October 4th, 2024
New Album: Dal:um – Coexistence
El Khat’s 3rd album mute belies its title as it careens out of the speakers with a raucous intensity. Formed in the garages and warehouses of Jaffa and now based in Berlin, the group’s ever-expanding vision makes a defiant stand against complacency, conflict and division. Skittering drums and brass, a jagged organ, hypnotic Yemeni melodies and one-of-a-kind DIY percussion and string instruments, all meld together in an infectious, heady soundscape.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/coexistenceSeptember 13th, 2024
New Album: El Khat – mute
El Khat’s 3rd album mute belies its title as it careens out of the speakers with a raucous intensity. Formed in the garages and warehouses of Jaffa and now based in Berlin, the group’s ever-expanding vision makes a defiant stand against complacency, conflict and division. Skittering drums and brass, a jagged organ, hypnotic Yemeni melodies and one-of-a-kind DIY percussion and string instruments, all meld together in an infectious, heady soundscape.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/muteAugust 30th, 2024
New Album: Buzz’ Ayaz – Buzz’ Ayaz
Hailing from Cyprus’s divided capital Nicosia, and led by Antonis Antoniou, the founder of Monsieur Doumani and Trio Tekke, Buzz’ Ayaz creates a transfixing Eastern Mediterranean psychedelia. Their self-titled debut album is a fuzzed-out urban soundscape of dubby electronics, 70s-psych organ, growling bass clarinet, amplified folk instruments, ritual beats and Greek and Anatolian melodicism.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/buzzayaz-albumJune 21st, 2024
New Album: Bhutan Balladeers – Your Face Is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars
Produced by Grammy-winner, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ustad Saami, The Good Ones [Rwanda], Parchman Prison Prayer), the Bhutan Balladeers perform classical music from Bhutan called Zhungdra, that dates back to the dawn of the 17th century. The music features extended vocal tones that weave complex patterns, and melodies that are supported by minimal instrumental accompaniment. That instrumentation consists of the Drumnyen (a lute with 3 double-strings, also sometimes known as Drangyen), the wooden flute, Lemo (hammered dulcimer), and the Chiwang (a 2-string, bowed fiddle). Derived from Sanskrit, the Choekey language (“dharma language”) used in Zhungdra songs is indecipherable to most Bhutanese apart from Buddhist monks. The Bhutan Balladeers collective’s entire debut album was recorded live in a hilltop forest outside of the capital, Thimphu.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/yourfaceislikethemoonyoureyesarestarsJune 7th, 2024
New Album: Landless – Lúireach
Landless are Lily Power, Méabh Meir, Ruth Clinton and Sinéad Lynch. The Irish quartet sings centuries old ballads as well as more recently penned folk songs. Sometimes unaccompanied and sometimes with subtle instrumentation, their vocally rich music is dark and patient; spellbinding and gorgeous. Produced by John “Spud” Murphy (Lankum, ØXN) and featuring Cormac MacDiarmada from Lankum (fiddle, viola, banjo).
