Steve Gunn & David Moore’s “Live in London” was recorded at Cafe Oto during their 2023 spring tour of ‘Let the Moon be a Planet’…using pieces that appeared on that album, they have created five new compositions from a place of joy and camaraderie.
On Ark Angel II, Alex Homan’s experimental freeform guitar flourishes guide the listener on a meandering walk…warbling tapes, glitchy sounds and occasional cacophonous outbursts all serve to remind you that it’s sometimes necessary to get intentionally lost in order to truly appreciate freedom.
Released this month on Ireland’s Nyahh Records, Mohammad Syfkhan’s “I Am Kurdish” comes highly recommended from us – filled with an atmosphere of joy, love and happiness, the release also underpins the label’s strong support of independent artists and their innovative roster.
Relics is the debut album of a young Danish experimental trance rock quartet called Antistatic, whose highly rhythmical style is both unique and adventurous.
Recommended: Out now on Sean Conrad’s Seattle-based ambient/devotional Inner Islands label, Wide Ranging Rider is the latest offering from Stefan Beck, aka Golden Brown…emblazoned with originality throughout.
Tashi Dorji’s 2012 cassette-only release Guitar Improvisations is to be released on vinyl for the first time. Watch the new video for Improvisations I – Playing purely experimentally, he inhabits the now, increasing the elements in his play and carefully building a hypnotic whole.
Magg Tekki, is the debut offering from the Senegalese drum and vocal orchestra Assiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff, a collaboration with Swedish musician and archivist Karl-Jonas Winqvist. Listen to their new single, “La Musique de Cœur”. It’s pure joy!
Myriam Gendron’s debut album, “Not So Deep As A Well”, is being re-issued and will be available for the first time in Europe on 17th November 2023 via Basin Rock. Listen to Bric-á-brac, our Song of the Day, and included in the new expanded version.
First issued in 1969, the Malombo Jazz Makers’ unknown third album ‘Down Lucky’s Way’ is reissued on vinyl. The liner notes include an interview with Lucky Ranku, one of the greatest African guitarists of his generation.
Released today on the excellent Catalan Record Label Microscopi is ‘Substrat’, the new album by Guillem Ballaz. A work based on old Catalan square tambourine songs -largely unpublished- and one of Catalonia’s greatest unknown cultural riches.
The Colours Of Rubab, a newly commissioned album from Worlds within Worlds featuring the music of Gulab Afridi, accompanied by Murad Afridi on tabla. Listen to the lead track, Raag Kirwani.
