Already at the controls of the label Jakarta, Jannis Stürtz takes us behind the scenes of his latest project, Habibi Funk, intended to reissue forgotten North African musical treasures. From Morocco to Sudan via Libya […]

After the excellent compilation Synthesize the Soul and the reissue of the best album of Grupo Pilon, Ostinato Records continues to releasing music of Cape Verde and its European diaspora with an essential collection. In […]

Before Sixu Tidiane Touré and Ismail Touré’s reissue of Mandinka Dong LP comes out on September 16, American DJ Bosq produces two groovy edits.  Boston native, Medellín, Colombia based Benjamin Woods, creating under the name Bosq, has been tirelessly exploring the intersections […]

  Released in 1981 by the excellent Ivory Coast-based AS Records, on her debut album, La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1, Nahawa performs brilliantly with tenacity and hunger. Recorded when she was barely 20 years old, La Grande Cantatrice […]

“Mizik Bel” is a mix of modern gwoka and zouk, with a revolutionary spirit that makes it a unique and powerful document of the culture and the history of the Antilles and the Caribbean. The drumming style accompanied by […]

Sahel Sounds will release Anou Malane, an album considered as one of the first studio albums of Tuareg music recorded during a politically charged period. Produced in Benin in 1995, Anou Malane is one of the first studio […]

Through his new single “Babylon”, German-American singer-songwriter JuJu Rogers announces his new album, 40 Acres N Sum Mula. Produced by Farhot (the producer behind Kendrick Lamar’s “Sing About Me”) “Babylon” is a song that shifts into a myriad […]

Blume arrives courtesy of Domino on August 2nd. Nérija is Nubya Garcia (tenor saxophone), Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet), Cassie Kinoshi (alto saxophone), Rosie Turton (trombone), Shirley Tetteh (guitar), Lizy Exell (drums) and Rio Kai (bass). Rooted in […]