WORLD TREASURES MUSIC

January 27, 2015

New trailer for Niger music film

World Treasures Music interviewed Sahel Sounds’ founder about the record label’s new film earlier this month. As promised by Christopher Kirkley, here is a link to the new trailer for Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai. Film to be premiered tomorrow in the States. See previous posts below for more info or for WTM’s interview click here.

January 27, 2015

R.I.P Demis Roussos

Demis Roussos sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and was also a member of progressive rock group Aphrodite’s Child. He had been in a private hospital in Athens with an undisclosed illness for some time, and died surrounded by his family. Aphrodite’s Child bandmate Vangelis paid tribute: “Demis my friend. “I have just arrived…

January 20, 2015

New Sahel Sounds ‘desert psychedelia’ and interview

It’s a busy time for Sahel Sounds and founder Christopher Kirkley. His fantastic record label goes from strength to strength. He’s about to release a film likened to a version of Purple Rain – set deep in the Saharan desert, with the sensational musician and seemingly natural actor, Mdou Moctar. The team creating, Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai,…

January 13, 2015

Heavy fusion dance music from Turkey

New out on Honest Jon’s Records. A heady mix of glitchy, deep house and folk guitar parts more characteristic of the country of origin during the breakdown. Plus, the vocals are pure class. A modern classic in the making. This comes with two remixes by Chilean heavyweight producer, Ricardo Villalobos. It’s all about the 23 minute…

January 8, 2015

Ata Kak – exciting news about leftfield bomb

Ata Kak’s Daa Nyinaa has been doing the rounds for a while in the hands of worldly DJs thanks to Noema’s tribute edit released on African Shakedown. Now the cassette, released in 1994 according to Discogs, of the superb album Oba Sima will be pressed onto vinyl thanks to Awesome Tapes From Africa. Ata Kak…

January 8, 2015

Liaisons Dangereuses – reissue of seminal LP.

Sheesh, imagine being/dancing in the Hacienda in Manchester in the early 1980s, listening to the industrial drone-tech of Liaisons Dangereuses many, many, many moons before dance music’s boom. The aggression/confusion/disorientation of hugely innovative and inspirational tracks like Los Niños Del Parque (a huge underground play in Detroit) must have felt so seminal in one’s life in 1982. Check…

January 4, 2015

Black Ark reissue – 7″.

Mmmmm, lovely Scratch Perry music. Reissues kicking around now!!!

January 4, 2015

Mississippi Records reissue – techno in 1964.

Delia Derbyshire was a sculptress of sound and musical concrete, operating with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and pioneer of numerous electronic experiments in audio for programs, such as Doctor Who. She was born in Coventry in 1937. Derbyshire will go down in history for helping to produce the first electronic signature tune on television. Ron…

January 4, 2015

Classic Italo reissue…soon

Radio Band’s Radio Rap is dropping this month. This video is pretty surreal with some unsettling characters, but the track was a cult record on the Chicago scene in the 1980s and was a favourite of top don DJ Ron Hardy. Prices for the original record have been pretty steep on Discogs in the past.

December 21, 2014

Classic African LP reissued – Mombasa!

Check out the track below, it’s been doing the rounds on the jazz-dance scene and has been explosive in the right hands. Reissued by Sonorama Records and out now. Click: The Sonorama Records website.