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07/05/2021 nausika

Anthology of Experimental Music from Peru: an outstanding collection of music with passion and raw quality

Various Artists, Anthology of Experimental Music from Peru, Italy, Unexplained Sounds Group, USG068 CD (2021) With Peru increasingly coming under

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06/05/2021 nausika

Seance: seven perfect songs with just tender voice and murmuring acoustic guitar

Maxine Funke, Seance, Australia, A Colourful Storm, ACOLOUR035 vinyl LP (2021) Quietly carving out her own distinct niche as a

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15/04/2021 nausika

Mien (Yao) – Canon Singing in China, Vietnam and Laos: hypnotic and unearthly singing from minority hill tribes

Various Artists, Mien (Yao) – Canon Singing in China, Vietnam and Laos, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF117 limited edition LP

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14/04/2021 nausika

A light and lively Amazonian popular folk compilation in “El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974)”

Andrés Vargas Pinedo, El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974), Peru, BUH Records,

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10/04/2021 nausika

Dagara – Gyil Music of Ghana’s Upper West Region: trance-like pointillist xylophone music

Dagar Gyil Ensemble of Lawra, Dagara – Gyil Music of Ghana’s Upper West Region, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF118 limited

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09/04/2021 nausika

Manbarani: modern Arabic folk in a quest to find physical and spiritual place and purpose

Natik Awayez, Manbarani, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF116 vinyl LP (2021) It seems astonishing that a composer / lyricist /

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29/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

Keeping Up with the Kashubians

Three new items from the Polish Zoharum label. Album by the group ROD is Pòczuj Kaszëbsczégò Dëcha (ZOHAR 217-2), somewhat

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26/03/2021 nausika

Fulgor Renegrido: an unusual and striking fusion of atmospheric black metal and Chilean C&W / folk

Aume, Fulgor Renegrido, United Kingdom, Ancient Entity Records, AER023 cassette (2021) Based in Coquimbo, in north-central Chile, Aume is a

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21/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

When The Goat Turns Red

Below, some items of contemporary Polish (and one Serbian) music released on Bolt Records. Lumpeks are here with their self-titled

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21/03/2021 nausika

Toda História pela Frente: atmospheric BM / country / folk fusion coming too soon in the shadow of a masterpiece

Kaatayra, Toda História pela Frente, United States, Mospharic Recording Limited, MOS-20 CD (2020) After the astonishing and exhilarating effort that

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