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Habibi Funk drop title track from first ever record by Kamal Keila
There will be plenty more on WTM about the fantastic Kamal Keila in due course, being the next eagerly anticipated installment on Habibi Funk. Today the label drops the title track from this forthcoming gem. Kamal Keila sung about the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians, and the fate of war orphans. Listen: Backed…
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The Egyptian Lover reaches out to the Arabian Knight for Left Ear remix
Australian label Left Ear Records reissued the cult electro-soul jam by Shahara-Ja last year – here’s the amazing video of I’m An Arabian Knight if you missed it. Now, another cult star of electro – the Egyptian Lover – is remixing the track. These reissues, remixes and a new audience has reignited a flame in the Arabian…
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Blip Discs drop beautiful Ugandan spirituals from Mubashira Mataali Group
Blip Discs have released an enthralling collection of Islamic spirituals from Kampala, Uganda, performed and composed with the traditional mataali drum and vocal troupe Mubashira Mataali Group (pron: moo-ba-shee-ra). The globetrotters at follow up their impressive label catalogue of forward thinking and genre fusing dance music with these songs composed for weddings, pilgrimages and worship.…
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Finnish soul man Ernie Hawks drops debut album with his Soul Investigators
The Helsinki based trombonist, flute and tuba player will deliver his brand of exhilarating psych funk on his first LP later this month. Early listens indicate the skill and dexterity of the front man alongside his band. Title track Scorpio Man displays their hardness and Street of Tears shows their ambience and mood shifting. Expect Cymande flavored instrumentals,…
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LISTEN: C. Scott and Plaster open new World treasures Music radio show
The latest show for KMAH Radio features new electronica from Europe and the U.S, before a tour of African music via Ghana and Uganda, plus Spanish synth-wave and South African bubblegum. Click below to listen: Transition is the new studio album from experimental electronic producer Plaster (Gianclaudio Hashem Moniri). This LP for Kvitnu has taken…
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Left Ear Records revive Respuesta Alternativa’s cassette only ambience and synth-wave – ‘Grata Compania’
Australian label Left Ear take their musical excavation to Spain and have compiled five deep and immersive compositions by Respuesta Alternativa on vinyl. Respuesta Alternativa, or ‘alternative response’, was a backlash production to traditional music at the time resulting in the cassette only album Grata Compania. Jesús Mª Catalán (former keyboardist of Clandestine Modes) played keyboards and percussion,…
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Kerem Akdag drops impressive LP for the ever evolving Dimensions label
Istanbul native Kerem Akdag delivers a fantastic debut album today for the Dimensions label – an imprint born from the supreme festival staged in Croatia. Kerem’s self titled album follows several other essential 12″s featuring club ready weapons by artists from around the globe. The selection of familiar names and up and coming producers has…
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Guy One’s debut album for Philophon is unmissable and globalises Frafra music
Guy One has released a sensational debut for the Polyphon label called #1. His story is a truly inspiring ‘rags to riches’ tale – growing up in remote northern Ghana with no schooling, herding cows and goats, building his own instruments and teaching himself to sing. Guy One’s Frafra music is a style that originates…
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