Spellemann winner Sidiki Camara celebrates humanity and cross-cultural music, with the hypnotic charm and multi-layered collaborative brilliance of new album Ankaben.
WOrld Music
Colourful ancestral jams blend live musicianship and infectious tropical rhythms with a variety of voices, melodies and skilful refrains. Sharon Katz and The Peace Train collaborate with Afrika Mamas, for a brilliantly uplifting and fiercely unique new project.
Named after the unifying of three leading instruments – Mridangam, Handpan, and Guitar, Mridhangit is a uniquely enchanting instrumental project, which begins with a captivating blend of funk-kissed euphoric western rock and metal brilliance, in the form of the unmissable composition Mr. Sinister.
Summer in full swing suits the brand new album from Marcy P from start to finish. Promising fully-loaded productions of live-style Latin Pop, World Music and Dancehall, Corazón Sin Fronteras fires into action with the celebratory crescendo of an instantly captivating Un Solo Latido.
Boldly and energetically igniting appreciation for the things we cannot control, Mangomichi’s infectious dance-pop track Never Go Back draws focus to the fact that we are all made from our history and the things that came before us.
Indie songwriter Justin Wardrobe brings Americana and world-music together, for the psychedelic layers and deeply introspective, contemporary story of a protagonist drowning under the weight of life.
Having crafted a gem of an original single, Timothy Morris Lane went above and beyond to compile a four-track EP featuring English, Japanese, French and Spanish crossover versions of the same song, and the result is a globally enjoyable new track, from an artist whose passion and soulful creativity shine beautifully.
Something completely different to kick off the August collection of indie gems. On the surface, a passionate and colourful chaos of genre-fusing originality, but underneath this, a multitude of slick riffs, funky grooves, vocal refrains, and distinct moments that are vast and fearlessly eclectic.
Something like tribal electro-funk meets Gospel at first, a catchy groove with a fiercely powerful vocal lead, and a rather intoxicating balance of delicacy and sheer intensity alongside – all later evolving spectacularly through heavy rock rhythms, riffs, and vocal refrains. Sinistra captures a whole new vibe and style, with the brilliantly genre-fusing depth and snappy world-music appeal of Symbol.
It’s an aptly contemporary sound from Bru-Kin, an accompanying video further celebrating the youth culture and movement that inspired the composition, and the final mix is essentially a careful blending of hip hop, electronic and Congolese production and rhythm.
Maryland-based award-winning composer and visual artist Rahul Mukerji has become renowned for his unique fusion of world music, rock, jazz and cinematic sound design. The India-born creative notes over two decades of experience immersed in music, and as such, his balancing of unique artistry and skilful wisdom shines brightly.
For immersing yourself in the ambient healing tones of both the natural world and organic, hopeful melodies and progressions, look no further than the music and mantras of Matthuji. As we lean into the warmth and wonder of Gayatri Invocation, the sound is quickly enveloping, inviting, and deeply soothing.