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March ‘20 playlist is composed by 50 tracks summarizing many different releases and artists we’ve showcased here. The quality is very high. Every each one of these artists have something real to tell you.
Read MoreConnection Paris-Northeastern Brazil to present Camarão Orkestra’s Nação África, founded in the rhythms of candomblé, in the drums of enslaved Africans, in a ritual that invokes numerous deities.
Read MoreThough recorded in the same sessions that created Poison Fruit, his critically acclaimed first album, Katmandu was mysteriously ommited by Mamão, either accidentally or on purpose, he’s not quite sure. Produced by the enormous Daniel Maunick, the original mix is followed by three high-standard remixes.
Read MoreRanil’s invaluable output has remained one of the best kept secrets among collectors of cumbia and psychedelic Latin sounds. Analog Africa, an incredible label based in Germany dedicated to release lost sounds from all over, unveils this secret releasing a fully-licensed compilation of 14 tracks
Read MoreFollowing a successful EP in 2019, featuring remixes from Osunlade & Pocz, Wono is a deep exploration of Koichi Sakai’s love of both electronic and West African music, in close collaboration with Ghana-born master percussionist, singer, band leader, teacher and songwriter, Afla Sackey.
Read MoreVia the fantastic Tru Thoughts label, producer and multi-instrumentalist J-Felix comes back with his new project: Whole Again Hooligan. Future blend of boogie, p-funk, disco and soul in the second album by the Brighton-based artist.
Read MoreFebruary went by on the waves of some of the best new releases on Electronic, Jazz, Hip Hop realms. Eclectic as usual, 41 tracks to feed body, soul and mind, always introducing new stuff, new approaches.
Read MoreThis unknown golden performer sees one of his three albums reissued by Lisbon-based Mad About Records: Guilherme Coutinho e O Grupo Stalo. Through eight tracks we dive into a world of influences: Brazilian Popular Music (MPB), North American ‘70’s jazz and a North-Brazilian DNA.
Read MoreVia Heavenly Sweetness, the globetrotter David Walters drops one of the essential albums for 2020. Soleil Kréyol is a meeting point that allows Africa, America, Europe, and the Caribbean to converse with each other using a language as universal as music, dance, carnivals, or ceremonies.
Read More2020 started with a couple of golden releases that shaped what we featured during this month. The selection of 40 tracks includes, as usual, a “best of” selection of the best we’ve heard in January, opening the last section of the playlist to some of the things that influence our taste.
Read MoreStraight from a box of memories, Fly Cruzeiro by the giant talent of Marcos Valle and the Azymuth trio is reissued worldwide, for the pleasure of millions of fans out there. Connecting 1972 to 2020, the album sounds completely fresh, as per usual in the music released by Valle and Azymuth, both with timeless discographies.
Read MoreMusica Infinita by Mexican drummer and composer Tino Contreras is a psychedelic, experimental jazz record, originally released in 1978, that marked a daring step forward by the Mexico City-based musician - now re-issued for a chance to reach wider audiences and be celebrated for another thirty years. invaluable work by Peterson, as usual.
Read MoreTruthful to its own spirit, Analog Africa was looking for something special, something lost, something that “swam against the current”. The story behind Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu is an adventure that took three troubled years to complete, starting with the discovery of a pile of uncovered, unmarked and discarded recordings.
Read MoreConnecting the Afro & Brazilian tropics with the soundscape of London, Da Lata’s fourth album Birds is filled with this infusion of organic grooves and sophisticated funkiness. On ten tracks the Da Lata duo guides us through its extensive musical background
Read MoreImpressionistic, emotional and romantic, Milton’s creative process is here represented heavily - on songs without lyrics as well as evocative vocalizing and choruses, heavy experimentations with Afro-Brazilian percussion and taped jungle sounds.
Read MoreNew releases floating by our coast constantly. An eclectic playlist of 60 tracks summarizes all those inputs coming from all over the world. Different paces, moods and rhythms. Plenty of jazz and hip hop, plenty of dancefloor bangers and deep melodies.
Read MoreFlying through time, the musical movement of the early 80s in Africa has in Eric Kol’s Today album one of its prodigious releases. This extremely rare boogie classic, that almost never appears for sale, is reissued for the first time by BBE.
Read MoreMusicians that we’ve been writing about for years, with their immense talent and vision. Confirmations from some of the avant-garde names on today’s contemporary music - crossing a vast sort of genres. New ones that will, surely, keep surprising us. All in an eclectic 50-track selection.
Read MoreOlindo Records presents London-based producer and DJ Koichi Sakai, in collaboration with Ghanaian percussionist and singer Afla Sackey. Wono EP sees Koichi mixing African percussion instruments and themes with synths and drum machines.
Read MoreAna Mazzotti’s career was short but rich, resulting in only two albums - swirling samba-jazz, several groove-heavy Brazilian classics and deeper moments of, by then, future soul synth sounds. Far Out Recordings is, once again, responsible for the reissue of another cult favourite Brazilian treasure.
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