Tag: Le Guess Who?

• South Africa’s Asher Gamedze leads new ten-piece for single on International Anthem – ‘Find Each Other’ trails album together with The Black Lungs

  

  Cape Town based Asher Gamedze has shared new lead single Find Each Other – a polyrhythmic jazz reflection recorded with new 10-piece ensemble The Black Lungs – and is the first track from forthcoming album Constitution out 30th August on International Anthem. The drummer and composer is a cultural worker in South Africa and devotes…

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  July 16, 2024

  International Anthem, Jazz, South Africa

  196 Victoria, alto saxophone, Amboss & Steigbügel, Asher Gamedze, Athi Ngcaba, bass, Cape Town, Constitution, cornet, Enjoy Jazz Festival, Feeërieën, Fred Moten, Garth Erasmus, International Anthem, Jazz, Jazz Festival Willisau, Jazz Jantar, Jed Petersen, Johannesburg, Le Guess Who?, Mushroom Hour Half Hour, Nobuhle Ashanti, percussion, Piano, Ru Slayen, Sean Sanby, Sound and Motion Studios, South Africa, tenor saxophone, The Black Lungs, The Commons, Tina Mene, Trombone, Tumi Pheko, Turbulence and Pulse, vocals

• 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

  Hurtling out of Istanbul’s riotous psychedelic scene come the much hyped Lalalar with a new limited edition 7″ vinyl release coming out on Swiss label Bongo Joe Records. Turkish music is sooooo good and the legacy of its golden era continues to inspire future sounds. It’s out on December 11th and is a kaleidoscope of…

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  November 27, 2020

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  Ali Güçlü Şimşek, Barlas Tan Özemek, Bongo Joe, Istanbul, Kaan Düzarat, Lalalar, Le Guess Who?, Utrecht

• Ghanian legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley releases twelfth album ‘11th Street, Sekondi’ next month and is touring Europe

  Gyedu-Blay Ambolley returns with 11th Street, Sekondi in November and it’s the African star’s 12th album since his debut in 1973. The Ghanaian highlife star is a saxophonist, singer and guitarist and his charismatic stage personality and pioneering style have been celebrated by various reissue labels over the years, such as Analog Africa, Mr Bongo…

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  October 28, 2019

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  11th Street Sekondi, afrobeat, Agogo Records, Analog Africa, Black Woman, DJ Miles Cleret, Ebo Taylor, Fela Kuti, Ghana Soundz, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Highlife, Le Guess Who?, Montreaux, Mr Bongo, Netherlands, Simigwa, Soundway Records, The Sekondi Band International, Utrecht, West Ghana