Forgotten Treasures

Dwight Sykes “On The Rocks” (1980, PPU)

via PPU: We are gonna call this one Dwight’s Baby… “On The Rocks” was written and produced by Dwight Sykes for L.U.S.T. Productions. The album he would have released in 1980 is complete. Cell phone shadow photography by Dwight Sykes. On The Rocks by Dwight Sykes Dwight Sykes aka Sporty Cat, …

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Hieroglyphic Being, Sarathy Korwar & Shabaka Hutchings “A.R.E. Project” (Technicolour Records)

via Boomkat: Recorded over 2.5 hours of music across 2 sessions, with 90 minutes streamed live via NTS. Technicolour give up four edits of a freely expressive session between Afro-cubist electronic producer Hieroglyphic Being, far-reaching percussionist Sarathy Korwar, and sax-tooting jazz-cat Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming) extracted …

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Various Artists “Soul Of A Nation” (Soul Jazz Records)

via Soul Jazz & Tate: This release coincides with the new Soul of A Nation – Art in the Age of Black Power exhibition now at Tate Modern. The album shows how the ideals of the civil rights movement, black power and black nationalism influenced the evolvement of radical African-American …

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Moses Boyd “Absolute Zero” (Exodus Recordings)

via Bleep: Moses Boyd has placed himself at the fertile nexus of jazz and club music in recent years. Along with two solo releases, the drummer has collaborated with the likes of Four Tet and Floating Points as well as picking up MOBO and Worldwide Awards for his unique brand …

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Ross From Friends “The Outsiders” (Magicwire London)

“We’re always going and going and going, and never asking where. Did you ever hear of having more than you wanted? So that you couldn’t want anything else and then started looking for something else to want? It seems like we’re always searching for something to satisfy us, and never …

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Mo Kolours “Meroe EP” (22a)

via 22a: It’s been a hot minute since the tropical sounds of Mo Kolours have graced the airwaves, so it’s with great pleasure that we see him return to 22a via a choice selection of cuts presented on a limited 7” vinyl, with original artwork designed by the man himself! …

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Elusive “Moments” (Dome of Doom)

Aaron Koslow aka Elusive, is a Los Angeles based electronic music producer, who delivered a meditative deep dive into the many pathways that experimental hip-hop/electronic music and avant-garde/free jazz can link. His “Fusion Swing”, released earlier this year on Alpha Pup Records, included live jazz instrumentation that helped to deliver …

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Natureboy Flako “Natureboy Flako” (Five Easy Pieces)

via Five Easy Pieces: Two years on from the release of his debut album called ‘Natureboy’, Dario Rojo Guerra, aka Natureboy Flako, is back with a new six-song EP on Five Easy Pieces. ‘Natureboy Flako’ is a self-titled collection of music culled from over 200 recording sessions since Guerra moved …

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Sorry Bamba “Du Mali” (1977, Africa Seven)

via Africa Seven: One of the most pivotal figures in the history of Malian music is Sorry Bamba. His work spans five decades and his music bridges the gap between Mali’s cultural traditions and new the music which arose from the musical cross overs which occurred in Mali’s post-Colonial period. …

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