Episode 18

Episode 18 originally appeared October 8, 2018.

Tracklising:

01) “Kasahwa” by Stella Chiweshe.

From the 2018 compilation Kasahwa: Early Singles.

Mhondoro, Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwean singer and musician Stella Chiweshe is internationally known as one of the leading players of the mbira dzavadzimu, “a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.” She is one of the few female players of the instrument who learned to play at a time when it was forbidden for her to do so.

• Visit Stella Chiweshe’s official website.

• Purchase Stella Chiweshe’s music at Bandcamp.

• Purchase Stella Chiweshe’s music at Amazon.

02) “Divine Projection” by DJ Krush.

From the 2018 album Cosmic Yard.

Tokyo, Japan.

DJ Krush (石 英明 Ishi Hideaki) is a pioneer in expansive, atmospheric instrumental hip hop, incorporating jazz, soul and funk.

• Visit DJ Krush’s official website.

• Visit the official DJ Krush Facebook page.

• Follow DJ Krush on Facebook.

• Purchase DJ Krush music at Bandcamp.

• Purchase DJ Krush music at Amazon.

03) “Palmistry” by Tabla Beat Science.

From the 2000 album Tala Matrix.

USA and India.

Tabla Beat Science is the collaboration of U.S. bassist and producer Bill Laswell and Indian Tabla player Zakir Hussain. The music combines Hindustani music, Asian music, Ambient and Drum and Bass.

• Follow Tabla Beat Science on Facebook.

• Visit Zakir Hussain’s official website.

• Follow Zakir Hussain on Twitter.

• Follow Bill Laswell on Twitter.

• Purchase Bill Laswell’s music at Bandcamp.

• Purchase Tabla Beat Science music at Amazon.

04) “Lila Engel” by Neu!.

From the 1973 album Neu! 2.

Düsseldorf, Germany.

Neu! were at the forefront of a style of music later known as “Krautrock” (also called "kosmische Musik", German: "cosmic music") is a style of experimental rock that blends repetition with rock, jazz, funk, disco, avant-garde, and whatever else fit. According to Wikipedia, “Krautrock:”

“contributed to the evolution of electronic and ambient music as well as the birth of post-punk, alternative rock and New Age music. Important acts of the scene include Can, Kraftwerk, Neu!, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, and Faust.”

We like it and we think you will too.

• Purchase Neu!’s music at Amazon.

05) “Temple Rhythms” by Goat.

From the 2016 album Requiem.

Korpilombolo, Sweden.

Goat is a Swedish experimental group claiming to hail from Korpilombolo, a city which the band claims had a history of voodoo worship after the mysterious appearance of a witch doctor. When Christian crusaders came and destroyed the village, the people fled and placed a curse on the town.

• Visit Goat’s official website.

• Follow Goat on Facebook.

• Purchase Goat’s on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Goat’s music at Amazon.

06) “Nocturnal Light” by Kin Taii.

From the 2003 compilation The Rough Guide to the Music of China.

Fushun, China.

We have extolled the virtues of the Rough Guide music series before (Episode 04 and Episode 05 both featured tracks from The Rough Guide To Australian Aboriginal Music and Episode 12 featured a track from this introduction to China). What a great way to find music from all over the world. We recently gave the The Rough Guide to the Music of China.

• Visit Kin Taii’s official website.

• Like Kin Taii on Facebook.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

07) “Psychedelic Dub” by Mad Professor.

From the 1990 album Psychedelic Dub.

Georgetown, Guyana.

Mad Professor (Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser) is a Guyanese-British producer and engineer not only known for his own productions but his remix work. If you haven’t heard his remix work for Massive Attack, we highly recommend checking it out as soon as you are able. No really.

• Like Mad Professor on Facebook.

• Visit the Ariwa Studios official website.

• Purchase Mad Professor music at Amazon.

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Episode 17

Episode 17 originally appeared October 1, 2018.

Tracklising

01) “Arrival In Mas” by Gamelan Orchestras.

From the 2001 compilation: Pitamaha: Music From Bali.

Bali, Indonesia.

"This CD is an attempt to offer the listener a totally non-scholarly approach to some of the music of Bali. Here you find no explanations of modes, notation, or rhythms. The music contained within the disk is a good example of what one might find if they were ambling about the countryside on any given day."

