2022: GLOBAL A GO-GO (AROUND THE WORLD)

 

  AFRICAN SPECTRUM PART 1  

 

Amaliya Group - Viyezgo.Vimbuza from Mzimba South (1000Hz) Malawi

The Ano Nobo Quartet - The Strings of São Domingos (Ostinato Rec) Cape Verde

Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band - Sonbonbela (Sublime Frequencies)

BKO - Djine Bora (Les Disques Bongo Joe) Mali

Boubacar Traoré - Tiékoro Ba Diougou (Hambe Production) Mali

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Echo (Bendigedig)

Etran de L'Aïr - Agadez (Sahel Sound) Niger

Fatoumata Diawara - Maliba (Wagram Music-3ème Bureau) Mali

Gonora Sounds - Hard Times Never Kill (The Vital Record) Zimbabwe

 Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - Gyedu-Blay Ambolley And Hi-Life Jazz (Agogo Records) Ghana

Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon - Small Small (Wah Wah 45s) Ghana/UK

Majid Bekkas - Joudour (Igloo Records) Morocco

Mamadou Diabaté - Seengwa (Delicious Tunes Records) Mali

Master Musicians Of Joujouka - Dancing Under the Moon (Glitterbeat) Morocco

Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul - Gnawa Soul (MusjoMusic-Nuits d'Afrique) Morocco

Noori & His Dorpa Band - Beja Power! ..from Sudan's Red Sea Coast (Ostinato) Sudan

Oumou Sangaré - Timbuktu (World Circuit) Mali

Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee - Bamanan (Real World) Mali/Irlanda

Sona Jobarteh - Badinyaa Kumoo (African Guild, 2022) Gambia

Vieux Farka Touré - Les Racines (World Circuit Records) Mali

Wau Wau Collectif - Mariage (Sahel Sounds-Sing A Song Fighter) Senegal

Yanna Momina - Afar Ways (Glitterbeat Records) Djibouti 

 

 

AFRICAN SPECTRUM PART 2 (Reissues/Retro-Anthologies) 

 

África Negra - Antologia Vol. 1 (Les Disques Bongo Joe) São Tomé

Alhaji K. Frimpong - Abrabo (1984/Remaster, Hot Casa Records) Ghana

Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - The Muslim Highlife of A.W.O. (Luaka Bop) Nigeria

Dumisani Maraire - Tichazomuona (Nyami Nyami Records) Zimbabwe

 Ferry Djimmy And His Dji-Kins - Rhythm Revolution (Remaster, Acid Jazz) Benin

Gnawa Music Of Marrakesh - Night Spirit Masters (1990; Rem./Zehra) Morocco

Orchestre Massako - Orchestre Massako (Analog Africa) Gabon

Orchestre Volta Jazz - Air Volta (Numero Group) Burkina Faso

Pedro Lima - Recordar É Viver; Antologia Vol. 1 ( Les Disques Bongo Joe) São Tome

Tinariwen - Kel Tinariwen (1992, Wedge Records) Mali

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Afro-Funk (Albarika-Acid Jazz) Benin

Va - Afro Psych; Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 -1977 (Africa Seven)

Va - Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Music in the Digital Age, 1983-92 [Vol.1] (Kalita)

 

 

BRAZILIAN SPECTRUM (MPB/AVANT MPB)

 

 

Alaide Costa - O Que Meus Calos Dizem Sobre Mim (Samba Rock Discos)

 Bala Desejo - SIM SIM SIM (Coala-Noize)

Bruno Berle - No Reino Dos Afetos (Far Out Recordings)

Filarmônica de Pasárgada - PSSP (YB Music)

Flora Purim - If You Will (Strut Records)

Gilberto Gil - Em Casa Com os Gil (Gege Produções Artísticas)

 Iara Rennó - Or​í​kì (Dobra discos-Altafonte)

Joyce Moreno - Natureza (Far Out Recordings)

Joyce Moreno - Brasileiras Cançoes (Biscoito Fino)

Maria Rita Stumpf - Ver Tente (Maria Rita Stumpf-Tratore)

 Orfélia - Tudo o Que Move (Orfelia Music)

Os Tatuís - Os Tatuís (Farroupilha, 1965/ Remaster, Far Out)

Raf Vilar - Clichê (Ajabu! Records)

Sessa - Estrela Acesa (Mexican Summer)

Tim Bernardes - Mil Coisas Invisiveis (Psychic Hotline)

Tom Zé - Língua Brasileira (Sesc Records)

 Zito Righi E Seu Conjunto - Alucinolandia (Hot, 1969; Re., Mr Bongo)

Va - Brasil Novo [Curated By Tahira, Tim Garcia] (Música Macondo)

 

 

LATIN SPECTRUM (LATIN/AVAN LATIN)

 

