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Phase Group (19/5/24)

Invited Lars Noll on for Ice Exposure show on Noods Radio

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Part I: Luis Martin Gonzalez
Part II: Lars Noll

Ice Exposure w/ Luis Martin Gonzalez & Lars Noll

Yma Sumac was a soprano widely known as the Queen of Exotica, a so-called Incan Princess with a 5-octave vocal range, or “the bird who turned into a beautiful woman.” Sumac was born in Peru in 1922, where she began her career developing her distinctive voice throughout Lima, performing solo and with different Andean folk music groups.

However, Sumac lived most of her life in Los Angeles where she reached enormous success recording her genre-defying Exotica album, Voice of the Xtabay (Capitol Records, 1950), and appearing in films like Secret of the Incas. A glamorous and visionary artist, not without controversy and scrutiny, Sumac embraced bold and eclectic artistry throughout her career and toured extensively worldwide and performed in multiple languages, from Quechua to Russian. Tune into one hour ... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-yma-sumac-31st-may-2024

In Focus: Yma Sumac 310524

JACKALS & ARABS

from the "Owl Island" CS (NNF426)
Not Not Fun / 2024

STREET DATE: SEPT 1

PRE-ORDER:
https://notnotfun.bandcamp.com/album/owl-island

Tegu "2x3"

@kashual-plastik

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Penumbra / T.V.S.T

Card-carrying post-North American banjo players Jordo and Niko crawled out of the reeds of Boston, USA a decade ago to make new lives in Berlin, Germany. Researchers and practitioners of haunting traditional music, poetry, and lifeways.

"the song chooses you" Curation by Marlais w/ Niko & Jordo [16.07.24]

Invited Stockwell on for Ice Exposure show on Noods Radio

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Part I: Luis Martin Gonzalez
Part II: Stockwell

Ice Exposure w/ Luis Martin Gonzalez & Stockwell

Beneath the light of the Blue Moon, in the heart of the quarry of Zmar, The Slow Brown Fox and Lizzie Urquhart weave a tale of Shadows Dream.

Sounds ebb and flow like the tides, whispering secrets, stirring something primal within. Rhythms pulse, steady and alive, echoing something ancient and unseen. Haunting melodies spiral through the sky, beckoning you deeper into the unknown, where the air thickens and shadows seem to breathe. Something shifts just beyond sight, waiting.
In this liminal space, where the veil is thin, shadows dream.

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Lizzie Urquhart is a DJ, artist and co-founder of record label @somewherepress. She has honed her sound over a series of radio shows and guest mixes, characterised by a reflective nature. Her DJ sets take on a hypnotic EBM sound, a low-tempo pulse across pitched-down chuggers, polyrhythmic electronica and leftfield minimal wave - intertwining the dark, emotional and psychedelic into a meandering narrative, her mixes are designed for deep listening.

@lizzie-urquhart
https://www.instagram.com/lizzieurquhart/

Creating sonic journeys through dark, mystical soundscapes—each one a trippy exploration of untold stories— The Slow Brown Fox weaves together Psychedelic Electronica, Kraut, K-Jazz, Dubstep, and everything in between and beyond.
A fixture in Berlin's underground scene, she is a resident at Sameheads and the creative force behind the Psychedelic Meltdown project.

@theslowbrownfox
https://www.instagram.com/the.slow.brown.fox/

LIO Press mix #26 ~ by Lizzie Urquhart & The Slow Brown Fox · 'Shadows Dream'

Aventure psycho-romantique, semée et parsemée de sonorités 80's et de textes bucoliques pour alcooliques.

Reymour @ Kiosk Radio 07.10.2024

A selection of East African pop music (1960s-1990s), including rare Ethiopian electronica and urban azmariwotch on cassette, Somali dhaanto on VHS tapes of television broadcasts, and some great taarab records from Zanzibar/Tanzania and Kenya.

