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Exciting compilation featuring some of the best 45s, released 1974-77, by Anadolu Pop singer Gulden Karabocek.
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Baglama and zurna mix with synthesizers, bubbling bass and wah-wah guitars. Traditional folk melodies fold neatly into nippy prog-funk arrangements that owe a lot to pioneering bands like Baris Manço's Kurtalan Ekspres.

Marsh Dondurma had been kickin' it in around the world for a good 13 years now and they are HOT. Starting from a street show between the spice stands of the Jerusalem market, the band has grown to have its own luscious, unmistakable sound. In a sizzling pan, Marsh Dondurma stirs together middle eastern melodies with New Orleans trombones, Yemenite beats with Balkan riffs, Klezmer wails with booty-shaking funk.

"When they lock on to a groove, the outcome is irresistible" All about jazz

OPEN NEW VINYL EP

Capturing the essence of this 16 member brass bands' unique sound, OPEN is Marsh Dondurma's first international vinyl. Built on rich grooves and rooted deeply in musical traditions, each track on this new EP has a story to tell, seamlessly changing grooves and moods, starting off in one place and safely taking you to a surprising, satisfying destination.

And where else could you hear a brass band and a Qanun play together

Todres Records, the uprising middle eastern boutique label from Tel Aviv, is proud to present it's first official 7" reissue release: A double A side bombshell comprising of all the elements searched for by Dj Shadow, J Dilla & Kid Koala.

Led by Dj Todres (The Apples, CRuNCH 22), the label's vision is to expose the world to Israel's finest artists, past or present, all joined by the same common ground: the groove.

A Side:

Composed by organ and keyboard great Haim Shmueli, "Halilit Kesem" was the theme song of his group, "The High Voices", the famous house band at the legendary "Calypso Club" in Ramle, Israel, during the early to mid 70's. The psychedelic, spanish-phrygian flavoured track is built around the Sonata form, with Shmueli's captivating oriental synth solo is shining right at the middle, between beautiful Stop-Time breaks and the African triplet-feel segment. Inspired by Keith Emerson and Jimmy Smith, Shmueli's masterful playing and composing is a unique world to explore.

B Side:

Based on Bach's prelude no 1 in C Major, Shlomo Gronich's re-composing was created while he was under the influence of an Acid trip. The vicious drums, the fat bass line and the flying flute melody, illuminated the track in psychedelic colors, making it one the most unique arrangements a classical piece ever received.

It is with great pride and excitement that we bring you "Latin Underground Revolution: Swinging Boogaloo, Guaguanco, Salsa & Latin Funk from New York City 1967-1978" triple 7" box set. We have compiled an exciting mix of hard to find dance floor delights showcasing three different eras of latin music in NYC throughout the late 1960s & 1970s.

Including extended liner notes by DJ Timber.

Captain Planet Is Back On Bastard Jazz With The Second Volume Of His Mystery Trip Series. Digging Deep Into His Record Collection Housed In A Flatbush Storage Unit, The Captain Has Pulled Out A Hefty Selection Of Joints From All Over The World And Has Deftly Chopped, Sliced, Skewed, And Reworked Them Into A Full Mixtape Full Of His Exclusive Edits, And An Ultra Limited Run Of White Label, Hand Stamped 12"s With The Choicest Dancefloor Cuts From The Tape.
Things Kick Off With "oluku", A Bubblin' Nigerian Dubby Disco Jam With A Heavy Bassline And Pounding Drums, Followed By "manman Mwan" - A Big Uptempo, Percussion And Chant Heavy African Killer. On The Flip, "sapatiero" Heads To Brasil With It's Bouncing Synth Bass, Beefed Up Drums And Dreamy Vocals, While "el Marcianito" Rounds Things Off On A Chugging, Ultra Funky Cumbia Note.

Newly recorded, authentic Brazilian boogie and disco vibes from João Donato and his son, Donatinho.

