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Paul Major: Feel the Music Vol. 1 reveals treasures from a true selectors’ vault
This compilation Paul Major: Feel the Music Vol 1 features ‘folk’, garage and psyche from private presses and ludicrously rare and expensive albums. It dropped just days ago. A fair few of the albums containing some of these mind bending tracks have had reissues, but this compilation brings the best of the best to one vinyl.…
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Africa Seven latest releases: ‘Africa Airways Disco Touchdown’ and Jo Tongo collection
The Africa Seven label launched more than three years ago and they continue to be one of the best reissue labels. Their first release back then (Airways One) has been repressed four times so far and after 40 or so releases later the fourth installment of rare and essential tracks has dropped. Highlights on the…
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World Treasures Radio: Monday’s surprise show tracklist
On air now for a surprise Monday show until 2pm on kmah-radio.com (tracklist below). Back on Thursday with a Holger Czukay tribute show – 2pm until 4pm on Kmah. Synchro Rhythmic Eclectic Language – Pasto Bro. Valentino – Stay Up Zimbabwe 4 Mars – Na Daadihi (Guide Us) Minoru ‘Hoodoo’ Fushimi – Dompan (Alternate Version)…
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Left Ear select best of Minoru ‘Hoodoo’ Fushimi on new compilation ‘In Praise of Mitochondria’
In Praise of Mitochondria celebrates the output of Minoru ‘Hoodoo’ Fushimi who self-released four albums of unique proto-electro and rap explorations. They were released on two vinyl LPs and two CDs between 1985 and 1992 and now the ever trusty Left Ear Records from Melbourne have revisited this Japanese pioneer. Together with Jerome Qpchan, the…
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Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet drop chart topping debut ‘Ladilikan’ next week
The debut album Ladilikan by Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet will be released on World Circuit Records on Friday 15th September and is already being tipped to be the transglobal LP of the year. The video to the collective’s single has already shown their exquisite sound and the fusion of Malian griot and contemporary classical…
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Supreme modern boogie from Australia’s Donny Benét
This release came out earlier this month from retro-futurist boogie monster Donny Benét. Thanks to Crown Ruler’s Jeremy Spellacey for the tip. Hear and buy more music from this Australian artist at Donny’s Bandcamp.
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Antibalas to release ‘When The Gods Are In Peace’ album after five year studio break
Where The Gods Are In Peace is an epic Afro-Western Trilogy and is Antibalas’ first studio album since 2012. The LP on Daptone Records is a search for solace from American political opportunism, greed and vengeance. The album is far more psychedelic in style than previous incantations of the band’s sound. While paying respect to…
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Interview: Ya Tosiba’s Zuzu Zakaria
World Treasures Music spoke to Norwegian-Azerbaijani artist Zuzu Zakaria. She forms a duo with Finnish skweee pioneer Tatu Metsätähti – aka Mesak. Their album on Asphalt Tango Records was released in June and mixes old street poetry traditions from Azerbaijan with underground electronic beats. It is also inspired by classical Arabic and Persian music, Scandinavian…
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Bro. Valentino reissue brings Trinidad heat for Analog Africa
Analog Africa’s latest tropical music smasher is from Bro. Valentino. The Trinidad singer was voted among the top 50 calypsonians of the 20th Century, four of his songs have also been selected in the Top 200 calypsos of that period – Life is a Stage (1972), Barking Dogs (1974), Dis Place Nice (1975) and Stay…
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