I’m disadvantaged with the LP oMOrruMU baMAt (REPETIDOR RLP96), mainly because it’s so steeped in Basque culture – the songs
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Ground Truths
Extraordinary record from Mark Harwood is Offering (PP50), released on his own Penultimate Press label and assisted by the great
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The Bride Wore Pink
This Noisy Nylon (SNATCH TAPES tch 223) tape by Ice Yacht sure is “noisy”. Philip Sanderson adopts one of his
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Afar Ways: discovery of a virtuoso singer with a unique and idiosyncratic style
Yanna Momina, Afar Ways, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB131 CD (2022) In its own way, this album is very remarkable: it was
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The Stavanger Train Whistle Sings
Gaute Granli is the Norwegian madcap from Stavanger who has amazed and outraged with his previous outpourings, sometimes noisy, sometimes
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The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab: homage to a major mid 20th-century Egyptian singer / composer filled with mystery and intrigue
Simon Shaheen, The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Germany, Zehra, zehra008 vinyl LP (reissued 2022) This work of love and
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100 Best Party Songs
Two new vinyl items from the excellent label Horn Of Plenty. This UK label can do no wrong for me
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They Sing for the Future
Very fine and unusual item from Officer!. UK post-punk and art rock heroes from the 1980s enlist international players and
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Der Crossing Red Light
Obnoxious stinky French grunge-rock from Der on Supersound (BISOU RECORDS BIS-020-U / BEAST RECORDS BR308) …main man Olivier Lambin has
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The 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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