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CANNIBAL CORPSE - WORM INFESTED
  • Systematic Elimination
  • Worm Infested
  • Demon's Night
  • The Undead Will Feast
  • Confessions
  • No Remorse

Reissue. Worm Infested is a compilation EP of tracks recorded between 1996 and 2001, featuring previously unreleased outtakes along with killer covers of songs by Accept, Possessed and Metallica.

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Father's Children - Hollywood Dreaming / Got To Get Away 7"
  • A1: Hollywood Dreaming
  • B1: Got To Get Away

Father's Children waren eine Funkband, die sich Ende der 1960er aus der in Washington D.C. ansässigen Doo-Wop-Formation The Dreams entwickelte. 1979 nahmen sie als achtköpfige Band unter der Leitung von Wayne Henderson (The Crusaders) und Augie Johnson (Side Effect) ihr selbstbetiteltes Debütalbum auf, an dem auch Bobby Lyle (The Genie) und Dean Gant (Keni Burke) beteiligt waren. Die beiden Keytracks des Albums - der oft gesampelte, britische Rare-Groove "Hollywood Dreaming" und der Two-Stepper "Got To Get Away" - werden hier erstmals zusammen auf einer 7" präsentiert, dazu noch erstmals in den vollständigen Albumversionen.

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CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER - IT'S A LOVE SONG LP
  • Bar Open
  • All This Violence - Live In Vienna
  • All This Violence - Live In Dresden

Seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre prägt Caspar Brötzmann einen unverkennbaren Sound - infernal, radikal, kompromisslos. Unbeirrt verfolgt er seinen eigenen Weg, jenseits klarer Genregrenzen. Als Sohn des berühmten Saxofonisten Peter Brötzmann fand er früh seine künstlerische Identität und entwickelte eine einzigartige Klangsprache, die sich in brachialer Katharsis entlädt. Seine Musik ist keine Anpassung an Trends, sondern eine sensible, leidenschaftliche, fast autistisch anmutende Annäherung an Verzweiflung und Wut - und doch voller Hoffnung. Mit seiner virtuosen Eigenständigkeit am Instrument ist er eine Ausnahmeerscheinung. Ein atonaler Hendrix, made in Germany. Nach der Veröffentlichung seiner ersten Komposition "The Lovers And Destroyers" mit Caspar Brötzmann Bass Totem im Herbst 2024 veröffentlicht der international renommierte Gitarrist nun eine Platte mit seiner Band Massaker beim deutschen Label Exile On Mainstream. Es ist die erste Aufnahme der genreprägenden Band seit 26 Jahren nach dem letzten, 1999 erschienen Album "Mute Massaker". "It's a Love Song" besteht aus zwei unterschiedlichen Versionen seines Songs "All This Violence", die im Januar 2025 in Wien und Dresden mit Saskia von Klitzing (Drums) und Eduardo Delgado Lopez (Bass) aufgenommen wurden. Angesichts der aktuellen Weltlage entschied Brötzmann, mit "All This Violence" ein klares Zeichen zu setzen. Er selbst schreibt dazu: " Schon nach ein paar Augenblicken war klar: was ich hier hörte, hatte die Botschaft, die Kraft und spiegelt unser Zeitgeschehen wieder. Keine von meinen Studioaufnahmen hatte diese Power. Und das war nur die eine Seite, es bedeutete auch den Spalt zwischen Schwarz und Weiß zu finden, zwischen Hell und Dunkel und zwischen Leicht und Schwer, wohin mit all meinen anderen Songs? Lange, lange habe ich nach der Achse gesucht und völlig unerwartet stand sie plötzlich neben mir im Raum . . ."

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Salvador Sobral & Silvia Perez Cruz - Silvia & Salvador

In „Sílvia & Salvador“ treffen zwei der überzeugendsten Stimmen der zeitgenössischen Musik – Sílvia Pérez Cruz und Salvador Sobral – zu einer zutiefst intimen und zeitlosen Zusammenarbeit zusammen. Das Album ist weniger ein Duett als vielmehr ein musikalisches Gespräch, in dem Emotionen Vorrang vor Sprache, Genre oder Nationalität haben.

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Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau - Päiväkahvit LP

When the trio of Sontag Shogun gathered at Laura Naukkarinen's home on the Finnish island of Kimitoön in the summer of 2019, they had not the slightest inkling that the world was about to change irretrievably with the onset of a long-predicted pandemic the following year. By the time their collaborative album, Valo Siroutuu ("The Light Scatters"), was released nearly two years later, the intimate and reflective nature of the work they had created together had taken on new meaning, resonating powerfully (and quietly) with a world in which the proverbial cracks in the wall only seem to be widening. 



Päiväkahvit completes the story that began with Valo Siroutuu, featuring 9 songs from the original sessions as well as 4 interpretive reworks courtesy of Amulets, Fadi Tabbal, Post-Dukes, and Jeremy Young. Available digitally and in a one-time vinyl pressing of 300 copies, the album flows seamlessly from beginning to end, incorporating field recordings, tape, sublime vocal melodies, and a host of acoustic and electronic instruments. Richly textured and immersive, Päiväkahvit positively crackles with warmth and a sense of creative embrace.



"We invite the listener into the sauna, out to the garden and onto the trampoline, to sit by the water’s edge and to take a coffee in the waning afternoon light, and to stay as long as they like." – Jesse Perlstein

Lau Nau, aka Laura Naukkarinen, is a Finnish composer whose music is imbued with an idiosyncratic, finely honed sound world. Her palette consists of acoustic instruments, singing voice, modular synthesisers, reel-to-reel tape recorders and field recordings. To date Lau Nau has released ten albums on record labels in Europe, the USA and Japan and a large number of collaborative releases. Lau Nau is known for her music to films and multi channel sound installations. She was awarded the Finnish State Prize for the Performing Arts 2021 as a sound designer. She has toured abroad for over 20 years, playing in venues such as Super Deluxe in Tokyo, the Lab & Castro Theatre in San Francisco and Blank Forms & Issue Project Room in New York.