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

02) “Raga Kedar: Gat In Ektaal” by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma & Ustad Zakir Hussain.

From the 2002 album The Flow of Time.

Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is an Indian music composer and santoor player and Ustad Zakir Hussain is a tabla player from Pakistan who was also featured on Episode 07 playing with Sattar Tari.

• Purchase the album on Facebook.

03) “The Boys II” by The Necks.

From the 1998 soundtrack album The Boys.

Sydney, Australia.

The Necks are an experimental jazz trio straddling the line between jazz and minimalist classical music. The piano, drums, and bass trio specializes in extended pieces of improvisation beginning with a theme and gradually shifting over the course of the piece.

• Visit the official website of The Necks.

• Follow The Necks on Facebook.

• Purchase the group’s music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the group’s music on Amazon.

04) “Peace on Earth” by Ebo Taylor.

From the 2011 album Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980.

Accra, Ghana.

Ebo Taylor is a vital figure in the Ghanaian music scene and has been a key player in the Highlife music scene. Taylor has been widely sampled in hip hop and continues to establish a lasting legacy.

• Follow Ebo Taylor on Facebook.

• Purchase Life Stories on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Ebo Taylor’s music on Amazon.

05) “Kele Mubana (Overpain And Struggle To Black)” by Mor Thiam.

From the 1973 album Dini Safarrar (Drums Of Fire).

Dakar, Senegal.

Mor Thiam is a well-known Senegalese drummer. Thiam is a member of the Dogon ethnic group. He started playing drums at age 8 and began playing professionally by age 12.

• Purchase Mor Thiam’s music on Bandcamp.

06) “Orere Elejigbo” by Lijadu Sisters.

From the 1979 album Horizon Unlimited.

Ibadan, Nigeria.

Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu, are identical twin sisters from Nigeria. They two have played music together starting int he 1960’s. The group mixed Afrobeat with jazz and disco, garnering international comparisons to the Pointer Sisters.

• Follow The The Lijadu Sisters on Facebook.

• Purchase Lijadu Sisters music on Amazon.

07) “I was Healed by the Wounds in His Side” by Sister Gertrude Morgan.

From the 2005 album Let’s Make A Record.

LaFayette, Alabama, USA.

Sister Gertrude Morgan was a self-taught American musican (primarily just playing tambourine and singing) and artist. Her music and art often focused on Christian Gospel themes. The same year this compilation was released, Morgan’s music was given the re-mix treatment by King Britt.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

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Episode 16

Episode 16 originally appeared September 24, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "I Become A Lonely Wind With You" by 森田童子 (Morita Tidako also known as Doji Morita)

From the 1993 album ボーイ.

Japan, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto.

According to Wikipedia, Morita Tidako: "Curly hair with sunglasses, male clothing style is characterized, none of the concerts, as well as record jackets, did not show a real face." According to some random Facebook comment: "She was 20 years old when a friend's death inspired her first album. All of her albums keep to tragic or morbid themes."

• Purchase music from Amazon.

02) "Taiyang Chulai" by Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet

From the 2008 album Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet.

Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

The Sparrow Quartet is probably the closest we here at the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow have come to featuring a supergroup. The group, formed in 2005 features Abigail Washburn (banjo and vocals), Béla Fleck (banjo), Casey Driessen (violin), and Ben Sollee (cello). The group combines old-time, Appalachian and Chinese lyrics and melodies. 

• Like Abigail Wasbhurn on Facebook.

• Purchase Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet's music on Amazon.

03) "Flute Music" by Dudu Pukwana & Spear.

From the 1975 album Flute Music.

Walmer Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Dudu Pukwana (Mtutuzel Dudu Pukwana) was a South African Jazz, and Kwela composer and musician who played saxophone and piano. He recorded for a number of international labels including Vertigo, Virgin, and Caroline. Though he grew up playing piano, that would not be the instrument for which he is most remembered. In addition to being an accomplished bandleader himself, Pukwana also played with the Blue Notes, McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, and the Incredible String Band.

• Purchase Dudu Pukwana's music on Amazon.

04) "3roos Elneel" by Alsarah & The Nubatones.

From the 2016 album Manara.

Khartoum, Sudan.

