Original version appears on his 1976 album "Troubadour"

Enjoy

J J Cale (R.I.P.) - Cherry (Ole Smokey Edit)

Amidst the fervent anticipation of the release of Stac's long awaited second album (due in the spring of 2014) our favourite soulful songstress has found the time to gather together ten of her favourite pieces of contemporary music for your delictation, in the shape of the third instalment of the "Allo Love" series.

Stac is a real music lover (not a fighter) and her selection exemplifies the breadth of her knowledge, and her perfectly pitched taste. A sonorous collection, it kicks off in grandiose style with music from The London Bulgarian Choir, no less, and remains in deep musical waters with the Matthew Herbert produced Hejira, trumpeter and friend Matthew Halsall and close contemporaries, Natural Self and Blue Daisy.

You'll also find a quartet of cherry picked Wah Wah 45s nuggets, with music from The Gene Dudley Group, Henri-Pierre Noel, Lea Lea and Scrimshire fitting perfectly into Stac's personal soundtrack, and the latter's cut also featuring the lady herself on fine vocal form. 

Finally, Stac also appears on a stunning downtempo delight from the mysterious William Sommers with whom she duets on the delicate "Delight", a tune that sums this compilation up perfectly. Enjoy.

Matthew Halsall - The Sun in September

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Lobi Traoré - Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995
Release date: November 15th, 2013 on Glitterbeat Records

Bamako Nights captures the incendiary genius of Lobi Traoré, a soulful singer/songwriter and blazing electric guitarist of Mali, who died too young - just 49 years old - in 2010. Lobi produced five studio albums during his career, as well as four live releases, including the solo acoustic session Rainy Season Blues (Glitterhouse 2010). But Bamako Nights offers the deepest and most intimate record of this artist’s astounding power on stage in a small Bamako nightclub.

In 1995, the Bar Bozo was a unique destination. Mali’s democracy was just a few years old, and people were finding new ways to exercise freedom. The bar was an unglamorous, downtown nightspot, dark and often crowded. It didn’t cater to elites, but working people, who came to drink and dance and enjoy a live band long into the night. Lobi Traore was still emerging as a popular artist in Bamako. His earthy blend of Bambara roots and edgy electric guitar, and his philosophical songs of social life and the challenges rural people face in the city, were made to order for Bar Bozo. No wonder he packed the place on a weekly basis.

Lobi had begun recording albums by that time, and performing in Europe with an acoustic ensemble. But at Bar Bozo, he and his small electric ensemble were developing a new, rawer sound, one that would make Lobi a staple of Bamako’s live scene, and a legend of African blues celebrated around the world. You can hear in this smoldering session Lobi’s joy at having recently acquired a flanger pedal. His solos build to soaring, ecstatic heights, as unhinged as anything in African rock since.  

The set starts out slow and meditative with “Ni Tugula Mogo Mi Ko,” conjuring a trance atmosphere that Lobi elevates systematically with his keening vocal and eloquent picking. You can almost feel the weight of a sweltering Bamako night as Lobi forcefully guides his band though musical catharsis. By the time they kick into high gear on “Sigui Nyongon Son Fo,” the weight has lifted and spirits are flying. 

It’s hard to say enough about Lobi as a guitar stylist. His sound echoes older Malian pentatonic guitarists, notably the iconic Zani Diabate, whom Lobi accompanied briefly. And there are clear rock echoes; Lobi was a fan of AC/DC’s Angus Young! But in the end, Lobi’s guitar voice is his own, unmistakable, deeply informed by tradition and graced with sparkling personal epiphanies - even with the flanger set to 110%.

A few weeks after this recording was made, Bamako authorities closed down the Bar Bozo, and Lobi had to move his joyful party to an obscure venue on the outskirts of town. Bamako Nights is a time capsule recording. It evokes an artist, a time, and a place that came together with amazing potency, and can never be recreated.

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Lobi Traoré - Dunuya

Akalé Wubé songs from the album "Sost" available for streaming.

Anbessa (feat. Manu Dibango)

Kill Emil's latest album "Lights & Shadows" gets remixed in whole by fellow beatmakers and producers. Each one delivers his own take on the 14 original tracks of the album. Available as a free download.

https://beatquick.bandcamp.com/album/lights-shadows-remixes

released 13 April 2015 

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Kill Emil - Overture To The Sun (Jenova 7 Remix)

Freestyle Friday. One take, everybody knows the rules

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METANOIA021 - Mana Remixed
October, 03rd 2016

bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2eyWw8R
beatport: http://btprt.dj/2eyCY2r

01. coss - Yaqui (M.RUX Remix)
02. coss - Tonal (Luca Musto Remix)
03. coss - Nagual (El Búho Remix)
04. coss - Wave (Paul Valentin Remix)
05. coss - Imago (Jiony Remix)
06. coss - Mana (Kleintierschaukel Remix)

It's always a very humbling moment to remix or recreate music 
from another artist. Its now with great pleasure for our 21st release 
we've collaborated with six of our favorite artists for 6 new remixes 
of our EP "Mana".

Please enjoy this lovely collection of colourful music gems and 
take part of this journey thru time and space, silence and recreation.

@mrux | @lucamusto | @el-buho 
@paul-valentin | @jiony
@kleintierschaukel | @coss

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Mana Remixed

coss - Yaqui (M.RUX Remix)

A nice chill jazz set by some great artisans

0:00 Desafinado 
5:52 Samba Dees Days 
9:28 O Pato 
12:01 Samba Triste 
16:50 Samba de Uma Nota Só 
23:02 E Luxo Só 
26:45 Baia

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

Afrobeat remix of the one-and-only Nina Simone, ladies and gentlemen. PM me for download link ;)

Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter (Mr. Moo Mix)

The Cinematic Orchestra - Ode To The Big Sea

Mulatu Astatke (born 1943; surname sometimes spelled Astatqé) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger best known as the father of Ethio-jazz.

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - An Epic Story

Boom Bap Line Cook. Producer. Designer. Gormandizer.

Punchlines | Patterns | Pieces. Always Served Fresh

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Grimes Benton