Hugh Masekela was one of the world's finest and most distinctive horn players, a musical celebrity who built up a dedicated global following thanks to his unique blend of jazz, South African styles, and music from across the African continent and diaspora. A powerful singer and songwriter, he used his music to attack apartheid, and after returning to a free South Africa after 30 years in exile has continued to be an outspoken commentator on global events.
The albums that Masekela recorded in this period, from 1966 to 1976, were impressively varied. He was already a fine horn player and powerful singer, and his songs ranged from exquisite to angry and experimental. It may seen extraordinary that these tracks have been allowed to disappear, but this remarkable 7 vinyl set helps to put that right. Compiled by Hugh and his friend and producer Stewart Levine many of these tracks have been unavailable on vinyl for decades.

LP 1 A                                              

1   FELICADE  ( 10. 11)
2   WHY ARE YOU BLOWING MY MIND    ( 2.37)
3   SHE DOESN'TWRITE                                                                  
LP 1 B                              

1   CHILD OF THE EARTH (4.41)
2   WHAT IS WRONG WITH GROOVIN  (2.1)
3   HA LESE LE DI KHANNA  (6. 44)
4    DO ME SO LA SO SO  (2.33)                               

LP 2 A                               

1  GRAZING IN THE GRASS  (2.40)
2   COINCIDENCE    (3.10)
3   BAJABULA BONKE  (6.25)
4   VUCA   (3.40)

LP 2 B                                  

1   MACE AND GRENADES (3 .50)
2   BOERMUSIEK     (2.00)            
3   GOLD    (4.15)
4   BLUES FOR HUEY  (2.00)             
5   GAFSA   (2.35)
6   IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE   (3.30)

LP 3 A                                

1   YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON  (3.38)
2   WOZA  (2.19)
3   SALELE MANE (5.08)
4    SON OF ICE BAG   (3.45)

LP 3 B                                                                                            
1    MAMANI (5.24)
2    CAUTION! (5.41)
3    HUSH (SOMEBODY'S CALLING MY NAME) (3.34)
4    REKPETE  (3.48)                                                         

LP 4 A                                

1    LANGUTA      (4.49)
2    KAA YE OYA    (4.36)
3    ADADE  (4.16)

LP 4 B                                 

1    PATIENCE  (3.50)
2    WHEN  (7.31)
3    NYE TAMO AME (5.25)

LP 5 A                                  

1    STIMELA   (6.30)
2    IN THE MARKET PLACE   (5.35)
3     A  SONG FOR BRAZIL    (4.12)

LP 5 B                                   

1     AFRICAN SECRET SOCIETY     (5.45)
2     NIGHT IN TUNISIA    (7.32)
3     JUNGLE JIM      (4.30)

LP 6 A                                  

1     BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME GONE  (4.00)
2     COLONIAL MAN       (5.40)
3     YEI BAA GBE WOLO   (5.40)

LP 6 B                            

1     ASHIKO     (5.30)
2     NINA   (5.40)

LP 7 A                                  

1      THE BOY'S DOIN' IT      (4.40)
2      MAMA (5.12)
3      THERE ARE SEEDS TO SOW    (2.35)

LP 7 B                                  
 
1       WHITCH DOCTOR       (6.30)
2       MINAWA     (9.38)

Nach dem weltweiten Erfolg des Albums "Blackbird" aus dem Jahr 2013 (Platz 65 in Deutschland) meldet
sich das neuseeländische Septett mit "Bays" zurück. Die neun Stücke entstanden im bandeigenen Studio in
Kilbirnie, Wellington, dem ehemaligen Presswerk des Labels HMV. Ist Letzteres vielleicht ein Grund für den
Genrereichtum des Albums Es beginnt mit dem lodernden Funk von "Wairunga Blues", entwickelt sich dann
zu einem Hybrid aus Reggae, Jazz, Soul, Blues und Techno-Rhythmen. Für Fans von Bonobo, Thievery
Corporation, Quantic, D'Angelo, EasyStar Allstars, Rudimental, Bilal, SBTRKT.

