Born from the ingenious spirit of Mista Savona, the fantastic melding of Cuban and Jamaican music culture continues to thrive with the upcoming release of Havana meets Kingston‘s volume 2. In 2017, the Australian musician and producer set up […]

The Berlin-based DJ, producer, journalist and label boss of Man Recordings revisits iconic Angolan track “Cazukuta” by DJ Havaiana. Besides kuduro, Angola has long been a hot bed for musical innovation. Electronic dance music from Angola also birthed […]

Manchester producers, DJs and Swing Ting‘s owners Samrai & Platt will drop their debut album 100 Dances in March. 100 Dances is the first LP produced entirely by Samrai & Platt and is the culmination of over a decade […]

Sofa Records and Les Disques Bongo Joe proudly present Maghreb K7 Club: Synth Raï, Chaoui & Staiif 1985-1997, a compilation of music recorded and produced between 1985 and 1997 in Lyon by musicians from the Maghreb region. […]

In this week’s selection: Moses Boyd’s personal jazz archipelago, new EP from Nigerian rapper Olamide, Mhysa’s deeply intimate album and much more to hear this week…  Dark Matter Moses Boyd UK jazz drummer Moses Boyd returns with Dark Matter, […]

Almost forty years after African Head Charge’s debut album, My Life in a Hole in the Ground, Adrian Sherwood’s African Head Charge discography reissued in new box set. Following 2016’s Environmental Holes & Drastic Tracks: […]

Tunisian producer Deena Abdelwahed unveils an experimental visual for ‘Insaniyti’, taken from Dhakar EP. On “Insanity”, Deena Abdelwahed was inspired by the Mezwed, a genre of popular traditional music based on North African Amazigh scale rhythms. It incorporates traditional Tunisian drums […]

Free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements delivers a strong message under the lines of their new music video “No Más”. Their forthcoming sophomore album Who Sent You? is due to release on the 20th of March. Who Sent You?  […]