Ammar El Sherei’s magnificent ‘Oriental Music’ album is to be reissued in it’s original state (including odd name) on WEWANTSOUNDS in October…have a read / listen about what makes this Egyptian release from 1976 so special…
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From Hell With Love 2 - Lumberjacks In Hell 10th Anniversary release
Marcel Vogel’s Lumberjacks In Hell label is 10 years old and he’s pulled together a top shelf selection of soulful, funky and party-face stormers in celebration…I’ve been long bored of (most) house music but this might have just reignited my old love for the genre….read / listen here
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Music that speaks To....Ben Marc
As Ben Marc’s brooding first single off his forthcoming LP ‘Glass Effect’ is released, we asked the in demand bassist and composer to select some music that rocks his boat and he’s chosen some beauties from Monk to Grieg, Mulatu to Radiohead….read / listen on
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Simon Jefferis brings his Vibrations - an interview
Multi-talented Simon Jefferis’ new album ‘Vibrations’ is a self-produced soul jazz beauty with one foot in London’s vibrant jazz scene and another in classic 90’s US hip hop … the sound of a hot summer…Read / listen here….
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A quick chat with Dominican Republic record shop Tútalo Records
Mauro Ferreiro has a revealing chat with Lenny, co-founder of Tútalo Records in Dominican Republic - talking about the slow rebirth of local vinyl culture and the incredible sounds that the island has birthed. If you love Cuban and Spanish Caribbean music, your ears are in for a serious treat…. Read / listen more….
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Error Subcutáneo - the errsub beat tape- (Abu Recordings)
Error Subcutáneo is an electronic free jazz project from the Dominican Republic and they’ve got a new beat tape out today! Read / listen here….
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'Fil Mishmish' 8-10 July 2020 on Radio Alhara راديو الحارة
A 72 hour international DJ marathon raising awareness about the ongoing illegal annexation of Palestinian territories and highlighting anti-colonial and anti-racism protest across the world - Broadcast on Radio Alhara راديو الحارة and mirrored on radio stations globally…. read all about it and get involved!
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Etienne de la Sayette 'Kobugi' - a review & interview
Etienne de la Sayette’s new solo album Kobugi is an atmospheric and sometimes playful look into his deeply musical life when he’s not touring the world with his bands Akalé Wubé or Baesh Bang - a fresh sound for a dirty world…read / listen more…
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Albert Ayler 'New Grass' (Third Man Records) - a review
Jazz avant-gardist Albert Ayler never chose the easy path…a fearless musical adventurer who went his own way but didn’t live long enough to realise his enduring influence outside of jazz. Here on his 1969 LP ‘New Grass’ he smashed down the doors between jazz and soul music creating something brilliantly unique but at the time, hugely polarising. Nashville label Third Man Records have decided it’s worth our reappraisal and are reissuing it on vinyl. Read / Listen here…
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New Music Reviews by Mauro Ferreiro - June 2020
We asked our friend and collaborator Mauro Ferreiro (Error Subcutáneo) to review some recent releases we’ve been listening to and as a talented musician and producer in his own right, he’s got some great insight…read / listen here…
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Daisy Godfrey 'Take a Sec' (Running Circle) - a review
Check out the sumptuous new single from Nottingham soul-jazz singer Daisy Godfrey …classic sounds, classic voice…read/listen here…
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RIP Tony Allen - A True Giant Of Music (1940 - 2020)
A personal experience of Tony Allen from Ex-Friendly…read / listen here…
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Maria Chiara Argirò 'Hidden Seas (Remixed)'
Maria Chiara Argirò has asked her longtime electronic collaborators In a Sleeping Mood and Pour Atom Oil to reimagine her own unique take on jazz and they’ve come up with something as unique as her original material…read more…
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Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad featuring Roy Ayers 'Synchronize Vibration' (Jazz Is Dead) - a review
A brand new Roy Ayers album? Check out the first single from the LP and get excited (in a chilled way of course)…read / listen more…
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Music That Speaks To...Three Body (Running Circle)
Three Body are a trio of musicians, producers and cosmic explorers who also guide the Running Circle collective. On the back of their eponymously titled release on the label, we asked them to contribute to our ‘Music That Speaks to..’ series and they’ve given us some suitably healing selections for these inner times….read / listen more…
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Recondite Caribbean Gems: Rhythms of the Dominican Republic
An illuminating look and listen at the wondrous yet often overlooked rhythms of the Dominican Republic from Santo Domingo native and creative wunderkind Mauro Ferreiro. Read / listen here….
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Alex Attias presents Lillygood Party Vol 2 - a review
The second instalment of Alex Attias faves from his Lillygood parties that he runs and DJs at in Lausanne…Sophisticated dance music for ‘grown ups’….read / listen more….
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BBE In-store: Tabansi Studio Band - Album Launch
Our own Ex-Friendly joins legendary compiler John Armstrong at The BBE Store in East London for the launch of two albums by the brilliant Tabansi Studio Band…Afrobeat but not as we know it!
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Gentlemen's Dub Club at the Rescue Rooms 19/02/20 - a review
Gentlemen’s Dub Club bring the skank and sweat to the Rescue Rooms…read more….
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Xoliso 'Shingwanyana' (SHARP-FLAT / BBE) - a review
A killer 1974 album of pump-action grooves and outsider psyche sounds out of Pretoria, South Africa given the top shelf reissue treatment from SHARP-FLAT and BBE….listen / read more….
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