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Coladera are exploring new directions of music from Cape Verde with new album ‘La Dôtu Lado’ on Agogo Records
Coldera’s La Dôtu Lado maps new musical routes of Cape Verde. The country’s island sounds of batuque and funaná mix with deep candomblé inspired rhythms and the sway of fado. Coladera are three musicians from Brazil, Cape Verde and Portugal and for their first official international release have added new layers to rich traditions. Singer-guitarist Vitor Santana…
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The Queen Of New Cumbia – La Yegros – returns with her third LP ‘Suelta’
Praised as the ‘The Queen Of New Cumbia’, La Yegros’ returns with Suelta. It is the Argentine singer’s third album where her lyrics ride cumbia, trap-versed electronica, dancehall and pop – all influenced by folkloric and traditional sounds of Argentina and rural South America. Suelta is produced by duo King Coya and Eduardo Cabra. King…
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Fémina – who channel blissed-out soul with a message, on new LP ‘Perlas & Conchas’ and new single ‘Plumas’ – are recorded and produced by Quantic
Fémina need to be checked out live if you can, but their forthcoming material is essential listening. They are an Argentinian female trio whose soul music is fused with hip hop and Latin folk influences. Their Perlas & Conchas LP is out next month and has been recorded and produced by British DJ and musician…
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‘Too Slow To Disco’ series turns to Paris to compile new tracks that fit the nouveau-disco and AOR sound
From Marc Cerrone, Daniel Vangarde to Space and Patrick Juvet – and in more recent times, Air, Daft Punk, Saint Germain, Phoenix and Sébastien Tellier – the French sound and style is world renowned. Now a new Too Slow To Disco compilation presents 17 current French artists who are producing lazy disco, Balearic vibes and that…
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Blick Bassey’s ‘1958’ album challenges France’s history of Cameroon and celebrates anti-colonialist leader, Ruben Um Nyobé
Blick Bassy has released his politically charged new album, 1958, following his acclaimed album Akö of 2015. 1958 is a defiant tribute to the heroes who fought and died for the independence of his native Cameroon and is a beautiful selection of songs – sung in Bassa, his ancestral language. The album focuses on Ruben Um Nyobé –…
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Ethiopian artist Gili Yalo – joins forces with Grammy nominated music producers Niles City Sound – on new EP ‘Made In Amharica’
Check out this poignant and touching video that promotes Gili Yalo’s new Made In Amharica EP – a mix of Ethiopian desert psych meets Texan blues rock. The screenplay of the video is built on a real history of Gili Yalo’s cousin, who got sick after moving to Israel from Ethiopia. The family decided that someone…
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Jeremy Spellacey’s Crown Ruler returns with ‘Boomerang’: a slab of unreleased disco-funk from Miami’s Aaron Broomfield
Boomerang was first recorded in 1979 when the Broomfield Corporate Jam leader was attempting to go solo. It was the first cut Aaron Broomfield recorded under his own name – first, at the family band’s home studio, Kilimanjaro, and then later at professional studios in Los Angeles and Miami – but it was never released.…
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Sensational reissue of modern soul gold via Athens Of The North: ‘In Togetherness’ by Judy Pollak (featuring 33 1/3)
Judy Pollak’s heavenly voice and the steady playing of 33 1/3 can now be enjoyed on vinyl, thanks to the Athens Of The North team, with the reissue of ‘In Togetherness’. Check out Judy’s exclusive interview (from a while back with World Treasures Music) when we first heard about this much needed reissue. Click here to…
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Latin American cosmology inspires the new album ‘Siku’, by Ecuadorian producer Nicola Cruz
A focus on ancestral Latin American cosmology has always featured in the music of Nicola Cruz. The Ecuadorian searches into the roots and rituals that are found in the origins of Andean and African culture, so heavily influential in South American identity. His latest album Siku continues this retrospective study and explores the rhythms and oral aspects…
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Ambient soundtrack for Japanese consumers: Light In The Attic compiles “environmental music” and feature visionaries of the genre
Kankyō Ongaku translates as “environmental music” and collectively describes the soundscapes and acoustics – as well as incidental music – that soundtracked the spaces and experiences of 1980s Japan. During Japan’s booming export of manufacturing and design products, corporations began to invest in art and music to enhance the user and consumer experience. A rage of artists…