Tune! Spun on this week's show https://soundcloud.com/thepressuredrop/pressure-drop-show-10th-april-2023 #radiogold

Harumi

Hurry Up Now

Today, I’d like to introduce you to Gaspar Claus, a French cellist out of Paris, who has a number of collaborations, performing appearances, and soundtrack work under his belt (some names include Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens, Jim O’Rourke, and Ryuichi Sakamoto), with the upcoming Tancade being his first solo album. I have covered plenty of music featuring the cello as the main instrument, and I can’t seem to get enough of its low, raspy textures, deep melancholy sighs, and soft fluttering sails. I do love the violin, but the cello still holds a very special place among the favourite timbres of my mind. And so the music from Tancade hits the spot, with the cello being the only instrument on the entire album, layered, processed, and orchestrated to sound as if numerous Claus clones are spinning a complex braid of sound all at once. On the first single of the record, which I am happily premiering for you today, the instrument is “rubbed with a bow, plucked, brushed, bumped, caressed, jostled, and transfigured,” for all its “rich harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic potential,” but even if you don’t zoom in on the technicalities, it is a piece of music that sounds grand. “Une Foule,” which means “a crowd,” refers to the “wild and marvellous parties that take place at ‘Tancade’, a small and difficult to access cove.” 

More here: https://hcdi.gs/UneFoule

Tancade

Une Foule

TRACK PREMIERE : Gaspar Claus - Une Foule

Up and Away

Nomad

'Hayat’, the new single from the illustrious Kit Sebastian, finds the band delving into their Turkish and Azerbaijan influences. Having spent much of the past year touring and writing, ‘Hayat’ is the first original composition the band has released since their October 2021 album, ‘Melodi’. Here we see the London-based duo (aka Kit Martin and Merve Erdem) weaving a psychedelic tapestry of Mugham melodies, organ-driven grooves and jazz-pop harmonies in classic Kit Sebastian fashion. Recorded to Fostex 1/4” tape, the essence of the production is perfectly balanced between being brand new and retro, which is a feat very hard to pull off. 

‘Hayat’ is sung in Turkish and the title translates as ‘Life’ in English. The song examines our desire to find one's place in the world and the provisionality of existence. Merve's searching lyrics ask “Where are you? Where is the universe?”. Her vocal delivery perfectly reflects the lyrical focus, its texture is probing and ethereal, almost as if sung from looking above us.

Kit Sebastian - Hayat

Bliss

Dashti, Persian tuned piano by Morteza Mahjoobi (1900-1965). From the Golha radio program titled "Caravan". More on Golha Programs at www.golha.co.uk, more on Morteza Mahjoobi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Mahjubi



Dashti, by Morteza Mahjoobi(Iran)

Jamil Jamal

Yazz Ahmed - Jamil Jamal

El Aaiun Egdat

Ana Saharauia

Two minute groove from the Syrian duo's debut record out next month on @HenrikSchwarz' imprint Between Buttons.

Read More & Buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/09/28/premiere-khaled-kurbeh-raman-khalaf-ensemble-shamal/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/Khaled-Raman

Aphorisms

Listen on Youtube

Khaled Kurbeh & Raman Khalaf Ensemble - Shamal

pre-order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-007-an-eclectic-selection-of-music-from-the-arab-world

"Without Fadoul we would have never started Habibi Funk. I vividly remember  nding a copy of his now classic James Brown cover „Sid Redad“ in a dusty old shop, run by a man who once owned a record distribution and label called Mekauiphone in Casablanca. It took us around six trips to Morocco over the course of more than a year to  nd his family as Fadoul himself unfortunately died in the early 1990s. Over the course of time, we kept on  nding new records by him that were unknown to us (and recently also two studio tapes from two sessions at Boussiphone studios full of alternate takes and demo versions) and they all added to the picture of a wild heart, full of energy, creativity, yet no stranger to the inner demons a lot of artists struggle with. Fadoul was more than just a singer. He spent some time in Paris playing theatre, he painted, he worked as a circus clown for four years in the Netherlands, he recorded and also composed a single for a famous orange juice brand from Morocco.
His lyrics dealing with topics such as drugs and depression but also having good times paired with a musical backdrop that is always funky yet dirty and played with a real punk attitude. “Bsslama Hbibti is taken of a hardly known 7“ he recorded for Atlassiphone and picks up where the recording on Fadoul’s album on Habibi Funk left off. A raw sound aesthetic, an energetic performance, a mighty voice and a very lively atmosphere that was pre- served in the recordings. So far only the copy used for this release has surfaced. We have also started to work on a second album exclusively dedicated to Fadoul with a partial focus on his 1980s output consisting of his very unique takes on hiphop and reggae. This song, just like the “Al Man Saib” album, was licensed from Fadoul’s family."

order

Fadoul - Bsslama Habiti (Habibi Funk: An ecclectic selection of music from the Arab world)

This a remix I did a while ago. Inspired by the beautiful Turkish Piece  Kala Toprak, composed by Mr Aşık Veysel. This piece was re-interpreted by both sirs Tolgahan Çoğulu & Ricardo Moyano. Thank you both for the inspiration and your openheartedness.
Poetry from Ala Rubba Thee Ajalin Qad Hadhar By Abu-l-'Atahiya.

Kara Toprak - Tolgahan Çoğulu & Ricardo Moyano Lo. Koality Edit

Record label. Record shop. Film label. Since 1989.

Kit Sebastian - Hayat

Mr Bongo

Recent comments

ThePressureDropShow

Related tracks