In 1963, John Coltrane recorded a studio album that has remained unknown and

unheard until now. The album was recorded at Van Gelder Studios, the 'Abbey Road' of Jazz, with Coltrane's Classic Quartet and at the height of his career. The music on
this album represents one of the most influential groups in music history performing in a musical style it had perfected and reaching in new, exploratory directions that would affect the trajectory of jazz from then on. In short, this is the holy grail of jazz.

14 track Album from Various Artists released by Dub Store Records

Nubian Quadrant EP sees Dutch producer Philou reaching for that sweet spot between Afro and Electro to produce three pulsing new tracks for Byrd Out. As Philou says, "All good music ultimately comes from Africa", and true to his African roots, the EP was part recorded in Malawi. With his tracks being picked up by the likes of Erol Alkan and Eats Everything, this EP is sure to provide the rhythmic backdrop to the summer. If you imagine the driving force of Fela Kuti matched with the acid sqwelch of Phuture, you're part of the way there. It's dancefloor sunshine on vinyl. Mastered by the legendary Noel Summerville, artwork by G.S-L Studio.



Biog: Philou Louzolo, a vibrant human being showcasing a diverse sound: born and raised in between the forests and the salty ocean breeze of Southern Zeeland (The Netherlands). Blessed with deeply rooted ties to the townships of Sierra Leone, the jungle surrounding the Congo river and Nigeria - where the birth of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat took place - his music sounds like Pan-African propaganda packed with sounds from urbanized cities, the Sahara and Africa's many jungles. He's been making waves with a Mixtape for the Feel My Bicep guys (it's #84), and getting airtime on BBC Radio 6 with Erol Alkan, and on BBC Radio 1 with Eats Everything, and playing Resident Advisor's GAIN stage at DGTL in Amsterdam in March, and playing at Morocco's boundary-pushing Altas Electronic festival later this year.

Complete with stunning, new look artwork, DP number 24 rolls into town with a latin swagger, a way with words and a Brasilian beat or two in its back pocket as Sao Paulo based deejay, producer and

renowned crate digger, DJ Tahira, steps up to the plate for the very first time.

Gil's Revolution is the source of that verbosity and cunningly combines the legendary wordsmith's prophecy with some sparkling horn driven Afrobeats. Jackson's Capoeira is the first of two Brasilian re-works on this

12-inch which mixes masterful percussion and vocals with some serious dance floor breaks and a little berimbau for good measure too. And finally, Tahira brings us another excursion from his home country in

the shape of Son'z Toque - a rolling, hypnotic dancer that builds into a frenzy of drums, horns, vocals and FX. An essential slab of tropical heat courtesy of your favourite Dubplate provider!

2 track Single from Hux Brown / Tinga Stewart released by Power Pack/Dub Store Records

The unseen forces emitting out around ever being natures forces of destiny. Belief itself is God.

AURA's journey could be best described as a spiritual call to connect man and music.

Each new day brought in new and more difficult problems. In the hardest of times Aura lost their original lead guitarist. Green-Bird real name Dannie Stewart - a Jamaican, humble, handsome, and talented to the bones. He was too nice to die. He was drowned in a river within the historical city of Benin. All friendly hearts cried and cried, a memory too sad to recollect. Aura's journey sorrowly went along. Full of accedents, and frustration. We nearly crash-landed.

Thanks to Sheila, for her love and courage. Uzo, a true frendship that inspired every-body in Aura. He solved so many problems. Gratitude is the only word of our choice. The Lawsons and the Shotade family also have their very noble thanks; they were nice and helpful. Many more thanks to the numerous friends and heart-felt appriciations to Mr. J. H. Booth - Decca's new Director for his kindness and the entire staff that made this great 8 track maiden stereo album possible.

A solid belief in ourselves has pushed this group to this point; Aura making an "Astral Trip". This is an album which is a sincere sweet fruit of determination, soulful enough to turn you loose into true life experiences of good music.

All I owe you is love and appriciation.

Official Mr Bongo reissue of the ultra-rare Nigerian disco-boogie, 'Viva Disco', album from 1980.
Originally released on the Afrodisia label, this one is unknown to even the most knowledgable collectors out there.

