Tag: Mississippi Records

• BEST OF 2023: Mississippi Records continue to find and reissue some of the finest and rarest music and field recordings – three highlights picked

  

  The annual discoveries and celebrations of artists and music by Mississippi Records are hugely appreciated and frequent throughout any year – three favourites in 2023 were the Canto A Lo Divino compilation, the debut album from Assiko Golden Band De Grand Yoff! and the reissue of the 1976 gem from Aselefech Ashine and Getenesh Kebret.…

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  December 9, 2023

  Chile, East Africa, Ethiopia, South America, spoken word, Uncategorized

  Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret, Assiko Golden Band De Grand Yoff!, Canto A Lo Divino, Chile, Dakar, Domino Sound, Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopia, Karl-Jonas Winqvist, Mahmoud Ahmed, Mississippi Records, Mouride Brotherhood, Mulatu, Museo Campesino En Movimiento, Senegal, Sing a Song Fighter, The Army Band, Tlahoun Gesesse, Wau Wau Collectif

• LABEL FEATURE: Cyril Yeterian – from the fantastically multi-faceted Les Disques Bongo Joe – discusses new releases, back catalogue and his expertise

  

    Les Disques Bongo Joe has been relentless in their release of quality, roots themed music from all over the world. Their releases compile the ‘authentic’ and the ‘exotic’ from raw Caribbean tapes, as well as archive material from contemporary global pioneers of African indiginous music, alongside deep and ethereal improvisations inspired by European history.…

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  June 23, 2020

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  Altin Gun, BBC Radio 6 Music., Born Bad, Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers, Crammed Discs, Cyril Yeterian, Damily, Emotional Rescue, Finders Keepers, Fortuna, Geneva, Gideon Coe, Gilles Peterson, Hivemind, Honest Jon’s, Intenta : Experimental and Electronic Music from Switzerland 1981-93, John War, La Tene, Les Disques Bongo Joe, Maghreb K7 Club: Synth Raï, Meridian Brothers, Mississippi Records, NTS, Nyege Nyege, On-U Sounds, Papaoul, Pedro Lima, Radio Martiko, Rebel Up, Rush Hour, Seance Centre, Sing a Song Fighter, Soundway, Sublime Frequencies, Switzerland, Tom Robinson, Toshio Matsuura, Totally Radio, Trevor Jackson, Worldwide FM, Yin Yin

• 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…

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  January 4, 2015

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  acid, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Coventry, Delia Derbyshire, Doctor Who, electronic music, Falling, Hieroglyphic Being, Mississippi Records, space-jazz, techno