Sontag Shogun is a collaborative trio that makes use of analog sound treatments and nostalgic solo piano compositions in harmony to depict abstract places in our memory. Textures built from organic materials such as sand, slate, boiling water, brush and dried leaves, both produced live in performance and recorded to weathered 1/4" tape warm up the space between lush piano themes. All of which is abstracted coolly in the reflective digital space of treated vocals and a live-processed feed from the piano. Bringing us back, like a faded passing scent or any natural emotive trigger, but to where? The wordless journey there will inevitably be more revealing than the destination itself.


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VARIOUS - KING SIZE DUB: HAMBURG
  • Station 17 - Himmel Über Hamburg (Dj Koze Remix)
  • Udo Lindenberg Feat. Jan Delay - Reeperbahn (Guido Crav
  • Chassy Meets Matthias Arfman - Wie Marley (Cosmic Stepp
  • Nikel Pallat & Tc Sunshine - Kaputt Dub
  • Elbtonal Percussion & Protassov Meet Lee Scratch Perry
  • Prince Istari Feat. Frau Kraushaar - Surrender Dub
  • Knarf Rellöm Arkesta - Die Mieten Sind Zu Hoch (Dub Spe
  • Heinz Strunk - Computerfreak (Black Jets Dub)
  • Legoluft - Lazy Leya
  • Kings Of Dubrock - Alle Männer

Zum 30-jährigen Bestehen gönnt sich das Hamburger Dub-Label Echo Beach ein multidimensionales Porträt seiner Heimat- und Hansestadt Hamburg. Musikalisch hat das Label bereits die ganze Welt bereist und Dub-Sets aus UK, Südafrika, Neuseeland, New York, Jamaika und Germany veröffentlicht. King Size Dub - Hamburg ist die erste Album-Compilation, die sich exklusiv der Dub-Musik aus Hamburg widmet. Schon als das Label mit einer Compilation mit UK Dub die Bühne betrat, gab es mit Soundhaudegen wie Silly Walks und Dub Me Ruff, Projekten um den Producer Matthias Arfmann sowie Bands wie Dub Division und Di Iries eine vitale Dub-Szene in Hamburg, die im Lauf der Jahrzehnte ebenso wilde Blüten trieb wie outernational das Echo Beach Label, wobei es durchaus zu Überschneidungen und Kreuzungen kam. Nun ist die Zeit der Ernte gekommen: Für die Vinyl-Version hat sich das erste Dub-Label am Platz mit dem nicht nur für Dub-Heads besten Plattenladen der Stadt zusammengetan und jeweils eine Rille voller Versions, Specials und Exclusives aus den Hamburger Studios gepresst.

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BLACK MARKET BRASS & OBI ORIGINAL - BATTLE READY / WHAT YOU MAKE IT
  • Battle Ready
  • What You Make It

'BMB x OBI' marks a new venture for the long-time instrumental powerhouse Black Market Brass. Teaming up with Obi Original, the young and visionary Minneapolis talent with a mission to share the heart of African music with the world, Black Market Brass delivers both proverbial and prophetic messages for the year to come - 'You've got to be Battle Ready!'. Inspired by the raw energy and messages of Fela Kuti and indebted to Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou for their heavy fusion of voodoo-infused Afro-beat, Black Market Brass points in both directions towards the resurgent history of West African funk and the future of where a younger generation can lead us. These tracks are bursting at the seams with energy and force the listener to wise up and march along as soon as the drums thunder and the horns blare their first notes. The A-side, 'Battle Ready,' is what it claims: a band armed and ready to take on whatever may come. Strapped to the hilt with three drummers, this infectiously rhythmic track simmers, if not boils, under Obi's demands to mount up. The energy is high, edgy, and proves that getting nine musicians in the same room to track live captures a passion that bulldozes through anything placed in its way. The B-side, 'What You Make It,' encapsulates a musical quality that Black Market Brass has refined over its many years together, with polyrhythmic ideas you don't have to understand to know it feels good. Infused with elements of ethno-funk and classic highlife, this Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas inspired work approaches the listener with a simple message amongst a danceable cacophony of sounds - 'Life is what you make it.' Move in 4, dance in 3, or sway in 6. Whichever you choose, choose it deliberately; the music will be there to support you.

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THE DIASONICS - ORIOLE / CHICHADEE

THE DIASONICS

ORIOLE / CHICHADEE

7"-VinylRK45LP1111
RECORD KICKS
20.06.2025
  • Oriole
  • Chickadee

Cinematic funk visionaries The Diasonics drop a new disco-funk 45 vinyl with two killer tracks tailor made for DJs and cinematic funk fans. Only 500 copies pressed wordwide, instant collector's item. From the snowy streets of Moscow to the crates of vinyl diggers worldwide, cinematic instrumental combo The Diasonics unleash a new limited edition clear vinyl 45 with two killer tracks taken from the upcoming new album "Ornithology", set to drop worldwide on October 3 via Record Kicks. On the A side "Oriole" is a vintage disco-funk stormer taking inspiration both from the Soviet-era disco and jazz fusion records, as well as from 70s European library music and synth-funk movement. A minimalist synthesizer melody echoing the song of the oriole, paired with a steady disco-funk groove reminiscent of a train in motion ("Oriole" is also the name of a popular Russian electric train) lay the foundation of their most danceable track to date. The b-side holds the equally strong "Chickadee" a funk stomper with bold bassline and heavy b-boy breaks and percussions and a NY early 80 vibe able to set every dancefloor on fire. A peerless party-starter that you just don't want to miss it. Formed in 2019, this four-piece instrumental unit _ Daniil Lutsenko (electric guitar), Kamil Gazizov (keyboards), Maksim Brusov (bass), and Anton Moskvin (drums & percussion) _ quickly gained cult status through a series of sought-after 45s on Mocambo and Funk Night Records. Their critically acclaimed debut album "Origin of Forms" mixed by Henry Jenkins, producer of the Australian cult band Surprise Chef, came out on Record Kicks in 2022. The vinyl went sold out in few weeks and is now in-demand on the international cinematic funk scene.

