Tag: Switzerland
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Swiss three-piece Ali Dada fuse experimentalist jams and beat-laden collages on new album ‘SUM’ for likeminded DIY label YNFND
These Swiss experimentalists adopt Dadaist themes and a range of influences – from surf rock to ambient jazz – on new album SUM for Baltic label YNFND. The second single is named after Silvia Federici and her feminist and left leaning thinking provides the context and concept around the latest fuzzy head-nodder Federici. While awaiting the…
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Latest FLEE project is an extraordinary musical exploration of the pearl divers from the Arabian Gulf, with remarkable reworks from top producers
Listen in wonder and read research in awe, Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony/نهمة: تعدد الغناء الخليجي is an exceptional example of cultural exchange and is focused on celebrating the music and song of the pearl divers from the Arabian/Persian Gulf – it’s out now via the ever-evolving FLEE label. The free-divers search for precious pearls, sharing…
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Amami are a trio of diverse backgrounds and influences – their debut album is ‘Soleil’ for Bongo Joe Records and tours all corners of the globe
Geneva’s AMAMI drop their debut LP Soleil – an outernational extravaganza of dancehall, ragga, Afropop and no wave – this August, on cult imprint Bongo Joe Records, also of Switzerland. The group specialise in fusing elements from around the world, including Moroccan gnawa, funaná from Cape Verde, and South African Shangaan electro. The album is out…
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International Anthem: jaimie branch’s ‘FLY or DIE LIVE’ is new album from the Brooklyn jazz renegade, after peerless ambient LP by Carlos Niño & Friends and Damon Locks’ sublime ‘Black Monument’
What an artist and what an event – International Anthem drop the digital recording of a masterpiece by Brooklyn-based trumpeter and singer jaimie branch – Her FLY or DIE LIVE is a double album recorded Live at Moods, Switzerland, capturing her quartet’s best-ever live performance. It’s another addition to the prolific label that continues to capture…
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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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