This mix of Indian 78rpm records isn't the result of curating a vast collection of discs, rather of recording the ones I liked and picked up over the years, often coming across them serendipitously and in the real world. So expect, like in the typical Bollywood movie, a lot of variety; there are classical dancers who bring their own orchestra, like the world famous Ram Gopal, there's the cherished onscreen dancer Sadhona Bose with two dance scenes from the film Rajnartaki, there is comedic interlude like N. Dutta's song from Black Cat (serving here as the perfect curtain closer) and an enchanting love song from that same movie. There's mystery, like in the opening instrumental Oriental Dance by S.J. Mani Bardhan's Orchestra, there's western dance hall styles like in S.D. Burman's filmtunes (here credited as S.D. Varman), there are devotional bits (Hindi Stooti) and spectacular displays of Indian percussion in Sri Gopinath Party's Kathakali Keli Kottu. In the Telugu classical song by M.S. Subbulakshmi you can imagine George Harrison sitting there taking notes for Revolver.  All in all a Variety Show you can lean back for in your chair to enjoy sweet moments of a bygone era.
It was carefully recorded on a Lenco L76, using the high-filter of the 1960s Armstrong 521 amp to suppress some of the hiss without losing the format's vibrancy.

00:00 - sj. mani bardhan - oriental dance with orchestra #1
02:48 - snehal bhatkar - film song chhabili
05:45 - m.s. subbulakshmi - enneganu rama bhajana part 2 - telugu classical
08:56 - sadhona bose's dance part 1 - film hit rajnartaki
11:59 - n.c. vasanthakokilam - ananda natanam part 2 - tamil classical
14:44 - s.d. varman - ae meri zindagi - urdu film - taxi driver
18:02 - ram gopal's orchestra - dance allaripu
20:50 - n. dutta - film song black cat 2
24:05 - sri gopinath's party - kathakali keli kottu
26:25 - sj. mani bardhan - oriental dance with orchestra 2
29:39 - sadhona bose's dance part 2 - film hit rajnartaki
32:46 - s.d. varman - dekho mane nahin - urdu film - taxi driver
35:49 - baksh, roy, gupto - hindi stooti part 2
38:47 - n. dutta - film song black cat 1


Indian Record Center

In this label special, we are focussing on releases from the Jazz and Rhythm ‘n’ Blues label Cadet Records. A sub-label of the independent label Chess Records from Chicago. Founded in the 1950s, Chess Records set the trend for the development of Rhythm and Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll and is still one of the most important Blues labels today. The success of the label and its sub-labels is due to the fact that they signed musicians and released records that were not the focus of the major labels. They thus offered the artists a space for free musical development. Among the main protagonists who have released on Cadet Records are Ahmad Jamal, James Moody, Dorothy Ashby, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection and many others.

This version is without the spoken parts, just the music.

First aired on Cashmere Radio on March 01, 2025
https://cashmereradio.com/episode/the-endless-tape-machine-35-label-showcase-cadet-records/

The Endless Tape Machine #35 - Label Showcase: Cadet Records

Lush Life w/ Aymen A.B. HABIBI (19/7/25)

claire rousay is a Canadian-American musician, composer, and artist currently living in Los Angeles. rousay’s work operates in genre-spanning fashion; she is primarily known for composing highly emotive, whisper-quiet musical works that heavily forefront musique concrète and sound design elements like haptic sound and field recordings. These avant garde elements are often paired with strings, piano, and electronic melodies and textures. 

Jemima - rot 
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl - 48|50 
Christina Kubisch - Circles III 
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis - Suiren 
James Rushford - The Bise 
Mordecoli, Valerio Tricoli, Ecka Mordecai - III 
Sarah Davachi, Sean McCann - Lamplighter 

 

L'envie #225 :: Claire Rousay

Long time Dream Chimney contributor, DJ, Producer Dennis Kane is facing eviction and looking for support. https://gofund.me/7db0132b

We are hosting the original Disques Town podcast episodes and making them available to stream/download. Please consider donating to help Dennis. At the moment Dennis finds himself in a serious financial jam, and we are raising funds to help he and Roan stay in their home of 31 years.


