Tag: Bongo Joe
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Karma Sheen fuse classical Pakistani melodies, Sufi poetry and neo-psychedelia on debut album and have been an exceptional live band this year
Karma Sheen are London Hindustani classical psych-rockers – who are fusing the 600-year old lineage of musicians from Pakistan, with a modern avant-garde twist on their self-titled debut. Featuring traditional instruments, alongside analogue synths and the sounds of the theremin, Karma Sheen is an album that has gained numerous plaudits during its release this month…
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Tracklist for next ‘Club Coco’ comp’ announced – Bongo Joe delivers more cross-continental mayhem selected by Coco Maria, first single from Dip In The Dub
A first single has been released to mark DJ and selector Coco Maria’s return to compiling her second volume of Club Coco – ¡AHORA! The Latin Sound of Now – via Bongo Joe Records. It promises to be another collection of eclectic and experimental Afro-Latin cuts and Dip In The Dub’s La Cumbia Del Sufi…
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LISTEN: WTM mix featuring Tester Housing (Left Ear Records), Eddie Suzuki (Aloha Got Soul), Maston (Be With), ‘Mutant Pop…’ (LITA) and University Challenged (Hive Mind)
A mix of fairly recently reissued music – covered at WTM – including Tester Housing (Left Ear Records), University Challenged (Hive Mind), Lion’s Drums (Lion’s Drums) and Finis Africae from Hybla La Ola Interior: Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticsm 1983-1990 (Bongo Joe). Tracklist Al Diaz – What’s In a Name (Remix) Tester Housing – Into…
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Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek shine on new single ‘Haydar Haydar’, ahead of modern classic album ‘Dost 1’ from the outernational combo – lead singer Derya sounds like a Turkish siren of psychedelia
Anatolian psych-pop sensations Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek (pronounced ‘Shimshek’) are back with their second album Dost 1 (‘friend’) – the first of a two part series – to be released in 2021. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek are a band mashing up traditional Anatolian folk songs and original compositions to soaring psychedelic heights –…
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Album of the month: Crimi combine raw grooves and hard funk on ‘Luci E Guai’ – Algerian raï meets Afrobeat and Sicilian folk on this supremely crafted debut for the Airfono label
The most exciting album of the month in April is by Crimi – this skilled band show their outstanding outernational versatility on their debut album Luci E Guai. The French four-piece were formed in 2018 and are the brainchild of Julien Lesuisse, a singer and saxophonist with 20 years on the scene, acquiring his fusion…
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Killer no-wave synth disco from Baby’s Berserk – ‘What I Mean’ has a must-see video to boot, inspired by 90s cassette and rave culture – it’s another superb, supergroup 7″ for the Swiss Bongo Joe label
Baby’s Berserk have announced their debut single What I Mean / Sleepless and it’s a fantastically nostalgic audio-visual treasure for the ever evolving side of the Bongo Joe label – they keep releasing fresh and stylised original material from new artists, alongside their reissue specialism. Based between Amsterdam and Toronto and inspired by 90s rave…
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LISTEN: latest World Treasures Music mix – Anatolian rock stars and the best of Turkish psychedelia Vs. ‘Rest of the World’ – the best new and reissued music – from Azerbaijan, Egypt, Morocco and around the globe
WTM’s latest mix features selections from the forthcoming reissue of Café Türk, a Swiss fusion rock group (with Turkish influences) from Ramsen, Schaffhausen, formed by Metin Demiral in the early 1980s. Their best work is being reissued by Zel Zele Records (read more here). It sets up a great Turkey Vs. Rest of the World…
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LISTEN: World Treasures Music mix – with Admas, Chouk Bwa, Etuk Ubong, Oumou Sangaré, Groupe RTD, Siti Muharam, Surprise Chef and more
Tracklist 24-Carat-Black – I Need A Change Sir Henry Ivy – He Left You Standing There Kansas Smitty’s – Dreamlane Etuk Ubong – Spiritual Change Martín Buscaglia – Los Barcos Asma Omar – Raga Kaan Ka’Eegtow (You Are the One I Love) Gary Bartz & Maisha – Harlem to Haarlem Anteloper – Bubble Under Carlos…
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