Bargou 08′ sonic mastermind announces his debut album on Glitterbeat Records. Update: listen to the album here. AMMAR 808 is a member of Tunisian funky folk music band Bargou 08. The musician will release in June […]
After four years of absence, Sonido Gallo Negro is about to release its next album, an exotic version of frenzied sounds enriched from all over the continent. Demonstration with their first title “Cumbia Ishtar”. Sonido Gallo […]
TootArd are a young, trailblazing ensemble from the occupied Golan Heights who deftly fuse Levant-tinted desert blues, melodic psych-rock, morphed reggae and classical Arabic modalities. Their second album Laissez Passer, is their debut international release and one of the first […]
The 4th installment of Glitterbeat’s acclaimed Hidden Musics series is dedicated to one of Africa’s most endangered peoples, Abatwa.
Afro-Tunisian ritual trance meets nomadic Western post-industrial punk. Convulsed children’s bodies, their faces turned towards the sky and their eyes rolling back, people chanting until exhaustion, their feet beating the ground… loud percussions, sometimes slow, […]
Bargou08’s Targ take World Music to another level.
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The mauritanian singer unveil a wonderful first video for her next album on Glitterbeat, Arbina. (Via NPR) Directed by Loïc Hoquet, the video of “Na Sane” came from a improvise road trip in a old Mercedes […]
The indie-cumbia band based in Tucson / Arizona, shares a 1st extract from their new album ¡Vamos A Guarachar! – out on October, 7th via Glitterbeat – with “Cumbia Volcadora (featuring Camilo Lara)” ! Lead by Sergio Mendoza, member and co-producer of Calexico, the Orkestra Mendoza […]