Int'L & World Music

In 1976, when Georges Lautner and Philippe Sarde imagined the instrumental colors of Death of a Swine (Mort d'un Pourri), they immediately agreed to give priority to the smooth timbre of the saxophone. Lautner: 'It wouldn't be bad if we had a Stan...

In 1974, a brash young designer called Augustus Kerry Taylor had an idea. He'd gather together the hottest musicians in Ghana and record an album of the heaviest and funkiest sounds coming out of America. And this time, he wouldn't just design the cover,...

In 1972, Tom Z? released what has been noted to be one of the most important records of his career, ?Se o Caso ? Chorar?. The singer and songwriter's third album confirmed that he was one of the most irreverent and creative artists in Brazlian Tropicalia...

In 1969, Michel Colombier, composer of the credits ½ Dim Dam Dom ?, of ½ Salut les Copains ! ?, virutoso orchestrator of songs, generics or BOF, creates and conceptualizes the album ½ Capot Pointu ?, even if it will remain quite confidential when it was...

Import only vinyl pressing of the seventh studio album from Etienne Daho who has spent time working with Saint Etienne over the years.

Import 2 x LP set. Universal. 2019.1. L'africain 2. Ouvrez Les Frontières 3. Où Aller Où? 4. Africain À Paris 5. Ayebada 6. Soldier 7. Non À L'excision 8. Foly 9. Viens Voir 10. Promesses Bla Bla 11. Gauche Droite 12. Ma Côte D'ivoire (Feat. Beta Simon)

IKOQWE (pronounced ee-kok-weh) is a new project by Batida (aka Pedro Coquen?o, the Angola-born, Lisbon-raised artist who ranks among the leading exponents of the new wave of African electronic music), and Luaty Beir?o, aka Ikonoklasta, the Angolan rapper...

If you were to ask Habibi Funk for a defining label track, there are a few that come to mind: from Fadoul's "Sid Redad," Dalton's "Soul Brother" to Ahmed Malek's "Omar Gatlato." However, none are as widely connected with them at this point as Hamid Al...

If Surround can be listened to as music that's asclose to air itself, allowing us to enter each listener's sound scenery, or assomething that exists within a new perspective, expanding the middle groundbetween sound and music, and transforming it into a...

Idrissa Soumaoro, L'Eclipse de L'I.J.A.'s sought-after album 'Le Tioko-Tioko' was originally released in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1978 and has been a long-time favourite at Mr Bongo. Two tracks from the album were featured on our 2017...

I imagine this record to be just like a flea market, an ensemble of nostalgia, a collage of memories, of dreams, ideas, sounds, words, feelings, places, eras and styles. A unique sonic sound space that I've been trying to create for my own music. This is...

Hugh Masekela -"66-76" One of the world's finest and most distinctive horn players, a musical celebrity who built up a dedicated global following thanks to his unique blend of jazz and South African styles. It may seem extraordinary that these tracks...