What if the forest could speak?Since their debut, Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin have been building a body of work at the intersection of cultural transmission and experimentation. Following a well-received self-titled debut album, then Ya Mizole, which asserted a strong Afro-retro-futurist and feminist identity, the collective continues on it's path with WA SANGI: 'listen to the forest.' This third album marks a shift. Their perspective broadens, without ever straying from their original anchor: women, mothers, and their role in passing on traditions. Here, it's no longer just about preservation. It's about raising awareness.Musically, WA SANGI deepens the band's signature sound by asserting a unique creative approach. No pre-established framework: no tempo, no aesthetic, no format. The tracks emerge from the voices, songs, and rhythms brought by the Mamans du Congo, which Rrobin extends in real time. The compositions take shape during jam sessions, in a process akin to a live performance, where chords, structures, and textures emerge through direct interaction with the vocal material.With WA SANGI, Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin deliver their most direct work to date. An album with multiple layers of meaning-ecological, social, economic, and human-that both documents and challenges. Listening to the forest, here, is not a metaphor. It is a necessityHIGHLIGHTS: Nearly 35K monthly Spotify listeners On Spotify: Ngaminke (2.5M streams) / Meki (1.6M streams)Internationally recognized project: For several years, Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin have been developing a unique Afro-futurist sound, blending traditional Congolese music with contemporary electronic textures. In recent years, they have toured France and Canada and enjoyed success at WOMEX
Tracklist:
Bidilu Bia Sangi
Taleno
Nlembo Ntila Feat. Dobet Gnahoré
Ngoma Ngoma
Les Casseuses de Pierres
Mwana Yo Leya
Ya Ngo
Mamba Kani
Lylie
Mankweji (Belle Mère)
UPC: 3700398741888Label: KuronekoRelease Date: 12.18.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Dragonflies In The Rain
A Finely Crafted Bow
Springtime Of Desire
Many Little Flowers
Demon Of Jealousy Appears In A Dream
UPC: 675130544320Label: Abaton Book CompanyRelease Date: 11.6.26Format: CD
Digitally remastered edition of this 1991 album from the Spanish electronic pop trio.
Tracklist:
El Fallo Positivo
El Uno, El Dos, El Tres
Bailando Salsa
El 7 de Septiembre
Naturaleza Muerta
1917
Una Rosa Es Una Rosa
El Lago
Dalai Lama
Tu
El Peón Del Rey de Negras
J.C
SentÃa
El 7 de Septiembre (Versi
UPC: 4050538940756Label: Bmg Rights ManagemenRelease Date: 11.20.26Format: CD
Digitally remastered edition of this 1986 album from the Spanish electronic pop trio.
Tracklist:
Ay Que Pesado
Angel
Hijo De La Luna
50 Palabras, 60 Palabras O 100
Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte
No Tienes Nada Que Perder
Las Curvas De Esa Chica
No Es Serio Este Cementerio
Cruz De Navajas
Las Cosas Pares
Esta Es La Historia De Un Amor
Canción Cortita Para Antes Que Nos Abandone El Mar
Figlio Della Luna
UPC: 4050538940848Label: Bmg Rights ManagemenRelease Date: 11.20.26Format: CD
The villuppattu ('song of the bow') is a tradition of epic and ritual songs from the Tamil region, performed here by S. P. Muttulakshmi and T. Muttusvami Pulavar: the main instrument (the large villu bow) and light percussion instruments provide the rhythm for the chanting of sacred texts rising from the temple.Villuppattu orchestras perform at major seasonal village festivals held in lower-status Hindu temples dedicated to a demon-god and/or his consort. This tradition attaches great importance to the sacred nature of texts (preserved on palm leaves) that recount the history of local deities.A bow 2 to 3 metres long serves as a percussion instrument and rests on a terracotta pot (kutam). The string, to which small bells are attached, is struck by two singers using a pair of sticks; and the pot is struck by a musician with a large spatula. Three other percussionists and singers play a small hourglass-shaped drum (udukkai), small cymbals (jalra) and wooden claves (kattai). UPC: 3415820001316Label: Ocora FranceRelease Date: 11.20.26Format: CD
Stephan Micus is an extraordinary musical traveler, collecting instruments around the world and then making his unique musical compositions from them. This album features a dozen instruments from Borneo, Japan, India, Armenia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Botswana, Morocco, Ireland, Switzerland and Bavaria. Celebrating the richness of the sea, it's his 27th solo album for ECM.