According to the group's Facebook page: "Alsarah & The Nubatones came together out of a collective love for Nubian music and a genuine belief that Soul transcends all cultural and linguistic barriers. Inspired by the pentatonic scale they blend a selection of Nubian 'songs of return' from the 1970s-today with original material and traditional music of central Sudan. Their set is a musical journey through diaspora and migration from an urban lense."

• Visit Alsarah's official website.

• Follow Alsarah & The Nubatones on Facebook.

• Follow Alsarah on Facebook.

• Purchase Alsarah & The Nubatones music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Alsarah & The Nubatones music on Amazon.

05) "Allah Uya" by Ali Farka Touré.

From the 1999 album Niafunké.

Timbuktu, Mali.

Ali Farka Touré remains one of Mali's most influential musicians, even years after his death. To many, his music represents the Nexus between Malian music and the American Blues. Wikipedia notes that: "Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"

• Follow Ali Farka Touré on Facebook.

• Purchase Ali Farka Touré's music on Amazon.

06) "Berkay Oyun Havasi" by Moğollar.

From the 2001 compilation Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966-1975.

Turkey

According to Allmusic: "The late '90s saw the first widespread interest in North America regarding various Asian psych scenes from the 1960s and beyond, with broad-ranging compilations soon being supplanted by even more specialized efforts." That's a fancy way to say that there were several compilations of Turkish psychedelic rock. This is one of the better ones and highly recommended. Moğollar was one of the pioneers of Turkish rock and has an extensive, also highly-recommended discography. 

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

07) "There's No Blood in Bone" by The Poppy Family.

From the 1996 compilation A Good Thing Lost: 1968-1973.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

A Good Thing Lost: 1968-1973 is a great introduction to the Poppy Family, a great, a largely forgotten, late-'60s Canadian soft rock/psychedelic group. 

• Like The Poppy Family on Facebook.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

08) "Kitibana" by Nakany Kanté.

From the 2018 album Naka.

Siguiri, Guinea.

Born in Guinea and now based out of Barcelona, Nakany Kanté plays a variety of international styles centering around traditional African rhythms. 

• Visit Nakany Kanté's website.

• Follow Nakany Kanté' on Facebook.

• Follow Nakany Kanté' on Twitter.

• Follow Nakany Kanté on Youtube.

• Purchase Nakany Kanté's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Nakany Kanté's music on Amazon.

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Episode 15

Episode 15 originally appeared September 17, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "Funambule (Deus pas de Serein)" by Esmerine.

From the 2015 album Lost Voices.

Montreal, Quebec.

According to the All-Knowing Pedia: "Esmerine is a Canadian modern chamber music group that incorporates genres such as drone music, post punk, and Turkish folk." You might know the group's core duo Bruce Cawdron (drums) and Beckie Foon (cello) from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion and other such musical endeavors. Foon has also recorded as Saltland.

• Visit Esermine's official website.

• Visit Esmerine on Facebook.

• Visit the band's page at Constellation Records.

• Purchase the group's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Esmerine's music at Amazon.

02) "Jusqu'à Ce Que La Force De T'aimer Me Manque" by Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes.

From the 1972 album Paix.

France.

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes were a French band formed in 1968 by Catherine Ribeiro and guitarist Patrice Moullet and featuring a rotating cast of other members. The group operated pretty well within the folk/psych-folk/psychedelic regions of the music map.

• Read The Guardian's 2015 profile of Catherine Ribeiro.

• Purchase the group's music on Amazon.

03) "Mana" by Poll.

From the 1972 album Poll.

Greece.

Kostas Tournas and Robert Williams were childhood friends who started playing music together in 1964. The group put out several albums and remains widely known in their home country, though international success eluded them. 

• Browse the group's page at Discogs.

04) "Ciuadad Express" by 39.4.

From the 1972 album 39.4.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

39.4 was a Mexican jazz-funk-psychedelic band. While many of their contemporaries were considered straight-ahead rock bands, 39.4 was known for their sense of musical exploration, blending genres and leaning heavily into jazz and psychedelic music. 

• Browse the group's discography at Discogs.

05) "Y Me Quede Con Maria" by Los Freddys.

