2024: GLOBAL A GO-GO (AROUND THE WORLD)

 

AFRICAN SPECTRUM PART 1

 Aba Diop & the Yermande Family - Revolution Sabar (Dal Dial Fall) Senegal

Abdel Benaddi - A Dream in Essaouira (Worlds Within Worlds) Morocco

Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu - Destination (Wah Wah 45s) Ghana

Aziza Brahim - Mawja (Glitterbeat) Saharawi

 Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band - Avoudé (We Are Busy Bodies) Togo

Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès - Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès (Buda Musique) Senegal

 Etran de l'Aïr - 100% Sahara Guitar (Sahel Sounds) Niger

Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko - Djudjon, L'oiseau de Garaná (One World) Mali

Lagos Thugs - Chaos (Immensum Music) Nigeria

Les Amazones d'Afrique - Musow Danse (Real World) West African

 Karantamba - Galgi (Teranga Beat) Gambia

Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice (Matador) Niger

Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra - Tension (Batov) Ethiopia via Tel Aviv

Nfaly Diakité - Hunter Folk Vol 1 - Tribute to Toumani Koné (Mieruba) Mali

Sahra Halgan - Hiddo Dhawr (La Région-Danaya Music) Somalia

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) (Record Kicks) Nigeria

Va - Kampire Presents A Dancefloor in Ndola (Strut Records)

REISSUES & RETROSPECTIVES

 

África Negra - Antologia Vol. 2 (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Souvenirs [1977-1985] (Mississippi Records)

FelaKuti - BOX SET #6 - Curated By Idris Elba (Knitting Factory-PartisanRecords)

Rail Band - Rail Band (RCAM, 1973; Reissue, Mississippi Records)

Va - Congo Funk! Sound Madness..(KinshasaBrazzaville 1969-82)(Analog Africa)

Va - Ghana Special 2; Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds in the Diaspora, 1980-93 (Soundway)

Va - Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture.. 1978​-​93 (Soundway)

 Va - Les Belgicains: Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-1970 (Covadia)

 Va - Merci Yaya Bongo: Les Groupes d’Animation Féminins du Gabon 1982-89 (Secousse)

Va - Togo Soul 2 (Hot Casa Records)

Va - Wagadu Grooves - The Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1987-2016 (Hot Mule)

BRAZILIAN SPECTRUM

 

 Alaide Costa - E o Tempo Agora Quer Voar (Samba Rock Discos-Altafonte)

Caxtrinho - Queda Livre (QTV Label)

Chico Bernardes - Outros Fios (People's Champ)

 Dora Morelenbaum - Pique (Mr Bongo-Coala Records)

Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel - The Room (Real World)

Gui Amabis - Contrapangeia (Gui Amabis Music-Tratore)

 Lau Ro - Cabana (Far Out Recordings)

Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding - Milton + Esperanza (Concord)

Moreno Veloso - Mundo Paralelo (Moreno Veloso Self-released)

 Quartabê - Repescagem (RISCO)

Thiago França - Canhoto De Pé (YB Music)

Tiganá Santana - Caçada Noturna (Ajabu!)

Vinicius Cantuaria - Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside Records)

 

 

LATIN SPECTRUM 

 

Daymé Arocena - Alkemi (Brownswood Recordings)

 Julián Mayorga - Chak Chak Chak Chak (Glitterbeat)

LA LOM - The Los Angeles League of Musicians (Verve Records)

Mariachi Los Camperos - Sones De Mariachi (Smithsonian Folkways)

 Meridian Brothers - Mi Latinoam​é​rica Sufre (Ansonia-LDBJ)

 

 Reissues/Archives

Coco Lagos y sus Orates - Descargas  (Vampisoul)

Edmundo Arias - Guepa Je! (Radio Martiko)

Fania All Stars - Latin-Soul-Rock (Fania, 1974/Remastered, Craft)

 Ismael Rivera Y Sus Cachimbos - Traigo de Todo (Tico, 1974, Remastered, Craft)

Sonora Ponceña - Sabor Sureno (Inca, 1974/ Remastered, Craft)

 

 Va - Discomoda Salsa de Venezuela 1964​-​1977 (Olindo)

 Va - Juyungo (Afro​-​Indigenous Music From The North​-​Western Andes) (CAIFE/Honest Jon’s)

Va - Magn​í​fico Boogalooooo (Vampisoul Discos)

Va - Merengue Típico; Nueva Generación! (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Va - Super Disco Pirata - De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965​-​1980 (Analog Africa) 

Va - We've Got a Groovy Thing Going; The Latin Soul of Bobby Marin (Vampisoul)

CARIBEAN SPECTRM

 Calypso, Zouk, Soca, 

Voodoo rhythm, Gwo ka, Antilles...

Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band - BRSB (Big Crown Records)

Germa Adan - Borderlines & Bloodlines (Binding Thread Records) 

 Blue Rhythm Combo - Magumba (Merry Disc, 1972; RE/Common Ground Int.)

Chatuye - Ahmuti (Chatuye Prod., 1986; RE., Frederiksberg) 

Telstars - Orbiting (Wirl, 1974/ Remastered, Mad About Records)

 

Reggae, Dub, Ska, Rocksteady...

 

Creation Rebel - Close Encounters of the Third World (Hitrun, 1978, Reissue,On-U Sound)

Creation Rebel - High Above Harlesden 1978-2023 (On-U Sound)

Dennis Bovell (Va) - Sufferer Sounds (Disciples)

Errol Dunkley - OK Fred: Best of (Cleopatra Records)

Lee "Scratch" Perry - King Perry (False Idols Records)

Lee "Scratch" Perry & Youth - Spaceship to Mars (CreationYouth)

Liam Bailey - Zero Grace (Big Crown Records)

 Linval Thompson - Ganja Man (Irie Ites Records)

The Travellers - Black Black Minds (Paradise, 1977; Remaster, Jammy)

VA - Niney the Observer Presents Jah Fire (Doctor Bird-2CD)

Va - Niney the Observer Pres. Dreadlocks...Singles 1973-75 (Doctor Bird)

 Va - Rastafari (The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 (Soul Jazz)

Va - Studio One Down Beat Special (Expanded Edition) (Soul Jazz)

Va - Tokyo Riddim Vol. 2, 1976-1985 (Time Capsule)

(GENERIC) ETHNO WORLD / ETHNO FOLK

 

Ahmed Moneka – Kanzafula (Lulaworld Records) Iraq via Canada

BUZZ' AYAZ - Buzz Ayaz (Glitterbeat) Cyprus

Camilla Barbarito - Cargo Sentimento Popolare D'Assalto (Felmay) Italy

 Dal:um - Coexistence (Eastern Standard Sounds-Glitterbeat) South Korea

Guo Gan, Huong Thanh, Fumie Hihara - Three Perfumes (Felmay) China/Vietnam/Japan

Landless - Lúireach (Glitterbeat Records) Ireland

Lair - Ngélar (Guruguru Brain) Indonesia

Maria Mazzotta - Onde (Zero Nove Nove) Italy

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party - Chain of Light (Real World) Pakistan 

 Rəhman Məmmədli - Azerbaijani Gitara Vol. 2 (Les Disques Bongo Joe)  Azerbaijan

Tarta Relena - És Pregunta (Latency) Catalonian/Spain 

Varijashree Venugopal - Vari (GroundUP Music) India