Robbgikma & No Sauce - Rough Paths (La Phonkerie)
New hip-hop release on the French label La Phonkerie by Robbgikma and No Sauce, who joined forces to create Rough Paths, a dark and stormy tape with full Phonk vibes.
Shakali - Nivoin Viivoin (LOM)
Shakali is a project of Finnish, Brno-based musician Simo Hakalisto. Simo uses phonography, environmental interplay, and deep listening as an alternative way of documenting his encounters and environments. He calls it "technology-extended attention practice", to be more sensitive, present, open, and responsive through the act of listening.
Sheida Gharachedaghi & Mohammad Reza Aslani - Chess of the Wind (OST) (Mississippi Records)
The lost soundtrack to
Chess of the Wind, Iran’s banned 1976 queer-gothic-class-horror masterpiece, restored by the director and released for the first time. A masterpiece of world cinema, Mohammad Reza Aslani’s
Chess of the Wind was banned in Iran and thought to be lost until a complete print of the film re-emerged in an antique shop in 2014. Restored by Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation and released to rapturous reviews in 2020,
Chess of the Wind has taken its rightful place as one of the most visionary and daring films of pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema.
The Zawose Queens - Maisha (Real World Records)
Pendo and Leah Zawose showcase the fluid polyrhythms and rapturous polyphonic singing of the Gogo (aka Wagogo) people of the arid, hilly Dodoma region of central Tanzania. The most famous exponent of this musical tradition is the late, great Dr Hukwe Zawose (Pendo’s father and Leah’s grandfather).
Maisha, the debut album by The Zawose Queens, marks the first time that women from this famous musical family take their place as lead vocalists and performers. Emboldened by workshops in songwriting and music production with visiting UK-based producers Oli Barton-Wood (Jordan Rakei, Obongjayar, Nilufer Yanya) and Tom Excell (Nubiyan Twist, Onipa), The Zawose Queens began writing their first ever songs. The resulting collection of songs range from the stripped back and traditional-sounding to those treated with subtle electronic elements, with beats and drops and found sounds and switch-ups.
Volcanic Winds - Institutionalized Ritual
"This album is a depiction of Rituals that are transferred in context to a context that refers to a particular system so that meaning, space and time change. This institutionalization process refers to the process by which a ritual becomes formalized, standardized, and incorporated into the practices and beliefs of a particular institution, community, or culture for a specific purpose". Music by Wukir Suryadi, one half of the Indonesian outfit Senyawa.
YELKA - For (Karaoke Kalk)
The Berlin post-kraut trio YELKA with Daniel Meteo, Christian Obermaier, and the namesake Yelka Wehmeier, presents their new album,
For.
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar & Zia Fariduddin Dagar - Raag Malkauns - Ragini Miyan Ki Todi (Bombay 1968) (Black Sweat Records)
These recordings were made in Bombay in 1968 by Bengt Berger (Bitter Funeral Beer Band) during a stay with Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, who was primarily responsible for the revival of the Rudra Veena as a solo concert instrument. His home in the suburb of Chembur was at the time the magical haunt of a plethora of fantastic musicians, including Ritwik Sanyal and K. Sridhar, who took part in the session. In perfect and stern Duphrad vocal style, these two Raga lead us to different atmospheres and perceptions: Malkauns is the contemplative state of the evening, of the abandonment of the senses before the breaking of the silence in the night; Miyan Ki Todi is the first breath of the morning, the gentle awakening of the limbs before a puja.
