Ekiti Sound
Abeg No Vex (Double LP) [ Crammed Disc / Ekiti Sound LP / 2 LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] Recorded in Lagos, Ekit Sound's debut album 'Abeg No Vex' fuses underground electronic music, fat hip hop drums, rolling African percussion, the vocal variety of Nigerian folklore and pop, and mixes it all in a calabash of big room party bounce to... |
Kamaal Williams / Various
DJ-Kicks [ !K7 Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Game-changing multi-instrumentalist Kamaal Williams has put together the latest DJ-Kicks mix. Due for release on November 8th, it features four of his own brand new and exclusive tracks and hints at the wide world of influences that have made him one... |
L'Épée
Diabolique [ A Recordings / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] This is the debut album release from L'ÉPÉE , the band are Emmanuelle Seigner (Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle), Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) & Lionel & Marie Liminana (The Liminanas) . |
Various Artists / Nightmares On Wax
Back to Mine - Nightmares on Wax [ Back To Mine / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] The celebrated mix series, which has hosted everyone from Röyksopp to Tricky and Carl Cox, will celebrate 20 years with an entry from Leeds pioneer George Evelyn-the first Back To Mine since 2008. Though Evelyn is known for a downtempo sound... |
Various
The Daisy Age [ Ace Records / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] It wasn't really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that permeated pop, R&B, and hip hop at the turn of the 90s. Playfulness and good humour were central to De La Soul's 1989 debut album, "3 Feet High And Rising", which... |
Various Artists
Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973 -1987 [ Strut / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] As part of their 20 th Anniversary celebrations, Strut present the first new volume in their pioneering 'Nigeria 70' series for over 8 years, bringing together rare highlife, Afro-funk and juju from the '70s and early '80s. Compiled by collector and... |
Various Artists, On-U Sound
Pay It All Back Vol. 7 [ On-U Sound Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] 18 track showcase of new Adrian Sherwood productions featuring previews of several forthcoming On-U releases, unique mixes, deep cuts, and unreleased tracks from Roots Manuva, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Coldcut, Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart's Magic Band),... |
Aldous Harding
Designer (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
Purple Pilgrims
Perfumed Earth [ Flying Nun / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] New Zealand dreamscape artists Purple Pilgrims are set to release their long-awaited, sophomore record Perfumed Earth on August 9 via Flying Nun Records. This release marks their recorded debut with the iconic independent label. To create the... |
black midi
schlagenheim [ Rough Trade / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Since forming just over a year ago, black midi have quickly cemented their reputation as one of the hottest new underground bands, following a string of sold-out UK live dates and surprise shows punctuated by constantly shifting sets and blistering... |
Burna Boy
African Giant [ Atlantic / Warner / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] African Giant features a series of extraordinary singles, including "On The Low", "Gbona", "Dangote", and "Anybody". Burna Boy is among contemporary African music's brightest new stars and creator of an enigmatic new genre he simply dubs... |
clipping.
There Existed An Addiction To Blood (LP) [ Sub Pop / 2 LP - released 18/Oct/2019 ] Their third album for Sub Pop, There Existed an Addiction to Blood, finds clipping. interpreting another rap splinter sect through their singular lens. This is clipping's transmutation of horrorcore, a purposefully absurdist and creatively... |
Kit Sebastian
Mantra Moderne [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] 'Mantra Moderne' is a stunning, contemporary masterpiece that fuses Anatolian Psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60's European pop and American jazz. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Goat, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os... |
Scott Mannion
Loving Echoes [ Lil' Chief / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] 'Loving Echoes' is the first solo album by Scott Mannion, co-founder of Lil' Chief Records (Jonathan Bree, Princess Chelsea, the Ruby Suns). A cult figure in the New Zealand alternative music canon, Loving Echoes is his first release in 15... |
Sourakata Koite
En Hollande [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sourakata Koité was born in 1955 in Malème, Senegal, a Malinke-speaking area. As Sourakata says, "All the Koité are musicians!" He is indeed a member of a family of djéli (or griot in french), the hereditary caste of musician-storyteller-historians... |
Various Artists
Body Beat: Soca-Dub And Electronic Calypso (1979-98) [ Soundway / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] 17 obscure Soca B-side versions, dubs, instrumentals and edits as well as vocal tracks influenced by disco, boogie, house-music, soul and the more conscious lyrics of roots reggae. Owing as much to New York, Toronto and London as to the Caribbean... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol 3 [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Volume Three in the Mr Bongo Record club series. Another showcase of recent vinyl finds and favourites from our DJ sets and radio shows. This is an extra special one however, as it lands in 2019, the year that we celebrate 30 years since it all began... |
Altın Gün
Gece [ Glitterbeat Records / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Following their hotly tipped 2018 debut album "On" - Altın Gün returns with an exhilarating second album. "Gece" firmly establishes the band as essential interpreters of the Anatolian rock and folk legacy and as a leading voice in the emergent global... |
Anatolian Weapons (Feat. Seirios Savvaidis)
To The Mother Of Gods (LP) [ Beats In Space / LP - released 14/Jun/2019 ] Aggelos Baltas is a veteran of the global electronic music scene, responsible for a handful of celebrated EBM 12"s as Dream Weapons, and a particularly heady and open-ended brand of krautrock as Fantastikoi Hxoi. His newest project, Anatolian... |
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors [ Jagjaguwar / Cassette - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Olsen's bold and unexpected All Mirrors comes over three years after the release of My Woman, a top 10 critically praised album of 2016. On her vulnerable new album, All Mirrors, Olsen takes an introspective deep dive towards internal destinations... |