Tunde Mabadu recorded two albums in the 70's - 'Viva Disco' and 'Bisu' as Tunde Mabadu & His Sunrise. Perfect examples of golden-era Nigerian disco & boogie that still hold their own today.

Claremont 56's latest beguiling two-tracker is as picturesque, sun-kissed and humid as they come. It may surprise some, though, to fnd that the artist behind these intoxicating tracks is
not an experienced creator of wide-eyed Balearic fare, but rather a little-known but fast-rising producer from Moscow.
Alterleo is the production alias of Denis Leonovich, a television sound producer who has spent his spare time making music for the best part of ten years. He released a handful of
danceoor-focused EPs (mostly on local label National Techno) at the dawn of the decade, before retreating to the shadows to experiment further in order to develop his own trademark
sound. Last year he resurfaced via a track on a two-part vinyl compilation
It's this exotic new direction - inspired, Denis says, by his desire to join the dots between psychedelic disco, Balearica and tribal rhythms - that's showcased on the producer's Claremont 56 debut, which also marks his frst solo vinyl excursion. Both tracks are underpinned by gentle, undulating tribal rhythms, and include sounds and melodies crafted by the producer on kalimba, vargan and some of the small native instruments that form part of his
growing collection of such items.
A-side 'Sunset Sparks' is a thing of rare beauty: a dreamy, humid and tropical excursion in which uttering ute melodies and delay-laden African vocals gently rise above slowly-shifting
chords, psychedelic electronics and a synth bassline so squeezable that you could use it as a stress ball.
Denis's love of bold synth basslines is also evident on ipside cut 'Boma', a slightly bolder and more polyrhythmic excursion whose sparkling melodies, fuzzy guitar motifs, Jew's Harp
lines and foreboding aural textures create a quietly trippy mood. Some may note the inuence of Jan Schulte's Wolf Mueller project, but Denis has crafted a mesmerizing signature sound
all of his own.

Lloyd Miller, Jahrgang 1938, ist ein US-amerikanischer Musikethnologe, Arrangeur, Komponist und Multiinstrumentalist. Millers Karriere begann in den 1950ern mit Dixieland. Aufenthalte im Nahen und Mittleren Osten weckten sein Interesse an orientalischer und speziell persischer Musik. Das machte aus Miller einen Pionier des Oriental-Jazz. Während der Siebziger hatte er als Kurosh Ali Khan sogar eine eigene Fernsehshow im Iran. Die Sendung lief sieben Jahre und brachte dem Musiker eine große Popularität ein Neben diversen erkussionsinstrumenten spielt Miller Bass, Flöten, Kamantsche, Klarinette, Oud, Piano, Santur, Sehtar, Tabla und Zarb. 2010 veröffentlichte Miller mit der britischen, vom Afrofuturismus angehauchten Spiritual-Jazz-Band The Heliocentrics ein gemeinsames Album, das Strut nun in einer limitierten Auflage von 1000 Exemplaren als Doppel-LP neu auflegt. Hier beweist das Londoner Musikerkollektiv, das im Jahr zuvor (2009) mit Mulatu Astatke, dem großen Ethio-Jazz-Veteran aus Äthiopien, ein viel beachtetes Werk in Umlauf gebracht hatte, einmal mehr seine musikalische und instrumentale Vielseitigkeit

New Age Music From West Africa. Lush And Hypnotic Dreamscapes Combine Traditional Instrumentation With Sweeping Electronics, Field Recordings, And Soothing Affirmations In These Original Compositions.

Cut Up Kora And Balafon Are Layered Over Software Percussion, Flute, Horns, And Synthesizer. They Are At Once Familiar To Mali, Lying Between The Measured Griot Speaking Over A Looping Melody To The The Verbal Wordplay Of Contemporary

Bamako Hip Hop. Meditative And Cosmic, Fasokan Guides The Listener Through Ways Of Living, From The Village Life Into The Modern World. The Songs Are Meditative And Sage, As Voices Guide The Listener Through Ways Of

Living, From The Village Life To The Modern World. Inspired From Early Electronic Music, Library Records, And New Age, This Is Easily One Of The Most Left-field Recordings To Ever Come Out Of Mali.

