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Black Mango: Naked Venus b/w Soft Kicks
(10” single/limited edition of 500)
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A mysterious two-song release, licensed directly from a group of Bamako musicians who, with the exception of the Souku master Zoumana Tereta, choose to remain anonymous. 

In the last years, the political turmoil in Mali has caused many of the cities clubs to shutdown and dried up other sources of musician income like weddings and festivals. With less work and more downtime, small recording projects like this one have been given more of a chance to happen. The situation continues to be desperate, but the music remains a powerful force: both a refuge and a medicine.

These two Black Mango tracks are ethereal, hard to classify artifacts, seemingly influenced in equal parts by Ali Farka Toure and Lou Reed. In fact, the titles of the songs name check compositions by the recently passed Rock & Roll legend, though they are clearly not cover versions, as much as explorations on themes. The backstory of how and why these two tracks came into being remains untold, and we are left to purely enjoy them as moments captured.

The one credited musician Zoumana Tereta is a legend of Malian music, having played his Sokou, a single-string, horse-hair violin, on albums by Oumou Sangare, Bassekou Kouyate, Samba Toure, the National Ensemble Instrumental du Mali and many others. 

We can only hope that this is not the last musical transmission we will hear from Black Mango.

Black Mango - Naked Venus

A high-octane fusion of psychedelic guitar tones and neon-lit funk rhythm. Across 20 instrumentals, you’ll hear saturated fuzz solos, uni-vibe swirls, wah-wah rhythm chops, rubbery synth-bass, and gated-snare pocket—crafted to feel like a dream session where vintage tube amps meet drum-machine grit. Each track is arranged for replay value: hooky riffs, tight breakdowns, and chorus lifts that hit hard in clubs, workouts, road trips, livestreams, and creative deep-work.

Satellite

never been blue

It's not Burnt Bitch; It's Tahedig Volume 1

By' DiggingIntheGraves 

Track List: 
1- A Nameless Grave
2- Saliva
3- A Bone to Pick
4- Molded Booby Cake
5- The i in the Triangle 
6- Eternity
7- Cold Sea (interlude)
8- Bombardment
9- An Elegy of the Earth
10- Giti 
11- Thus Spoke Zarathustra 
12- Mortally Wounded by Rostam 
13- Angel (interlude)
14- Angel Vomit
15- Sister Janet
16- Philomathean's Sophomania Thesis 
17- Cold Hearted Winter 
18- God is Terrific 
19- Ice Grills
20- Objurgation 
21- Harpy Ain't No Angel
22- The Remembering

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