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Taken from Jally Kebba Susso's forthcoming "Freedom" EP, out on digital and 12inch vinyl May 6th on Mawimbi Records. "Justice" is available on all platforms:
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Pre-order vinyl on Bandcamp: 
jallykebbasusso.bandcamp.com/album/freedom

Kora, vocals, tama, djembe and congas by Jally Kebba Susso
Drums by Yuval 'Juba' Wetzler
Bass by Nim Sadot
Saxophone by Oli Arlotto

Produced by Tom Excell and Jally Kebba Susso
Mixed by Lalang Fatty (GSC Records)
Mastered by Peter Beckmann
Artwork by Dohee Kwon

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Beats, edits and re-works of classics from Angola, Cape Verde & Mozambique.

Available from:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/meu-kamba/id916179220
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http://www.deezer.com/album/8580776
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH7TKXQ

There’s something about the old streets of Lisbon: you might be walking past a door and hear a bit of marrabenta and then, further down the street, hints of semba or funaná coming from the open window of a passing car. Lisbon is full of these sounds. And smells, and colours.
D-Mars, a producer who also goes by the name of Rocky Marsiano, grew up as an artist among these Lisbon streets, where he formed a hip hop group with direct ties to Cape Verde and Angola.
Africa was always close, always present. And hip hop taught him that vinyl records are pathways into the past and future, when put to good use in the hands of a DJ or in the inner circuits of an MPC sampler. D-Mars, now residing in Amsterdam, challenged Rui Miguel Abreu, a friend, an ally, a co-conspirator on many past adventures, to select some records from his personal collection.
The result is a batch of vinyl from Cape Verde and Angola, from Mozambique and São Tomé. D-Mars dove in, extracted the deepest grooves from the significant slabs of black plastic, and reimagined Africa with the help of his MPC. Meu Kamba is the result: re-edits with the soul of classic African vinyl, beats that try to answer the wildest of questions – what if b-boys danced to semba instead of funk?


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Rocky Marsiano -  "Owyele"

"Following Padme EP, co-produced with Gomorra and released on Origami Sound, Dersu returns with a throbbing four-track EP, a fusion of sounds. In its 25-minute entirety, Dersu synthesizes sounds from the mountainous range of the orient, the flat dunes of the scorching Sahara desert, the swampy lands of New Orleans to Berlin techno scenes into afresh air. Dersu EP is a musical fabric woven with ruminants of jazz, trance-inducing Afro-percussions, obscured vocals, soothing chimes and horns, sublime funk basslines underneath well crafted house beats. Dersu is part of Basel based Alma Negra with previous releases on Sofrito, Basic fingers, Highlife & New Kanada"

Mastered by J. De la Porte
Arwork by Tchale Figueira

Dersu - Ancient

Promesse en cage – Dream pop / Experimental (2025)
Une chanson sombre et aérienne sur la traite des êtres humains, les promesses empoisonnées et la perte brutale de l’innocence.
Entre nappes éthérées, voix fragile et beats hypnotiques, « Promesse en cage » raconte l’histoire d’une adolescente piégée dans le proxénétisme, vendue sous de faux rêves de luxe et retenue par la menace sur sa famille.
« On m’avait promis l’or, j’ai trouvé des trottoirs… »
Thèmes : traite des êtres humains, prostitution forcée, loverboy, trafic sexuel, rêve brisé, survie, espoir malgré tout.

Style : Dream pop sombre, shoegaze atmosphérique, ambient pop, experimental pop, dark dream pop, french dream pop, pop alternative française 2025.

Si tu aimes Chromatics, Beach House, Grimes (période sombre), M83, The Weeknd (côté nocturne), ou encore Pomme, Fishbach et Moodoïd dans leurs moments les plus introspectifs et glaçants.
dream pop, experimental pop, dark dream pop, french dream pop, shoegaze, ambient pop, 
prostitution forcée, traite des êtres humains, loverboy, histoire vraie, pop française 2025, musique engagée, dark ambient, atmospheric pop, sad pop, emotional, histoire poignante, néons et nuit

Écoute « Promesse en cage » si tu as le cœur bien accroché.

Promesse en cage

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Ops is an actor, visual artist, DJ and music producer. He is part of Criolina crew, that since 2005 produce, research and promote culture in Brazil's capital. O Norte do Sul EP is his first solo release.

With his ears opened to the new sounds from the north of the south hemisphere, the EP brings the groove from the brazilian north and northeast and presents a sound that refers to the early history of electronic music, the soundtrack of the first video games and sci-fi movies.

Both the instrumental music from the north and northeast of Brazil and the first experiments with synthesizers, feature loops of melodic patterns. In lambada, guitarrada and baião, who leads the arrangement are the riffs of rabecas, sanfonas, pífanos, guitars and brass. Role that in the electronic music is played by the arpeggios. Aware of this, Ops transported Brazilian themes to the dancefloor universe, in a eletro-tropical atmosphere.

