WORLD TREASURES MUSIC

Digging records and outernational sounds

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Zamrock top ten compiled by Egon at Now-Again Records
Much hyped Istanbul band Lalalar - who fuse funky electronics, psych-rock and samples from heavyweight Turkish records - drop double sided 7" for Bongo Joe next month
'Suzie Super Groupie' from 1976 is one of Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison's masterpieces, an inspiration for DJs and hip hop producers - the much sampled father of funk is reissued by Be With Records
Remembering Jaco Pastorius - a tribute album by Biréli Lagrène & Multiquarium Big Band pays homage to the legendary bass player of Weather Report - it's out now via French label Naïve on a range of formats
A cosmic voyage from Bongo Joe: 'Intenta: Experimental and Electronic Music from Switzerland 1981-93' traces the avant-garde and the underground
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are on Robert Cotter's 1976 debut, pre-Chic - 'Missing You' is being reissued by Wewantsounds - a scarce New York funker for tax reasons
'Tokyo Dreaming' is an essential selection of Japanese music from the Nippon Columbia/Better Days archive by the long-established taste-maker Nick Luscombe for Wewantsounds
West Africa
Tamil Rogeon is back making beautiful jazz music after a three-year break - new album 'Son of Nyx' will drop in February 2021 - singles 'House No Wheels' and 'Momus' will whet the appetite
Time Capsule’s latest delight is from Ethiopian singer Gigi - this Bill Laswell produced gem is here for the first time on vinyl