From the 1972 album 39.4.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Believe it or not, another release from 1972 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. That place was cooking! And not just because of the desert. Los Freddys was formed in 1962 by five school friends and the band contained no members named Freddy (José Luis Tapia Coronado (guitarist), his brother Fernando Tapia Coronado (bass), Ricardo (vocalist), Artemio Chávez (requintista) and Valentín Terrones (drummer). However, the band members would apparently try to pick up girls by introducing themselves as "Freddy." We're not sure how well this formula worked. But we know the music works. 

• Browse the group's discography at Discogs.

06) "Luk Tunk Klong Yao" by The Son of P.M.

From the 2008 album Shadow Music of Thailand.

Thailand.

There was a 1960's British instrumental group known as The Shadows (also known as Cliff Richards & the Shadows). Then, later in the 1960's there was a movement within Thai popular music emulating The Shadows. This music became known as "Shadow Music of Thailand." The music centered around incorporating Traditional Thai melodies with "the Shadow treatment;" incorporating rock, surf, a-go-go, exotica, soul, blues, and Latin elements.

• Read the Popmatters profile of the album.

• Purchase the Shadow Music of Thailand compilation from Sublime Frequencies.

• Purchase the compilation from Amazon.

07) "Galatea's Guitar" by Gábor Szabó.

From the 1968 album Dreams.

Budapest, Hungary.

Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian guitarist. He began playing guitar at the age of 14 and when he was 20, after the Hungarian revolution of 1956, he moved to America to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. Though often known as a jazz musician, Szabó incorporated rock and psychedelic music into his playing.

• Like Gábor Szabó on Facebook.

• Purchase Gábor Szabó's music on Amazon.

08) "Fofo Denba" by Mahmoud Kania.

From the 2000 cassette Star de la Chanson Gnaoua (Ines 1/123).

Morocco.

According to the fine folks over at the Pedia: "Gnawa singer in Salé, Morocco. Gnawa music (Arabic. غْناوة or كْناوة) is a north african repertoire of ancient African spiritual religious songs and rhythms." We're pretty sure that Mahmoud Kania and Mahmoud Guinia are the same person.

Moroccan Tapestash describes the album this way: "Sounds drop in and out: Indian tabla and bol drum syllables, jaw harp, darbuka, English recitation, guinbri, gong, digeridoo, and various other sounds." Mahmoud Guinia was a Moroccan Gnawa musician, singer and guembri player, who was traditionally regarded as a Maâllem, or, a "Master." We agree.

• Download the album at Moroccan TapeStash.

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Episode 14

Episode 14 originally appeared September 10, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "Banyana (Children of Africa)" by Abdullah Ibrahim.

From the 1976 album The Banyana: Children of Africa.

Cape Town, South Africa.

Born as Adolph Johannes Brand and formerly known as "Dollar Brand," Abdullah Ibrahim is a South African pianist and composer. Ibrahim specializes in piano jazz and incorporates African rhythms, gospel, raga and more into his eclectic blend. Ibrahim has also particularly known for  "Mannenberg," which has become an unofficial anthem within the anti-apartheid movement. 

• Visit Abdulla Ibrahim's official website.

• Follow Ibrahim on Facebook.

• Purchase Ibrahim's music on Amazon.

02) "Breakfast with the Sirens of Infinity" by Naan Violence.

From the 2013 self-titled album.

Memphis, USA.

We first heard Naan Violence when this track was posted by our friends over at Aquarium Drunkard. The group's label, ZAP Cassettes describes them as: "a freak-in transcendental free-sitar underground super-group from Memphis, Tennessee, the home of Isaac Hayes. Lilypadinman.com says: "Fronted by sitar player Arjun Kulharya, Naan Violence creates dreamy, mirage-like sitar music that evokes the mystery of an endless expanse of desert sand. It’s traditional sitar music re-invented for a barroom audience." Aquarium Drunkard describes the music as: "Layered with analog synthesizers, acoustic guitars, flute and tabla, Naan Violence’s expansive palette of sound feels at once organic and untethered." However you'd like to describe the music, we dig it and we think you might too.

• Purchase the album from ZAP Cassettes.

• Download this track from Aquarium Drunkard.

03) "Mascaram Setaba" by Mulatu Astatke.

From the 1972 album Mulatu of Ethiopia.

Jimma, Ethiopia.

