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Ghost LP from the Antilles – reissue coming soon
Copies of this OG started to emerge in the last year on the collectors’ circuit. Prices have been very high. It’s another essential piece in the evolving Antilles canon of music. New label Granit Records reissue this still widely unheard artist very soon. The LP fuses traditional styles such as Gwo-Ka, Bel Air and Biguine…
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WTM interview: Awesome Tapes From Africa
Brian Shimkovitz started Awesome Tapes From Africa in 2006. He spoke to World Treasures Music – as part of a ten-year celebration of the blog at Outlaws Yacht Club in Leeds before his supreme DJ set for &/Or Emporium at Hifi nightclub – about becoming a world renowned DJ, label boss and paving the way…
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Huge release brings the cosmic Cape Verde sound to the world
Analog Africa’s next release is already making waves collecting some of the rarest and most sought after records at present. Space Echo: The Mystery Behind The Cosmic Sound Of Cabo Verde – building on the compiling of labels like Sofrito – will rightly highlight this island’s masterpieces. There’s an amazing tale being told about how…
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Archeo Recordings: new release and exclusive interview
Archeo Recordings is setting the bar very very high with another sublime release. Manu who heads up the label has spoken to WTM about his label that specialises in Italian reissues of the highest cosmic order. Click below to visit the labels section to read the full interview and see Manu’s current top ten of…
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Niger band Kel Assouf: “new history of Tuareg music”
Kel Assouf’s Tikounen LP is out on Igloo Records moving the desert rock sound of the Sahara and Niger forward. The band has evolved greatly from their debut album Tin Hinane (2010). Tikounen (which translates as “surprise”) discusses war, injustice and pollution. “We want to express a feeling of pain. In fact it’s a shout, a…
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Wake Up! new Nigerian rock comp on Now Again
Great music and images plus a captivating read for all Afro musos. This double compilation from Now Again is a key addition to their catalogue. Despite numerous Nigeria compilations – the Soundway and Strut ones being some of the very best – these releases comprehensively document the historical context and situation in the country at…
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African Funk Experimentals: choice cuts from Africa Seven
The rapidly growing Africa Seven label release their second edition of African Funk Experimentals 1979-1981 following their Tala AM release. This comp features the best of Cameroonian musician Pasteur Lappe’s Afro-fusion, sounding very fresh today and in keeping with the current wave of all things tropical. Nicolas “Pasteur” Lappe found popularity on Radio Adele in…
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World Treasures Music on Subcity Radio
During a trip to Glasgow, WTM did a two hour mix for the excellent Rather Hot radio show on Subcity Radio. Click here to listen.
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