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BLOODRUNNER - Total Annihilation

Bloodrunner

Total Annihilation

12inchGCR20240-1
GCR Zyx
20.06.2025

-erste „echte“ CD-Veröffentlichung des Albums von 2008
-erstmals auf Vinyl
-US-Thrash und Speed Metal mit einem hohem Anteil traditionellem Metal
-Remaster 2025, CD enthält einen Live-Bonustrack Bloodrunner aus Illinois, USA, gründeten sich 2004, als Thrash Metal nicht gerade ein angesagtes Subgenre war. Besonders in den USA waren traditionelle Spielarten, ganz im Gegensatz zu heute, zum tiefsten Undergrounddasein verdammt. Nur die bereits etablierten Bands wie Anthrax ode Slayer, die allerdings auch mit modernen Einflüssen kokettiert haben, konnten für Aufmerksamkeit sorgen. Doch das war den frisch gebackenen Bloodrunner egal. Sie wollten ihre Lieblingsmusik spielen und wilde Parties feiern!

Nach einem Demo im Jahr 2007, erschien 2008 dann das bisher einzige Album „Total Annihilation“, welches an purer Spielfreude nicht zu überbieten ist. Die weniger perfekten Momente werden durch eine ungebändigte Energie wettgemacht, die im Heavy Metal mehr wert ist, als routiniertes Performen. Trotzdem haben die damals noch sehr jungen Musiker bereits ansehnlich Skills gehabt und verstehe ihr Handwerk. Das gilt auch für das Songwriting, welches nich nur auf durchgehendes Thrash-Geballer setzt, sondern auch auf Abwechslung. Somit ist das Album nicht nur für ThrashFanatiker geeignet. Die organisch klingende, aber dennoch fette Produktion, passt wie die Faust aufs Auge und zeigt, was bei aktuellen Alben in diesem Genre oft fehlt: Klangliche Authentizität! Es wurde damals nur als gebrannte CDR und digital veröffentlicht!

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Sweet - Level Headed-Alternate Mixes & Demos

Das 1978er Album "Level Headed" bescherte der Band mit "Love Is Like Oxygen" ihren letzten Top 10-Hit. In vielerlei Hinsicht war der Stilwechsel der Band von ihren früheren Glam-Singles zu albumorientiertem Rock ein Wagnis, aber die vielen Facetten des Albums wurden von Fans und Kritikern vielerorts gelobt. Die hier vorliegenden Tracks entstanden während der Aufnahmen zum Album und erschienen bislang nur als streng limitierte Vinylversion in den USA.

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Joshua Redman - Words Fall Short
  • Icarus
  • A Message To Unsend
  • Over The Jelly-Green Sea
  • So It Goes
  • Words Fall Short
  • She Knows
  • Borrowed Eyes
  • Era’s End

2023 gab Saxofonist Joshua Redman sein erfolgreiches Blue Note-Debüt mit dem für ihn überraschenden Album ”where are we”, seinem ersten Projekt mit durchgehender Beteiligung einer Vokalistin: Gabrielle Cavassa.

Auf seinem neuen Album kehrt Redman nun zum instrumentalen Jazz zurück - Gabrielle Cavassa singt nur einen einzigen Titel -, stattdessen interpretiert Redman stimmungsvolle Originale aus eigener Feder, die er in den letzten Jahren ohne ein bestimmtes Projekt im Kopf erarbeitet hat, mit ebenso jungen wie sensationell guten neuen Musikern (Pianist Paul Cornish, Bassist Philip Norris und Schlagzeuger Nazir Ebo). Als Gäste setzen Saxofonistin Melissa Aldana und Trompeterin Skylar Tang Akzente.

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Baby Face Willette - Stop And Listen
  • A1: Willow Weep For Me
  • A2: Chances Are
  • A3: Jumpin' Jupiter
  • B1: Stop And Listen
  • B2: At Last
  • B3: Soul Walk
  • B4: Worksong

Mit “Stop And Listen” gelang dem Hammond-B3-Organisten Baby Face Willette 1961 ein Album, das in keiner Soul-Jazz-Sammlung fehlen sollte. Zumal es auch Willettes letzte und beste Aufnahme für Blue Note war. Kritiker nennen diesen Klassiker oft in einem Atemzug mit Grant Greens Blue-Note-Debüt “Grant’s First Stand”, das kurz zuvor mit exakt der gleichen Besetzung eingespielt worden war.

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Various - Jeymes Samuel’s Spaghetti Western Collection 2x12"
  • The Yankee Fellow . Sonny
  • Gray Skies
  • They Called Him Django
  • Lo Ammazzò Come Un Cane...ma Lui Rideva Ancora
  • Cuando Se Muere El Sol
  • Concerto Per Un Killer
  • That Man
  • A Gringo Like Me
  • Find A Man
  • Arizona Colt
  • Il Cammino Di Ogni Speranza
  • Era Un Cow-Boy Ballata Per Un Pistolero
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Die mit Sicherheit coolste Spaghetti-Western-Compilation aller Zeiten kommt vom legendären SoundtrackLabel CAM Sugar. Niemand geringeres als der Brite Jeymes Samuel, Regisseur des modernen NetflixWesterns „The Harder They Fall“ und anderer Erfolgsfilme, sowie Singer-Songwriter (The Bullits), kennt sich mit der Musik italienischer Kult-Western bestens aus. Aus den CAM-Sugar-Archiven hat er jetzt 20 mitreißende Tracks aus der Feder von Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani, Nico Fidenco und anderen Legenden zusammengestellt. Diese Themen voll wilder Rhythmen, donnernder Gitarren und entfesselter Orchester sorgen für Action auch auf dem Plattenteller.

Drei der von den Originalbändern remasterten Tracks sind bislang auf Vinyl unveröffentlicht. Multi-Talent Jeymes Samuel hat auch das Cover-Artwork von Hand gemalt, im beiliegenden Booklet interviewt er die beiden Stars seines Westerns “The Harder They Fall”, Regina King und David Oleyowo, außerdem sind Original-Notenblätter und Filmposter abgebildet.