From Jimma, Ethiopia, Mulatu Astatke is a pioneer of "Ethio-jazz." His Bandcamp page says: "Mulatu Astatke developed his sound through studies in the UK during the ‘50s and a series of seminal recordings for domestic label Amha before travelling to New York to record the ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ album." Playing vibraphone and conga drums, Astatke has, perhaps, more than any other figure, helped to popularize Ethiopian music for the rest of the world and we are thankful for him.

• Follow Mulatu Astatke on Facebook.

• Purchase Astatke's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Mulatu Astatke's music on Amazon.

04) "Chapei" by Len Buŏn.

From the 2015 single Chapey Dong Veng ||| Len Buŏn & Ham Kin Han.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

We've been pleased to feature tracks from the Les Cartes Postales Sonores project before. We heard BUNONG ▲ POP SONGS on Episode 04 and Khmer Traditional Music ||| Mohori Ensemble - Modern wedding songs on Episode 05. Les Cartes Postales Sonores, or The Sound Postcards is a valuable resource for discovering music from around the world. From the Bandcamp page: "The Sound Postcards is a field recording project by Julien Hairon capturing the soundscapes, music and traditions of local and indigenous populations around the world." The recordings are made available for free, not only on Bandcamp but at the Free Music Archive. 

The Bandcamp page for this release says: "The Chapey Dong Veng is a two-stringed, long neck guitar originaly from Cambodia. Chapei has became popular since the last decade with the living master Kong Nay also known as the "Ray Charles of Cambodia". Met at the Performing arts department of Phnom penh with his elder chapei master Len Buŏn during a musical competition of the oldest art forms, Ham Kin Han plays a song named Kun Apuk Madai and Len Buŏn plays a song called Chapei."

• Download this release at Bandcamp.

• Visit Les Cartes Postales Sonores on Facebook.

• Follow Les Cartes Postales Sonores on Vimeo.

05) "Dance Twist" by The Cambodian Space Project.

From the 2014 album Whisky Cambodia.

Prey Veng Province, Cambodia.

Nick Cave says: "They're a great band, the singer is amazing, really beautiful, the guitars really jump out at you, very affecting, great stuff." If you need more than a glowing recommendation from none other than Nick Cave himself, the band's website says: "The Cambodian Space Project (CSP) is recognised as one of the few truly Aussie Asian hybrids in contemporary music." The site goes on to say: "Since 2009, it has been at the forefront of an astonishing cultural revival in Cambodia, since singer Channthy Kak & musician Julien Poulson teamed up in Phnom Penh, to sing back to life the lost divas & rock legends of Cambodia’s golden age of music, all but wiped out by the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime." 

The band was even the subject of feature length film Not Easy Rock’n’Roll, which premiered at Sydney Film Festival 2015. However, the band's rise was cut short by the tragic death of singer Channthy Kak in March, 2018, when "the auto rickshaw she was traveling in was hit by a car. The driver who caused the collision was charged with negligent driving causing unintentional injury and death."

• Visit the band's official website.

• Like the group on Facebook.

• Follow the band on Twitter.

• Purchase the group's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the band's music on Amazon.

06) "O Navio E Você" by Quarteto Sambacana.

From the 1965 album Muito Pra Frente.

Brazil.

This Brazilian Latin Jazz classic was reissued in 2002. Other than that, we don't see a lot of information about this group anywhere online which means we're probably just looking in the wrong places. Anyone have any further info on this group or recording? 

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

07) "Minha Menina" by Onda Vaga.

From the 2018 album Nuestras Canciones.

Cabo Polonio, Uraguay.

Argentine group (formed in Uruguay) Onda Vega plays a mix of styles including Rumba, Cumbia, Reggae and folk. The group's Facebook page says: "A vague wave travels South America. A movement without form, a proper one of cheerful tango." We're not sure what that means, but we like the music. Consequence of Sound describes the band's 2014 Lollapalooza Argentina set as evoking: "the memory of first discovering the bohemian rock of Manu Chao, with both groups sharing a complex sound culled through an array of horns, drums, and guitars."

• Visit the group's official website.

• Like Onda Vaga on Facebook.

• Follow the group on Youtube.

• Purchase the group's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the group's music on Amazon.

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