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Letta Mbulu reissue of rare groove classic
Heads up, Be With Records are to reissue the Sweet Juju LP from 1985 with the blinding Nomalizo. The LP by Soweto-born Letta Mbulu has fetched high prices on Discogs before and is another welcome addition to the influx of South African music recently compiled and released. Strut are also to release a fourth addition…
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Weird Together
Weird Together are a fresh and exciting new act on Soundway Records and were formed in New Zealand in 2012. The band are Karima Madut (vocals), Mavs Adegbite (percussion/vocals), Izak Chadderton (steel pan), Alesano Schuster (steel pan), The Gaza Tripp (guitar) and Yonier Cuevas Vega (MC). They fuse musical influences from Africa, South America and…
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The Holy Mountain soundtrack reissued
The Holy Mountain is a seminal surrealist film and is accompanied by one of the most ethereal pieces recorded by Don Cherry in his career. Once again it can be enjoyed through a superb new reissue. Cherry is one of the spiritual jazz geniuses of our world and his contribution to this soundtrack is one…
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New trailer for Niger music film
World Treasures Music interviewed Sahel Sounds’ founder about the record label’s new film earlier this month. As promised by Christopher Kirkley, here is a link to the new trailer for Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai. Film to be premiered tomorrow in the States. See previous posts below for more info or for WTM’s interview click here.
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R.I.P Demis Roussos
Demis Roussos sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and was also a member of progressive rock group Aphrodite’s Child. He had been in a private hospital in Athens with an undisclosed illness for some time, and died surrounded by his family. Aphrodite’s Child bandmate Vangelis paid tribute: “Demis my friend. “I have just arrived…
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New Sahel Sounds ‘desert psychedelia’ and interview
It’s a busy time for Sahel Sounds and founder Christopher Kirkley. His fantastic record label goes from strength to strength. He’s about to release a film likened to a version of Purple Rain – set deep in the Saharan desert, with the sensational musician and seemingly natural actor, Mdou Moctar. The team creating, Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai,…
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Heavy fusion dance music from Turkey
New out on Honest Jon’s Records. A heady mix of glitchy, deep house and folk guitar parts more characteristic of the country of origin during the breakdown. Plus, the vocals are pure class. A modern classic in the making. This comes with two remixes by Chilean heavyweight producer, Ricardo Villalobos. It’s all about the 23 minute…
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Liaisons Dangereuses – reissue of seminal LP.
Sheesh, imagine being/dancing in the Hacienda in Manchester in the early 1980s, listening to the industrial drone-tech of Liaisons Dangereuses many, many, many moons before dance music’s boom. The aggression/confusion/disorientation of hugely innovative and inspirational tracks like Los Niños Del Parque (a huge underground play in Detroit) must have felt so seminal in one’s life in 1982. Check…
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