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That's it for February. In the last 29 days, our ears have been blessed with an overwhelming amount of musical delights. Take a listen to a selection of some of our favourite tunes.

Twistedsoul Stereo: February

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Live set

Détours de Babel 2025

v->m #1💌

Multi-instrumentiste, improvisateur et beatboxer, Stracho Temelkovski propose une musique qui transpire les Balkans, la Méditerranée et l’Orient. Avec deux remixes inédits, Stracho offre un nouvel éclairage sur son dernier album, The Sound Braka.
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Multi-instrumentalist, improviser and beatboxer, Stracho Temelkovski offers a music that transpires the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the East, near and far. With these two previously unreleased remixes, Stracho offers a new perspective on his latest album, The Sound Braka.

Make Dunia (Trio Version) - Stracho Temelkovski

Owl Song 1 (feat. Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley)

Moso

Boumbo

Super-Cassette

Toiler on the Creek

midi day job, pt. 4

Buy / Save it here: https://orcd.co/animabreathe

Anima, the opening number from harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and saxophonist Tony Kofi's collaborative musical journey, Altera Vita, is a captivating ode to life’s very essence, breath. Intrinsically entwined with our existence, ‘Anima’ – Latin for soul – finds its symbiotic relationship with breath, deeply rooted in mythic lore. Ancient civilizations believed it to be the gods who 'breathe', or bestow the Ka - a life force or soul - onto an individual, marking the beginning of their existence.

Anima serves as a perfect entry point into the expansive universe of ‘Altera Vita’. The composition begins with a harp intro that guides the listener into a serene ‘other world’ where Kofi’s saxophone and Bzhezhinska’s harp engage in an intimate dance echoing stories of existence, questioning and responding to each other’s musical cues. The interspersing cadences achieve a resounding echo of life's rhythm, adding layers of atmospheric depth and a hint of percussive texture, creating a rich tapestry of sound.

The spotlight, quite deservedly, falls on the razor-sharp precision and controlled mastery of Kofi’s saxophone performance. It inhabits a central space in this ethereal ensemble as it intricately weaves through the narrative of the track. The saxophone's voice, both poignant and assertive, offers a compelling focus that harmoniously fuses with the exotic and beguiling strands of Bzhezhinska’s harp.

Together, they envelop the listener in an aural spectacle spanning five minutes, designed to cleanse senses and uplift spirits. It captures the transient quality of breath – the raw, unadulterated phenomena that fuels the existence of every living entity. Anima, in essence, transcends the ordinary and celebrates the profound connection between breath and Anima (soul).

Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi - Anima - Breathe

'Boost'

Final single from forthcoming album 'Great Doubt' out on Escho Jan 26, 2024

Listen here:
https://astridsonne.lnk.to/boost

Preorder vinyl:
www.escho.net/shop/esc192-astrid…eat-doubt-preorder
astridsonne.bandcamp.com/album/great-doubt

Boost

gratitude: movements i & ii

i (Single Version) [feat. NikNak & London Contemporary Orchestra]

SKYLLUMINA

Next time I keep my hands down

Fly like a dove

Love and Revenge's latest single, "Faqir," dives into Lebanon's cultural vaults, extracting exclusive unreleased recordings and vintage footage from the 1960s. With roots in Studio Baalbeck, a powerhouse in Arab film and music, the track resurrects a forgotten era.

Amid Lebanon's civil war chaos, preservation efforts salvaged these gems, digitizing 400 songs and countless films. Sung by Noha Hachem, "Faqir" is a song from the 70s that has never been released before. Love and Revenge harness this legacy, infusing it with contemporary electro vibes.

Directed by Radio Karantina – Nasri Sayegh, the music video layers in archival clips from "Actualités Libanaises," offering a gritty yet nostalgic glimpse into the country's past.

"Faqir" is a sonic time capsule, blending history with modern beats—a testament to Love and Revenge's knack for resurrecting forgotten sounds with a fresh twist.

Studio Baalbeck
When civil war erupted in Lebanon in 1975, Studio Baalbeck, a prominent music and film production company established in 1963, was forced to close its doors. As the war ended, the studio faced imminent destruction, prompting dedicated enthusiasts to salvage what they could from its archives. Studio Baalbeck had been the most important film studio in the Arab world, making the preservation efforts critical. Among the passionate rescuers, the IRAB association managed to save numerous priceless songs, while the UMAM association recovered valuable video films. Their combined efforts led to the restoration and digitization of these archives, ensuring the preservation of a precious cultural heritage.

