Turning Point Sessions

Amazing vinyl selection from our good friend Local Dish all vintage Punjabi folk, devotional, popular & comedy songs from 1960s -1980s . 
check him out via Instagram
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TPS 043 - PUNJABI FOLK, DEVOTIONAL & MODERN SONGS selections by Local Dish

Blue Yes Blue: Soulful Rocksteady and early reggae 
musical selections all taken from vintage dusty recordings 
by selector and collector Guv'nor General (Pressure Drop)

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TPS 044 - BLUE YES BLUE soulful Rocksteady & early Reggae - Selections by Guv'nor General

IN FLIGHT selections by A man called Warwick 

A new month, a new season, a NEW mix, an many new sounds

Various sounds and flavours from Past to Present 
all recordings taken from #vinylrecords
best enjoyed loud 

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TPS 045 - IN FLIGHT - Selections by a man called Warwick

Following on from his previous mix 
EASTERN NOTES (TPS 039)
Guest Selector WoMu Vin is back with EASTERN NOTES VOl II

More amazing sounds recorded on vinyl.
North African, Arabian Peninsula, Yemenite, Persian, Lebanese, Syrian and Iraqi music.
https://www.instagram.com/worldmusicvinyl/

TPS  046 - EASTERN NOTES  Vol II - Selections by WoMu Vin

TPS 047 - SACRED SONGS - selections by a man called Warwick 

More blessings for those who enjoy the sounds we love to share loud. 
Amazing Afro Latin Carib Indo Asian Arabic Balkan flavours
from past and forward that you will enjoy more than once, 
#musictomakeyouhappy

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TPS 047 - SACRED SONGS - Selections by a man called Warwick

DUNDUNBANZA - (TPS 048)
Selections by Souma Records 

Many thanks to Souma Records for this wonderful mix 
and the informative words hope you can play this one loud 
https://soundcloud.com/soumarecords

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In this 136-minute voyage, we canter around the Tropics to soak in a healthy dose of esoteric gyrations deeply rooted in canonical African rhythms.

 Dundunbanza is an “evil” Congolese spirit which has been defied for centuries by the followers of the Palo Monte religion that gained prominence in Cuba. And while “bad” spirits in African traditions are not always evil per se (an imperialist concept imposed through colonization and Christianity), they are in fact often seen as a metaphysical vessel for one’s intentions and worthiness. That being said, the song “Dundunbanza” (n° 13 in the mix) by Arsenio Rodriguez - one of the originators of Cuban Son Montuno – is in fact calling out a certain malevolent spiritual presence! If this spirit has been reincarnated today in the form of a severe acute respiratory syndrome known as SARS-CoV-2 to agonise our lives, then by the power of Arsenio’s mambo may this spirit twist and turn to his demise!

 While the tracks selected for this mix aren’t all necessarily related to African religions, they pay homage to the vibrant African heritage that they draw inspiration from. The spirit of the mix is that the power of joyful melancholy and minor scales over pure rhythmic hypnosis, can transcend a listener or dancer to a state of elation.

Non-stop vintage Latin and Tropical rarities from across the Atlantic and other (sub)tropical regions recorded from original LPs, 45s and old shellacs found by Fred from Souma records, as a guest mix for the Turning Point Sessions friends in Toronto.

TPS 048 - DUNDUNBANZA - Selections by Souma Records

TPS 049 - EARTH SOUNDS: 
Blazing Horns and Binghi Drums of Jamaica - 
Selections by Guv'nor General
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Rootical jazzy sounds played by some of Jamaica's finest and most deeply spiritual musicians: Cedric Brooks, Tommy McCook, Vin Gordon, Roland Alphonso, Bobby Ellis, Ernest Ranglin, Lynn Tait, Calvin Cameron, Karl Bryan, "Deadly" Headly, Count Ossie, Lennie Hibbert, Jackie Mittoo, Ras Michael...and many more great artists.

TPS 049 - EARTH SOUNDS: Blazing Horns and Binghi Drums of Jamaica - Selections by Guv'nor General

TPS 050 - PACHANGA EN BICICLETA 
Selections by Nico Skliris (France)
https://www.instagram.com/nicoskli/

A very special thanks for this wonderful mix from our long time friend and another one of our favourite selectors, Nico Skliris shares some of many magical Latin sounds of the past an heavy on the violin and flute with various rhythms and sounds of Danzon, Charanga, Guaracha, Pachanga, Chacha, Salsa Tipica, Salsa Africana, Salsa Martinica from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Newyork and beyond 
an as always recordings strictly taken from vinyl records of the past #musictomakeyoumove

TPS 050 - PACHANGA EN BICICLETA - Selections by Nico Skliris

TPS 051 - YEMENITE VOICES  - Selections and words by WoMu Vin
www.instagram.com/worldmusicvinyl/


"Yemenite Voices" is a selection of vinyl recordings (with the exception of 1 cassette track) of both legendary and rather obscure Yemenite artists. The tracks are in several Yemenite styles and range from early traditional recordings to more modern/orchestrated ones, spanning 4 decades (50s to 80s) in total; open your ears and hearts and you will hopefully enjoy most of them! 

