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Debut solo album from Thabang Tabane will continue his father’s legacy of the South African malombo sound
Thabang has been touring the world, playing with his father’s band and other South African luminaries – such as Thandiswa Mazwai, Madala Kunene and Mabi Thobejane – since he was 8-years-old.. The Matjale LP drops digitally, on CD and on vinyl on the 14th of September. Here’s a WTM jazz mix featuring Malombo, Jabula and a…
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Kawuku Sound unites the UK’s Cervo and Contours with Uganda’s underground music scene
The Banana Hill collective will release a scintillating body of music in October after a tour of Uganda – it follows UK producers, Cervo and Contours, securing Arts Council funding last year to undertake a recording project in the capital Kampala. Banana Hill began as a party in Sheffield, before becoming a label and expanding to…
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Aura’s African boogie funk: the ‘Spiritual Connection’ grail LP is finally reissued by Afrodesia
Ignore this reissue at your peril – as Aura are on fire on their album Spiritual Connection, originally recorded for Afrodesia in Nigeria. The relatively short lived ‘Aura’ project was spiritually guided by Zee-Tei Debekeme in 1976. The band consisted of the keys of Issac Moore, Omega Garbal on guitar, Casco Mayor on percussion, Afrodisia…
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Left Ear’s selection of Antipodean Anomalies brings us special music from an “isolating” place
The wait is finally over and Left Ear’s compilation of music from Australia and New Zealand – made in a “unique” time and space in the 1970s and 1980s – is finally here…and these Antipodean Anomalies sound like nothing else. Compiled by Left Ear Record’s own Chris Bonato and Umut Turkeri, tracks such as Rainbow Generator’s City…
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New reissue label Time Capsule will focus on cult classics of audiophile community
Time Capsule is a new London based reissue label connected to a community of record collectors from the city’s venue Brilliant Corners and party turned record label, Beauty & The Beat. The label is headed up by Kay Suzuki and each release will be co-curated by one of the community’s music-obsessives. The music will also be…
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Onipa bring shamanistic Congolese rhythms with new track ‘Woza’
Here’s Onipa’s latest video for their next track Woza. They bring deep Afro grooves, shamanistic rhythms and lively Congolese vibes from best pals KOG (Zongo Brigade) and Tom Excell (Nubiyan Twist MD). Full release here: https://onipa.bandcamp.com/album/open… Foilow Onipa / Get in touch: facebook.com/onipamusic.
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New single from J.P. Bimeni – a royal refugee turned soul survivor in the vein of Otis
Listen to the achingly beautiful soul of J.P Bimeni on new single I Miss You. https://soundcloud.com/tucxone-records/i-miss-you-radio-edit/s-ANej6 J.P. Bimeni is the Burundian-born singer – who paired with Spanish funk band, Black Belts – sounds like a soul legend in the making. The ballad sees Bimeni’s vocals in full bloom pitted against a gritty and cinematic sound of epic…
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Digital cumbia pioneer Chancha Via Circuito progresses his electro-folk sound on new ‘Bienaventuranza’ LP
Chancha Via Circuita’s new album is called Bienaventuranza (bliss) and takes his Argentinian fusion of cumbia music – with an electronic aesthetic – to new heights. Releasing on US Wonderwheel Records, Chancha Via Circuito – a Buenos Aires native named Pedro Canal – combines Andean instruments and folklore to a distinctily Latin beat. Formerly signed to ZZK and…
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New Emanative LP ‘Earth’ on Jazzman Records is a crowning moment for Nick Woodmansey and the band
This is one LP that needs to be heard. Earth is the fourth album from the jazz outfit led by drummer Nick Woodmansey – son of Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey (who was the drummer with Bowie’s Spiders from Mars). Nick is joined on this masterpiece by a host of visionaries, including Idris Ackamoor from The Pyramids, Dele Sosimi…
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World Treasures Radio show now available (with tracklist): 5th Notional and Ekiti Sound in focus
The latest World Treasures Music radio show is now available to catch up on and features a new interpretation of Japanese ambiance by 5th Notional and a track called Ife by new transnational outfit – Ekiti Sound. Ekiti Sound is Leke, aka CHiF, a Nigerian and London-based producer, vocalist and musician who has just signed to Crammed…
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