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Tracklist Salomea – Magnolia Tree (from the new Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation on Krpytox) Shake Stew – Shake The Dust (from the new Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation on Krpytox) C.A.R. – Dick Schaffrath (from the new Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation on Krpytox) Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Struggle Sounds (Night Dreamer D2D Version) – from…
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Seun Kuti releases opening EP on new label Night Dreamer, recapturing ‘direct to disc’ essence of Wayne Shorter and Blue Note albums
New record label Night Dreamer is cutting studio sessions straight to vinyl – after just one take – and has launched this week with an EP by Afrobeat legend Seun Kuti and Egypt 80. The essence of ‘direct to disc’ recording was realised after a session at Artone Studio in Haarlem, Netherlands, in May.…
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‘No Other Love’ is Ramona Stout’s personal journey through super-rare gospel for Tompkins Square
Ramona Stout has shared some of the rarest gospel around by black artists from the Midwest of America for No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978). The selection is sourced from exceedingly rare 45s, many vanity pressings of less than 100 copies and remastered by Grammy-winning producer Christopher King. All but one of the tracks are…
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Mr Bongo to reissue “one of the best” Afrobeat albums of the great Nigerian, Peter King – ‘Oma Lewa’
Mr Bongo pick a supreme album from the catalogue of Peter King – a heavyweight of Afrobeat and the 1970s Nigerian music scene – with an official reissue of Omo Lewa. The label says about the 1976 LP: “[This is] super-funky business from Nigerian-born multi-instrumentalist, Peter King; [and] fuses funk, jazz and highlife vibrations. Omo…
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El Khat play invented instruments creating pan-Arabic braindance – second single ‘Balagh Al Achbaab’ drops ahead of November album ‘Saadia Jefferson’
El Khat are an exciting prospect and are redefining Arabic music and Yemeni culture, with Western harmonies and compositions on instruments made out of junk. The second single by El Khat – and Yemeni inventor, carpenter and music producer Eyal El Wahab – is Balagh Al Achbaab from the debut album Saadia Jefferson on Batov Records. Recorded in Eyal’s…
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‘Ogooué’ compiles the masterpieces of François N’Gwa of Gabon and is the debut release for French label, Into The Deep Treasury
New French label Into The Deep Treasury have launched and their debut release is a mind bending selection of wonderment – Ogooué – selects François N’Gwa’s finest pieces made between 1985 and 2004, as well as two unreleased tracks, carefully restored and remastered on 180g vinyl. The beautiful hand-painted cover is also fitting to the…
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Sessa’s debut is ‘Grandeza’ and the Brazilian artist is set to shine for the tropicália movement
Sessa is an acclaimed musician of the American and Brazilian music scenes, known for his collaborations with Yonatan Gat and as co-founder of acclaimed psych-rock group Garotas Suecas. Debut LP Grandeza is released next month and is an eagerly anticipated work. It covers many themes and sounds like an accomplished work, infused with a range…
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Ghanian legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley releases twelfth album ‘11th Street, Sekondi’ next month and is touring Europe
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley returns with 11th Street, Sekondi in November and it’s the African star’s 12th album since his debut in 1973. The Ghanaian highlife star is a saxophonist, singer and guitarist and his charismatic stage personality and pioneering style have been celebrated by various reissue labels over the years, such as Analog Africa, Mr Bongo…
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Two more albums by enigma Jim Sullivan – the singer who disappeared – are reissued again thanks to Light In the Attic
Jim Sullivan mysteriously disappeared outside Santa Rosa, New Mexico, in 1975. The tale is legendary among collectors, rock ‘n’ roll mythologists and folk aficionados. “Some think he got lost,” reissue label Light In The Attic explains. “Some think the mafia bumped him. Some even think he was abducted by aliens. His VW bug – found…
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