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‘Good Man’ takes aim at the patriarchal males who claim to be good – it’s the title track from new album by NYC’s Miles Francis, inspired by Prince and Bowie
Miles Francis has announced a new album and released the title track and video – Good Man. The artist has worked with Angélique Kidjo, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Arcade Fire’s Will Butler. Their creative projects have helped them come out as non-binary. Inspired by Prince, David Bowie and early 2000’s boy bands, Miles…
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Latest FLEE project is an extraordinary musical exploration of the pearl divers from the Arabian Gulf, with remarkable reworks from top producers
Listen in wonder and read research in awe, Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony/نهمة: تعدد الغناء الخليجي is an exceptional example of cultural exchange and is focused on celebrating the music and song of the pearl divers from the Arabian/Persian Gulf – it’s out now via the ever-evolving FLEE label. The free-divers search for precious pearls, sharing…
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Yama Warashi’s ‘Dividual Individual’ – having had different guises in Bristol and London – is the latest from the Japanese artist in meditative pop mode
Yoshino Shigihara – as Yama Warashi – is a Japanese artist who brings a range of influences into her own unique sound on Dividual Individual via Prah Recordings. Yoshino is now in London and is producing pop as Yama Warashi, having been based in Bristol and a co-founder of the now defunct Maloya-influenced and raucous…
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The next fine release in the Zel Zele catalogue is the debut album of Turkish composer and pianist, Berk Icli – further defining this cutting-edge label
Next on Zel Zele, the digger’s digging label – devoted to Turkish sounds of holy grail stature and cutting-edge music alike – is Glimpses of an Eternal Bloom and is the debut album of Turkish producer, composer and pianist: Berk Icli. Born in Istanbul, Berk recorded his album in his home city of New York,…
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Irreversible Entanglements release new album this month, following similarly enlightening Dos Santos LP for International Anthem
Philadelphia/NY/DC free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements release their new album Open The Gates and title track – accompanied by a music video directed by Cyrus Moussavi – gives the appropriate signals for more deeply spiritual, ambient-conscious-jazz for the peerless International Anthem label. The album also showcases a raw, organic punk-jazz sound, with first-time experiments with…
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El Dragón Criollo is in a playful headspace on new track ‘Hoy No Moriré’ for El Palmas Music – he’s in celebratory mood ahead of new LP for the label
Hoy No Moriré is the new irresistible single from El Dragón Criollo and is a perfect introduction to his upcoming LP Pase Lo Que Pase – the Brazilian cadence of its rhythm and sounds evoke a journey – from this Colombian Caribbean atrtist. There are also hidden influences in the lyrics that are part of the…
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LISTEN: DJ Farhot’s selectors mix delves into Afghan samples, block rocking hip-hop beats during a supreme set for WTM Selectors Series volume 3
Next installment – don’t miss! https://soundcloud.com/worldtreasuresmusic/world-treasures-selectors-dj-farhot-volume-3?si=e3e4ecf4b4d845908b93e3a66c1d8ff5
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D’agua Negra are led by a trio of vocalists from Brazil’s Amazonian city Manaus and their electronic soul-jazz is a must hear on new EP for Amplifica Records
D’agua Negra release their debut this month and their electronic soul-jazz EP is a must-listen – “a tale of resilience”. The band are led by a trio of vocalists from the Amazonian city Manaus – with the band named after the black river running through it – and all are shining bright on Erógena, it’s…
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Marcus Harvey channels heavenly and spaced out R&B from South Africa’s Alexandra Township – out on the Paradise Soundsystem label
An amazing talent has emerged on the global scene from Alexandra Township in Johannesburg – Marcus Harvey’s beautiful new EP is entitled You Still Don’t Know Me and describes falling in love and combatting life’s adversities. The EP is an overall ode to a future lover, but also examines society’s role in gaslighting social issues, such…
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Leong Lau and East-West Unity Band’s psyched out jazz-rock of outernational wonder – Left Ear Records revive these lost beauties on 7″
After a little break, WTM is back to feature one of our favourite labels once again, as well as one of the most captivating artists from ‘down under’. Leong Lau was brought to the light by Left Ear Records of Australia, he’s a true Antipodean anomaly and encapsulates everything that World Treasures Music aims to…
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