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Thomas Strønen - Relations

Thomas Strønen

Relations

12inch7545283
ECM Records
20.06.2025
  • 1: Confronting Silence
  • 2: The Axiom Of Equality
  • 3: Weaving Loom
  • 4: Koyasan
  • 5: Beginners Guide To Simplicity
  • 6: Nemesis
  • 7: Nonduality
  • 8: Ephemeral
  • 9: Pentagonal Garden
  • 10: Arc For Drums
  • 11: Ishi
  • 12: Kmj

Jetzt auch auf Vinyl: Musikalische Mitteilungen aus Oslo, New York, Basel und Lugano – aufgenommen zwischen 2018 und 2022 – werden auf dieser fesselnden Aufnahme, auf der der norwegische Schlagzeuger Thomas Strønen solo und in einer Reihe von Duetten zu hören ist, einander gegenübergestellt und neu kombiniert. Mit unterschiedlichsten Partnern wie Craig Taborn, Chris Potter, Sinikka Langeland und Jorge Rossy ist der musikalische Bezugsrahmen breit gefächert. Elemente von Langelands archaisch anmutendem Folk bis hin zu Potters Post-Coltrane-Saxophon und Taborns wirbelndem modernistischem Klavier finden alle ihren Platz in einem Projekt, das neue Verbindungen und kreative Beziehungen impliziert. Das Album wurde im Februar 2023 von Strønen und dem Produzenten Manfred Eicher in den Bavaria Musikstudios in München fertiggestellt und gemischt.

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DESMOND RILEY - SKINHEADS A MESSAGE TO YOU/IF I HAD WINGS
  • A1: Skinheads A Message To You
  • B1: If I Had Wings

Produced by Dandy Livingstone.
7inch black vinyl 45 RPM - Black paper cover with round cut-outs on both sides.

Both tracks were produced by Dandy Livingstone (also known as Brother Dan) in 1969 on the Downtown Records on two separate singles.
This reissue brings these two rare gems together for the first time on a 7” single. Both tracks are quite rare and very much in demand with
“SKINHEADS A MESSAGE TO YOU” being an anthem for early reggae enthusiasts!

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HORIZONTRALER GENTRANSFER - EVERYTHING POSSIBBONG
  • From Kita
  • Ahora Te Puedes Callar
  • Db (Deutsche Bullshit Oder Dürer Und Bayern)
  • Deine Nostalgie Ist Meine Gegenwart
  • Nobody
  • Fegefeuer
  • Frag Die Sonne
  • A Simple Answer
  • Reisbürger*In

Horizontaler Gentransfer" beschreibt die Übertragung genetischer Informationen bei den Mikroorganismen jenseits normaler Paarungsbarrieren .Die Band "Horizontaler Gentransfer" (HGT) ist eine Experimental Art Pop, K-Punk- Kollektiv, das von sechs (!) Künstlerinnen (Mizi Lee, Seonha Park, Jerry Ahn, Yun Park, Lilian Gonzalez, Hanseo Oh) mit Migrationshintergrund im Mai 2022 in Stuttgart initiiert wurde. Dem Prinzip der horizontalen Übertragung folgend, übertragen sie dies auf u.a. Memes, Posts, Chats- oder K-Pop-Kulturen, die sich über Smartphones oder iPads verbreiten und suchen dabei nach einem experimentellen Weg, um mit Text, Musik und visuellen Elementen zu Mode, Infektion und Migration zu forschen. HGT hinterfragt nicht nur kulturelle Normen, sondern reagiert direkt auch auf Stereotypen oder rassistische Angriffe. Direkte Fragen werden gestellt, energetische Aussagen getroffen und Stimmungen eingeholt die mal aggressiv, mal entspannt oder mit einem Augenzwinkern dargeboten werden. HGT sind eine Wundertüte verschiedener Genres und Stile, von Punk bis Poetry aber auch Schlager und Elektro gibt es zu entdecken. 'Everything Possibbong' ist das zweite Album und HGT lassen sich weiterhin nicht eine Schublade stecken. Das Album verbindet traditionellen koreanischen Schlager mit elektronischem Punk und einer guten Prise urban contemporary Pop. Die erste Single 'From Kita' zeigt wie sich Vielseitigkeit in Sinuswellen ausdrückt ohne aus der Reihe zu tanzen. Ein minimalistisches 808 pattern, ein vorantreibendes Keyboard und eine Telefonhörer Stimme mäandern durchs Intro und wandeln sich schließlich mittels Break in einen dadaistischen Pop Song der am ehesten an OOIOO denken lässt, sonst aber keinerlei Vergleichsfläche bietet. Vinyl comes with many goodies as there are 2 Stickers, 2 random character cards, a lyrics booklet & download code.

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ARESKI - LONG COURRIER

Areski

LONG COURRIER

12inchKUROLP1
Kuroneko
20.06.2025
  • Un Pays
  • Une Reine Et Un Roi
  • La Nuit Me Mord
  • Buisson Ardent
  • Mon Amie
  • Et J'en Oublie
  • Entre Le Oui, Le Non
  • Dans Les Gares
  • Tout Ce Que Je Sais De Toi
  • La Sentence
  • Faut-Il
  • L'onde

Few lovers stay together for life-and beyond. Just as rare are the artists who manage to keep alive the burning flame of their creative desire. Areski Belkacem is one of those who nurtures in his heart a fire that never dies out, a passion that burns just as intensely for music as it does for his beloved. As long as the message eventually reaches its intended recipient, he cares little for how long the journey takes. His new album, Long courrier, is proof of this: twelve unreleased songs that flow like a love letter set to music. In nearly 60 years of career, Areski Belkacem has released only three solo albums-intimate and deeply personal works that feel like whispered confidences to a loved one. In an era where commercial demands shape much of music production, these records exist solely to fulfill his need for expression. The late music lover and producer Jean-Philippe Allard once said, "Areski goes against the tide-he always seems to enjoy taking forbidden paths!" In Long courrier, Areski tenderly expresses love for his homeland and his beloved. He believes in the power of sensuality, the sacredness of pleasure, and the hidden beauty in every person despite life's hardships. He shows a fraternal gaze toward outsiders and sings of inner journeys, doubt, vows, eternal bonds-with a voice as warm and bright as a loving smile. He honors the mystery of the union between music and the French language. Blending his familiar chaabi rhythms and guitar with piano, accordion, bass, and electric guitar, he plays alongside the same musicians who have accompanied him for over two decades on stage-supporting the woman he shares both stage and life with: the incomparable Brigitte Fontaine.

