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Hawaii’s music finds its place on Strut: Aloha Got Soul
All hail digger and DJ Roger Bong whose Aloha Got Soul blog and label has ended up in a much needed compilation on Strut. Bong has been the man mainly responsible for bringing artists like Mike Lundy (Rhythm Of Life) and Nohelani Cypriano (Lihue) to fans of “modern soul”. Hawaii’s incredible funk, disco, soul and…
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Motta Must Have Jazz – new LP
We love you Ed – especially in this expressive mood. Lovely little jazz dance song from the Brazilian balladeer. Taken from the LP Perpetual Gateway on Must Have Jazz.
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New collection of pioneer Partch
New World Records have released a collection from composer and inventor Harry Partch. American born Partch who died in 1974 will now be rightly enjoyed and consumed in a trance-like state by many more. Check out this documentary about his musical instrument inventions and his pioneering use of microtonal scales: This collection from New World…
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Quality Thesda reissue on Left Ear Records
Melbourne’s Left Ear Records continues its sterling work with this official re-release of Thesda’s killer LP. Thesda’s musical ideas collided in a small studio with Spaced Out pressed in very small numbers. The only distribution it got was as a Christmas present one year and interest was reignited in April 2007 after a record collector…
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Unreleased Senegal gems from Analogue Africa
Fantastic collection here from Analogue Africa. Been kicking around for a while on CD, but now fully available on vinyl. Unreleased gems a plenty from the musical goldmine of Senegal. For more visit Analogue Africa Bandcamp. Also worth checking their last release with a full compilation of the sublime Amara Toure, the artwork is mesmerising:
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Dancing in outer space moonlight
B.B Seaton’s Dancing In The Moonlight on Studio One is a great record and is pricey OG. Thankfully it’s been reissued – keep em peeled. It’s very similar to The Earon’s Land Of Hunger providing a great excuse to post this psychedelic MTV interview from 1984: Dancing In The Moonlight: Land Of Hunger:
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Homage to This Heat
One of the most pioneering and innovative bands of the 1970s was This Heat. Check this experimental production from 1979, the renowned 24 Track Loop: In 1976 Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams met in Camberwell, London, England and founded the band. John Peel loved them. These three releases sold poorly at the time,…
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Lebanese treasure: Raja Zahr reissue
Ooooff. This is a proper World Treasures Music secret weapon. Grab one while you can. This LP is usually fetching hundreds and hundreds of £/$ etc. Now, it’s out there again courtesy of the Orientalissimo label. Drum Sequence is one of the highlights. Listen to a prime cut, esoteric and dance floor in one heady…
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More light on Lizzy
Lizzy Mercier Descloux now gets the full reissue treatment from Light In The Attic Records. The Parisian poet, painter, actor and musician finally gets the homage she deserves with this timely repress of her four seminal LPs. Mambo Nassau skips through styles, embracing mutant funk, disco and punk. There’s even a pastiche of Bavarian oompa…
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Musical genius: Mamman Sani
These unreleased recordings shed even more light on the genius of Niger artist, Mamman Sani Abdoulaye. The track Arman Doley is so exciting to hear because of the vocals of Sani and accompanying singer(s). Previous releases on the label SahelSounds have been cosmic enough, but this is incredible. Arman Doley is one of the first recordings of…
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