'luka Productions' Is Based In A Small Studio Off A Busy Street In The Capital Of Bamako. A Repurposed Boutique, There Are Two Small Couches Framing The Computer And Console Of Studio Engineer, Rapper, And Producer Luka Guindo.

One Of The Most Sought After Producers In Bamako, He Has Worked With Supreme Talent Show, Ami Yerewolo, Iba One, Van Baxy, And Many More. Luka Is Self Taught And Pc Based (cubase, Reason, And Fruityloops), One Of Many

Producers/studio Owners That Create All The Hip Hop Produced In Bamako. Every Composer Has Singular Style. Luka Relies On Melodies - He Plays Piano In The Local Church - That Mimic The Vocals, Complementing One Another. The Drums

Are Heavy And Punchy, And Pitch Bended Keys Solo Over The Distinctive And Improvisational Rhythms. He Often Adds Cut Up Djembe And Balafon To The Mix To Give A Local Touch.

Carioca DJ and producer JOUTRO MUNDO digs deep and delivers a stunning collection of reworks on this first release on his own label, Outra.
Influenced by the melodic sounds of the Amazonian jungle and the explosive Carnival rhythms of his hometown Rio, you can feel his devotion to the diverse music of Brazil, which he now shares with you on the dance floor.
VALEU!

Clarence Henry Reid, better known under his stage name Blowfly, wrote lot of songs for artists in the soul and funk scene. His second album Running Water under his own name shows him as a versatile artists with a lot of experience in writing and producing music. It was just before he went on to create his alter ego Blowfly and start performing in bizarre costumes. This soul record is a wonderful start to hear the talent Reid had for singing and writing.

Running Water is available as a limited edition of 750 blue colored copies.

After their psychedelic tour to Alice's Wonderland on their adventurous second album, CRuNCH 22, the Tel Aviv based Rhodes, turntables & drums power-trio, is back with "LUSH FLUSH", a fiercer than ever EP of raw, in-your-face grooves.

Opening track "Cairo" places a persistent Egyptian orchestra sample on top of a Led Zepplin-styled heavy beat; "Osaka" sounds like an early 2000s indie-pop with vocals sampled from a japanese folk song; "Baba" fuses Middle Eastern leads with broken beats; "Minderbinder" is a quirky afrobeat and "Young & Happy" is an odd metered pseudo-house track. While this list might seem as eclectic as you can get, the band's unique instrumentation and live playing style manages to make it sound completely coherent.

On the flip side of this 12" vinyl are three remixes by some of Israel's finest producers: Markey Funk's space-rock version of Cairo; Mule Driver's techno edit of Baba; and Obas Nenor's house remix of Young & Happy take these tunes deep into the dancefloor, making the "LUSH FLUSH" EP an important tool in any DJ's arsenal.

Flunk's debut album 'For Sleepyheads Only' from 2002 is still one of their greatest success. Spearheaded by a critically acclaimed downbeat version of New Order's 'Blue Monday', the album has received well deserved recognition around the world. Both 'Blue Monday' and other tracks was featured on a more than 20 compilations around the globe, and the album was out on license in US, Greece and Russia. Flunk is still going strong, their sixth album 'Chemistry And Math' was released last autumn. The original LP version was a slightly shortened single LP version, omitting two tracks. This vinyl LP has been out of print for a long time. For this reprint, the full album is now finally out on vinyl, spanning the first 3 sides of a double LP set. The fourth side adds three bonus tracks.

