Sometimes less is so much more, and in the case of Sumie’s self-titled debut, the combination of her voice and an acoustic guitar casts the most hypnotic and disarmingly simple spell.
 
Born Sandra Sumie Nagano in Gothenburg, Sweden, she first began recording her songs in 2008, a few years after becoming a mother. Unlike her sister Yukimi, who fronts the electro-pop outfit Little Dragon, Sumie has pursued a solitary and acoustic path. “It was not a style or a sudden choice but more me playing my guitar and having two small children so I could not make much noise,” she explains. “But I also love minimal and delicate music, so that felt like a natural direction for me.”

Sumie

Show talked windows

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SUMIE - Show Talked Windows

Moon

Snowbird - Porcelain

Speed into

Sumie - Speed Into

The debut single by Temps is out now on Bella Union: https://ffm.to/temps-nono

Temps is a 40-strong international music collective devised, curated and produced by celebrated UK comedian James Acaster. First single “no,no” features Quelle Chris, Xenia Rubinos, Shamir, NNAMDÏ & Seb Rochford.

no,no feat. Quelle Chris, Xenia Rubinos, NNAMDÏ, Shamir

Soundwalk Collective With Patti Smith - Song Of The Highest Tower (Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Rework)

Never Wanted To Be

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Sumie - Never Wanted To Be

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos - BBC Maida Vale Session

Philip Selway - Coming Up For Air

BC Camplight - You Should've Gone To School

Heyoon

Landshapes - Moongee

Provenance

Divide and Dissolve - Provenance

Ezra Furman - Restless Year

Earthstar

Hannah Cohen Earthstar

Philip Selway - Around Again - The Acid Remix

Anxious

Nell Smith - Anxious

Philip Selway - Don't Go Now (Lanterns On The Lake Remix)

Ezra Furman - I Can Change (LCD Soundsystem Cover)

Mountain Man - Animal Tracks

Taken from the upcoming 2017 album 'Trials & Truths', available now for pre-order via Bella Union...

CD/Vinyl: https://bellaunion.greedbag.com/buy/trials-and-truths/
iTunes: http://geni.us/TrialsTruthsHTDL

Horse Thief - Another Youth

Deep Throat Choir's debut album 'Be OK' is available now on Bella Union...

iTunes: geni.us/DeepThroatChoirBeOK
Vinyl: bellaunion.greedbag.com/buy/be-ok-3/

Deep Throat Choir - Hunter

"Cloisters", the debut album from Charlie Coxedge, is available to order now via Bella Union:

Vinyl: bellaunion.greedbag.com/buy/cloisters-0/
Digital: smarturl.it/CloistersCCoxedge

Charlie Coxedge - Be

"Love You So Bad" is taken from the upcoming 2018 album "Transangelic Exodus", available for pre-order now via Bella Union: http://smarturl.it/EFTransangelicExodus

Ezra Furman - Love You So Bad

The Walkmen - Heaven

The Courage Of Others

Midlake - Acts Of Man

Wild Nothing - Shadow

Pre Order the album here https://baloji.bandcamp.com/album/kaniama-the-yellow-version

Congolese-born, Belgium-based artist Baloji has released a new Afro-Disco single, "L'hiver Indien" (ft. Gael Faye), a faux feel-good track that beneath its euphoric exterior explores the disconnect of migrant communities in larger society. BlackBook premiered the remixed song from Baloji’s upcoming album Kaniama: The Yellow Version, out May 3 via Bella Union. Baloji discussed the album and more on NPR’s Weekend Edition.

The original "L'hiver Indien" - with over 2 Million Spotify streams - comes from Baloji’s previous album 137 Avenue Kaniama, released last year on Bella Union. The label is re-releasing the album as the artist originally intended it, as a one-track mixtape on May 3. In a world of fleeting singles, Kaniama: The Yellow Version brings back the full album listening experience.

Baloji is an artist in motion, a musician, poet, film director and man of many images and ideas. Baloji means “man of science” in Swahili, but shifted during the colonial period to “man of the occult sciences and sorcery.” With influences from Outkast and LCD Soundsystem to African rumba king Tabu Ley Rochereau and salsa music legends Fania Records, he mixes hip hop culture with Congolese guitars and a melodic approach with some French chanson structure. His perpetual motion is showcased in music videos like “Soleil De Volt,” where he fronts a satirical variety show band with flamboyant flare, also apparent in his sharp curation of Komono eyewear collections.

Baloji - L'hiver Indien (featuring Gael Faye)

SONIKKU - Sweat (SOPHIE Remix)

John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts (No Ceremony /// Remix)

John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts (Xinobi Remix)

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Laura Veirs - Sun Song

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