Int'L & World Music

Never colonized, Thailand has remained purely itself across the years even while developing, evolving and selectively adopting international influences; the same can be said of Thai popular music, and can be clearly heard in previous releases of Thai...

'Neon Colonialismo' is the new album -the first under his name since 2014- by musical agitator Batida, aka Pedro Coquen?o, one of the main catalysts of the Afro-electronic scene. Carried by a subtle and refined electronic production, the eleven tracks...

Naruki Numazawa is a newcomer to the Japanese keyboard player / S. S. W.. His sound reminds you of city pop like Hiroshi Sato played. LISTEN: https://open. Spotify. com/album/2lYvgxnHvO0pJ292oxyaJ1 https://twitter. #com/numanaru TRACKLIST: SIDE A 1...

Nao Nasci Pra Jogador' is another long-term, firm favourites of ours. Tough uptempo MPB-samba grooves and a classic vocal to match. Cesar is a prolific composer/singer and recorded many albums and singles for labels including CID, RCA and Odeon...

Nahawa Doumbia's new album Kanawa concisely captures this current moment in Malian history. The singer, whose storied career spans more than four decades, reflects on the immigration crisis from the Malian perspective in the title of her new album Kanawa...

Nahawa Doumbia is one of Mali's defining vocalists of the last four decades. Her work journeys through progressive stages of musical evolution and sonic vogues, making it hard to summarize or even comprehend. She's played a part in popular music since...

Na Hawa Doumbia's La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3 marks the first release for new label Awesome Tapes from Africa, a blog and DJ project known worldwide for shedding light on obscure and wonderful musical treasures from the African continent. This...

Mutantes' Ao Vivo is the seventh album originally released in 1976 by the Brazilian band Os Mutantes and their first live album, with only new material on it. Like it's predecessor, Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol, the only original member of the band to take...

Musician, music therapist and founder of Healing Music in Japan. Fumio Miyashita began his musical career in 1966. In 1969, he was an original member of the rock musical, 'Hair', in Tokyo. He formed the progressive rock groups Far Out and Far East Family...

Music producer/arranger Masataka Matsutoya reprinted the only solo album 'Night Traveler' released in 1977 as an LP by cutting from a valuable original analog master. The label, obi, jacket, and lyrics card are faithfully reproduced based on the...

Music of Many Colours is a joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria's major cities in 1979, during which Ayers performed as the opening act for Fela's band. The two artists decided to record the album as a...

Music From Memory has shared details of Outro Tempo II: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil, 1984-1996, out on May 25th. The previously teased compilation documents a wave of experimentalism that emerged in post-dictatorship Brazil, moving the...