Tracklist:
First Light
Dancing Cranes
Pearldiver and the Mermaid
Another Day at Sea
For Layla and Majnun
When You Are Near
Brother Dolphin
Light on Water
Swimming with Turtles
Far Horizon
UPC: 199957806633Label: Ecm RecordsRelease Date: 11.13.26Format: CD
The Chopi Timbila is one of Africa's great orchestral traditions. The tradition lives in Zavala, Mozambique, and continually references Chopi ancestors. Their mwenje wood xylophones are tuned in seven equidistant pitches giving them a microtonal quality starkly different from the tempered scale (European classical music, the Beatles, etc). From enormous sub-bass behemoths to higher-pitched, sometimes shoulder-strapped instruments, there are five types of xylophones in the orchestra. They anchor a defined musical structure rooted in rural life and a strong sense of community. The ensembles consist of varying ages and skill levels (beginners through masters) and new song cycles are composed and performed each year. In 2008 UNESCO listed it as Intangible Cultural Heritage and people across Mozambique recognize it as one of the most complex and beautiful forms of traditional music in the region.The seemingly monolithic, chaotic sound of Timbila Ta Venâncio at full tilt is disorienting at first, until the undulations wash over the listener, sync somewhere internally and become invigorating. Yet all the rhythmic energy bubbling through this recording is more than a ritual. It follows a cadence that begins within the family. The group's members are all brothers. That is hardly surprising: they are the sons of the celebrated Venâncio Mbande, a true master of timbila. An icon and the focal point of timbila festivals during much of his lifetime (he died in 2015), leaving us the legacy presented here. Ecos do Legado (Echoes of the Legacy) is a new recording made in a state-of-the-art Studio Bom Dia in Inhambane Province in 2026. This album stands as a monument to the master Venâncio Mbande, a tribute to the Chopi people, and an interpretation of Mbande's unforgettable work.The order of the pieces is not random: they are interconnected and tell a coherent story. The ten pieces unfold in the traditional sequence across two sides: four Mtsitso (introductions) open onto Mgeniso and Mwemiso, before Chibudo, the lively dance, gives way to Mzeno - a nine-minute apotheosis - then Mabandla and the closing Mtsitso Wogwita bring the cycle to rest. The compositions' arrangement follows principles established over the long history of timbila. Learning to play begins very early and unfolds naturally, since children are in constant contact with the instruments. Women, too, are now beginning to take an interest in this cycle of learning. This is a clear sign that the tradition remains vibrant among the Vatxopi, who regard timbila as the heart of their culture.
Tracklist:
Mtsitso Wo Kheta
Mtsitso Wa Wumbide
Mtsitso Wa Wuraro
Mtsitso Wa Wumune
Mgeniso
Mwemiso
Chibudo
Mzeno
Mabandla
Mtsitso Wogwita
UPC: 840526514168Label: Awesome Tapes FromRelease Date: 12.4.26Format: CD
À la fois hommage vibrant et recreation sensible, Tribu Nougaro reunit trois musiciens d'exceptions autour d'un même feu sacre : celui de la langue et du swing propres à Claude Nougaro. Sans effets superflus, le trio installe une proximite rare avec l'auditeur. La poesie du poète toulousain retrouve ici toute sa force evocatrice, entre elegance, sensualite et precision rythmique. Une relecture habitee, qui celèbre la vitalite du repertoire d'un artiste majeur de notre patrimoine. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FRÉMEAUX « Rendre aussi bien l'eclectisme du repertoire du grand Claude en seulement onze chansons relève d'une sacreeperformance. » par HEXAGONE « Une celebration complice et fraternelle de 'l'Homme aux semelles de swing' » par LE CANARD ENCHAINÉBoth a vibrant tribute and a sensitive re-creation, Tribu Nougaro brings together three exceptional musicians around a shared sacred ame: that of the language and swing unique to Claude Nougaro. Without super uous effects, the trio creates a rare sense of intimacy with the listener. The poetry of the Toulouse-born poet regains all it's evocative power here, blending elegance, sensuality, and rhythmic precision. A deeply inspired reinterpretation that celebrates the vitality of the repertoire of a major artist in our cultural heritage. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FRÉMEAUXTOI LÀ HAUT - LA CHANSON - LA DANSE - LE CINÉMA - MEDLEY BRÉSIL (BRÉSILIEN / BIDONVILLE / TU VERRAS) - CLODI CLODO - QUATRE BOULES DE CUIR - À BOUT DE SOUFFLE - MEDLEY AFRIQUE (L'AMOUR SORCIER / PARIS MAI / LOCOMOTIVE D'OR) - ASSEZ - NOUGARO.LAURENT MALOT : CHANT FRANCK STECKAR : PIANO, ACCORDÉON, TROMPETTE, PERCUSSIONS, CHOEURS CHRISTOPHE DEVILLERS : CONTREBASSE, TROMBONE, HARMONICA, PERCUSSIONS, CHOEURS UPC: 3448960862929Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. FrRelease Date: 11.20.26Format: CD
Born in 1948 to an outstanding family of musicians and teachers, Veena Sahasrabuddhe was first trained in kathak dance and then tutored in music by her father and her older brother, the late Kashinath Shankar Bodas. Her contributions to Indian music have earned her many honors, among them the prestigious Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akedemi Award. Ms. Sahasrabuddhe has performed in Australia, North America, Europe, the Middle East and, of course, throughout India. She is known and respected for her directness and extraordinary intensity of performance. Her slow, lingering, non-defined vocal frequencies border on improvisation and demonstrate a total command of abilities. One Thousand Minds perfectly showcases Veena Sahasrabuddhe's unique yet classical approach to Hindustani music. She has over forty other recordings to her name, on such labels as HMV, BMG-Crescendo and Sony, but One Thousand Minds is her very first American release. This special edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies and includes a 20-page photo journal of Veena Sahasrabuddhe's musical history and a lyric sheet in Devanagari with English translations and phonetic spellings. These items are enclosed in sealed 5' audio-reel box.
Tracklist:
Raga Kalavati
Alap in Raga Shree
Vande Mataram
UPC: 675130543927Label: Abaton Book CompanyRelease Date: 11.6.26Format: CD
Bringing together voices from across the UK Punjabi community, award-winning composer and tabla player Kuljit Bhamra MBE unites leading British vocalists including Heera Group, Premi Johal, Abira Shah and Mohinder Kaur Bhamra with renowned lyricists such as Preet Nihal and Pappi Singh Kenya. Inspired by the timeless lok geet traditions and the golden era of 1980s British Bhangra, Kuljit blends classic folk instruments with fresh contemporary production to celebrate the enduring spirit of Punjabi culture. UPC: 5019396298927Label: Arc MusicRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: CD
Grammy-winning guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela returns to the textural fluidity of acoustic instrumentation on their new album ‘OurHome’. Self-produced in a Tokyo studio, the odyssey-like album unfolds with an otherworldly beauty achieved with guests from former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman to Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi. OurHome echoes all the transcendence and serenity that Rodrigo y Gabriela have routinely experienced in their journeys to Japan.
Tracklist:
Our Home
Somos Como Tú
Akatsuki
Flying Underground
Quicksand
Monster
Astrum in Corpore
Is In Your Pocket
MADitation
Hinomaru Twins
Simurgh
UPC: 880882703028Label: Ato RecordsRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: CD
Sakina Teyna was born into a Kurdish Alevite family in the small town of Varto in Turkey. As a teenager, she started singing with Turkish choirs and bands, but it wasn't until she entered university that she became acquainted with Kurdish musical traditions and set out to defy cultural assimilation. In 1991, she joined the Mespotamian Cultural Centre in Istanbul, a proponent of Kurdish culture, as a vocalist. Like many other Kurdish musicians, she was forced to literally go underground to practise her music, and soon she had to choose political activism over art. It wasn't until Sakîna arrived in Austria as a political refugee in 2006 that she took to singing as a full-time pursuit again. The first fruit of her concentrated creative efforts was released in the form of her first solo album ROYE MI. Suret is the story of a photograph, of a face. A story that also whispers the silent tales of the faces hanging on the walls of almost every home in Kurdistan, or hidden away in the quiet pages of photo albums. Some people visit the living world only briefly-they depart before dawn breaks, before their names are spoken widely, before their faces become etched in the memories of others. (Sakina Teyna in the booklet accompanying this CD) UPC: 4260014871652Label: Dreyer GaidoRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: CD
Shye Ben Tzur/Jonny Greenwood/The Rajasthan Express -"Ranjha" / Ranjha is the collaboration between award-winning composer and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, celebrated composer/musician Shye Ben-Tzur, and the Indian ensemble, the Rajasthan Express. The album is a follow-up to their acclaimed 2015 debut, Junun. While Junun was recorded in a makeshift studio within the 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan, India, Ranjha was created in a more intimate setting - Jonny Greenwood's studio in Oxford, England. The album features 11 new tracks, blending the group's signature cross-cultural sound with a contemporary edge. CD in 4-panel Digisleeve with photo/lyric booklet included.
Tracklist:
Shiqwa
Marbolot
Ranjha
Shemesh
Shiqwa (Reprise)
Ishq-e-Majnun
Saqi
Marbolot (Reprise)
Aviv
Mustt
Sharminda
UPC: 4099964152760Label: World CircuitRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
Soul Jazz Records' 'Calypso - Musical Poetry in the Caribbean' was first issued in 2014 and has been out of print for nearly 10 years. On it's release 'Calypso' was voted one of the year's best 50 reissues in Rolling Stone magazine and received glowing reviews in Pitchfork, The Guardian, Songlines and many more. This new edition has been fully remastered and comes in a new card-edition CD package, with extensive text, notes on all the artists and songs featured, and original artwork and photography. Featuring Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Viper, Count Zebra, Lord Flea, Lord Hummingbird, King Fighter, Lord Growler, Lord Byron, Lord Ivanhoe and other members of Calypso's aristocracy and aristocrats, the album features the music of Calypso in it's many styles. Calypso is one of the most exciting and enduring forms of musical expression that first emerged at the beginning of the 20th century - swinging, persuasive rhythms, brilliantly expressive melodies, and lyrics of great humour, wisdom and wit. Here you will find music from Trinidad, birthplace of Calypso, other Caribbean islands including Jamaica and the Bahamas, as well as sounds from the style's subsequent onwards journey including Britain, Panama and the United States. Calypsonian songs play out a role in society similar to the storytelling Griots of West Africa (and the corresponding music of Kaiso); with their own tales about popular and incredible news items, modern life, local politics all mixed up with sexual innuendo, one-upmanship, comedy and more. This album celebrates a criminally unsung and under-documented art form in the modern age. 'A joyous compilation. Lovingly annotated, it's a glimpse into a now distant era when the Caribbean first took on the world and won' The Guardian UPC: 5026328106007Label: Soul JazzRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