In addition to Brazilian and Caribbean rhythms, You can notice the influence of African music, especially from Angola -like Zouk and Kizomba - which he acquired during the time he lived in Lisbon, where he produced O Norte do Sul EP.

With the label Frente Bolivarista, known for promoting the new Latin American music, the EP also features remixes of  he producers Señor Chancho, Tropikal Ravers and El Búho.

Producer - Ops (Criolina) 
Master (originals) - Tryambaka 
Master (remixes) - Daniel Lucas 
Executive Producers - Criolina & Batedeira Cultural 
Label - Frente Bolivarista 

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Ops -  Balançando (Señor Chancho Remix)

“KonKoma is the name of a tribe in Northern Ghana. They are very colorful and the rhythms are wonderful. This band is like a live rebirth of Ghana’s music from the 70s and 80s, it feels like very authentic and rhythmic Ghanaian music.” Alfred ‘Kari’ Bannerman

London based Afro-funk outfit KonKoma will release their self-titled debut on Soundway Records on June 25th.  Rooted in 1970s Ghana the group was produced and formulated by saxophonist Max Grunhard and producer Ben Lamdin (Nostalgia 77). The idea was to create a band around two highly esteemed Ghanaian musicians - Alfred Bannerman and Emmanuel Rentzos. Both are mercurial talents who over the years have graced the stage with the likes of Bobby Womack, Hugh Masakela and Peter Green as well as being long term members of the Afro-rock band Osibisa, but it wasn’t until KonKoma that the two old friends have had a band built around the two of them.  

The English-speaking West African country was the destination of Soundway’s acclaimed compilation series Ghana Soundz Afro-Beat, Funk And Fusion in 70’s Ghana. It has been a long held ambition for the label to work with a contemporary Ghanaian band who can push the country’s unique take on Afro-beat and highlife forward.

KonKoma adds a progressive edge to their rich blend of Afro-funk, jazz, soul and traditional African rhythms as well as acknowledging the 70s recordings that spawned the sound. Produced by Max Grunhard and Ben Lamdin, the album was recorded and mixed by Mike Pelanconi (aka Prince Fatty) in Brighton. 

Guitarist Alfred Bannerman, founding member of teenage Afro-rock band Boombaya (featured on the Soundway compilation Ghana Special) has remained one of the mainstays of the UK’s African music scene for more than 20 years. Keyboardist Emmanuel Rentzos has been playing alongside his fellow Ghanaian since the early 1970s when he was the lead singer of the young Ghanaian outfit Santrofi. Once Max and Ben had won the support of Alfred and Emmanuel, Ghanaian musicians and now key members of KonKoma, Nii Tagoe and Reginald ‘Jojo’ Yates came on board. As Nii explained in a recent interview with Soundway, it didn’t take much to persuade him. 

“If Alfred and Emanuel say, “Jump!” I would say, `’How high?” 

Nii Tagoe, a member of the Pan African Dance Troupe for over 20 years and the most natural frontman on stage, takes lead vocals on ‘Kpanlogo’ a ferocious up-tempo Afro-funk number that took it’s inspiration from a traditional Ghanaian dance where the movement of a dancer mimics the movement of a snake. Likewise Nii Tagoe found his inspiration for ‘Sibashaya Woza’ in a traditional dance from Zululand.  

Celebrating their 10 year anniversary this year, Soundway’s Ghana Soundz compilation featured amongst others, Ebo Taylor, who inspired a young Alfred Bannerman in his formative years growing up in Cape Coast. Alfred fondly remembers breaking out of his house as a child to hear the big highlife bands of the 60s play in his home town in Central coastal Ghana. 10 years on from that inaugural release Soundway have signed a living, breathing live re-birth of the music found on their seminal Ghanaian compilations. 

KonKoma make their live debut at The Rich Mix in London on 1st June.

KonKoma - Kpanlogo

http://www.sofrito.co.uk/

DJs Hugo Mendes and Frankie Francis of Sofrito have your summer soundtrack locked down. <i>International Soundclash</i> comes out July 24th, but this should be enough to tide you over until then. 

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Sofrito: International Soundclash preview (mixed by Sofrito)

Originaire de l’état de Bahia, Josyara est l’une des voix les plus envoûtantes de la nouvelle génération brésilienne. A 27 ans, elle est déjà l’auteure de 2 albums qui vont chercher leurs racines chez les grands de la musique brésilienne (Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Maria Bethânia e Gilberto Gil) et le folklore de son sertão. Toujours en quête d’expériences musicales, elle signe ici, avec “Iara correnteza”, un single aux accents électroniques en compagnie du beatmaker français (basé à Lisbonne) iZem. 