It is worth noting that the reason for using Yemenite (يماني in Arabic) for the title, over Yemeni (يمني in Arabic), is that Yemeni generally refers to nationals of modern-day Yemen while Yemenite is the more inclusive term which includes anyone whose ancestors are from Yemen and identifies as being culturally Yemenite, regardless of where they were born or live.

TPS 051 - YEMENITE VOICES - Selections by WoMu Vin

TPS 052 - A BRAZILIAN COSMOS - Selections by Aki

Magical sounds 
#Brazilian music from #SaoPaulo to #Belem from #Psychedelic to #baião 
all recordings from #vinyl #records

Selections from long time friend, the legendary Aki of 
Cosmos records outta of Toronto  
this has been a long time coming and we are truly grateful for his passion and efforts in sorting this out for us all to enjoy 
PLAY IT LOUD !!! 

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TPS 052 - A BRAZILIAN COSMOS - Selections by Aki (Cosmos Records)

TPS 053 - KARIŞIK LOKUM KUTUSU - Turkish record Selections by WoMu Vin

"Karışık Lokum Kutusu" translates to "A box of assorted Turkish delights", which I thought would be a fitting name to describe the variety of tracks in this all-vinyl mix recorded from OG Turkish records from the 70s and 80s, with a variety of styles including (but not limited to) modern takes on Anatolian folk, funk-infused pop and Arabesque. The mix features several artists including Arif Sağ, Zafer Dilek, Yıldıray Çınar and Hakkı Bulut, all of whom were highly influential in reinterpreting and modernising the music they performed and produced for other artists.

I am dedicating this mix to the dearly missed Mads Nimann Jensen (Instagram @madsnimann) whom we lost a year ago to the day (October 13th) as a result of terminal cancer. In losing Mads we lost a legendary collector, but more importantly, a legendary human being (anyone who has ever been in contact with him will know exactly what I mean by that).

TPS 053 -  KARIŞIK LOKUM KUTUSU - Turkish record Selections by WoMu Vin

TPS 054 - 
RITMO PA GOZAR 
Selections by Ruffy (Discodelic)

Special thanks to selector Ruffy for this latest mix and long time over due 
by producer, International digger and Latin & Caribbean music collector
truly appreciate you taking the time for putting this exclusive mix together for all to enjoy, with the finest selections of #Descarga, #Guaguanco & #Mambo from #Mexico, #Cuba, #PuertoRico, #Trinidad and #Peru  

for more info on what this gentleman is upto 
you can follow him via these links .

https://www.instagram.com/ruffy_tnt/
https://www.instagram.com/discodelic_discos_viajantes/

TPS 054 - RITMO PA GOZAR - Selections by Ruffy(Discodelic)

TPS 055 - TRANSIÇÃO NA TRADIÇÃO - Selections by Alex Figueira 
(Music with Soul) Holland, Amsterdam.
 
Another wonderful mix that has been long time over due, since we been friends for many years and so we are truly grateful for this one to show up finally by the talented and passionate Song Writer, Producer, Musician, Record label boss, Record collector, Selector and Artist Alex Figueira. If you want to find out more on what he doing in these times and his musical projects then i suggest to go and check out his Insta page https://www.instagram.com/alexvoudou
or click his linktr.ee/alexvoudou

All songs recorded on this mix are from dusty old vinyl LPs and 45s which he is truly passion about unearthing and all these songs come via Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Dominican Republic, Panama, Angola, Congo, Ivory Cost, Burkina Faso

if you enjoy this mix drop a comment and play it loud !

