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Zazou Bikaye’s second album to be reissued with unreleased songs
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Zazou Bikaye's second album to be reissued with unreleased songs

Following the acclaimed 2017 vinyl reissue of the Noir et Blanc album, Crammed Discs announces a special edition of the experimental electronic duo Zazou Bikaye’s second record, Mr. Manager. Resulting from a torrid encounter between Congolese singer Bony […]

Lee Scratch Perry, Arkology
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Lee Scratch Perry, Arkology

PAM is here to help you rediscover some unmissable records. Today, the treasure chest that is Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Arkology (Island / Universal)

Lee Scratch Perry: Rainford, the New Testament of Dali dub
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Lee Scratch Perry: Rainford, the New Testament of Dali dub

Photos credit: Daniel Oduntan / permission of the artist Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has released Rainford with Adrian Sherwood, boss of the legendary English label On-U-Sound. At 83, the Jamaican wizard is finally – without folklore […]

9 albums you need to hear this week
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9 albums you need to hear this week

In this week’s selection: the thrilling return of FKA Twigs, debut album from Nigerian rapper Ycee, dark and noisy experimentations by Moor Mother and many more to hear this week. Magdalene FKA Twigs FKA twigs aka […]

Be With Records reissues masterpiece album The Now Generation: Percussive Underscores
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Be With Records reissues masterpiece album The Now Generation: Percussive Underscores

Peter Luedemann and Pit Troja 1983’s outstanding album reissued by Be With Records.  This is the one. An absolutely outstanding record from 1983 and definitely one of the hardest to find on the collectable German library […]

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Afrorack: the body to the machine
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Afrorack: the body to the machine

  Brian Bamanya aka Afrorack built Africa’s first DIY modular synthesizer, in Uganda: he foresees that the next revolution in electronic music will take place in Africa. Brian Bamanya radiates pride. A few days after […]

9 albums to hear this week: Rema, Danny Brown, Robert Glasper and more
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9 albums to hear this week: Rema, Danny Brown, Robert Glasper and more

In this week’s selection: brand new album from highlife legend Pat Thomas, the highly stylised EP by rising afropop sensation Rema, Danny’s first studio since 2016’s Atrocity Exhibition and much more to hear this week … Bad Commando  Rema Rising […]

Habibi Funk, the label playing hide and seek in Medina
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Habibi Funk, the label playing hide and seek in Medina

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 […]