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Originally Recorded Sep 13 2011

Brennan is a good pal, a fellow BMX enthusiast, and a terrific DJ & Producer. He was a natural for a first guest. In true fraternal Irish style Brennan broke my balls, but also graciously
helped with some of the arduous setup issues for this undertaking. He left with my studio keys (!), but also gave me the complete episodes of “Trailer Park Boys”, one of his native land’s
greatest cultural contributions. Special thanks to Tariq Abdus-Sabur and Sean Brennan for all their help on this, and for putting up with me & BG. Brennan Green runs the Chinatown label, DJ’s worldwide, and has produced numerous original tracks and remixes. His most recent project is the Kid Creole LP “I Wake Up Screaming” on Strut

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This episode was prepared by researchers from the Institute of Arts at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, which is dedicated to studying the history and theory of nearly all forms of traditional Armenian art — from visual arts and architecture to applied arts, music, theatre, cinema, and television. Episode 2 focuses on the richness of Armenian traditional music across a variety of genres: work songs, epic narratives, lullabies, instrumental music, and many other expressions of this remarkable cultural heritage. Curated by: Anton Anishchanka (@3_a.Anton) Compiled and prepared by Ani Hakobyan Marianna Tigranyan Margarit Sargsyan Artwork by Ihar Yukhnevich (@dj_designer).

SHATKAVALKA – ARMENIA (#0002)

Paris-based producer and DJ HOLDTight runs Hot’n’Spicy Records, a label known for Disco and House edits embraced by record collectors worldwide. His work also appears on Too Slow To Disco, Midnight Riot, and ChopShop.

On the decks, HOLDTight moves fluidly between Jazz, Funk, Disco, House, and Techno, with sets that balance depth and energy. He has held residencies at Paris institutions like Concrete, Rex Club, and Badaboum, while also performing internationally in Zurich, Berlin, and beyond. Over the years, he has shared stages with artists including Bradley Zero, Daniel Wang, Jayda G, and Madlib.

We’re thrilled to welcome him for the 50th edition of Stan Radio.

HOLDTight - StanRay USA  Espacio MIX

Next up in the Mr Bongo Record Club mix series we invited Norwich-based DJ collective and party purveyors Soul Stew to give us a taste of what they're all about. Firmly rooted in the city's scene for over 9 years, they've been throwing some of the finest parties Norwich has to offer. Alongside championing local talent they’ve also hosted a real range of some of the top international selectors from far and wide, including Sassy J, Volcov, Mark Grusane, Sadar Bahar, Floating Points, Ash Lauryn and Ge-ology to name only a handful.&nbsp;

As a DJ duo Bill and Jack are a real joy to see behind the decks. Effortless blends of unforgiving, unquantized disco, boogie, house, techno and beyond. Their style, skill and passion led to them being signed to Sounds Familiar earlier this year and has seen them play at Fabric, KOKO, Pickle Factory, We Out Here, Lost Village, Field Maneuvers and many more great dancefloors.

To accompany the mix we caught up with Bill and Jack to get an insight into Soul Stew from the duo themselves. Read the interview here - https://www.mrbongo.com/blogs/news/mr-bongo-record-club-soul-stew

Mr Bongo Record Club Guest Mix - Soul Stew

In the last couple of month I had the privilege to be able to travel a lot for DJ gigs and in order to find Fadoul's family (the fruits of this labour can be found here: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/azmanah-salb). I spent some time in Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan. This mix is some of the music I found, a few trades are in there too. It's quite a colorful range. Disco from Algeria and Morocco, a James Brown cover from Egypt, a modern soul meets reggae hybrid from Tunisia, a new Fadoul track that the internet doesn't seem to know of yet and some other great bits and pieces. Come along to another journey to the funky side of the arab world.....

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Photo by Fabian Brennecke (www.fabianbrennecke.com), Casablanca, 2015

"Habibi Funk 004 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 70s & 80s vinyl)

Enregistré à Avignon dans la cour du Musée Calvet le 9 juillet à 23h.
Crédit Photo : Nadia Benchallal, "A la sortie du lycée, Alger centre, 1997"

"Les Messagères"  Live Avignon 2000

Take A Moment Vol 1 Timm Sure (Coyote)

Algerian rarities digged and shared by Raï and Folk  
Since 2015

- "We Have Come Back"
by Nabil Djedouani with @ekkerlab
Jeu de Paume, Paris  10.01.2020
- "El Merioul" 
with @ekkerlab , première partie Mohamed Lamouri
La Maroquinerie, Paris 06.12.2019
- "Raï n' Rock" 
Café-musique by Nabil Djedouani
B.M Vaise, Lyon 04.13.2019
- "Cheb Gero 's Habibi Belleville n°4" 
feat Raï and Folk
Le 9b, Paris 05.18.2018
- "Phono Mundial Toutes Etoiles" 
feat Raï and Folk
Belle de Mai, Marseille 05.09.2018

"Les Messagères" Live Avignon 2000

Raï & Folk