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On this issue’s compilation – the perfect selection of new music and bonus tracks from across the globe
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01 Les Amazones d’Afrique ‘Musow Danse
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02 El Gato Negro ‘Mamie Wata (feat Pat Kalla)’
03 YĪN YĪN ‘ Tam Tam’ 04 La Muchacha & El Propio Junte ‘El Ofendío’
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05 ØXN ‘The Wife of Michael Cleary ’
06 Lagos Thugs ‘Innocent Blood’ 07 Spell Songs ‘Bird of the Blizzard (Live)’
08 Germa Adan ‘Singing Queen’
09 Dina Ögon ‘Milton’ 10 Amaro Freitas ‘ Y’Y’
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15 The Gloaming ‘Samhradh Samhradh’ 16 Taraf de Haïdouks ‘Carolina (feat Kočani Orkestar)’
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01 Les Amazones d’Afrique ‘Musow Danse (Women’s Dance)’ From Musow Danse on Real World Records Deep bass, supersonic synth and funk melodies dance with Les Amazones’ joyful, empowering voices. See p52
06 Lagos Thugs ‘Innocent Blood’ From Chaos on Immensum Music A heady dose of Afrobeat. Grooving guitar, blazing brass and warm chorus carry the brilliance while astute lyrics demand accountability for violence against Lagos protestors on 20/20/2020. See p53
02 El Gato Negro ‘Mamie Wata (feat Pat Kalla)’ From Tigre Qui Pleure on X Ray Production / Que Buen Momento El Gato and Kalla’s silky vocals intertwine over a groove-saturated, bossa-meets-bass background. You’ll be singing along by the second chorus. See p73
03 YĪN YĪN ‘Tam Tam’ From Mount Matsu on Glitterbeat Records East Asian landscapes, a healthy dose of surf guitar and a cheeky sensibility mark out this delightful, f inely constructed instrumental from the Dutch group’s third album. See p75
04 La Muchacha & El Propio Junte ‘El Ofendía’ From Los Ombligos on Sello In-Correcto La Muchacha’s gritty, forceful voice matches marching, driving percussion in a hammer blow track that runs away from you just as you think you’ve grasped it. See p61
07 Spell Songs ‘Birds of the Blizzard (Live)’ From Gifts of Light on Hudson Records Performed at Birmingham Symphony Hall by the supergroup, Julie Fowlis leads the calm and delicate paean to nature that holds its audience captive. See p69
08 Germa Adan ‘Singing Queen’ From Borderlines & Bloodlines on Binding Thread Records Looping guitar riffs hypnotise beneath the gentle, poignant voice of Haitianborn Adan, singing from Pierre-Richard Narcisse’s poem ‘Renn Chantrel’ in Haitian Creole. See p56
09 Dina Ögon ‘Milton’ From Orion on Playground Music Float away on this groove-filled, cool-asa-cucumber slice of Scandi soul. Anna Ahnlund’s airy Joni Mitchell-esque voice gives the light 1970s pop feel you didn’t know this music needed. See p65
05 ØXN ‘The Wife of Michael Cleary’ From CYRM on Claddagh Records Michael Cleary accuses his wife of being a fairy and she is killed: Radie Peat’s startling voice helms the atmospheric, eerie telling of this unsettling story. See p66
10 Amaro Freitas ‘Y’Y’ From Y’Yon Psychic Hotline Inspired by time in the Amazon basin, Freitas melds ritualistic vocals, Shabaka Hutchings’ scintillating, breathy pipe playing and traditional rhythms with his own virtuosic jazz piano. See p58
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