Various Artists, This is Zologo Beat, Netherlands, Makkum Records, MR 35, CD digipak / vinyl LP (2023) Dutch label Makkum
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Slumber Puncture
Bipolar Explorer In the Hours Left Until Dawn U.S.A. SLUGG RECORDS SLUGG033CD 2 x CD (2023) While I was sleeping…
Continue readingWork Hard: commentary on life in Ghana and a guide to better living in infectious and energetic music
King Ayisoba, Work Hard, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB134 CD / vinyl LP (2023) It might be called “Work Hard” but it
Continue readingStanze: nine short yet intimate and immersive free-form pop music soundscapes
Aperture, Stanze, Germany, Stray Signals, STRAY008 vinyl LP (2023) Admit it, sometimes when you’ve had a bad day, whether at
Continue readingThe Leisure Principle: a duet of bass harmonica and bass guitar produces eccentric and funky minimalist art
Otto Willberg, The Leisure Principle, Australia, Black Truffle Records, BT106 vinyl LP (2023) Based in London, Otto Willberg is an
Continue readingTogether into the Abyss
The excellent Maja Bugge here with her latest record Together (NO LABEL). We enjoyed this Norwegian cellist with her No
Continue readingI Love Space in Music
Delighted to hear Distant Saxophones (COMMUNITY LIBRARY CL26), an unusual selection of works recorded by the English woodwind player and
Continue readingDaughters of Loneliness
Saphron Red Amber USA FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR565 / UK SHAGRAT RECORDS ENT025 (2022) This is a wonderful record of
Continue reading100 Best Party Songs
Two new vinyl items from the excellent label Horn Of Plenty. This UK label can do no wrong for me
Continue readingThe Berlin Session: a rich lush and exuberant world of Somali funk, disco, soul and dhaanto beats
Dur-Dur Band Int., The Berlin Session, Germany, Out Here Records, oh 035 CD / OH 036 vinyl LP (2023) Founded
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