in full throttle. Ba Power is the fourth album by ngoni player Bassekou, but his first for Glitter Beat. This LP follows last month’s incredible Hanoi Masters…
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