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Radio Martiko with triple 7 inch drop: raw surf from French Canada, a unique funk-jazz-ska mashup and a repress of their tried and tested second 45 featuring two essential and unique versions
Radio Martiko drop the goods from their Belgium HQ – new 7 inch records featuring Morton & The Uptights, Les Talismans and a repress of bangers by Burt Blanca & The King Creoles and Joske Harry. This label keeps you on your toes, touring the world for grails, esoteric scenes and outernational oddities. Also new…
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Big Youth records new album with Brain Damage – ‘Out Of The Blue’ is out today and is the last production of the late, great Samuel Clayton (Toots and the Maytals), who passed of Covid during its making
Big Youth is one of the great Jamaican vocalists and lyricists and returns with his legendary toasting style of delivery, on an album honed in the 1970s and polished by French producer Brain Damage – picking up from the great Samuel Clayton, who died whilst recording the record. These are Big Youth’s first full recordings…
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Habibi Funk to release compilation of secret weapons and label favourite artists on ‘An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2’ – the tunes are peerless and the cover art is brilliant
Habibi Funk are back at it again with another peerless selection of Middle Eastern and North African smashers – Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2. The artwork has a special story and the label’s character and style continues to shine. “This compilation of songs is not meant…
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International Anthem: jaimie branch’s ‘FLY or DIE LIVE’ is new album from the Brooklyn jazz renegade, after peerless ambient LP by Carlos Niño & Friends and Damon Locks’ sublime ‘Black Monument’
What an artist and what an event – International Anthem drop the digital recording of a masterpiece by Brooklyn-based trumpeter and singer jaimie branch – Her FLY or DIE LIVE is a double album recorded Live at Moods, Switzerland, capturing her quartet’s best-ever live performance. It’s another addition to the prolific label that continues to capture…
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Berlin duo Àbáse x Zeitgeist enlist South African story telling of divine artist – dumama – for genre-fusing and sometimes meditative ‘Body Mind Spirit’ EP for Jazz & Milk Recordings
Fellow Berliners Àbáse and drummer/producer Ziggy Zeitgeist combine here on Body Mind Spirit – the multi-instrumentalist Àbáse is a gifted musician across genres, finding a kindred in the leader of Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange. Ziggy has also worked with Australian nu-soul juggernauts, 30/70. The duo combine their take on future funk, deep electronica, house and…
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Divorce From New York is the new alias of Alvaro Granda – AKA Kino International and one half of Reykjavik60 – impressing here on a genre touring treat of a new album ‘This Ain’t Jazz No More’
Spanish producer Alvaro Granda (AKA Kino International) unveils his new musical alias – Divorce From New York – creating a rich web of broken beat, melding elements of jungle, house, bruk, as well as jazz on this new album. This Ain’t Jazz No More was created as Alvaro’s newly born son was nursing. As you…
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Balkan Taksim conjure wonderous debut on Buda Musique – ‘Disko Telegraf’ sounds like timeless Massive Attack beats, meeting modern masterpieces of psychedelic Romanian folk joints
Balkan Taksim’s debut album Disko Telegraf is out this month on Buda Musique – the project is born from Bucharest-based multi-instrumentalist and artist, Sașa-Liviu Stoianovici. along with his electronica-producer companion, Alin Zăbrăuțeanu. Sașa’s exploration of traditional music of the Balkans, ancient Romanian music and Slavic cultures – also travelling the region to record local singers…
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Hive Mind Records’ to drop double dose of deep music: Hassan Wargui is from the Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco and is the next vinyl on the label, also coming is a must-hear Indian tape mix
One of the best labels around for music from around the globe is Hive Mind Records – Marc Teare has brought us some of the finest music from Morocco, highlife from Ghana, South American psychedelia, iconic stars of Indonesia and modern Dada from Italy – all links to World Treasures Music’ coverage of these outstanding…
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More stunning musicianship from Mali’s Ballaké Sissoko – Nø Førmat! share new video from ‘Djourou’ album – with Segal and Messina helping to pay tribute to composer, Hector Berlioz
Enlighten yourselves and listen to another track from the Djourou album by Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko – here on Jeu Sur La Symphonie Fantastique, Ballaké is joined by cellist and collaborator Segal, with clarinettist Messina, for a re-working of the Berlioz piece of the same name. Suggested by the Berlioz Festival to mark the…