Beautiful 1 LP Edition with 350g cardboard old Stoughton tip-on sleeve, Sticker - MKWAJU ensembleâs highly sought-after album reissued on vinyl for the first time since 1981. Also available on CD. - 33 rpm LP mastercut by Emil Berliner from original tapes! WRWTFWW Records is over the moon to announce the official reissue of legendary album KI-Motion by Japanese percussionist Midori Takadaâs MKWAJU ensemble, sourced from the original masters and available in two versions: a vinyl LP cut at Emil Berliner Studios and housed in 350g old Stoughton tip-on sleeve, and a digipak CD. A highly creative and transcendental fusion of marimba, vibraphone, bamboo percussion and synthesizers, KI-Motion was recorded in 1981 and captures the birth of Midori Takadaâs exploration of minimalism, African rhythmic tradition, and ambient music. The album takes its conceptual inspiration from the tamarind ( âmkwajuâ in Swahili), a drought resistant tree notably used to craft some of the first mallets and marimbas but also known for its culinary and medical uses, an essential symbol of life and identity for the Central African grasslands. Drawing from the regionâs culture and music as well as the crucial notion that rhythms represent the very fabric of life, Midori Takada leads her ensemble into environmental heaven to create one of the highlights of her recording career and an absolute must-have from the golden age of Japanese ambientâ¦the ideal companion to her majestic Through The Looking Glass opus!

New age music from West Africa. Lush and hypnotic dreamscapes combine traditional instrumentation with sweeping electronics and field recordings. Bamako based composer Luka Productions delves into avant-griot, transforming ancient music for the 21st century. The songs are meditative and sage, as voices guide the listener through ways of living, from the village life to the modern world. Inspired by early electronic music, library records, and new age, this is easily one of the most leftfield recordings to ever come out of Mali. Limited to 500.

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT
- CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT-ALBUM AVAILABLE ON
VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME
- BEST MALE TROPICAL/SALSA ALBUM OF THE YEAR 1998 (BILLBOARD)
- FEAT. THE HIT SINGLES SUAVEMENTE' AND TU SONRISA'
- 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF 1.000 INDIVIDUALLY
NUMBERED COPIES ON COLOURED (BLUE & WHITE MIXED) VINYL

The award winning Merengue singer Elvis Crespo is known for his gigantic hit single Suavemente'. He released his debut album by the same name in 1998. Besides this hit the album is a collection of Romantic ballads and uptempo tracks. The energetic songs earned him recognition and different awards. Another hit single from the album is the sensual Tu Sonrisa'. The way Crespo revolutionized the merengue music can be heard all over Suavemente. It can be seen as one of the essential Latin albums of the past decades.

Elvis Crespo is a famous artist in the Latin music scene. He won different awards for his merengue music and recorded a bunch of albums which has been sold millions of times.

"More Brazilian Byrd" - Charlie Byrd (g) & orchestra conducted by Tom Newsom
Immortal samba, and its rhythmic relatives, is on the one hand so undemanding that it manages to take off with the simplest of instruments, yet on the other hand it is so concentrated that it can conjure up all manner of fantastic sound colouring.

With regard to these sessions that were recorded in the Sixties, when bossa nova found its way to the USA, the record bosses gathered together a superb array of musicians. Influenced by a classical training on the guitar, Byrd's guitar playing weaves its way through the complicated but always lightweight arrangements. The "One Note Samba", with its intentional monotony, is performed nonchalantly yet does not lack verve; the "Weekend In Guaruja" is filled with sunshine and high spirits. The ensemble plays with great variance and well-measured phrases on the winds while cracking shots from the drum set mark the unwavering rhythm to which Byrd lets his guitar strings dance.

This blissfully harmonious interplay works equally as well in the small ensemble around the solo guitar ("Little Boat") as in the rich sequence of chords which ascend airily and delightfully aimlessly ("Pretty Butterfly"). And as a perfect ending we have once again a lush, full sound on the drums and trumpets ("Foi A Saudade"). It's well nigh impossible not to be carried away by this thrilling roller-coaster ride.



This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

More than two years in the making, and as a result of a joint venture between Hanky Panky and Mapache Records, we're very proud to announce the release of 3 vinyl only HONEYBUS titles.
First up and for the first time ever, we present you 'RECITAL', the long lost Honeybus album. Forty five years after the originally intended release date, this obscure and beautiful gem will finally see the light of day. We've worked in close collaboration with original band members Pete Dello and Colin Hare to bring Recital to life. Mastered from Pete Dello's own original test pressing, the songs are now heard like never before.
Along with Recital, we bring you the first ever vinyl reissue of 'STORY', the band's only album, a pinacle of 60's pop produced by the legendary Ivor Raymonde.
And lastly, "FOR WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN: THE LOST TRACKS", a collection that gathers originally unreleased recordings from the early 70's and the rare Bell Records single from 1971, all of them unavailable in any format for a long time.
All titles include 4 page inserts with many rare photos and ephemera, and newly comissioned notes by Thomas Walsh (Pugwash).

