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Soundway records present a unique record: a modern, haunting take on Sudanese music heard through the sonic lens of French artist / producer, Débruit and the poetic, ethereal lyrics and melodies of Sudanese-born singer Alsarah.

Aljawal (The Traveller) is a nomadic reflection for the 21st century. Each song reflects a new stop in the journey, with new cities and new people along the way. When Alsarah first heard Débruit's music she sensed and recognised a fellow traveller through the space and geography of his influences, a sense of time and history coupled with a forward-thinking futuristic outlook.

Born in the capital city of Sudan, Khartoum, Alsarah spent the first 8 years of her life here before she relocated to Taez, Yemen with her family to escape the ever-stifling regime in her native country. She abruptly moved to the US in 1994, when a brief civil war broke out in Yemen, and has lived there to this day.  

Xavier Thomas revealed Débruit in 2008 with 2 sold out 12″s for his and Fulgeance’s Parisian “Musique Large” imprint. Three more EPs on Civil Music followed that included his hit 'Nigeria What'. Piquing interest from the likes of XLR8R, Fact Mag, Benji B and Gilles Peterson his debut album ‘From The Horizon’ came out last year. His dazzling live electronics show has taken him around the world, from Russia to New York, Glastonbury to Sonar. 

On Aljawal he managed to capture and play with an analog sound that stretched the boundaries of the Sudanese rhythms and melodies that Alsarah had grown up with. A unique record was imagined and is finally presented here after a 2 year interplay of ideas and interaction between France and Brooklyn: Alsarah’s adopted home.

Pre-order: http://soundwayrecords.greedbag.com/buy/aljawal/
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/4ajej0

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Débruit & Alsarah - Alkoan Baladi ٩. الكون بلدي

Zeid Hamdan, one founder of Lebanese Underground, producer and musician in different projects as Hiba Mansouri, Soapkills, Zeid and the Wings shared six of its various compositions and remixes.

Tracklist :

AHwak Laou Ansak (composed originally by Abdel Halim Hafez, remixed by Zeid Hamdan for the movie "Beirut Hotel " directed by Danielle Arbid with the voice of Darine Hamzeh)
Zeid Hamdan - Awast El Sherif (lyrics by Rgb, Sisska and Joker)
Soapkills - Herzan feat. Yasmine Hamdan
Hiba Mansouri - Yalla Tnam (Zeid Hamdan remix)
Zeid and the Wings - Balekeh   
Nazem el Ghazaleh - Ya Jarata (Zeid Hamdan remix ) 

https://soundcloud.com/zeidhamdan
http://www.lebaneseunderground.com/

• Zeid Hamdan X HAB.B. •

CASKETS is taken from NEHRUVIANDOOM, the debut album by Bishop Nehru & DOOM.

Listen:
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/NDOOM_amazon
Best Buy: http://smarturl.it/NDOOM_BestBuy
Lex Shop: http://smarturl.it/Nehruviandoomshop
Bleep (limited edition green version) : http://smarturl.it/NEHRUVIANDOOM_BLEEP
Resident Signed CD: http://smarturl.it/NDOOM_Resident

CASKETS - NEHRUVIANDOOM

Savages - You're My Chocolate

Kero Kero Bonito - Flamingo

Spirit Of Malombo: Julian Bahula's Malombo Jazz, Jabula & Jazz Afrika 1966-1984
Out October 20th 2014 on Strut
iTunes: http://geni.us/SpiritOfMalombo

Malombo Drums: Julian Bahula
Flute: Abbey Cindi
Guitar: Lucky Ranku
Vocal: Hilda Tloubatla

Voiced by Hilda Toubatla of the Mahotella Queens, ‘Hleziphi’ was one of Malombos’ most well-loved tunes in South Africa, where it gained the title of ‘the magical Hleziphi’ after appearing on the 1967 Malombo Jazz Makers Vol. 2 LP. The lyrics call to a girl, Hleziphi, to come home - ‘Come Hleziphi, bring the cows home to the kraal, it will rain soon’ and the song featured on the programme of the Into the Heart of Negritude show.  

More from Strut:
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http://www.youtube.com/user/strutrecords
http://www.strut-records.com


Malombo Jazz Makers - "Hleziphi" [from: Spirit of Malombo]

"B4.DA.$$" Out Now & Available Everywhere! 
iTunes: po.st/b4damoney  
Amazon: amzn.to/17bOJo9 
Google Play: http://bit.ly/1Behk8P

Follow Joey Bada$$ on Twitter: twitter.com/joeyBADASS
"Like" Joey on Facebook: www.facebook.com/fckingbadass 
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Joey Bada$$ - "Get Paid" (Prod. by DJ RellyRell)

Akalé Wubé songs from the album "Sost" available for streaming.

Kidus à Cent Dix

Allegria Banon, puis Malika et enfin Tina. 

Malika - Ya ya twist

Yves Simon - Raconte Toi (Φilistin Edit)

pre-order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/azmanah-salb

taken off the forthcoming fadoul lp on habibi funk. more infos and pre-order coming soon.

fadaul is maybe our fav discovery from traveling north africa. his raw and energetic recordings are pretty stand alone in the arab world. we have invested quite some time into research but we were not able to find too much infos about this guy. a mystical figure.



Habibi Funk 002: Fadaul (Fadoul) - Sid Redad (Pre-Order link in the describtion)

Premiered on Cool Hunting:
http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/premiere-kololi-under-the-moon

Populous - Kololi Under The Moon

pre-order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-006-modern-music

Al Massrieen was one of the first bands I learned about once I discovered the tape format. They were really popular in Egypt in the 1970s and the more of their music I found on either tapes or Arabic pirate mp3 sites, the more I was becoming a fan. Only very few bands from the region can match the band’s versatility as well as their strive for innovation. Hany Shenoda is the man behind the Al Massrieen band. He is a reknown figure of the Egyptian music scene and has worked with everyone from Abdel Halim Hafez to Mohamed Mounir. Al Massrieen was his attempt to introduce his ideas of modernizing Egyptian music, heavily encouraged by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt's only winner of the Nobel Price for literature) after discussing his ideas with him.

Al Massrieen - Men Awel Deqiqa (pre-order now!)

Let Me Go - Erik Truffaz Quartet feat  Hamed Sinno [Mashrou' Leila] - LIVE AT MUSICHALL

A Dream of Summer in Agadir

MUSIC FROM PLANET EARTH: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

RADIO SHOW, PRODUCTION, BOOKING, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT

Débruit & Alsarah - Alkoan Baladi ٩. الكون بلدي

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