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FONTAINE, BRIGITTE / BELKACEM, ARESKI - BARAKA 1980

After the explosive Comme à la radio, infused with the free jazz energy of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem released six albums together or separately between 1972 and 1977. Their music, often stripped down to voice, guitar, and percussion-or performed a cappella-stood in stark contrast to the orchestrated French pop of the time. This minimalist and spontaneous approach highlighted the poetic power of the lyrics and the intimacy of the melodies, earning them recognition in the counterculture and underground scenes. By the end of the 1970s, Fontaine sought to make her work more visible without losing its originality. The Baraka album marked this transitional moment, initially recorded in a home studio without external musicians. Its title (meaning "blessing" in Arabic) hinted at a desire for success. Mixing introspection, absurd humor, and bold stylistic choices, the album was technically ambitious, featuring stereo duets and layered vocals, and lyrically rich, tackling everything from metaphysical themes to playful nonsense. However, the project ultimately veered off course. After moving the recordings to the massive Studio Davout and bringing in producer and guitarist Martial "Mimi" Lorenzini, the album lost its original intimacy. Overproduced arrangements clashed with the simplicity of Fontaine and Belkacem's initial intent, resulting in an album-renamed Les églantines sont peut-être formidables-that the artists later disowned, refusing to allow its commercial release. Recently rediscovered demo tapes, stripped of their bombastic layers, reveal the raw, emotional core of the songs-showcasing the duo's voices with a rare authenticity. These recordings bridge a missing link in their discography, between their experimental lo-fi years and their later, more accessible work. Decades on, Fontaine and Belkacem remain defiant originals, never settling into a formula, always evolving, and continuing to shake the foundations of French chanson.

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T.REX - Bolan B-Sides

T.rex

Bolan B-Sides

2x12inchDEMREC1278
Record Stereo Day
20.06.2025
  • A1: Cadilac
  • A2: Baby Strange
  • A3: Lady
  • A4: Thunderwing
  • A5: Jitterbug Love
  • A6: Sunken Rags
  • B1: Born To Boogie (Single Mix)
  • B2: Free Angel
  • B3: Midnight
  • B4: Sitting Here
  • B5: Blackjack
  • B6: Squint Eye Mangle
  • C1: Satisfaction Pony
  • C2: Explosive Mouth
  • C3: Space Boss
  • C4: Chrome Sitar
  • C5: Do You Wanna Dance?
  • C6: Dock Of The Bay
  • C7: Solid Baby
  • D1: Baby Boomerang
  • D2: Life's An Elevator
  • D3: All Alone
  • D4: Groove A Little
  • D5: Tame My Tiger
  • D6: Ride My Wheels
  • D7: To Know You Is To Love You
  • D8: City Port
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CHAS AND DAVE - Margate

ChasandDave

Margate

7"-VinylDEMREC409
Demon Records
20.06.2025
  • A1: Margate
  • A2: Margate (Only Fools & Horses Jolly Boys' Outing Version), Vocals
  • B1: Give It Gavotte
  • B2: That's What I Like

[b] A2 Margate (Only Fools & Horses Jolly Boys' Outing Version), Vocals [Additional], Featuring – Del*, Rodney*

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YARDBIRDS - Psycho Daisies - The Complete B-Sides
  • A1: A Certain Girl; Written-By – Neville*
  • A2: I Ain't Got You; Written-By – Carter*
  • A3: Got To Hurrywritten-By – Gomelsky*
  • A4: Steeled Blues; Written-By – Beck*, Relf*
  • A5: Still I'm Sad; Written-By – Mccarty*, Samwell Smith*
  • A6: A Better Man Than I; Written-By – Hugg*, Hugg*
  • A7: I'm Not Talking; Written-By – Allison*
  • A8: New York City Blues; Written-By – Dreja*, Relf*
  • B1: Jeff's Boogie; Written-By – Beck*
  • B2: Psycho Daisies; Written-By – Dreja*, Beck*, Mccarty*, Page*, Relf*
  • B3: The Nazz Are Blue; Written-By – Beck*
  • B4: Puzzles; Written-By – Chris Dreja, Jim Mccarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf
  • B5: Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor; Written-By – Chris Dreja, Jim Mccarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf, Traditional
  • B6: Drinking Muddy Water; Written-By – Chris Dreja, Jim Mccarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf, Traditional
  • B7: Think About It; Written-By – Jim Mccarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf
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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - Msg (2024 Remaster) (RSD 2024)
  • A1: Ready To Rock; Written-By – Barden*, Schenker*
  • A2: Attack Of The Mad Axeman; Written-By – Barden*, Schenker*
  • A3: On And On; Written-By – Barden*, Schenker*
  • A4: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie; Written-By – Glen*, Powell*, Barden*, Schenker*, Raymond*
  • B1: But I Want More; Written-By – Barden*, Schenker*
  • B2: Never Trust A Stranger; Written-By – Raymond*
  • B3: Looking For Love; Written-By – Barden*, Schenker*
  • B4: Secondary Motion; Written-By – Barden*, Schenker*
  • C1: Never Trust A Stranger (Monitor Mix)
  • C2: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Rough Monitor Mix)
  • C3: Attack Of The Mad Axeman (Alt. Version-Monitor Mix)
  • C4: On And On (Rough Monitor Mix)
  • D1: Looking For Love (Monitor Mix)
  • D2: But I Want More (Rough Monitor Mix)
  • D3: Never Say Die (Live Rehearsal Take)
  • D4: Never Trust A Stranger (Piano Demo)
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TOYAH - In The Court of the Crimson Queen (RSD 2019)
  • A1: Dance In The Hurricane
  • A2: Sensational
  • A3: Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You)
  • A4: Heal Ourselves
  • A5: Lesser God
  • B1: Angel In You
  • B2: Love Crazy
  • B3: Bad Man
  • B4: Hyperventilate
  • B5: Come
  • B6: Legacy
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Dodheimsgard - 666 International LP
  • Shiva Interfere (9:10)
  • Ion Storm (4:20)
  • Magic (1:35)
  • Regno Potiri (10:20)
  • Carpet Bombing (2:25)
  • Final Conquest (5:59)
  • Logic (1:01)
  • Sonar Bliss (7:39)
  • Completion (6:32)
  • Outro (1:30)

To fans of black metal, Dødheimsgard need no introduction, being one of the great purveyors of the Norwegian Black Metal creative evolution.