2 Members And 2 Members From The Manu Chao Band And More... A Superb Album Of South American Melted With French Culture Sound. Loads Of Surprises And Many Good Tunes... Ful Lhappyness !

Death Is Not The End issue a 14-track tape of vintage and archival Cajun ft. tracks from Segura Brothers, Amede Ardoin, Blind Uncle Gaspard, Sydney Landry & more.

Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos was a band formed by prolific and multi-talented Brazilian comedians Chico Anysio and Arnaud Rodrigues. Satirising Brazil's Tropicalia movement in the 1970s, the duo took a friendly crack at the likes of Caetano Veloso and psychedelic rockers Novos Baianos, with their righteous tropicalista alter-egos 'Baiano' and 'Paulinho Boca de Profeta' poetically denouncing the dictatorship while simultaneously mocking those who took themselves too seriously. Jazz funk legends Azymuth play backing band with keyboard maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami also responsible for the arrangements on the album. Azymuth's free and funky psych sounds combine with accordion, harmonica, brass and plenty of rural Brazilian rhythms, for a hugely varied album drawing on MPB, funk and soulful samba rock. The album also features Orlandivo who co-wrote many of the songs, and renowned multi-instrumentalist and producer Durval Ferreira.

Rerpess

For the newest release on Disco Halal and his solo debut on his own label, Moscoman has shared one of his personal weapons with the world. The Disco Halal boss explains: 'You need to know where you came from to know where you're going. For my first original EP on Disco Halal, it's time to go back to the middle eastern roots of the label. It's a special track that has been the ace up my sleeve on countless dance floors across the globe. Accompanied by my fellow travellers Simple Symmetry on remix duties, I'm proud to release this two sided work.' A patented dance floor scorcher, 'I Ran', sees Middle-eastern vocals thread their way through a lofty percussive blend, simmering up a psychedelic energy which will be turning dance-floors upside down for times to come. On the flip, trusty Disco Halal comrades Simple Symmetry, the duo responsible for 'Voodoo Your Ex', one of 2017's most rinsed anthems, spin 'I Ran' into a chugging guitar anthem, all in cinematic twist and turns. 'I Ran' will be released March 16h on vinyl and March 30th digitally and the EP snippets are free to share now

Soul Jazz Records' latest album 'Yoruba! Songs and Rhythms for the Yoruba Gods in Nigeria' is newly recorded in Lagos, Nigeria. The album is co-produced by Soul Jazz Records label head Stuart Baker and Laolu Akins (founding member of the legendary 1970s Nigerian Afro-Funk/Rock group Blo). Yoruba! features an array of local master drummers led by Olatunji Samson Sotimirin and singers (featuring the lead vocals of Janet Olufanmilayo Abe) performing heavyweight Afro-rhythms, with talking drums, Bata and Dundun drums and a mass of percussion in these deep spiritual and sacred songs used to honour and worship the traditional and ancient Yoruba gods in Nigeria, West Africa. 
The enormous impact of Yoruba and West African music and culture is worldwide - from the first Afro-centric explorations of African-American jazz musicians in the 1950s such as Art Blakey, Randy Weston and Dizzy Gillespie, the explosion of Nu Yorican Latin music in New York City starting in the 1960s - Mambo, Boogaloo, Latin funk and soul - through to the sacred and powerful Afro-derived music of the religions of Santería in Cuba, Candomblé in Brazil and Voodoo in Haiti, which all came into existence on account of the Atlantic slave trade which began over 400 years ago. On a wider scale West African music remains the primary root of all African-American musical forms - from New Orleans jazz to Bronx rap, gospel, soul and more.
This album features songs honouring the Nigerian gods of the Yoruba traditional religion - Yemoja, Obatala, Ogun, Sango and others - as well as a selection of instrumental cuts focussing on the Bata and Dundun drums. The album comes complete with extensive text and photography included in the 40-page outsize booklet/gatefold double vinyl + inners showing the influence of Yoruba culture throughout the world and the social and historical context for the music contained here.
Watch out for a limited edition remix of the project by Osunlade, also forthcoming on Soul Jazz Records.