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/luireachMay 10th, 2024
New Album: Gordan – Gordan
Gordan mirror the mysticism of legends and stories from the Balkan region, creating a music that stretches between expressiveness and abstraction; tradition and the avant-garde. The visceral vocals of Svetlana Spajic are both rooted and deeply interpretive. In turn, drummer Andi Stecher and Guido Möbius on bass and electronics, employ sonic strategies that steer the songs in inspired and unpredictable directions.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/gordanApril 25th, 2024
New Album: Catherine Graindorge – Songs for the Dead
Following her thrilling 2022 duo EP with Iggy Pop (The Dictator) Belgian composer/musician Catherine Graindorge returns with a luminous ensemble album. Collaborators include Simon Huw Jones (And Also the Trees) and Pascal Humbert (16 Horsepower, Lilium, Détroit). Instrumental and vocal songs of life, love and death. Inspired by mythologies and elegies from the Greeks to the Beats.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/songsforthedeadApril 12th, 2024
New Album: Avalanche Kaito – Talitakum
Avalanche Kaito: the exhilarating combination of Burkina Faso born urban griot Kaito Winse and fellow experimentalists Belgian guitarist Nico Gitto and French drummer/producer Benjamin Chaval. This transnational avant-rock trio created waves with their visceral self-titled 2022 debut, bagging notable festival appearances (Supersonic, End of the Road), a KEXP session and much deserved critical and audience enthusiasm. Polyrhythmic futurism, raw epiphanies, Burkinabe parables. A rattling ritual of ecstatic noise.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/talitakumMarch 14th, 2024
New Album: Ana Lua Caiano – Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado
Ana Lua Caiano’s debut album melds rural Portuguese music traditions with layered vocals, synthesizers, insistent beats and field recordings. Her music is visceral and tightly focused pulling from a rich mosaic of influences that includes traditional group singing, musique concrete, songwriters from Portugal’s 70’s revolutionary period and electronic icons like Bjork and Laurie Anderson.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/vouficarnestequadradoFebruary 23rd, 2024
New Album: Aziza Brahim – Mawja
Sahrawi singer-songwriter Aziza Brahim’s new album Mawja (Wave) is fashioned from a simple but powerful foundation: Saharan and Iberian percussion mixed with stately guitars and warm, enveloping bass. Co-produced by Brahim, the album is confidently eclectic. It navigates the textures of her life: the Sahara, Cuba and Spain. It even includes a drum part inspired by the Clash. Her voice is a wellspring of deep and resonant emotions.The yearning for homeland. The struggle for freedom.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/mawjaJanuary 19th, 2024
New Album: YĪN YĪN – Mount Matsu
YĪN YĪN, the highly touted Dutch quartet from Maastricht, returns with a sonically expansive third album Mount Matsu. Recorded collectively in their own studio in the Belgian countryside, the album is a kaleidoscope of sounds and influences, occupying a no man’s land between Khruangbin and Kraftwerk, surf music and Southeast Asian psychedelia, Stax soul and mutant 80s disco, City pop and Japanese instrumental folk (sōkyoku).
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/mountmatsuNovember 17th, 2023
New Album: Lucidvox – That’s What Remained
Lucidvox’s new album is vast-sounding. A collection of swirling ritual missives offered up in the hope of better times. Formerly based in Russia, for their new album That’s What Remained, the all-female quartet has added additional sonic thrust (horns, keyboards, strings, atmospheric textures) to their already acclaimed and impassioned psych-rock.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/thatswhatremainedNovember 10th, 2023
New Album: Lenhart Tapes – Dens
The 2nd album from Belgrade Ethno-Noise outfit Lenhart Tapes, boldly extends producer Vladimir Lenhart’s acclaimed re-tooling of submerged Balkan musics. Hypnotic Walkman jams meet industrial rhythm loops and trad-folk songs interpreted by a lineup of thrilling female vocalists. A magical, beauty-and-the-beast encounter of dirty noise and righteous folk.
Get the album: https://idol-io.ffm.to/densSeptember 15th, 2023
New Album: Parchman Prison Prayer – Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
Haunting in situ recordings from Parchman Farm maximum security prison in Mississippi. Producer Ian Brennan recorded the prison’s Sunday gospel service and the results are unforgettable. Performances range from solo acapella to a floor-shaking band. The repertoire includes both traditional and newly penned spirituals. The emotions are unfiltered and deeply resonant.
Get the album:May 26th, 2023
New Album: Faizal Mostrixx – Mutations
A genre-defying Afrofuturist manifesto from Uganda. Producer, dancer and choreographer Faizal Mostrixx’s singular vision of East African electronic music is a lush sonic tapestry of polyrhythms, modern dancefloor styles, amapiano, Nile basin ceremonial chants and Pan-African field recordings.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/MutationsApril 14st, 2023
New Album: Brìghde Chaimbeul – Carry Them With Us
Scottish smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul’s second album “Carry Them With Us” is an exhilarating weave of rich textural drones, trance atmospheres and instrumental folk traditions. Acclaimed Canadian sound explorer and saxophonist Colin Stetson is a featured collaborator on the record.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/CarryThemWithUsMarch 31st, 2023
New Album: Altın Gün – Aşk
Their 5th album in as many years Aşk (deeper feeling of love), marks an exuberant return to the 70s Anatolian folk-rock sound that characterised Altın Gün’s first two albums. It is a record that radiates the infectious energy found in the Amsterdam-based sextet’s celebrated live performances.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/AskFebruary 20th, 2023
Trupa Trupa ‘ttt’ // tape release
Are you a fan of Trupa Trupa’s unique sound and immersive live performances? If so, you’ll definitely want to check out their latest release, “ttt” cassette. This new offering from the band is a memoir of their life on the road, featuring recordings from rehearsals, tours, and other experiences. The result is a two-part sound collage that gives listeners a glimpse into the creative process behind Trupa Trupa’s music.
And if “ttt” cassette sells out, don’t worry – there are still plenty of other titles from Trupa Trupa available on our website. So whether you’re a longtime fan or just discovering the band for the first time, be sure to head over to our site and check out their music today.
Listen to “ttt” cassette and explore other Trupa Trupa titles on the band’s Bandcamp page.
https://trupatrupa.bandcamp.com/album/ttt ?February 17th, 2023
New Album: King Ayisoba – Work Hard
“Work Hard” solidifies King Ayisoba’s reputation as both a shamanic performer and a restless sonic experimenter. A wild mashup of Ayisoba’s frenetic kologo sound and musical deep dives from an exciting roster of Ghanaian producers and contributors.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/WorkHardJanuary 20th, 2023
New Album: Refree – el espacio entre
Acclaimed producer Raul Refree returns with his second solo album for tak:til/glitterbeat. A kaleidoscopic but seamless mashup of soundtrack music, post classical meditations, Iberian traditional elements and experimental strategies. Deeply immersive.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/ElEspacioEntreNovember 25th, 2022
New Album: Gaye Su Akyol – Anadolu Ejderi
Acclaimed Istanbul-based artist Gaye Su Akyol is due to release her fourth album, ‘Anadolu Ejderi’ (“Anatolian Dragon”), on 25 November. Building upon her combo of Turkish psychedelia, empowered commentary and retro-futurist sonics, her vision is more personal and uncompromising than ever before.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/AnadoluEjderiNovember 11th, 2022
New Album: Etceteral – Rhizome
Etceteral are a Slovenian experimental trio (saxophone & electronics, drums, visuals) who create a propulsive, polyrhythmic futurist jazz. It is a sound marked by abstract modular explorations, hypnotic drumming, ricocheted horn textures and crystalline production.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/RhizomeOctober 21st, 2022
New Album: Tau & the Drones of Praise – Misneach
The kaleidoscopic third album from Seán Mulrooney and his Ireland meets Berlin ensemble. Ecstatic folk-psych that full embraces the natural world and living ancestry, through joyful experimentation and deeply rooted sonics. An inspired soundscape that echoes eclectic and eccentric atmospheres: traditional Irish folk, outsider pop, global sacred music and drone rock.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/MisneachOctober 7th, 2022
New Album: Liraz – Roya
The award-winning Israeli-Persian singer returns with “Roya” (fantasy in Farsi) an exhilarating blend of tradi-modern rhythms and retro-Persian sonics. Recorded in secrecy in Istanbul with her band from Tel Aviv and risk-defying Iranian musicians from Tehran. A musical portal to a place of peace, joy and unfettered freedom.
Get the album: https://idol-io.link/RoyaSeptember 16th, 2022
New Album: Al-Qasar – Who Are We?
Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar’s debut album is an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia and North African trance music. Guests include Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) & Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys). The band calls it “Arabian fuzz.” Brazenly electric and deeply connected.
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New EP: Catherine Graindorge featuring Iggy Pop – The Dictator
A thrilling collaboration between the acclaimed Belgian composer/instrumentalist Catherine Graindorge and the ever-iconic Iggy Pop. Haunting string and electronic textures melding with Iggy’s baritone, cautionary tales. A deep dive into the heart of these unsettled times.
? Get the EP: https://idol-io.link/TheDictatorAugust 26th, 2022
New Album: Yanna Momina – Afar Ways
Yanna Momina’s Afar Ways was recorded live in a stilt-hut on the horn of Africa when Grammy-winning producer & author, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Zomba Prison Project, Ustad Saami) visited Djibouti in the spring of 2018. The album is beautifully focused around Momina’s resonant vocals and the sparest of musical backings (acoustic guitar, handclaps, calabash).
? Get the album: https://idol-io.link/AfarWaysJuly 25th, 2022
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New Album: Avalanche Kaito – Avalanche Kaito
A Burkinabe urban griot (vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Kaito Winse) meets a Brussels noise punk duo. A new alloy that deconstructs both traditional and futurist knowledge. This thrilling ensemble is releasing their self-titled debut album hot on the heels of their acclaimed 4-song EP Dabalomuni (January 2022), that The Wire called “freaked, juddering electronic punk.”
? Get the album: https://idol-io.link/AvalancheKaitoApril 8th, 2022
New Album: Širom – The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
The Slovenian “imaginary folk” trio’s most epic and transportive album yet. Powered by acoustic and often handmade instruments, these expansive compositions echo the borderless, collective spirit of groups like Don Cherry’s Organic Music Society and Art Ensemble of Chicago.
? Get the album: https://idol.lnk.to/Sirom-TLTOSMarch 4th, 2022
New Album: YĪN YĪN – The Age Of Aquarius
YĪN YĪN’s dazzling second album dives even deeper into dancefloor propulsion and space travel atmospherics than their lauded debut The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers (2019). Funk and disco beats. Electro experimentation. Global retro vibes. A shimmering, cinematic sweep.
? Get the album: IDOL.lnk.to/TheAgeOfAquariusFebruary 25th, 2022
New Album: Park Jiha – The Gleam
The luminous 3rd album from the acclaimed Korean multi-instrumentalist and composer. A gorgeous meditation on the intersection of music and light.
? Get the album: https://bit.ly/B_FLAT_AFebruary 11th, 2022
New Album: Trupa Trupa – B FLAT A
With B FLAT A this much acclaimed quartet from Gdańsk have produced their most epic and visceral statement to date. A universe where echoes of Can, Syd Barrett and Fugazi lovingly collide.
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New EP: Avalanche Kaito – Dabalomuni
Avalanche Kaito: a Burkinabe urban griot (vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Kaito Winse) meets a Brussels noise punk duo (Drummer/dataist Benjamin Chaval and guitarist Nico Gitto). It’s a completely new alloy and a huge opportunity to deconstruct both traditional and futurist knowledge. It is the sound of the world as it truly is; an unruly and unforgettable sonic explosion created by the intersection of wayward travellers. The 4-song digital EP »Dabalomuni« (out January 21st) is Avalanche Kaito’s opening salvo. Their self-titled full-length album will be released via Glitterbeat Records in June of 2022.
? Listen: https://idol.lnk.to/DabalomuniDecember 7th, 2021
New single: YĪN YĪN – Nautilus
YĪN YĪN now return with a groove-filled second album ‘The Age of Aquarius’ (out 11 March 2022 on Glitterbeat) that dives even deeper into dancefloor propulsion and space travel atmospherics. There is an expansive richness in the sound as samples, drum computers and synthesizers intertwine with real-time playing. But more than anything, ‘The Age Of Aquarius’, is a simple, direct appeal to dance. The record’s party vibe can also be put down to YĪN YĪN’s experiences on the road, where the positive energies picked up from their audiences fed back into a sound that increasingly “kept people moving.”
The first single from the forthcoming album is the track “Nautilus” (out now). Like much of the album, the track’s intergalactic party vibes are strong. It is brilliant, invigorating dance music that drops in some thumping 1990s-style electric boogie and italo disco chops along the way.
? Listen: https://idol.lnk.to/_NautilusOctober 1st, 2021
NEW: Kuunatic – Gate Of Klüma
Kuunatic is a thrilling Tokyo based tribal-psych trio bolstered by diverse global sonics and powerful female vocals. Drawing on the members’ different musical and cultural perspectives, their music explores ritual drumming, pulsing bass lines, atmospheric keyboard sounds and Japanese traditional instruments.
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NEW: Catherine Graindorge – Eldorado
Gorgeous and haunting, Graindorge uses strings, harmonium and electronic treatments to explore intimate corners and widescreen vistas.
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NEW: East Pakistan Sky by Ustad Saami
“East Pakistan Sky” is the third album from the now legendary surti master Ustad Saami. The album follows his previously acclaimed recordings – God is Not a Terrorist (2019) and Pakistan is for the Peaceful (2020) – and presents two unedited performances that fully confirm the sublime and immersive experience of Saami’s musical (and spiritual) expression.
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OUT NOW: Pissourin by Monsieur Doumani
This much acclaimed Cyprus-based trio return with a thrilling fourth album. The record pushes their trademark Mediterranean sonics into a deep psychedelic and avant-folk direction. A danceable fever storm of stringed instruments, multi-layered singing and trombone-driven low end.
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? Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/PissourinJuly 23rd, 2021
NEW: Altın Gün’s new album ‘Âlem’ has been released
It is very likely that those who love Yol will also fall for Âlem, another record that showcases Altın Gün’s ability to reshape Turkish folk music through their own unique filter. Âlem and Yol also share the same faith in using electronic sounds as a base and are both mixed and co-produced by Belgian synth duo, Asa Moto. In part this decision was due to the circumstances necessitated by the pandemic, but also as “an ode to the electronic pop music of the eighties and early nineties.”
? Digital:June 25th, 2021
NEW: dal:um’s album ‘similar & different’ has been released
dal:um is a duo based in Seoul, who challenge the sonic possibilities of Korea’s most well-known traditional string instruments: the Gayageum and the Geomungo. Ethereal and otherworldly this is music that treasures the space between the notes.
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NEW: BLK JKS’s album ‘Abantu / Before Humans’ has been released
BLK JKS are a seminal force in the South African underground. Monster grooves meet guitar and brass driven afro-rock. Echoes of spiritual jazz, post-apocalyptic funk, renegade dub and kwaito. Features Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and Beastie Boys accomplice Money Mark on the track “Maiga.”
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NEW: Comorian’s album ‘We Are an Island, but We’re Not Alone’ has been released
Sun-baked instrumental meditations played on local string and percussion instruments. Yearning vocals and songs that evoke the mystifying realities of everyday life. Recorded live and outdoors on Grande Comore island by acclaimed producer, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ustad Saami, Zomba Prison Project).
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NEW: Samba Touré’s album ‘Binga’ has been released
The legendary Malian singer/guitarist returns with his most personal and immersive album to date. Intimately recorded with a small band, “Binga” dives deep into Samba’s Songhoy roots. Moody Sahelian atmospheres. Cautionary tales. Hopes for better days.
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NEW: Altın Gün’s album ‘Yol’ has been released
Altın Gün return with a masterful third album that widens their critically acclaimed exploration of Anatolian rock and Turkish psychedelic stylings to include dreamy 80’s synth-pop and dancefloor excursions. Yol (Road) brings together all vectors of the Altın Gün experience and delivers their most compelling and individual album to date.
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Chuck Johnson’s album ‘The Cinder Grove’ is released!