The band was formed in 1994 by Aldrahn (Thorns) and Vicotnik (Ved Buens Ende). The early incarnation was that of a raw and at often melodic black metal band, with their debut album also featuring Fenriz of Darkthrone on bass. In recent years, Dodheimsgard has become known for its eclectic musical ventures and poignant mood shifts, with a less chaotic, more considered approach compared to their earliest works. Following the 'Kronet til Konge' and 'Monumental Possession' opuses, there was a shift in direction as demonstrated on 1998's 'Satanic Art' EP and by Dødheimsgard's third album, 666 International, Vicotnik had taken over a lot of the writing duties, with DHG's style becoming more technical yet ferocious black metal, with strong experimental ideas and industrial elements.

Vicotnik's riffs were inspired by cult bands such as Thorns and perfectly entwined with Aldrahn's delightfully twisted lyrics and immense vocals to create something truly unique. In its 666 International incarnation, DHG (as they were later to be known) featured a line- up of well- respected Norwegian musicians including Czral (Aura Noir, Ved Buens Ends, Virus), Apollyon (Aura Noir, Immortal), plus Mr Magic Logic (Fleurety) on keyboards, as the album was constructed over a period of time. All in all, 666 International is rightly regarded as a highly influential masterpiece of avant-garde metal by many since its release in 1999.

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HEAVEN 17 - Bigger than America (RSD 2019)
  • A1: Dive
  • A2: Designing Heaven
  • A3: We Blame Love
  • A4: Another Big Idea
  • A5: Freak!
  • A6: Bigger Than America
  • B1: Unreal Everything
  • B2: The Big Dipper
  • B3: Do I Believe?
  • B4: Resurrection Man
  • B5: Maybe Forever
  • B6: An Electronic Prayer
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FANFARLO - Reservoir (Expanded Edition) (Rsd 2019)
  • A1: I'm A Pilot; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • A2: Ghosts; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • A3: Luna; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • A4: Comets; Written-By – Memon*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • A5: Fire Escape; Written-By – C. Lucas*, L. Beckenham*, S. Balthazar*
  • B1: The Walls Are Coming Down; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • B2: Drowning Men; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • B3: If It Is Growing; Written-By – Beckenham*, Balthazar*
  • B4: Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, West*, Balthazar*
  • B5: Finish Line; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • B6: Good Morning Midnight; Written-By – Lucas*, Balthazar*
  • C1: Kist Of Whistles (Instrumental); Written-By – Lucas*, Balthazar*
  • C2: Talking Backwards; Written-By – Balthazar*
  • C3: Hands; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, Balthazar*
  • C4: Scott; Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, Balthazar*
  • C5: Drowning Men (Acoustic Demo); Written-By – Memon*, Lucas*, Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • D1: You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us; Written-By – Finch*, Beckenham*, West*, Balthazar*
  • D2: Tuesday (You Come When We Call); Written-By – Balthazar*
  • D3: We Live By The Lake; Written-By – Beckenham*, Balthazar*
  • D4: Acoemeti (Instrumental); Written-By – Lucas*, Balthazar*
  • D5: Sand & Ice; Written-By – Lucas*, Balthazar*
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ANDRZEJ KORZYNSKI - Possession
  • A1: The Night The Screaming Stops (Opening Titles)
  • A2: Opetanie 1*
  • A3: Meeting With A Pink Tie
  • A4: Opetanie 2
  • A5: Anna Rewards Mark
  • A6: Possession - Orchestral Theme 1
  • A7: Kreuzberg 1*
  • A8: Opetanie 3
  • A9: Mark Looks In The Fridge
  • A10: Heinrick's Demise
  • A11: Opetanie 4
  • A12: Possession - Orchestral Theme 2
  • A13: Blue Ford B-Az6
  • A14: Helen Has Green Eyes
  • B1: Opetanie 5
  • B2: Bloody Embrace
  • B3: Kreuzberg 2
  • B4: Detective's Desserts
  • B5: Kreuzberg 3
  • B6: Kreuzberg 4
  • B7: The Night The Screaming Stops (Tempo)
  • B8: Mark Formulates A Plan
  • B9: Mark Sees Everything
  • B10: Closely Observered Anna
  • B11: Opetanie 6
  • B12: What Is It?
  • B13: The Man With The Pink Socks

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CLIFFDIVER - EXERCISE YOUR DEMONS
  • A1: New Vegas Bomb
  • A2: Who Let The Hawgz Out?
  • A3: Frankie Muniz Don't Smoke No Mids
  • A4: We Saw The Same Sunset
  • A5: Death Is A Wedding (With Eternity)
  • B1: Super Saiyan Al Pacino
  • B2: Dick Van Yikes
  • B3: I Left My Heart At Lemon Lake
  • B4: Ikea Strikes Back
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JAIME WYATT - NEON CROSS

Jaime Wyatt

NEON CROSS

12inchLPNW5376
New West Records
20.06.2025
  • A1: Sweet Mess
  • A2: Neon Cross
  • A3: L I V I N
  • A4: Make Something Outta Me
  • A5: By Your Side
  • B1: Just A Woman, Vocals – Jessi Colter
  • B2: Goodbye Queen
  • B3: Mercy
  • B4: Rattlesnake Girl
  • B5: Hurt So Bad, Vocals – Shooter Jennings
  • B6: Demon Tied To A Chair In My Brain
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TRAUMA RAY - CHAMELEON

Trauma Ray

CHAMELEON

12inchDAISLP5233
Dais Records
20.06.2025
  • Ember
  • Torn
  • Chameleon
  • Bardo
  • Bishop
  • Elegy
  • Drift
  • Breath
  • Spectre
  • Flare
  • Iso
  • U.s.d.d.o.s