PLAYLIST
ENGENAÑELANE, BETSAT SEYOUM & ABBEBE FEKADE [ETHIOPIA] 
AGEREN AYEHUWAT, YISHAK BANJAW [ETHIOPIA, 1986]
LIBEY MA'ADULEY, YISHAK BANJAW [ETHIOPIA, 1986] 
TEZETA, MUNAYE MENBERRU [ETHIOPIA, MID-1970S] 
AHWAK, SOLOMON MAHMOUD [SUDAN, YEAR UNKNOWN] 
FATUMA GASSIM: WAIMALYMAFUN EFITTUBRA [SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN] 
UNKNOWN, QADIIJO QALANJO [SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN] 
DIRYAAN, QADIIJO QALANJO [SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN]  
WAAYO, FAYNUUS (SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN) 
MA HURDEE, (DUR BAND/SAHRA DAWO & MUKTAR "IDI" RAMADAN [SOMALIA, 1986] 
RAG WAA NACAB IYO NASTEEXO, AAMINA CAMAARI [SOMALIA, 1980S] 
YA ZAMANI, ZUHURA SWALEH [KENYA, 1981]
MPENDE ANAEKUPENDA, URSULLA & BLACK STAR MUSIC CLUB [TANZANIA, 1983]
CHOZI LANITOKA, SHARMILA & BLACK STAR MUSICAL CLUB [TANZANIA, 1983]
NDEGE KAA UFIKIRI, YASEEN MOHAMED [KENYA, 1960S]

RIAFC 008 - EAST AFRICAN MIXTAPE

East African Mixtape (RIAFC 008)

"Imagine yourself trapped into a cheap hostel located somewhere in a far out obscure small town, with only a portable radio in your pocket and you find yourself switching through the radio stations" - Dragoș Rusu, the Attic Magazine
 
This special episode of the Attic Magazine's Into the Archives podcast comprises radio transmissions and vintage records from around the world (China, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Ethiopia, Somalia and Tanzania), original Balinese gamelan recordings, Ghazal classics, film soundtracks, radio broadcasts from Kashgar, bootleg cassettes, shortwave radio recordings and more.

From the Archives: The Attic Magazine Mixtape (RIAFC 011)

A selection of mesmerizing Kink Gong remixes created & compiled by Laurent Jeanneau.

PLAYLIST
Example #1 Cambodia
Example #2 Indonesia
Example #3 Vietnam
Example #4 Yunnan China
Example #6 Thailand
Example #10 Tibet
Example #6 Mouthharp
Example #7 Space (Kink Gong plays accordeon)
Example #12 China
Example #13 Xinjiang/Syria/Japan

Kink Gong (RIAFC 012)

A hypnotic mix of field recordings, samples of 78 records, modern exotic pop & electronic music from the visionary collector Fabrice Géry (aka Cheb Gero) from the Paris-based independent label Akuphone. Photo credit: Kink Gong/Laurent Jeanneau.

TRACK LIST
Dharma Shanti Orchestra: Pemungkah 
VA - The Gamelan Of The Walking Warriors : Gamelan Beleganjur and the Music of the Ngaben Funerary Ritual in Bal (AKU1007, 2017)

Kink Gong & Li Daiguo: Cello Zheng Pacoh
Dali China (AKU1019, 2019)

Kiki Hitomi: Gain And Lose
VA - Seitō: In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun (AKU1016, 2019)

Tati Saleh: Sinden Sohor
VA - Malam Minggu : A Saturday Night In Sunda (AKU1012, 2019)

Ko Shin Moon: I-XIII
78 Fragments (AKU1017, 2019)

Tamayugé: Komeito
Baba Yaga (AKU1013, 2019)

Ramuntcho Matta: Au Fond Du Fond
96 (AKU1014, 2019)

Unknown Artist: Lao Lam Saravan
Music of Southern Laos (AKU1009, 2018)

Praed: Embassy Of Embarrassment
Doomsday Survival Kit (AKU1011, 2019)

Ko Shin Moon: Zaffa
Ko Shin Moon (AKU1005, 2017)

Akuphone (RIAFC 020)

Retro Minangkabau folk & electronic pop music, Sundanese psychedelic pop & beat music, Malay pop & dangdut classics, and more! 

