Bogota's Meridian Brothers return to Names You Can Trust with a brand-new double-sided single. Having made their mark on the local scene in Colombia for over a decade, the last few years have brought Eblis Álvarez and his strange brew of tropical rhythms, wonderfully outrageous electronic sounds and unique, playful vocal style into the consciousness of a world wide audience. Building on the success of their previous album 'Deseperanza' as well as the upcoming 'Salvadora Robot' (both out via Soundway Records),  Álvarez has concocted two new gems exclusively for this NYCT release.

Recorded inside Álvarez's Isaac Newton Studios, these quirky yet seductive experiments in cumbia are further proof that Meridian Brothers and their rare style are unmatched in the modern landscape. Lamento Calavera, a mostly instrumental, electronic beat and synthesizer infused study on cumbion (fast cumbia) builds at a frenetic pace until the choir (as done by Los Maravillosos) resets. El Faraón Miente, a jazzy mid-tempo cumbia, rides along effortlessly with its carousel-like melody and bubbling Peruvian-influenced guitar riffs. With a cover illustration by Álvarez himself, this is another automatic collector's piece from Meridian Brothers and Names You Can Trust.

Releases worldwide on May 26, 2014 on Digital / 7" vinyl.
Supreme weight picture cover package on Recycled Board.
Limited Edition 500 press.

Meridian Brothers - Lamento Calavera

Orchestre Rock - A-Festival -- Mwana Mawa

Orchestre    Rock A Festival -- Mwana Mawa

OSTLP/CD002

OUT NOW!  www.ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com

"Easily one of the most intriguing and ear-opening records I've heard in a long time" - Errol Nazareth, CBC Radio (Canada)

"An expertly curated experience of one of the late-20th Century’s most thrilling musical encounters" - The Playground UK

"A compilation to revel in" - The Arts Desk

"An energetic, enlightening listen... Two records in and Ostinato’s track record is downright sterling." - The Vinyl District 

"Those of the caliber of Synthesize the Soul are rare." - RFI Musique

"An homage to the music of migrants of Cabo Verde." - VICE

Watch the trailer here: vimeo.com/195576843

CD/2XLP/Digital 
36-page CD Booklet
20-page LP Booklet

Through 18 diverse tracks, this compilation offers a timely revelation of how immigration to Europe and the United States from the Cape Verde Islands in the 1980s gave us an alternate history of electronic music, almost a decade ahead of its time, as traditional Funana rhythms met the synthesizer.

Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973 - 1988

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Chump Lopes - Elisio Gomes & Joachim Varela

Loi Tok Tok Eboma- Mungwana

Cotonete "Cabo" EP is available!
Including the original Cabo track, and a remix by Phil Asher.
This is the last part of the Cotonete trilogy: 3 EPs with "Inside Outside" and "Earth Overshoot Day"
Available on all platforms: https://IDOL.lnk.to/Cabo
Buy the vinyl in our shop: https://www.wiseband.com/yo/shop.php?indispo=1&visuel=1&boutique=3772

Cotonete - CABO

Be Kind, Be Foolish, Be Happy by Chuck Barrister & The Voices of Darkness taken from the new Soundway album The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria. 

Featuring 32 electrifying and funk laden grooves, this is the sound of a generation attempting to pick up the pieces after the devastation of the Nigerian civil war.

CD Double Digi Pack with 44 page booklet
Triple Gatefold Vinyl (Version 1 & 2) – BONUS TRACKS 

www.soundwayrecords.com


Be Kind, Be Foolish, Be Happy by Chuck Barrister & The Voices of Darkness

B2 James Stewart - Juju Chil

Nat Birchall comes together with dub master, multi-instrumentalist Al Breadwinner Redfern and legendary Jamaican trombonist Vin Gordon for a heavenly 10-track voyage of instrumental Roots Reggae. Read more @ https://wp.me/p471L0-8Yg

Nat Birchall &  Al Breadwinner -In The Hills (TS Premiere)

https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/desert-to-douala 

An exploration of traditional Chadian music with an electronic twist... Chad is in many ways a blind spot on the map of today's global musical conversation. Overlooked, misunderstood and misrepresented, outside observers rarely concede the country an autonomous voice over its past, present and future. N’Djamena, the dusty capital of Chad with its well-kept stories of boundary-breaking musical collaborations and thirst for experimentation is a city that reflects the country's diversity: the arid North, bordering the Sahara, where nomadic tribes revere the endless desert with their handcrafted instruments. The lush tropical South, where the frenetic drumming of local initiation ceremonies blends with sounds of neighboring Congo and Cameroon. Right in the middle: N'Djamena, a forgotten melting pot of cultures and peoples bursting with unrecorded stories of life at the margins of the world's attention. Tackling this view is precisely one of the aims of Pulo NDJ. In May 2018, Nickodemus accepted an invitation from Hape Collective to travel to N'Djamena to teach a group of young adults DJ'ing and electronic music production, which resulted in the encounter between a group of talented artists from Cameroon, Chad, Congo and Togo. After a weeklong series of listening to original songs & demos, the recordings continued in a pop-up studio created by DJ Buosis & Nickodemus which culimated in Desert To Douala, an album featuring 11 songs, all originally written and recorded in N’Djamena. The project found its inspiration in the city's un-narrated diversity and seeks to explore the possibilities offered by technology to demonstrate how the country’s rich heritage connects with existing musical conversations. It strives to create bridges in a world of walls. It has been a yearlong creative process that built friendships and fostered understanding among people united by a passion for music and creation.

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Pulo NDJ "Desert To Douala" 28 Min Album Mix By Nickodemus

Jah Booli - Massive

Vocals and Bells By Machame NKweshoo Women Group
Music and all instruments by Ophir "Kutiman" Kutiel
Photos, videos and artwork by Kutiman
Mix by Ronen Sabo
Mastering by Brian Lucey @ Magic Garden Mastering
Production manager recording: May Hershkovitz Reshef

Wachaga

Awake In The Rain

MUSIC FROM PLANET EARTH: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE