Agoria (aka S?©bastien Devaud) is a producer with his own unique twist that has had the call up for the latest edition of Balance on Australian based EQ Recordings and its all aller retour and rising sine!
Posts tagged Europe
Be part of the Dub Pistols’ chart hijack and download their latest ‘Ganja’ NOW!!!!!!!!
Clint as in Eastwood of course, is Oddjob’s tribute to the best known of his film themes as written by the greats of Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin and others.
African music has more than its fair share of triumph-against-adversary stories. While the best-known and astonishing of these of recent years must be the disabled Congolese street band, Staff Benda Bilili, another ensemble to make inspirational music out of staggeringly bleak circumstances, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, deserves equal attention.
Continue reading Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Rise & Shine
Once there was Disco and on the other side of the ocean there was Prins Thomas – this is his debut album and it’s fantastic, what else do you need to know?
We have loved every single BBE compilation in the Kings Of series as their formula is simple, two ‘Kings of’ a genre select tracks for a double CD/LP set; nothing can go wrong and the Drum & Bass selection is no exception.
Continue reading V/A – Kings Of Drum & Bass (Compiled by 4Hero & DJ Marky)
Been a bit slow on this one since Carlos Ni?±o recommended it in Rough Trade late last year but on the basis of the first track you could see why the Spaceways guru would be attracted to this one.
The noble attempt to fix the shifting sands of music from around the world has been likened to the book equivalent of Apocalypse Now. A project whose twists and turns continually threaten to overwhelm its resources makes it all the more welcome and cherished as it arrives
Continue reading Rough Guide to World Music: Europe, Asia & Pacific (Volume 2)- Book Review
To take liberties with a well known tune, you could say “New York, Addis, London, Munich everyone’s talkin’ about Ethio-jazz music”.
Continue reading Mulatu Astatke – New York – Addis – London : The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965 – 1975
This year our man on the ground is James Barrie, aka the Global Souljah. Join him as he checks out the best of this global scene and then drinks all the free wine
OK, so even if the cover is a bit scary and the title includes the dreaded ‘e’ word, there’s absolutely no connection to the extremes of Vision or Trash that have followed Euro in the past, this is proper Euro Disco!
Thavius Black ensures that the hip-hop beat goes on with a debut album on Big Dada that’s his Dialogue.
For those with good memories and sharp eyes (and ears) will recall that in-between the Rockers Hi-Fi, Lightning Head and BiggaBush tracks on Lion Head Compilation Volume One, there was a certain nugget by the Magic Drum Orchestra and now there’s the full In The Studio album out on Lion Head Recordings; time to bang the drum.