Special thanks to Luigi Monteanni (Artetetra) for contributing a killer electronic kalason/Pop Minang cassette, Uda Sjam (aka Samsom Pho) for first treating my ears to that Lies Embarsari record, superhuman digger Henk dem Toon (Madrotter), Laurent Jeanneau (Kink Gong) for sharing that beautiful saluang cassette, Palmer Keen (Aural Archipelago) for the great instrumental dangdut recorded off Radio Jawa just for us, chOOn!! for the mixtape (more on that to come), Alan Bishop/Sublime Frequencies and Sham Palace for the amazing radio recordings and compilations. 

“To the People Far Away, So They Will Come Home Soon” is from the Minang song “Rabad.”

PLAYLIST
Bumper: Maulid el Rasul, Og al Wathan LOOP
Allah's Hit Explosion (excerpt), (Alan Bishop/Sublime Frequencies)
Arok Dek Pinang Sabatang, Asben featuring Melati
Borondong Garing, Bimbo (Sham Palace)
Rarakitan, Yanti Bersaudara (Polydor, 1971)
Gumbira, Yanti Bersaudara (Polydor, 1971)
Ngajuh Hudjan, Lies Embarsari Bersama Zaenal Combo (Irama)
All Hit Music (excerpt), (Alan Bishop/Sublime Frequencies)
Ginyang Gynang, Group Yunita (chOOn!!/Subcity Radio)
Lasuah Loo Yee, Melati & Asben (chOOn!!/Subcity Radio)
Baralek Gadang (excerpt), Tambo Group Jo Ernie Djohan
Banda Aceh Sumatra: Before The Tsunami (excerpt)
Mak Inang, Adjis Sutan Sati (Popsound)
MINANG KABAU saLuang songs (Kink Gong, 1994)
Indang Pariaman, Samsimar (Sublime Frequencies)
Pariaman, Fetty (Sublime Frequencies)
Radio Jawa (radio recording by Palmer Keen/Aural Archipelago for RIAFC)
Termenung, Elly Agus (aka Ellya Khadam) & Orkes Kelana Ria
Djangan Tjemburu,  Orkes Melaju Sinar Kemala (VoIda Layla)
Pudjaanku, Djuhana Sattar with Orkes Kelana Ria
Datang Untuk Pergi, Elvi Sukaesih
Endenk2an, Otih & Kliningan Bintang Terang

RIAFC 024

To the People Far Away, So They Will Come Home Soon (RIAFC 023)

chOOn!! is an arts collective that began life as a notoriously wild radio show on Subcity Radio (Glasgow, Scotland), 2012-2019, and is now about to launch as a newly formed reissue label. Radio is a Foreign Country is thrilled to share chOOn!!’s warped take on a bewildering range of retro folk and popular styles spread throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Prepare your earballs for loads of gamelan funk, Javanese electro, discoid degung, queasy quasidah modern, Sumatran devil-synth, hyper footwork jaipong, cosmic calung, plasmic pop-Sunda, and drum-machine dangdut. You can hear the extended version of this mix at https://soundcloud. com/radio-choon.

chOOn!! would like to thank Romain de Ferron for generously sending his wonderfully curated tape of Sumatran gems culled from his journeys throughout Indonesia; VK and his generous gifts from Malaysia; the digging savant Herpi and his expertly curated selections; and to the ever-reliable grotto of Indonesian delights that is Madrotter - thanks Henk!

PLAYLIST
Break Pong Medley, Yayah Ratnasari & Karawang Group
Jalma Dengki, Darso & Detty Kurnia
Wening, Becky Wilson & Nano. S. Kasmaran
Disco Medley Jaipong (Extract), Nus. S.
Tari Pasambahan, Sanggar Syofyani
Pariaman,  Fetty
Asih Can Laas, Detty Kurnia
Kunci 2 Asmara, Ety Yulianty
Tahun 2000, Nasida Ria
Jangan Putus Asa, Orkes Gambus Al Hadid
Imut Nu Ngajalanan, Detty Kurnia
Ginggiapeun, Titin K. Somantri & Odang Sundara
El Sahara, El Sahara Group
Bonus Cinta, Becky Wilson & Nano. S. Kasmaran
Cucu Deui, Darso
Instrumental Jaipong (excerpt), Nus. S.

CALUNGA CHOON (RIAFC 024)

calunga chOOn!! (RIAFC 024)

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From the Archives: The Attic Magazine Mixtape (RIAFC 011)

RADIO IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY

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