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TOP OF THE WORLD On your free CD – our editors’ selection of the best new releases reviewed in this issue TOP OF T HE WORLD BEST NEW MUSIC + BONUS TRACKS Featuring… BEX BURCH LOUIS MICHOT NDOX ELECTRIQUE JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN THE BREATH DOMINIQUE DALCAN ALAM KHAN, ARJUN K VERMA & DEL SOL QUARTET TINARIWEN EBO TAYLOR And More 0101 Alam Kha Alam Kha 0202 Dominique D Dominique D 01 Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma & Del Sol Quartet ‘Embark’ 02 Dominique Dalcan ‘Mon Coeur est Solitaire (feat Hend Zouari)’ 0 0404 JoJo 03 Diepkloof United Voice ‘Baninzi’ 04 John Francis Flynn ‘Mole in the Ground’ 0606 (fe(fe 0808 C 0909 NdNd 05 Bex Burch ‘Dawn Blessings’ 06 Louis Michot ‘Rêve du Troubadour (feat Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band)’ 07 Kaifo ‘Hecho Leña’ 08 Cherry Bandora ‘Benimde Canım Var ’ 09 Ndox Electrique ‘Ngor Diouf Né Du Wallé’ 10 Batsükh Dorj ‘ Jin Söörtüg jü ler ’ TOP OF T HE WORLD TOP TOP OF T HE OF T HE WORLDORLD CD 193 CDCDCD 193 1111 1313 PLUS 5 bonus tracks 11 Tinariwen ‘Amassakoul ‘N ’Ténéré’ 12 Sof ia Kourtesis ‘El Carmen’ 13 The Breath ‘Letters f rom Long Kesh’ 14 Soema Montenegro ‘San Pedro’ 15 Ebo Taylor ‘Assomdwee’ Exclusively w i t h t he December 2 02 3 i s sue o f Songlines. S T WCD169 This compilation & © 2 02 3 MA Music , L e i sur e & Tr a v e l L t d 193 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 06 SONGLINES › #193 TOP OF THE WORLD TRACKS 01 Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma & Del Sol Quartet ‘Embark’ From The Resonance Between on Six Degrees / AMMP A masterclass of East-West fusion, with suspenseful strings building around deftly-tempered tabla in a dance to leave you breathless. See p59 06 Louis Michot ‘Rêve du Troubadour’ From Rêve du Troubadouron Nouveau Electric Records The Lost Bayou Rambler electrifies the Louisiana sound, ghost whistling over electro-beats biting harder than a vexatious gator, his rough-hewn rasp eerie, yet emotive. Swamp-sational. See p48 02 Dominique Dalcan ‘Mon Coeur est Solitaire (feat Hend Zouari)’ From Last Night a Woman Saved MyLife on Ostinato Records Spectral drum’n’bass contrasts with gutwrenching French and Arabic vocals, from Dalcan and Hend Zouari, on a poignant homily for the lonely-hearted. See p62 03 Diepkloof United Voice ‘Baninzi’ From Harmonizing Soweto: Golden Gospel & Kasi Soul from the New South Africa on Ostinato Records Glorious a capella infectiousness, with ace beatbox workouts and silky vox that’ll have you testifyin’ from the pews. See p43 04 John Francis Flynn ‘Mole in the Ground’ From Look Over the Wall, See the Sky on River Lea Recordings This unearthly delivery of the American surrealist meditation on leaving the human world is an existential hit: drawling vocals, squalling strings, marching rhythm and waves of electric guitar. See p51 07 Kaifo ‘Hecho Leña’ From Rural on Eck Echo Funky techno snare and woozy AfroAndean synths frolic for a joyously tropical dungeon-synth analogue, a jungle-meetsdancef loor hybrid, with Kaifo poised as king of the Ecuadorian keyboard. See p47 08 Cherry Bandora ‘Benimde Canım Var’ From Backto the Taverna on Rebel Up! Records Lock up your best bone china. Greek laïko gets a mesmeric makeover courtesy of this Berlin-based crew, issuing brilliant bursts of bouzouki fused with Anatolian rock, Balkan and Persian funk. Oppa! See p61 09 Ndox Electrique ‘Ngor Diouf Né Wallé’ From Të dd akMame Coumba Lamba akMame Coumba Mbang on Les Disques Bongo Joe Industrial rhythms and serrated metal riffs combine with otherworldly Senegalese n’döep invocations on a phantasmogrical post-modern ritual. See p44 05 Bex Burch ‘Dawn Blessings’ From There is OnlyLove and Fearon International Anthem Cuckoo calls and crunching footfalls herald Burch’s bespoke wooden xylophone, mimicking avian chat and syncopating with drums, bass, brass and violin on this jazzy morning salute. See p60 10 Batsükh Dorj ‘Jin Söörtügjüler’ From Ögbelerim (Music forMyAncestors) on Buda Musique Subtle khöömei throat-singing, delicate guitar fretwork, clopping horse-hoof percussion and enchanting doshpuluur lute chart caravan trails between Beijing and Mongolia. See p58 SONGLINES.CO.UK
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+ BONUS TRACKS 11 ▲ BU Y NOW 12 13 ▲ BU Y NOW ▲ BU Y NOW 14 15 ▲ BU Y NOW ▲ BU Y NOW 11 Tinariwen ‘Amassakoul ‘N’Ténéré’ From Amassakoul on Wedge The biting groove of Touareg guitar and rhythms, with an infectious chorus to boot. As Anthony Sattin puts it, “You know immediately it’s something you can respond to.” See p66 12 Sof ia Kourtesis ‘El Carmen’ From Madres on Ninja Tune From the Peruvian conquering Berlin’s electro-scene. Beats, catchy keys and snatches of vocals and percussion from the Ballumbrosio family, legendary keepers of Afro-Peruvian tradition. See p14 13 The Breath ‘Letters from Long Kesh’ From Land of MyOtheron Real World Records Ríoghnach Connolly’s poetic recollection of her dad’s incarceration during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, her crystalline vocals gliding over Stuart McCallum’s bittersweet guitar. See p24 14 Soema Montenegro ‘San Pedro’ From Círculo Radiante on Mais Um Celebrating her environment with gusto, poet-shaman Montenegro’s voice cuts clear and blithe over a carnival of percussion and euphoric whoop. See p40 15 Ebo Taylor ‘Assomdwee’ From Appia Kwa Bridge on Strut Records Ramp up those cowbell ratios with the former Stargazer, coolly laying down across shuff ling Afrobeat polyrhythms, slinky Farfisa, spidery highlife axe and some deliciously soulful brass. See p68 F e l i x S a t t i n “We are at some sort of a turning point in our recent history… The West-dominated world that was set in motion by the age of enlightenment and industrial revolution is coming to an end” Turn to p66 for the full My World interview with awardwinning journalist and broadcaster Anthony Sattin Free album download on page 42 SONGLINES.CO.UK DECEMBER 2023 › SONGLINES 07