TPS 055 - TRANSIÇÃO NA TRADIÇÃO - Selections by Alex Figueira

TPS 056 - 
Synthesized folklore from Ethiopian 80s -
የሲንቴሲዘር ባህላዊ ሙዚቃ በኢትዮጵያ 80ዎቹ

Selections by DJ  Mitmitta, 
https://www.instagram.com/mitmittaw
Recorded live at Kruttverket, Oslo, Norway 09-06-23

Traditional Ethiopian music infused with synthesizers all taken from original cassette tapes from the 80s

Listen to more mixes from Mitmitta  https://m.mixcloud.com/mitmitta/

TPS 056 - SYNTHESIZED FOLKORE FROM ETHIOPIAN 80s - Selections by DJ Mitmitta

TPS - 057 - SOUTHERN LIFEBLOOD
From Soweto's Township Jive to Harare's Chimurenga soul 
Selections by DJ Nomad (Berlin, Germany)
https://www.instagram.com/nomad_onest

Berlin‘s original tropical music pioneer DJ Nomad has been a collector of South African and Zimbabwean music for over 30 years. 
Berlin had due to it‘s very political music scene of the 80‘s close ties to south africa. Several anti-apartheid labels were based in Berlin, so there never was a shortage of southern African music in the city. Young Nomad fell in love with the fierceness, pride and love that the music from the townships radiated
Songs that spoke of the daily struggles of  the apartheid : living in township ghettos, working hard labour jobs, alcoholism, domestic violence and the mapantsulas - the street gangsters but also about love, romance and the hope for an evolution(which was soon to come).

This mix focuses on exactly that time period, the pre- revolutionary 60‘s and 70‘s before Kwaito & Bubblegum reflected a new way of life. It‘s a testament of life in the townships in the era of township jive, township soul and the early beginning of disco It travels from the townships to the north too the war torn city of Harare, that was still in the midst of the second "Chimurenga“  - the great Zimbabwe Rhodesian war for Independance. Later a whole genre of guitar heavy music from that area - showcased in the second half of the mix- was named after that conflict.

South African & Zimbabwean music from that certain era is loaded with history of the struggle for a better, more beautiful life. A longing for peace, love and equality. It was also a solace and source of  power to cope until those changes manifest.That‘s why it is the lifeblood of the south

TPS 057 - SOUTHERN LIFEBLOOD - from Soweto's Township Jive to Harare's Chimurenga soul-

TPS 058 - LEMBRANÇAS DO NORDESTE (Souvenirs from the Northeast)

Selections by Local Dish (Toronto)
https://www.instagram.com/localdish_to

A cross section of forgotten forró, frevo & folk from Northeast Brazil through private press compactos, obscure LPs and election campaign songs

TPS 058 - LEMBRANÇAS DO NORDESTE - Selections by Local Dish

TPS 059 - RARA RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS OF HAITI
 
Selections by a man called warwick

We pay tribute to the magical and hypnotic RaRa Rhythms and sounds 
and the influence in Haitian music from the past to present. 
Folkloric, Roots, Jazz, Rock and Pop
Creole Mizik Rasin Vaksen power

TPS 059 - RARA RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS OF HAITI - Selections by a man called Warwick

http://www.okayafrica.com/sudan-sounds-mixtape-ostinato-records/

Take a sail down the Blue and White Nile as they pass through Khartoum, carrying with them an ancient history and a never-ending stream of poems and songs. Immerse in the endlessly gorgeous violin and accordion driven orchestral music of 1970’s Khartoum, and the synthesizer music of the late 1980s and early 1990s. 

We’re going to bring the enchanting violin harmonies, haunting synthesizer melodies, and relentless tum-tum rhythms of Khartoum’s golden cultural era, which captured the hearts and minds of post-colonial Africa and the Middle East, to the world later this year, fully remastered and licensed. 

As always, some of these songs will be included in the final cut. Enjoy!

Selected by Vik Sohonie & Nicolas Sheikholeslami (Caykh) 
Mastered & Mixed by Nicolas Sheikholeslami

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Sudanese Sounds from Khartoum & Omdurman

Artwork, Selection & Mix by Nicolas Sheikholeslami
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In 2017, “Sweet As Broken Dates", our Grammy-nominated compilation of stellar Somali music from before the country’s civil war, captured the entire world's imagination. The songs revived heartwarming memories of a lavish Mogadishu and Hargeisa not known to many non-Somalis, and in many ways allowed the Somali diaspora to reconnect with a time and place ransacked by the wicked fates of history.

All our due diligence and research led us to believe that some of finest music ever made firmly stopped when the war started. Hibo Nuura’s song on the compilation, “If the Artist Lets You Down”, added to this perception, as the widely respected Nuura chastised her fellow musicians for what she saw as a failure of their responsibility to keep the country’s rich music culture alive amid tragedy.