Acid Coco - Camino Al Mar (El Palmar Music Records)

Combo Chimbita - IRE (Anti- Records)

Guts - Estrellas (Heavenly Sweetness-Pura Vida) Cuba-Senegal-France

Isaac Sasson - Canciones de Isaac (Olindo Records)

 Los Amparito - Recalentados (Fuego Amigo Discos)

Meridian Brothers - Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento (Ansonia)

Ruca y El Quinde de Barbacoas - ¡Dale Duro al Bombo! (Discos Pacífico)

 

Benitez & Valencia - Impossible Love Songs From Sixties Quito (Honest Jon’s)

Biluka Y Los Canibales - Leaf-Playing In Quito, 1960-65 (Honest Jon’s) Bra

Coco Lagos Y Sus Orates - Descargas (1967/ Re., Vampi Soul)

 Eliades Ochoa - Vamos a Bailar un Son (Special Edition) (World Circuit)

Lucho Bermudez y su Orquesta - The Coastal Invasion 1946-61 (Radio Martiko)

Sonido Verde de Moyobamba - Sonido Verde de Moyobamba (Analogue Africa)

 

Va - 14 Magnificos Bailables: Los Mejores Éxitos En Discos MEG (Vampi Soul)

Va - The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 3 (Vampi Soul)

Va - Chicha Popular ….from Discos Horoscopo 1977-87 (Rebel Up!)

 Va - Cumbia Sabrosa: Tropical Sound System.. 1961​-​81 (Rockafort)

 Va - Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-86 (Analog Africa)

Va - Saturno 2000 – La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-83 (AnalogAfrica)

 

 

 

 

CARIBBEAN SPECTRUM 

REGGAE, DUB, SKA, ROCKSTEADY

CALYPSO, ZOUK, SOCA, ANTILLES

 

 Caribbean

Leyla McCalla - Breaking the Thermometer (Anti-) Usa/Haiti

Wesli -  Tradisyon (Cumbancha Records) Haiti

Va - Lèspri Ka New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010(Time Capsule)

 

 Reggae & Dub

 The Boris Gardiner Happening - Ultra Super Dub, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (Now-Again)

 Chuck Foster - Long Journey (Catch Me Time Records)

Dennis Bovell - The DuBMASTER; The Essential Anthology (Trojan)

Gladiators - One Love The Best of Their Nighthawk Rec. (Omnivore)

Horace Andy  - Rockers & Scorchers (On-U Sound)

Lee ''Scratch'' Perry - King Scratch Musical Masterpieces from Upsetter Ark-ive (Trojan)

Soul Revivers - Grove Dub (Acid Jazz Records)

 

Va - Adrian Sherwood Presents; Dub No Frontiers (Real World)

Va - Herb Dust; 18 Classic Roots Gems ... (Tamoki-Wambesi-Dove)

Va - In A Rocking Mood (Beverley's Rock Steady 1966-1968) (Doctor Bird)

Va - Life Between Islands - Soundsystem Culture.. In The UK 1973-2006(Soul Jazz)

Va - Soul Jazz Records presents: Disco Reggae Rockers (Soul Jazz)

Va - Soul Jazz Records presents: Studio One Women Vol. 2 (SoulJazzRecords)

Va - Wild Paarty Sounds Volume One (1980/Reissue, Lantern Rec.)

 

 

(GENERIC) ETHNO WORLD

Al-Qasar - Who Are We? (Glitterbeat) France/Arab

Antonio Castrignanò - Babilonia (Ponderosa Music) Italy

Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia - Saath Saath (Believe) India

 Francesco Loccisano e Andrea Piccioni - Upgrade (Visage Music) Italy

G. Benali, Constantinople, K. Tabassian - In the Footsteps of Rumi (Costantinople) Persia

Guo Gan ''Swordmen'' Trio - Guo Gan Swordmen Trio (Felmay) China

Maya Youssef - Finding Home (Kartel Music Group) Syria

Naujawanan Baidar - Khedmat Be Khalq (Radio Khiyaban) Afghan/Pashtun

OKI - Tonkori In The Moonlight (1996-2006) (Mais Um) Japan

Shadi Fathi, Bijan Chemirani - Âwât (Buda) Persia

Silvia Tarozzi, Deborah Walker - Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d‘amore (Unseen Worlds) Italy

Simon Shaheen - The Music Of Mohamed Abdel Wahab  (1990/Re., Zehra) Palestina

Souren Baronian - The Middle Eastern Soul of Carlee Records (Modern Harmonic) Armenia

Tarren - Revel (Tarren Music) England/UK

Ti'kaniki - Douz (Ti'kaniki Music) Maloya, La Réunion

Yungchen Lhamo - Awakening (Tibet Arts Management) Tibet

Va - Padang Moonrise; The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Rec.Industry ('55-69) (Soundway)