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Filter Dread “Tribal Data”
via Boomkat: One year on from Tribal Realm, Filter Dread aims his 2nd volley of deconstructed jungle, garage and grime with an ‘ardcore twyst on Unknown To The Unknown. In “Tribal Data” he shatters the ‘nuum timeline to a mosaic Read more »
Rashied Ali & Frank Lowe “Duo Exchange” (1973, Survival Records)
via Boomkat: Incendiary and rare free jazz ripper from Rashied Ali & Frank Lowe from 1973. Out of print on vinyl ever since and a fierce addition to any jazz or avant-garde shelf. From Thurston Moore’s Top Ten Free Jazz Read more »
Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids “Tinoge Ya’a Ba”
via Philophon Records: 2016 was the year for Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids. Their album “We Be All Africans” (produced by Philophon and released on Strut) vaulted them among the global top acts of the current Spiritual Jazz renaissance. The Read more »
Victor Assis Brasil “Toca Antonio Carlos Jobim” (1970)
via Far Out Recordings: Following the recent reissue of Jose Mauro’s Obnoxius, Far Out Recordings presents the second release in the treasure trove of the Quartin catalogue, Victor Assis Brasil Plays Jobim. Over the course of the 1960s, Roberto Quartin Read more »
Forgotten Treasure: Joe King Kologbo “Sugar Daddy” (1980)
via Strut Recordings: Strut presents the first in a series of essential original LP reissues exploring rare and under-rated African, Latin and Caribbean music classics, curated by Duncan Brooker. In January 2017, the series kicks off with ‘Sugar Daddy’, an Read more »