World music
See: Yorkston/Thorne/Khan share video for “Sukhe Phool”
Taken from their third album Navarasa : Nine Emotions, which came out earlier in the year to widespread acclaim, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan (aka James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhail Khan) have shared a video for the track Sukhe Phool. The album centred around the nine emotions (nava) or Sentiments (rasa) of the arts, around which the trio …
Track: Dub Mentor – Hysteria (Wuhan Fight Dub)
Based on the Mark Stewart classic and with a stellar range of guests including Stephen Mallinder, Anna Domino, Ghalia Benali, Tao Weiss, Julia Rovinsky, Yao Xu and the people of Wuhan China, Hysteria is the new single from UK producer Dub Mentor. True to his title, Dub Mentor has produced something that marries the influence …
See: KOKOKO! release Boiler Room Session, plus world tour dates
KOKOKO! revealed the extent of their brilliance to the world with the release of their debut album Fongola, which came out earlier in the month via the ever brilliant Transgressive Records, and to accompany the release of video taken from their Boiler Room Session, they’ve also announced details of a World Tour Working since 2016 …
Say Psych: Album Review: Ouzo Bazooka – Transporter
Ouzo Bazooka, the undisputed champions of the middle eastern psych rock scene return with Transporter, their third album to date which has been released on Stolen Body Records today. After 2 years trotting the globe and playing over 150 live shows they returned to the studio a tight knot radiating with ideas and inspiration to create what …
Album Review: Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul and Synth Boogie in 1980s South Africa
There was a time where music from the Africa fell under the catch-all phrase of “world music”. Despite trendsetters such as Fela Kuti creating such lavish works which to this day still influences an incredible number of musicians, to explain tropicalia or afro-beat was to be met with heads cocked sideways and an utterance of …
Track: Tengger Cavalry – Symphony of Destruction
Its a sound that has recently sold out Carnegie Hall, and has been featured in many of the worlds prime tastemaker publications, Mongolian band Tengger Cavalry infuse heavy metal with their own asian tradition, including Mongolian fiddle Morin Khuur and other native instruments and traditional throat singing, to create something truly remarkable and individual. Following …
LIVE: JAH WOBBLE’s INVADERS OF THE HEART, Hebden Bridge Trades Club, 7th Nov 2014
It’s been 20 odd years since the last outing of Jah Wobble’s Invaders, with tonight being one of a mere handful of gigs. Originally planned to coincide with a new album of covers and the forthcoming Redux Box Set (now expected in the New Year) they now serve as something of a live prelude to …
Track: Instanbul duo Fuji Kureta release new single, Finis Terre
Finis Terre, by Istanbul based duo Fuji Kureta, has this sort of charming bleeps and bells and ring and chime at the beginning of the track that conjures up this sort of dark, late night feeling. It bubbles away underneath, reinventing itself almost constantly until it evolves into this sort of fragmented bassline, surrounded still …