Mit an der Spitze der Shoegaze-Revivalisten steht ohne Zweifel die Band TRAUMA RAY aus Fort Worth, Texas, die die Komplexität, Intensität und ausdrucksstarke Verwüstung des Shoegaze virtuos beherrscht. Seit sie 2018 mit einer selbstbetitelten EP erstmals Wellen schlugen, haben die fünf Texaner ihr Live-Set auf immer abenteuerlicheren Amerika-Touren verfeinert - sie stapeln Verstärker und verdrehen Köpfe bei jeder Show, was ihnen in kürzester Zeit eine riesige Anhängerschaft eingebracht hat. Die drei Gitarren der Band sind eine Wucht, abwechselnd wütend, wild und gespenstisch, durchtränkt von präziser Verzerrung. Das Kern-Songwriter-Duo Uriel Avila und Jonathan Perez hat die Vision und das Handwerk des Projekts erweitert und verfeinert, was nun in ihrem 12-Track-Debüt für das Label DAIS, "Chameleon", gipfelt. Abgerundet durch Bassist Darren Baun, Schlagzeuger Nicholas Bobotas und Gitarrist Coleman Pruitt, synthetisiert und transzendiert das Album seine Einflüsse, eine stürmische Verschmelzung von Downer-Hooks, apokalyptischer Schönheit und Bulldozer-Riffs. Der Name TRAUMA RAY wurde in klassischer Shoegaze-Manier von dem deutschen Wort für "Tagtraum" oder "Traumzustand" inspiriert. Avilas Hintergrund in einer frommen Pfingstgemeinde verleiht seinen Texten über Schuld, Fegefeuer und den Übergang auf die andere Seite eine emotionale Authentizität, die sich durch das majestätische Volumen der Musik zieht. "Chameleon" ist ein Meisterwerk des Handwerks, der Ausgewogenheit, der Melodie, der Lyrik und der Schwerkraft, das eine neue Vision von "Laut-Leise-Laut"-Architekturen und den schwindelerregenden Tiefen von gesprengten Harmonien bietet. Von SLOWDIVE über DEFTONES bis hin zu HUM und darüber hinaus absorbieren und erweitern TRAUMA RAY ihre Einflüsse zu einer seltenen und hingebungsvollen Alchemie. TRAUMA RAYs cineastischer Sturm ist ein sich aufbauender Orkan, der sich gerade erst zu bewegen beginnt.

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HARTE WORTE - RETRO IN VIA

Das damals dritte Album der Punkrock- und Streetcore-Band aus dem Ruhrgebiet. Seit 2008 aktiv, hat sich das Quartett bis 2018 weiter nach vorne gearbeitet, sogar bis in die Charts, und ist kurz darauf erstmal für länger abgetaucht. Ihr "Pottcore" ist eine kompakte Mischung aus zielstrebigem Punkrock und Streetcore, wie man ihn von Acts wie TOXPACK lieben gelernt hat. Mit "Retro In Via" (von 2016) hat die sympathisch bodenständige Band zehn mitreißende, fetten Singalong-Hymnen für den gepflegten Straßenköter abgeliefert. Dabei ist die Bandbreite des Albums musikalisch wie lyrisch extrem weit gefächert: Vom schnellen Gassenhauer mit Gänsehaut-Refrain wie "Das Hat Mit Freiheit Nichts Zu Tun" über den Knaller "Punkrock Allianz" (mit Beteiligung von EMSCHERKURVE 77- und BRIGADE S-Musikern) bis hin zu nachdenklicheren Tönen über Liebe, Freiheit, Andersdenkende oder das Drama der aktuellen Flüchtlingspolitik (richtigerweise aus der Sicht der Opfer) haben HARTE WORTE einen wahren Quantensprung gemacht. Orangenes Vinyl, vollfarbig bedrucktes Insert, limitiert auf 500 Exemplare weltweit.

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SOUND - Counting The Days

Sound

Counting The Days

12inch5014797906945
Demon Records
20.06.2025
  • A1: Counting The Days; Written-By – Borland*, Mayers*, Bailey*, Dudley*
  • A2: Winning (Live); Written-By – The Sound (2)
  • A3: Dreams Then Plans; Written-By – Borland*
  • A4: Total Recall (Live); Written-By – The Sound (2)
  • B1: Burning Part Of Me; Written-By – The Sound (2)
  • B2: Longest Days; Written-By – Borland*, Mayers*, Bailey*, Dudley*
  • B3: Under You; Written-By – The Sound (2)
  • B4: Golden Soldiers; Written-By – Borland*, Mayers*
  • C1: Silent Air (Live); Written-By – Borland*
  • C2: Sense Of Purpose (Live); Written-By – The Sound (2)
  • C3: New Way Of Life"; Written-By – Borland*, Mayers*, Bailey*, Dudley*
  • D1: Wildest Dreams; Written-By – Janes*, The Sound (2)
  • D2: Heartland (Live); Written-By – Borland*
  • D3: Temperature Drop; Written-By – Borland*, Bailey*
  • D4: Missiles (Live)
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Whiskey Ritual - Black Metal Ultras LP
  • Black Metal Ultras 02:56
  • In The Army Of
  • Hell 03:54
  • Knockout 03:49
  • Death Comes By Limo 04:15
  • 666: Problems 04:10
  • Streets And Liars 03:58
  • Die Hard 04:00
  • Manifesto 04:35
  • Denim Demon 02:25
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HIROKAZU TANAKA - Lost Tapes 17 LP
  • A1: Spacemen's March
  • A2: Space Attack "Q
  • A3: Waltz 3
  • A4: Ppu Dance
  • A5: Fairy Wings
  • A6: Improvised Song "Sweet Tea " (1981)
  • A7: Long Time Ago Demo
  • A8: More Deep Demo (1980S)
  • A9: Small Gift
  • B1: Love Me
  • B2: M45
  • B3: Echoes Of Unspoken Love Demo (1980S)
  • B4: 大樹となかまたち Demo (1999)
  • B5: プール Demo (1980S)
  • B6: Improvised Song "To You" (2005)
  • B7: Song Pop B Demo (1998)
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Djlmp - Spring Touch EP

