Int'L & World Music

Spirit Cry Flutes and Bamboo Jews Harps from Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands and Madang. Recorded by Ragnar Johnson and Jessica Mayer. The recording of a male initiation ceremony with sacred flutes, bullroarers and 'crying baby' leaves was only...

Special half-speed master edition cut by Miles Showell, Abbey Road Studios. It is with great joy that we present the Mr Bongo edition of Marcos Valle's 1983 self-titled masterpiece. A pure vintage that features the ultimate Brazilian-boogie cult-classic...

Soundway Records present the eponymous debut LP from in-demand Amsterdam five piece, The Mauskovic Dance Band - fusing no-wave dance punk, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and space disco in a "controlled explosion" (The Quietus). Entirely self-produced, the band...

Sophomore album from the Italian rock band & 2021 Eurovision Song Contest winners. Landing at #1 on the Italian albums chart, the Platinum certified album includes the singles "Vent'anni" & Eurovision winning "Zitti e buoni".1. Zitti E Buon 2. Coraline 3...

Somewhere between Alan Vega and David Bowie's Scary Monsters period, the new album of French artist Bertrand Belin.

Sometimes the best things take time to come into fruition, and here we are, ready to finally unleash Brazil45 number 88 - the missing 7"! Featuring two Mr Bongo favourites that we have been longing to share with the world. First up is a lesser-known...

Some things take time to happen, some things perhaps take a bit longer than they should but, finally, we are delighted to present an issue of the iconic, and sought-after, Brazilian album 'Alucinol?ndia' by Zito Righi E Seu Conjunto from 1969. The...

Some records just stop you in your tracks. They resonate with you and feel instantly familiar like an old friend, even on the first listen. SOYUZ's third album 'Force of the Wind' is one of those records. It holds all the trademarks, beauty, and...

'SOL' is Sowulo's acoustic album, featuring unique acoustic compositions and renditions of older Sowulo material. It is dedicated to the nordic sun goddess SOL and her horses Arvakr and Alsvidr who are pulling her on a carriage through the sky. The...

Socorro' is a banging, mid-tempo Brazilian funk groove taken from their second Copacabana LP and a 7" from 1977. Tough. Half-speed heavy funk on 'Retrato de Dete', written by Arnaud Rodrigues. We don't know very much about Ronaldo unfortnately. The...

So now the anxiously awaited moment has arrived, to grab a hold of the new release. And if "Oso Panda" represented the poppiest part of the group formed by Adri? and Paulita, "La chica vampira" is the punk part. Once again Guille Milky way is responsible...

Singer-songwriter Dora Morelenbaum is one of the stunning voices at the forefront of Brazil's exciting new musical wave. Her sublime 'Vento de Beirada' EP takes you on a trip into the sensuous sounds of Dora's world. On first hearing her music, we were...