3 LP Cuba: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 1 is a new album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) that explores the many new styles that emerged in Cuba in the 1970s as Jazz, Funk, Brazilian Tropicalia and even Disco mixed together with […]
Ambarchi, Berthling and Werliin are back, a little looser and wilder than before. Their ability to lock in and focus on the smallest of details is enhanced here by a sense of increased immediacy. Great news for fans of stimulating variations of tone and mood within a potentially infinite universe of rhythm and sound! The […]
Nina Simone was one of the best Blues singers of the 20th century. Only someone the likes of Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith had the power to lay a soul bare like she could, as her stripped-down “Be My Husband” shows. Naked like a field-holler, this song would later capture the imagination of Jeff Buckley […]
2 LP Caribou, Elton John’s fourth album to claim the top spot on the charts in the US and his third in the UK, showcases hits like “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” and “The Bitch Is Back.” In honour of the 50th anniversary of its release, a Record Store Day release arrived […]
Very Limited (300 Only For Europe) Peruvian Pressing Shindig Issue 127 May 2022 5***** An essential discovery. Halfway between Delia Derbyshire and Laurie Spiegel, it makes for a deeply hypnotic experience Full page feature in The Wire April 22 Aquatic and Other Worlds (1983-1989) marks the debut release proper by Oksana Linde. The daughter of […]
“CYRIL is the Aussie-born artist, DJ, mulit-instrumentalist and producer behind two of the worlds hottest records at the moment, “”Stumblin In”” and his remix of Grammy-nominated artist Disturbeds “”Sound of Silence.””. He is signed to the Dutch record label Spinnin Records, known for its smash hits in the EDM genre. His biggest moment thus far […]
2 LP Venetian Snares’ classic orchestral breakcore album, 2005’s Rossz Csillag Allat Született is reissued on black vinyl for it’s 20th anniversary. What if, for just a day, we could both be pigeons? Sometimes one moment in time can take on such an important significance that it becomes an endless world unto itself and everything […]
Track list Just Keep Me Moving Much Finer Place Or Was I Hush Sweet Lover Myth Apogee Virtual Vortex Lifted by Love Overture Kundalini Yoga Waltz In Perfect Dreams Curious Soul Astray Ride of Bonanza Jellybean Don T Be a Lemming Polka Sweet Little Cherokee Cowgirl Pride Even Cowgirls Get the Blues soundtrack by k.d. […]
3 CD Issued twelve months ago, Cherry Red’s 3-CD set “1977: The Year Punk Broke” examined the UK punk explosion in microscopic detail, prompting rave reviews, extremely healthy sales figures and numerous comments along the lines of “You guys are the mutt’s nuts – when’s the follow-up coming out?” ? Well, we’re still the mutt’s […]
The Magic City is a testimony of the evolution in Sun Ra’s music in the mid-’60s. According to many enthusiasts and scholars, this album is among Ra’s most definitive studio recordings. Although the “city” mentioned in the album’s title was believed to be New York, the place where the LP was taped, in fact it […]
