Canto Vampyrella

Available here: https://keno.bandcamp.com/album/out-past-the-current

Having released his debut album Around The Corner in 2018, as well as a critically acclaimed LP in collaboration with Los Angeles-based musician Tristan de Liège two years later, Keno aka David Hanke’s latest opus, Out Past The Current, brings together not only some of his finest remixes from the past four years but also a handful of new and exclusive works.

Out Past the Current

Outset

’Assimilation’ is the fourth, and final, single taken from The Brkn Record’s forthcoming debut album, ‘The Architecture of Oppression Part 1’. A groundbreaking concept album from Jake Ferguson of The Heliocentrics. It is a critical journey through the eyes of Black Britons, blending powerful and sobering narratives with psychedelic and soulful symphonies.

It is a track that has an overwhelming potency and power. A visceral tour de force that stops you in your tracks. The music has a Wagnerian manner to it, culminating in a dramatic and emotional intensity, masterfully matched by the evocative lyrics and their delivery. Over a pulsing, ominous beat, spoken word artist, singer and performance poet Dylema breaks down the psychological and social violations entrenched by the pressure placed on Black and Brown people to ‘assimilate’ to so-called English culture. 

Born and raised in Nigeria, Dylema moved to England in 2000 and it is this lived experience that is expressed in the song’s lyrics, "When I came to this country, I had such a strong accent that it was really difficult to blend in. Before I opened my mouth, you had the Black thing, and when I opened my mouth you had the African thing. People were taken aback by that, and so I found myself assimilating and remembering my experience of that assimilation. I felt in order to survive in England I would have to learn how to speak like an English person. Even though I have this accent right now, it is completely fake. It never left me to have an African accent, so amongst my friends and people close to me, I slip back without even noticing. The level of skill I had to have to assimilate into England required so much of me. Even if you’re not born and raised in Africa, there are so many things that Black British people have to do to assimilate without even noticing it. I still feel like I haven’t completely assimilated and I’m ok with that now. That is what inspired me to write Assimilation. I felt someone needed to put a voice to what we actually do to ourselves to be respected or accepted in Britain.”

The Brkn Record - Assimilation (feat. Dylema)

plants heal

Premiere: Dave De Rose & Dan Nicholls - Penstemon

West Coastin', the new single by Renegades Of Jazz, contains two sun drenched summer reveries in a lush and mellow downtempo style.

Renegades Of Jazz "West Coastin'"

West Coastin'

Renegades Of Jazz "You're In L.A. Today, But That's Okay"

Ahead of the much anticipated release of Música Macondo's 'Brasil Novo' compilation of deep, raw and contemporary Afro Brazilian samba, we are exited to premiere Grupo Bongar's electric take on Samba de Coco, "Vento Corredor". 

Música Macondo has unearthed eight contemporary Brazilian tracks on compilation 'Brasil Novo', disseminating the rich and percussive heritage of Brazil and Samba De Coco. Selected by DJs Tahira (Sao Paulo) and Tim Garcia (London), the diversity and positivity of Brazil shines, featuring elements of samba, candomble, batuques, jazz, folk and beyond, designed with the esoteric dancefloor in mind.

DJ Tahira is a massive Brazilian music fan and has been on a research journey for a number of years, dedicated to the preservation and archiving of music made or influenced by black and indigenous Brazilians. Based out of Sao Paulo he has a particular interest in the history of Samba de Coco, a folkloric musical form that was very popular in, (and probably originated from), the north east of Brazil, by slaves and indiginous people from working class backgrounds who came together, making a rhythmical mesh of sounds dating back hundreds of years and allowing them to carve a unique cultural identity.

Ignored or disregarded as inferior by Brazil's recording industry, there are few existing original recordings of this music from the twentieth century, relying instead on oral tradition and carnivals like those in Recife or Pernambuco. In recent times there has been a flux of contemporary proponents who mix Samba de Coco with other contemporary Brazilian musical forms. Brasil Novo features both the roots, and more divergent fusions.

In the current cultural impasse that Brazil is experiencing, with artists and musicians experiencing the withdrawal of funding and services and with concerts and clubs yet to get back to pre-pandemic levels, it's never been so important to give visibility to contemporary creativity. This compilation not only gives a needy international platform to new artists, it enables an archive of Afro Brazilian culture that in some cases is disappearing. It’s also a fine example of resistance and positivity, against the odds.

Grupo Bongar, well known in Brazil and internationally, combine all manners of Brazilian folk, axé and samba, whilst they also run a centre for percussion aimed at galvanising musicians from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Exclusive Premiere: Grupo Bongar "Vento Corredor" (Forthcoming on Música Macondo)

The Mongolian Caravan - Homecoming of the Caravan

Becomes a star

Director Benjamin Hill, Producer Benjamin Hill, Remastering Benjamin Hill, Mixing Engineer Benjamin Hill, Recording Engineer Benjamin Hill, Vocals Benjamin Hill, Ensemble Benjamin Hill and IBen Morton, coproducer IBen Morton, assistant engineer IBen Morton, percussion Benjamin Hill and IBen Morton, best assistant ever Benjamin Hill

Day Begins Anew (2025 Remastered Version)

Eloge musicale pour notre ami Jean Maximin "DJMax" Bekale Nzie(29-07-1969 / 31-01-2021). Nio far forever 🤲🏽 ROKIA TRAORE Kèlè mandi - GEOFFREY ORYEMA Solitude - VICTOR DEME Djôn'maya - BONGA Paxi ni ngongo - CESARIA EVORA Partida - BEBEL GILBERTO Simplesmente - RICHARD BONA Esoka - RAY LEMA N'zola - MAXENCE CYRIN Unfinished sympathy - LOKUA KANZA Elanga ya muinda - BLICK BASSY One love - LIZZ WRIGHT Silence - MELANIE DI BIASIO I feel you - MELANIE DI BIASIO Your freedom is the end of me - SADE King of sorrow - NINA SIMONE You'll never walk alone - SHANKAR Rest In Peace 🤲🏽

Outset

Keno

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