The Microcosm : Visionary Music Of Continental Europe (1970-1986)
via Light In The Attic: The follow up to Light In The Attic’s game-changing I Am The Center box set is finally here. The Microcosm: Visionary Music Of Continental Europe, 1970-1986 is the first major overview of key works from cosmically-taped in artists needing little introduction — Vangelis, Ash Ra …
Georgia “All Kind Music” (Palto Flats Records)
ECM-era Don Cherry global jazz meets contemporary electronic avant-garde, true world dance music for the next millennium. With guest turns on every track, Georgia explore a new approach to studio production, incorporating the sounds of world and jazz music into their digital funk and combining and processing improvisation and composed …
The Other People Place “Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café” (2001)
via Bleep: “Fifteen years since its original release, The Other People Place’s Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café is finally made available again on vinyl. A long-standing favourite among the many legions of Warp fans and rightly considered to be one of the very best electronic albums of all time. It’s …
Duval Timothy “Brown Loop” (I Should Care Records)
One of our favourite discoveries of the year came in the form of this 10 track solo piano record by Duval Timothy. A true renaissance man, Duval works out of London in the disciplines of music, fashion, fine art, and food. With Brown Loop, he has managed to forge a …
Little Simz “Stillness In Wonderland”
‘Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.’ Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland. On Little Simz’ sophomore album ‘Stillness in Wonderland,’ the London emcee tackles themes of escapism, individuality, trust issues and loneliness in a world full of anger. The concept for this project derives from Lewis Carroll’s …
Montezumas Rache “Wu Du Wu” (Music From Memory)
Discoid house track with light tribal feel guided by a high pitched melody and steady bassline. Includes A4 paper insert with information on the ‘ghost dance’ from the play Wu Du Wu. Wu Du Wu by Montezumas Rache
Stone Alliance “Stone Alliance” (1976)
I know for a fact that I passed up a worn version of this iconic newspaper-font album cover at Community Thrift in San Francisco years ago. I had no real reason to trust these smiling, toasting, well moustached dudes. They didn’t look tough enough, ya know? The cover lays out …
Lord Echo “Just Do You” (Soundway Records)
Wellington-based multi-instrumentalist Lord Echo has shared “Just Do You”, the first taste of his hotly anticipated third album “Harmonies”. We’ve had the track on loop all day long, combining the soulful tones of Mara TK vocals with an infectious sound bed of African, Latin, and Disco elements this is one …
Dohnnie “Dancin Is Your Love” (1979)
via Juno: As always, Washington DC’ Peoples Potential Unlimited have resurfaced another rare-as-hens-teeth boogie number and, while we are madly in love with this label, we need to appreciate more just how important they’ve been to the survival of funk music in recent years. This time, it’s Donald Walker’s only …