Tag: Cultures Of Soul
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Greg Belson is a leading connoisseur of ‘Divine Funk’ – the American collector delivers another heavenly selection of gospel wonderment for the brilliant Cultures Of Soul label in Boston
Showing once again his status as a leading connoisseur of killer gospel rarities, Greg Belson’s Divine Funk for Cultures Of Soul, is another essential compilation of heavyweights. Belson never fails to amaze with his depth of knowledge and devotion to some of the most stirring music ever recorded in America, also providing a wide range of…
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Cultures of Soul deliver a peerless selection of pop on ‘Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits’ – drawing politically-driven classics from now priceless vinyl – out in the new year

Cultures of Soul have another essential compilation set for release in the new year – Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits – and having heard the selection, we at WTM (South African music obsessives) are once again blown away. The label identifies soul classics from all over the world, specialising in South Africa, the…
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LABEL FEATURE and INTERVIEW: a tribute to Deano Sounds and a decade of Cultures of Soul – the Boston based label and champion of music from all over the globe
Cultures of Soul has reissued music from the tropics of the Caribbean, as well as city pop of Japan, via South African bubblegum and the choicest American soul. Many, many DJs’ playlists and numerous classics for global music fans have been in one way or another often unearthed, canonised or curated expertly by this label.…
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Light In The Attic insight into the Colorado country funk and enigma of Tumbleweed Records
This sublime compilation on Light In The Attic showcases the very best of the Tumbleweed Records label and is out on Friday. The Tumbleweed label was founded in February, 1971, by Larry Ray and Bill Szymczyk. They had fled an earthquake and a debauched L.A. music scene to claim their own slice of utopia in Denver,…
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World Treasures Music end of year review
Click here to listen to the World Treasures Music review mix. A number of artists’ passing will make 2016 memorable. A champion of world treasures at the legendary New York venue, The Loft, was David Mancuso, who was mourned widely in the music world after his death aged 72. Sun Palace’s Rude Movements was remastered…
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INTERVIEW: DJ Okapi, a world renouned taste-maker and head of the Afrosynth label of Johannesburg
DJ Okapi has been at the fore of rediscovering dance music from South Africa since his Afrosynth blog started seven years ago. He has just compiled Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth-Disco 1980-1984 for Cultures of Soul and is about to commence a DJ tour of Europe. As well as blogging about under-publicised artists from his…
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Jo’burg’s Okapi shares synth classics
Boston-based label Cultures of Soul is releasing a South African compilation selected by DJ Okapi – Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth-Disco 1980-1984. Famous for his Afrosynth blog – which has highlighted numerous treasures from the country – this selection of his homeland’s music is out in September. Many of the country’s best young musicians were…