Tag: Soundway Records
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LISTEN: new World Treasures Music mix for Alto Radio – feat. modern soul, African tearjerkers, French disco, Holy Tongue, Balearic dub and more
Tracklist Flowers – For Real Madelaine – Don’t It Drive You Crazy Jeff Scott – Mystery Of You Joe Harriott & Amancio D’Silva Quartet – Jaipur Radam Schwartz – Midde Eastern Fantasy Le Mystère Jazz De Tombouctou – Leli Franco Lee Ezute – Olise Nekwu Ode Omore Osarenren & Ewaen Osetin Stars – Iyereghe Ayo…
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Hippie legends: Circus Underwater’s 1984 album is reissued by Soundway Records – it’s a collectors’ item and is a blissful stoner classic of ambient beauty
Soundway Records are turning out the treasures at present – this month they reissue the sublime Circus Underwater self-titled outing from 1984. It’s a heady, ambient trip – displaying the label’s diversity as ever – and was recorded in a marijuana and caffeine induced haze by two US based, “blood brothers”, Jay Yarnall and Richard…
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Angolan star Batida presents a collection of unreleased mixes, lost versions and remasters for Soundway Records – his productions unite kuduro, soukous, benga and modernises traditional styles
A tip, for a banging outernational album this year, would be Batida and UM – the Angolan-born, Potuguese-based producer presents a collection of unreleased mixes, lost versions and remastered tracks on one album. The word “um” has double meaning for Batida in a very personal way – meaning the number one in Portuguese, and as…
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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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‘Esa presents Amandla: Music To The People’: a joyous global tour from this South African polymath
Now Soundway Records have released the eagerly anticipated compilation – Esa Presents Amandla: Music To The People – this innovative DJ and producer will reach new heights. This South African talent was already well-known but this double vinyl compilation by Esa Williams further hones this artist’s sound and vision. Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, during the…
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LISTEN: World Treasures Music radio show – some top December and new year releases and reissues
Tracklist Collocutor – Agama (Al Dobson Jnr Remix) Gecko Turner – Cortando Bajito (Jungle Fire Remix) Salif Keta – Diawara Fa Shimshon Miel – Nueiba Nueiba The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr – Saat Alfarah ساعة الفرح Chip Wickham – Snake Eyes (Ishmael Ensemble Remix) Maajo – Umefika 2fox-Lonzania Ekiti Sound – Area 10K…
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The Heliocentrics release new LP – A World Of Masks – on Soundway Records
Pre-orders are being taken now at Soundway Records for the the new LP by London psychedelic jazz collective The Heliocentrics. The band have their roots in the ‘90s when drummer Malcolm Catto recorded for Mo’Wax and Jazzman. They recorded their breakthrough album for Stones Throw, Out There in 2007 and have since collaborated with Ethio…
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Weird Together
Weird Together are a fresh and exciting new act on Soundway Records and were formed in New Zealand in 2012. The band are Karima Madut (vocals), Mavs Adegbite (percussion/vocals), Izak Chadderton (steel pan), Alesano Schuster (steel pan), The Gaza Tripp (guitar) and Yonier Cuevas Vega (MC). They fuse musical influences from Africa, South America and…
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