But we were wrong. The music did not stop. Both famous and obscure Somali musicians quietly kept their culture alive in the 1990s and 2000s on drum machines, synthesizers, and laptops. The Somali pentatonic sound melded perfectly with new digital equipment, almost exhibiting an even more authentic sound as analog western instrumentation vacated the repertoire. Most of these recordings were kept private or shared in small circles, never reaching the same audiences in luxurious venues as the music of the 70s and 80s.

This is Chapter 2 in the Somali music story, not Vol. 2. 

At Ostinato Records, we want to reimagine the sequel for music compilations. Too often, “Vol. 2” is filled with the choice cuts that simply did not qualify for the first volume. As storytellers and image-makers, this approach needs a rethink. We have a responsibility to carry the story forward, to not simply rehash what has already been available, and to give agency to the recent past rather than constantly hark back to the 70s and 80s.

“Import/Export Mogadishu” is the side A of a mixtape to announce that we are deeply immersed in producing "Sweet As Broken Dates Chapter 2" and to give fans who relished the first compilation a sneak peak into the direction we’re headed. Side B of the mixtape will be an insight into Chapter 3.

The selection begins with a slow-burning groover by the lively Xabib Shaarabi, a key Somali music figure in the 1990s whose digital disco style was celebrated in a short but viral documentary by The Guardian. We are also proud to announce that Xabib Shaarabi along with lifetime achievement award winner, Cabdinuur Alale, will be performing in Berlin on March 23 as part of the Find the File Festival (https://www.facebook.com/events/1142289929266253/)

These are the next stages in the Somali music revival: the advancement of a story with endless chapters and the resurrection of former greats and live bands, reunited to showcase what no war could vanquish: the resilience and adaptability of the Somali experience.

Import-Export Mogadishu: Up & Down the Pentatonic

12th mix in our series is a very special treat feat. a feast of Ethiopian music! 💕  

An exciting trip filled with synths, organs, wah wahs, pop, electronic, instrumental & traditional sounds from the 80’s & early 90’s! 🎹 Plenty of vocal explosions and a few stars like Asnakech Worku and Aster Aweke. 🔥

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A fascinating complementary facet of Ethiopian music, right after its golden era. ✨ This is not the 60's nor the 70's ethio-jazz or ethio-groove you may be accustomed to, but a whole lot of 80's goodness from many lesser-known performers, where often electronics are to be heard in the production.

Mostly rare tunes from Addis and various regions of this huge African country, all lovingly lifted from tapes by @Mitmitta, one of the Westerner's foremost Ethiopian music connoisseurs. 🇪🇹 

@Mitmitta is an Amharic speaking Norwegian and one of the main collectors who was based in Ethiopia until COVID-19 (2020), focusing on Ethiopian, Eritrean and Sudanese music. He started a music shop in Addis-Ababa in 2010 called Mitmitta Musika alongside a blog and Mixcloud, where he shared some of the best music from the region. www.mixcloud.com/mitmitta
 
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Tracklist:

01 - Mullemmabet Mishel – Fikir Yizognal
02 - Yishak Banjaw – Libey Me’aduley
03 - Hirut Beqqele - Be'ebeboch Mehal
04 - Deredje Mekonnen w Shebele Band – Shelela
05 - Hirut Beqqele - Yesewem Acha
06 – Tewodros & Dereje Mekonnen – Altelayeshignem
07 - Asnakech Werku w Hailu Mergia - Che Belew
08 - Tewodros Mekonnen -  Lebesh Kabbashen
09 – Zinet Muhaba – Yenigat Kokeb
10 - Muhammed Awel – Lalema
11 – Alamin Abdul Latif w Eritrean Revolution Association - Owendjelil 
12 – Umar Suleeymaan - Dubbin ta'uu didde
13 – Kweysha Seta – Unknown
14 - Daawitee Mokonnon - Burqaa Jaalalaa
15 – Melkamu Tebeje – Yeliben Addarash
16 – Kome Anjelo – Sildo
17 – Zemamna Gamiye w Marta Hailu – Na na Demame
18 - Muhammed Awel - Aweylale (Welenigna)
19 - Zenit Muhaba, 2nd - Munaw Belay
20 – Umar Suleeymaan – Boontu Arsii
21 - Alamin Abdul Latif w Eritrean Revolution Association – Adjolay
22 - Bereket Mengistaab - Tekkalit Shanbeqo
23 - Ayalew Mesfin - Ereqew Sihedu
24 – Hirut Beqqele – Men Aynet Fiqir
25 - Hailu Mergia - Yene Nesh Wey (Amalele)
26 – Aster Aweke – Demam Gelayewa

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