Tokyo tag-team Kei and Nagi Sugano, aka Dazzle Drums, have been responsible for secret weapons in the bags of some of the finest DJs since their debut in 2005. In addition to supporting Danny Krivit each time he plays in Tokyo, the duo periodically floats him exclusive edits to test out during his expansive sets. Two of these in particular have become regular features on M. K's dance floors, and it is these prime choices that have been selected for the latest release on Most Excellent Unlimited.Brothers Gonna Work It Out" takes the cinematic soul classic and toughens it up with a propulsive drum track and immaculate editing to extend and energize the already powerful tune. "Get Down Boy" is a relentlessly driving disco cut whose dramatic synth-and-string heavy instrumentation provides a plush bed for seductive female vocals before giving way to a tremendous bass break that is certain to leave dancers in a sweat.Reverently mastered and spread over a wide-grooved 12-inch single, it's another MEU sure-shot.

Raw Silk Blends Classical Sitar, Electric Cello, Indian Vocals And Experimental Electronics Into A Long-form Head Massage. Hailing From Baltimore, Maryland, Alexa Richardson (cello) And Ami Dang (sitar, Voice, Electronics)

Started Making Music Together As Part Of Living Room Jam Sessions And Eventually Realized That Their Sonic Interests Couldn't Be Better Matched: They Both Push The Envelope Of Their Classically-trained Upbringings

Through String Instruments (that Surprisingly Complement One Another) And East-meets-west Structured Improvisations. Cello And Sitar Discuss, Get Heated, Grab Wrists, And Twirl Wildly Over An Electronic Landscape Of Textures. Ami Dang's Exquisite Vocals Interweave

Throughout--pining, Cerebral And Commanding. Raw Silk Has Shared Bills With Future Islands, Flock Of Dimes (aka Jenn Wasner From Wye Oak), The Sun Ra Arkestra, Prince Rama, And Dan Deacon.

"These sounds are accidents. There was intent only in so far as a simple idea, which is really around bringing together factions and forces in Iranian, Islamic culture, under one roof, to have them play nice together, to co-exist, float as one and to complete each other, in order to tell a story called Ta Tash, which is Farsi for To The End.

There's definitely elements of devotional sounds that we weave into the tracks. Stories of the past. But whether this is devotional music, at large, I don't know about that. Like, you're not going to be hearing Vivid Persian Dreams blasting in a mosque anytime soon. But maybe devotional in a more personal sense.

It captures the essence of a sentiment during the brutal 8-year war between Iran-Iraq. It is also defensive, and perhaps in response to existing in the US over the past 7 years. But also because of it. Therein lies the beauty of this country. Today, let's talk about this. Glass half full. This country. This beautiful, incredible, fucked up country.

The artwork is part of an edited collection of images pulled together from the years of the Iran-Iraq war. A collection of 15 works of art titled Postcards from the Outer Boroughs. Some of these images belonged to our family, others we found by forming a dialogue with the actual men who fought in battle with our family members. Men who remember those last, precious moments of the lives of our loved ones. We were curious to somehow learn more about that moment from those who served.

These Postcards are the culmination of the hard work and imagination of Ghalamdar, a wonderful Iranian visual artist based in the UK. In them, we explored how we could modify these quintessentially Iranian motifs to lift the weight of emotion, the weight of innocence, of loss, of blind faith, to the end How do we connect an Iran of the past, Iran of the books, to the Iran of today After all, we are of the same blood. As a by-product of mixing media, mixing contexts, we attempt to playfully bridge this gap, if ever so slightly." - Saint Abdullah