Future Classics

Album Of The Week: Julien Dyne “Teal” (Soundway Records)

It becomes post-haste clear on the 11 track mega groove affair “Teal”, from New Zealand multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Julien Dyne, at some point he was just a drummer. The fluidity at work here allowing 808s and live drumming to exist as one cohesive unit, is a credit to Dyne …

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The Heliocentrics “A World Of Masks” (Soundway Records)

When the UK experimental septet The Heliocentrics decided to add the young Slovakian singer Barbora Patkova to their Jazz, Hip Hop, Psych and Krautrock outfit for their new release “A World Of Masks”, it transformed an already well-respected band… into a superior one. The Heliocentrics have collaborated with the likes …

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Lord Echo “Harmonies” (Soundway Records)

The third instalment to Lord Echo’s trilogy. via Soundway Records: Harmonies is the new long player from underground super-producer Lord Echo. The new album solidifies his already distinctive mutations of reggae and rock steady with disco, African soul, techno and spiritual jazz. In other words, the Lord has returned from …

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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 …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980’s Nigeria

Soundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria’s economy in …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Meridian Brothers “Guaracha U.F.O”

I didn’t do a top tracks list this year (I think we’ve all had enough lists anyway) but if I had the time this track would have been way up there. A track which has very fitting title as it comes at you like an piece of space psych funk …

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