Djlmp

Spring Touch EP

12inchTIE006
Take it Easy
17.06.2025

Take It Easy! We need more taglines like these in such trying and self-recriminatory times, where the stresses of a part-imagined urgency prevent us from decompressing in the way our social lives really should allow for. But is dance music, whose traditional motto is to "jack", compatible with such a mantra? DJLMP shatters these apparent antinomies of relaxation and danceability with three new edited heaters here, designed for triumphant joie de vives of the kind that do not poke, prod or demand too much from us. A later Diana Ross sample is put on heavy opening rotation on 'Diana's Loop', while similarly echoic verboffs are exchanged on 'Spring Touch', where dub delays haze the mix into something a little more convulsive. Space for wonky downtime is reserved on the B's 'Reggatronic', in a rare case of hip, lo-fi breathing room reserved for a dance record.

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Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force - Khadim

Khadim is a stunning reconfiguration of the Ndagga Rhythm Force sound. The instrumentation is radically pared down. The guitar is gone; the concatenation of sabars; the drum-kit. Each of the four tracks hones in on just one or two drummers; otherwise the sole recorded element is the singing; everything else is programmed. Synths are dialogically locked into the drumming. Tellingly, Ernestus has reached for his beloved Prophet-5, a signature go-to since Basic Channel days, thirty years ago. Texturally, the sound is more dubwise; prickling with effects. There is a new spaciousness, announced at the start by the ambient sounds of Dakar street-life. At the microphone, Mbene Diatta Seck revels in this new openness: mbalax diva, she feelingly turns each of the four songs into a discrete dramatic episode, using different sets of rhetorical techniques. The music throughout is taut, grooving, complex, like before; but more volatile, intuitive and reaching, with turbulent emotional and spiritual expressivity.

Not that Khadim represents any kind of break. Its transformativeness is rooted in the hundreds upon hundreds of hours the Rhythm Force has played together. Nearly a decade has passed since Yermande, the unit's previous album. Every year throughout that period — barring lockdowns — the group has toured extensively, in Europe, the US, and Japan. With improvisation at the core of its music-making, each performance has been evolutionary, as it turns out heading towards Khadim. “I didn’t want to simply continue with the same formula," says Ernestus. “I preferred to wait for a new approach. Playing live so many times, I wanted to capture some of the energy and freedom of those performances.” Though several members of the touring ensemble sit out this recording — sabar drummers, kit-drummer, synth-player — their presence abides in the structure and swing of the music here.

Lamp Fall is a homage to Cheikh Ibra Fall, founder of the Baye Fall spiritual community. The mosque in the city of Touba is known as Lamp Fall, because the main tower resembles a lantern. Soy duggu Touba, moom guey séen / When you enter Touba, he is the one who greets you. After a swift, incantatory start Mbene sings with reflective seriousness. Her voice swirls with reverb, over a tight, funky, propulsive interplay between synth and drums, threaded with one-two jabs of bass. Cheikh Ibra Fall mi may way, mo diayndiou ré, la mu jëndé ko taalibe... Cheikh Ibra Fall amo morome, aboridial / Cheikh Ibra Fall shows the way forward, he gives us strength, he gathers his disciples... Overflowing with grace, Cheikh Ibra Fall has no equal.

Interwoven with Wolof proverbs, Dieuw Bakhul is a recriminatory song about treachery, lies, and back-biting. Over moody, roiling synths and ominous, lean bass, Mbene throws out fluttering scraps of vocal, as if re-running old conversations in her head. The music shadows her despair to the verge of breakdown, at one moment seemingly so lost in thought and memories, that it threatens to disintegrate. Bayilene di wor seen xarit ak seen an da ndo... Dieuw bakhul, dieuw ñaw na / Stop judging your friends and companions... A lie is no good, a lie is ugly.

Khadim is a show-stopper; currently the centrepiece of Ndagga Rhythm Force live performances. The song is dedicated to Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, aka Khadim, founder of the Mouride Sufi order. Serigne Bamba mi may wayeu / Serigne Bamba is the one who makes me sing. The verses name-check revered members of his family and brotherhood, like Sokhna Diarra, Mame Thierno, and Serigne Bara. Though Islam has been practised in Senegal for a millennium, it wasn’t until the start of the twentieth century that it began to thoroughly permeate ordinary Senegalese society, hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism. The verses here recall Bamba’s banishment by the French to Gabon, and later to Mauritania, in those foundational times. During exile, his captors once introduced a lion to his cell: gaïnde gua waf, dieba lu ci Cheikhoul Khadim / the lion doesn’t budge, it gives itself over to Cheikh Khadim. Deep, surging bass, steady kick-drum, and simple, reverbed chords on the off-beat lend the feel and impetus of steppers reggae. A reed plays snatches of a traditional Baye Fall melody; the dazzling polyrhythmic drumming is by Serigne Mamoune Seck. Mbene compellingly blends percussive vocalese, narrative suspense, exultant praise, introspection, and grievance.

Nimzat is a devotional tribute to Cheikh Sadbou, a contemporary of Bamba, buried in a mausoleum in Nizmat, in southern Mauritania. Way nala, kagne nala... souma danana fata dale / I call upon you and wonder about you... If I am overwhelmed, come to my aid. The town holds special significance for Khadr Sufism. An annual pilgrimage there is conducted to this day. The rhythm is buoyantly funky; the mood is sombre, reined-in, foreboding. Punctuated by peals of thunder, Mbene sings with restrained, intense reverence; huskily confidential, steadfast. Nanu dem ba Nimzat, dé ba sali khina / Let us go to Nimzat, to seal our devotion.

Mbene Diatta Seck: vocals.
Bada Seck: bougarabou, thiol, mbeung mbeung bal, tungune.
Serigne Mamoune Seck: bougarabou, khine, mbeung mbeung, tungune.
Text by Mark Ainley (Honest Jons).
Mastered by Rashad Becker.
Everything else by Mark Ernestus.

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