Ansambl Mileta Petrovića - Veseli Romi (Radio Martiko)
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of (Luaka Bop)
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah begins his sermon before a dancing crowd. His lyrics warn about the vice of jealousy—how it causes hypertension, and even kills—but the congregation is here to get down. We’re in a small part of Edo State in southern Nigeria called Afenmailand, which is known for being a harmonious region where Muslims and Christians live—and dance—together. The atmosphere is one of enjoyment, excitement, and pleasure, because to see Waziri perform is to be addressed, body and soul. He's the creator of a unique dance music that's fused with local folk styles, highlife, and Western pop, and imbued with Islamic values—and he's the greatest entertainer in all of Edo State. They call him the Etsako Super Star.
Al-Qasar - Who Are We? (Glitterbeat Records)
The band Al-Qasar comprises Thomas Attar Bellier (electric saz, guiters, keys), Jaouad El Garouge (vocals, awtar, karkabou, tbila, bendir, claves, caxixi, cowbell), Guillaume Théoden (bass, sub bass), Nicolas Derolin (darbuka, daf, bongos, bendir, shakers, saget) and Paul Void (drums). Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar’s debut album is an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia and North African trance music. The band calls it "Arabian fuzz." Brazenly electric and deeply connected. Guests include Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) and Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys).
Alvin Curran - Drumming Up Trouble (Black Truffle)
Black Truffle presents
Drumming Up Trouble, the first release of previously unissued music by Alvin Curran on the label. Collecting works recorded between 2018-2021 and a side-long epic dating back to the early 80s, as the title suggests,
Drumming Up Trouble, focuses on a hitherto almost unknown aspect of Curran’s encyclopaedic and omnivorous musical world: his experiments with sampled and synthesised percussion.
Amelia Cuni - Mumbai 04.02.1996 (Black Truffle)
Following on from the stunning recording of her 1992 performance at the Berlin Parampara Festival (BT079), Black Truffle continues the documentation of the work of Berlin-based Italian singer Amelia Cuni, one of the great contemporary exponents of dhrupad, the oldest surviving style of North Indian classical vocal music. Recorded in concert at Vishweshwarayya Hall, Mumbai,
04.02.1996 presents expansive performances of three ragas stretching across four sides and almost one and a half hours of music.
Ansambl Mileta Petrovića - Veseli Romi (Radio Martiko)
In the early 80s, the Ansambl Mileta Petrovića was formed in Nis, in the Serbian part of the former Yugoslavia. Mile Petrovic and his band were pioneers and modernised Roma music by replacing the accordion and brass with synthesizers and guitars. The result is a psychedelic cocktail of traditional rhythms and spaced-out sounds. As
Veseli Romi or
The Happy Roma they promoted their irresistible dance music, recorded between 1986 and 1991.
V.A. - Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Greece (Unexplained Sounds Group)
"In ancient Greece, music played a central role in all areas of life, both public and private. We can only imagine how this music sounded. But there are many visual sources that can tell us who was playing which instruments and in which settings, as well as showing us that there were often people dancing together." Raffaele Pezzella