Faqir by Love and Revenge
Sampler / Synthesizers : Wael Kodeih (Rayess Bek)
Electric Oud : Mehdi Haddab
Synthesizers : Julien Perreaudau
Mixed by Ludovic Joyeux
Mastering by : Benjamin Joubert
Artwork cover by Joan Baz

Original song:
Singer : Noha Hachem
Lyrics and Composition: Sami el Sidawi

Audio Archives:
Original song taken from studio Baalbeck archives
Original song digitized by Bassel Kassem at IRAB

Faqir

CD, vinyle, numérique : https://polypheme.bandcamp.com/album/le-r-ve-de-polyph-me

Wassim Halal : Darbuka & FX
Gamelan Puspawarna : Jérémie Abt, Antoine Chamballu, Sven Clerx, Théo Merigeau, Raúl Monsalve, Christophe Moure, Krishna Sutedja, Hsiao-Yun Tseng

Enregistré et mixé par Cyril Harrison
Masterisé par Harris Newman
Artwork et graphisme par Diego Verastegui et Benjamin Efrati

Coproduction Pagans & Pantcha Indra
http://pagansmusica.net
http://www.pantchaindra.com

PAG052

Le Rêve de Polyphème

Les derniers mots d’échos

BUY CD, LP, Dig.

Polyphème - Les derniers mots d'Écho

Georgia Anne Muldrow - Pad Kontrol

ok / bulldog eyes

Budapest born and based producer/keyboardist Szabolcs Bognar starts his new collaborative jazz project https://soundcloud.com/abasemusic with debut single "Skeme goes all city".
The base of the track is a smooth cinematic sounding riverbed of soothing harmonies where different instruments flow around in repetitive phrases. Every phrase repeats itself in the perfect length, as soon as you get your fix - a new melody kicks in.
"We wrote and recorded the track in one improvised studio session back in 2016. I brought the harmonic structure and the main melody and the band built on top of that. Everyone brought something to the table. It was recorded in the oldschool way, all the musicians in the same room, no headphones, no chance for correcting mistakes or editing. Raw. The title is a dedication to the New York graffiti pioneer Skeme and the power of self expression in Hip Hop culture." - Àbáse

"Fanni Zahár - flute, vocals 
Szabolcs Bognár - Rhodes 
Tamás Heilig - bass 
Tamás Czirják - drums 

Recorded, mixed & mastered at Studio Einz, Budapest 

Cover design by Fabian Kretz"

https://soundcloud.com/abasemusic

EP/LP coming soon...

Àbáse - Skeme Goes All City

Clocking in at 21 songs, plus two remixes from DJ Manny and Borrowed CS, LWMP18 is an astonishing investigation of the power and potential of juke and footwork music, as re-imagined through the lens of an antipodean artist looking at the world both online and from a significant geographical distance. Interlacing footwork song structures and rhythms with elements of jazz, soul, baile funk, and R&B, it’s a unique take that could only really come from the ends of the Earth. Featuring remixes from DJ Manny & Borrowed cs & artwork by Braulio Amado.
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cosmic-compositions.bandcamp.com/album/lwmp18
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Limited Edition 2LP shipping out December 18th.

@christoph_el_truento

LWMP18

2LP / Digital

Christoph EL Truento - So Kleer

download at https://glassbeach.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-glass-beach-album

album credits:
william white - drums, vocals 
jonas newhouse - bass, vocals 
tony sanders - trumpet on track 1 and 5 
daxe schaeffer - vocals 
j mcclendon - guitar, keys, synth/drum programming, theremin, trumpet on track 14, lead vocals, other stuff too 

"neon glow" was recorded, mixed, and mastered by cole mcclendon 
all other tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered by j mcclendon / rat castle recordings 

album art by daxe schaeffer

glass beach

The whole Hot Freaks album never got uploaded to Soundcloud, pretty hard to find all their songs so here y'all go. Miss these guys.

midi day job, pt. 4

We Jazz