Iara, c’est le prénom de sa grand-mère, mais aussi une figure mythologique. Iara la femme-sirène dont la beauté ensorcelle. Josyara se retrouve enchantée par cette voix qui l’appelle des tréfonds de l’océan et l’invite à s’aventurer dans ses eaux. Une ode à la nature et aux eaux du Rio São Francisco qui ont marqué la vie et l’horizon de la chanteuse et une réflexion mystique sur la vie. Troubles ou limpides, douces ou violentes, les eaux sont un hymne à la quête d’équilibre, une invitation à la contemplation, au laisser-aller, un écho aux ondulations de notre for intérieur. 


“Iara correnteza”, c’est enfin une rencontre avec le producteur voyageur iZem, un pont jeté entre le folklore brésilien de l’une et l’esthétique acoustico-électronique de l’autre. Une rencontre qui marque le lancement du nouveau label français Elis records ancré à Lisbonne, co-fondé, entre autres, par iZem lui-même et Lekin, co-fondateur de la webradio parisienne défricheuse Le Mellotron, et qui annonce de nouvelles connexions entre esthétiques acoustiques et électroniques. 

Sortie le 24 octobre en digital.

Elis Records
https://soundcloud.com/elis-records

Iara correnteza

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Here's the playlist :)

Bicep - Opal (Four Tet Remix)
Butch - Desire
Metro Area 4 - Miura
Saint Saviour, KDA - No One Watching Over Me
Rosie Lowe - The Way ft. Jay Electronica (Demi Riquisimo Remix)
Dole & Kom - Together Onetime
Raito -Summer Of Love
The Knife - Pass This On
Renato Cohen - Força
Will Easton - Bound
Alan Braxe, Fred Falke - Intro 
Donato Dozzy - Parola feat Anna Caragnano
Coyu - 1+1 feat Thomas Gandey
Qubiko - Disco Connection
Detroit Swindle - Cut U Loose

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CURLY MUSIC #314

Martha Wash is the queen and this song has always been the G.O.A.T for me with few others from this era, in terms of house music.
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so much soul and positivity in this gem, I felt like editing it so it sounds better and more interesting to play out there, added some elements, my touch,
hope you'll like it, fam <3

Martha Wash - Carry On (Folamour Edit)

My tribute to Mark Hollis and Talk Talk. Lovingly rebuilt strictly from the multitracks.
REMIX / PRESS ENQUIRIES: mail@thereflexmusic.com
JOIN THE REVISION CLUB - Access to all HQ downloads, freebies and exclusives. http://eepurl.com/Hd8J1 The Reflex Revision is a remix entirely done from the original multitracks or stems, no sound or instrument added unless specified.

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Talk Talk - It's My Life [The Reflex Revision]

With “A Muhive”, new-born Elis Records starts 2020 with a new collaboration and exploration off the beaten track. A third release signed by Mozambican singer Milton Gulli and French producer iZem mixing afrobeat and Portuguese hip-hop.

Producer, singer and DJ, Milton Gulli has always given great importance to cultural and sound syncretisms. From Mozambican descent, he grew up between Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Madeira island, he sought to bridge the gap separating the two musical worlds that have influenced him growing up. This new release is a perfect example of that: with lyrics rapped in Portuguese, and an instrumental that samples the London Afrobeat Orchestra, the resulting sound is a futuristic hybrid between Nigerian afrobeat and lusophone hip-hop.

In ‘A Muhive’ (‘The Thief’), Milton accuses the injustice that corruption causes to every segment of the population, from the madala (a middle-aged woman) to the criança (the child), and, by speaking in second person, he shows that the scourge not only concerns the authorities but the society as a whole. The energetic rhythm of the song reinforces the idea that it is nonetheless not an option to give up just yet, and that if the efforts we put in cheating were put at use in a more honest attitude, everyone would benefit from it.

Out on all digital platforms January 27th 2020.

iZem & Milton Gulli - A Muhive (Elis Records - 2020)

"Drawn towards Earth by echoes of Mandinka melodies, the human-amphibians from Sirius B pass on their astronomy and cosmogony secrets to their Dogon hosts. Secrets that no-one has been able to unlock to this day…"

"Attirés sur Terre par l’écho de la gamme Mandingue, les humano-amphibiens venus de Sirius B en profitèrent pour léguer à leurs hôtes Dogons des secrets d’astronomie et de cosmogonie. Qu’aujourd’hui encore, personne n’a pu percer..."

New album out oct 2020 

Recorded in Dec 2019 @Mikrokosm recording studio (Lyon-FR)

Composition, arrangement : Supergombo
Recorded and Mixed by Vincent Taurelle
Assistants : Nicolas Miral and Julien Jussey
Mastering : Chab
Label : Z production
Edition : PAG editions

Diffusé le 15 juin 2020.
Broadcasted on June 15th 2020.

Supergombo
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› https://soundcloud.com/supergombo

Z Production 
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› http://youtube.com/zproductionlabel
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[PREMIERE] Josyara & iZem - Iara correnteza (Elis Records)

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