Newly remastered and repackaged, Soul Jazz Records' Gipsy Rhumba was first released to much-critical acclaim around the world in 2012, the album is a stunning mix of Latin, Funk, Flamenco and Rhumba rhythms. The album is being released as a new limited-edition new-card sleeved CD, out of print for more than ten years. The album is like no other and remains the first album ever outside of Spain to seriously focus on the history of Gipsy Rhumba, one of the most interesting musical culture clashes ever that first took place in the early 1960s. In the Catalan region of Spain, Gypsies primarily known as the creators of Flamenco, came up with a fascinating hybrid style - Gipsy Rhumba - which blended together Latin and Rhumba music of Cuba and the Caribbean together with their own Flamenco as well as the emerging Rock and Roll from America. The album tells this unique story of how this Latin-tinged music came about in the heart of Spain's gypsy community. The album comes with extensive sleevenotes, exclusive and stunning photography from the celebrated French photographer Jacques Leonard. The album is put together by two of Spain's most important Gipsy Rhumba specialists - compiler David El Indio and sleevenotes by Jose Manuel Gómez (Gufi). REVIEWS: "A capsule of supercharged clapping and joyous vocals" THE GUARDIAN "Must-have... You all know Gipsy Kings' blend of flamenco and Latin rhythms but where did this convergence of Latin music styles occur? This compilation demonstrates how mid-1960's Barcelona hot-housed gypsy musicians who employed the rumba rhythm Gipsy Rhumba unearths a forgotten corner of Europop." THE SUNDAY TIMES 'A victory for gipsy party music A collection worthy of conquering the world' DAGENS NYHETER, Sweden UPC: 5026328105987Label: Soul JazzRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
One of two covers will be supplied at random (I Am Version or You Version). 2018 release from the K-Pop outfit. I Am You is the third EP by South Korean boy group Stray Kids. Features "I Am YOU", "Get Cool", "My Side" and more.
Tracklist:
You
I Am You
? (My Side)
??? (Hero's Soup)
Get Cool Lyrics
?? ? N/S
0325
Mixtape#3
UPC: 8809440338436Label: Jyp EntertainmentRelease Date: 11.2.18Format: CD
Japanese 30th anniversary remastered edition with seven bonus tracks. Moon Records. 2014.
Tracklist:
The Theme from Big Wave
Jody
Only with You
Magic Ways
Your Eyes
I Love You (Part2)
Girls on the Beach
Please Let Me Wonder
Darlin' 1
Guess I'm Dumb 1
This Could Be the Night 1
I Love You (Part1) 1
Breakdance (Previously Unreleased) 1
I Love You (Previously Unreleased Acappella 120Sec. Version) 1
Only with You (Guitar Instrumental) 1
This Could Be the Night (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix) 1
Please Let Me Wonder (Previously Unreleased Karaoke) 1
Only with You (Previously Unreleased Karaoke) 1
I Love You (Previously Unreleased Acappella 30Sec. Version)
UPC: 4943674181339Label: Wea JapanRelease Date: 7.30.14Format: CD
Strut presents Nigeria 80, the next essential chapter in the legendary Nigeria 70series, diving deep into the explosive sound world of 1980s NigeriaA landmark compilation exending on Strut's acclaimed Nigeria 70 series.First-time official reissues of standout tracks spanning highlife, juju,Afrobeat, reggae, and early fusion sounds - from Victor Uwaifo and NicoMbarga to Evi-Edna Ogholi and I.C. Rock.Highlighting the rise of Nigeria's independent labels and pioneering artists(including Onyeka Onwenu), connecting classic Nigerian sounds tomodern Afrobeats touchpoints like Starboy's 'Soco.'
Tracklist:
Akugbue Nwa Ewu – Paulson Kalu ; His Stars 25 International
Ocheme Mia – Prince Nico Mbarga ; His New Rocafil Jazz
Ayubele – Sir Victor Uwaifo ; His Titibitis
Eyi Yato – Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey ; His Inter-Reformers Band
We Have Got It – Mansour
Advice / Oge Chi Kanma – I.C. Rock
The World – Evi-Edna Ogholi
Oke Mi Ye – Stella Monye
Se Rere – Lekan Animashaun
Apama – Ibealaoke Chukwukeziri ; His Anaedeonu Band
Yo-Pop Music – Segun Adewale ; His Superstars International
Soko Soko – Prince David Bull ; His Professional Seagulls Dance Band
Ije Love Pt. 2 – General Franco-Lee Ezute ; His Harmony Kings International Band
UPC: 4062548141290Label: Strut RecordsRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: CD
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