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TOP OF THE WORLD

On your free CD – our editors’ selection of the best new releases reviewed in this issue

TOP OF T HE WORLD

BEST NEW

MUSIC

+ BONUS TRACKS

Featuring… BEX BURCH LOUIS MICHOT NDOX ELECTRIQUE JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN THE BREATH DOMINIQUE DALCAN ALAM KHAN, ARJUN K VERMA & DEL SOL QUARTET TINARIWEN EBO TAYLOR And More

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01 Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma & Del Sol Quartet ‘Embark’ 02 Dominique Dalcan ‘Mon Coeur est Solitaire (feat Hend Zouari)’

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03 Diepkloof United Voice ‘Baninzi’ 04 John Francis Flynn ‘Mole in the Ground’

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05 Bex Burch ‘Dawn Blessings’ 06 Louis Michot ‘Rêve du Troubadour (feat Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band)’

07 Kaifo ‘Hecho Leña’ 08 Cherry Bandora ‘Benimde Canım Var ’ 09 Ndox Electrique ‘Ngor Diouf Né Du Wallé’

10 Batsükh Dorj ‘ Jin Söörtüg jü ler ’

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15 Ebo Taylor ‘Assomdwee’

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TOP OF THE WORLD TRACKS

01 Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma & Del Sol Quartet ‘Embark’ From The Resonance Between on Six Degrees / AMMP A masterclass of East-West fusion, with suspenseful strings building around deftly-tempered tabla in a dance to leave you breathless. See p59

06 Louis Michot ‘Rêve du Troubadour’ From Rêve du Troubadouron Nouveau Electric Records The Lost Bayou Rambler electrifies the Louisiana sound, ghost whistling over electro-beats biting harder than a vexatious gator, his rough-hewn rasp eerie, yet emotive. Swamp-sational. See p48

02 Dominique Dalcan ‘Mon Coeur est Solitaire (feat Hend Zouari)’ From Last Night a Woman Saved MyLife on Ostinato Records Spectral drum’n’bass contrasts with gutwrenching French and Arabic vocals, from Dalcan and Hend Zouari, on a poignant homily for the lonely-hearted. See p62

03 Diepkloof United Voice ‘Baninzi’ From Harmonizing Soweto: Golden Gospel & Kasi Soul from the New South Africa on Ostinato Records Glorious a capella infectiousness, with ace beatbox workouts and silky vox that’ll have you testifyin’ from the pews. See p43

04 John Francis Flynn ‘Mole in the Ground’ From Look Over the Wall, See the Sky on River Lea Recordings This unearthly delivery of the American surrealist meditation on leaving the human world is an existential hit: drawling vocals, squalling strings, marching rhythm and waves of electric guitar. See p51

07 Kaifo ‘Hecho Leña’ From Rural on Eck Echo Funky techno snare and woozy AfroAndean synths frolic for a joyously tropical dungeon-synth analogue, a jungle-meetsdancef loor hybrid, with Kaifo poised as king of the Ecuadorian keyboard. See p47

08 Cherry Bandora ‘Benimde Canım Var’ From Backto the Taverna on Rebel Up! Records Lock up your best bone china. Greek laïko gets a mesmeric makeover courtesy of this Berlin-based crew, issuing brilliant bursts of bouzouki fused with Anatolian rock, Balkan and Persian funk. Oppa! See p61

09 Ndox Electrique ‘Ngor Diouf Né Wallé’ From Të dd akMame Coumba Lamba akMame Coumba Mbang on Les Disques Bongo Joe Industrial rhythms and serrated metal riffs combine with otherworldly Senegalese n’döep invocations on a phantasmogrical post-modern ritual. See p44

05 Bex Burch ‘Dawn Blessings’ From There is OnlyLove and Fearon International Anthem Cuckoo calls and crunching footfalls herald Burch’s bespoke wooden xylophone, mimicking avian chat and syncopating with drums, bass, brass and violin on this jazzy morning salute. See p60

10 Batsükh Dorj ‘Jin Söörtügjüler’ From Ögbelerim (Music forMyAncestors) on Buda Musique Subtle khöömei throat-singing, delicate guitar fretwork, clopping horse-hoof percussion and enchanting doshpuluur lute chart caravan trails between Beijing and Mongolia. See p58

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