The follow up to Johnson’s acclaimed Balsams album, The Cinder Grove delves further into the compositional possibilities of the pedal steel guitar. This halcyon collection of tracks draws on a wider palette of sounds, adding strings and piano, to dive deeper into the sound bath of Johnson’s meditative music. The Cinder Grove is a profound, affecting statement on the nature of loss and irreplaceability as well as a major addition to the canon of Johnson’s work.
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Announcement: Altın Gün will release their third album “Yol”
Altın Gün return with a masterful album that widens their critically acclaimed exploration of Anatolian rock and Turkish psychedelic stylings to include dreamy 80’s synth-pop and dancefloor excursions. Yol (Road) brings together all vectors of the Altın Gün experience and delivers their most compelling and individual album to date.
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Adhelm’s album ‘Yasam Rose’ is released!
Adhelm’s compositions investigate the spaces where insistent nature and bleak urbanity meet. The result is a compelling admixture of resonant percussion, processed field recordings and spectral electronics. His adventurous compositional processes and experiments echo musique concrète, Cageian indeterminacy and the deep listening ethos of Pauline Oliveros.
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NEW Altın Gün’s 7″ single ‘Ordunun Dereleri’
The Amsterdam band Altin Gün, return with a masterful single – and upcoming album – that widens their critically acclaimed exploration of Anatolian rock and Turkish psychedelic folk to include dreamy 80’s synth-pop and dancefloor excursions.
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OUT TODAY: GAYE SU AKYOL – Yort Savul: İSYAN MANİFESTOSU!
Two years after the release of her wildly acclaimed third album “İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir,” Gaye Su Akyol returns with a powerful EP “Yort Savul: İSYAN MANİFESTOSU! (Get Out of the Way: REBELLION MANIFESTO!)”
? DL/Stream: https://idol.lnk.to/YSIMOctober 23rd, 2020
OUT TODAY: LUCIDVOX – We are
Firmly established as an influential voice in the burgeoning Russian DIY rock scene, Lucidvox’s incendiary mixture of atmospheric psych-rock, heavy riffs and Russian folk mystery has already gained them both critical attention and audience loyalty outside of their hometown of Moscow. We Are (мы есть) is their first international album release and the next element in their rapid rise.
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OUT TODAY: USTAD SAAMI – Pakistan Is For The Peaceful
Following his 2019, critically acclaimed debut, God Is Not a Terrorist, 49-note scale microtonal vocal master Ustad Saami returns with an epic part two. Pakistan is for the Peaceful presents an even more immersive work, comprised of just three extended tracks and again produced 100% live at the master’s rooftop home in Karachi by Grammy-winner, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Zomba Prison Project, The Good Ones) with musical accompaniment provided by Ustad’s four sons.
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OUT TODAY: AMMAR 808 – Global Control / Invisible Invasion
Sofyann Ben Youssef (aka AMMAR 808) has travelled to the Tamil Nadu region of southern India for a breath-taking new adventure. With a suitcase full of recording equipment, he set up base in the pulsing city of Chennai and undertook a collaborative reimagining of the area’s rich and resonant musics. Ranging from trance temple sounds to rap-like street theatre performance and ending with the mathematical richness of Carnatic music, Ben Youssef’s in situ recordings form the foundation of his potent new album: Global Control / Invisible Invasion.
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NEW ARTIST: Liraz
Dear friends, we are extremely proud to present you the highly touted Israeli-Persian singer Liraz. She will release her album ‘Zan’ on November 13th on Glitterbeat Records!
It is a buoyant and border-busting album. Shimmering electro-pop meets pulsing dance rhythms and retro Persian sonics. Includes clandestine collaborations with Iran-based musicians and composers. Pre-order now!
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OUT NOW: Krononaut – Krononaut
Coming out of the fertile London jazz and experimental scenes, Krononaut is a richly textured new ensemble helmed by guitarist /producer Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Imogen Heap, Jon Hopkins) and drummer Martin France. The album features an esteemed group of collaborators and a sonic footprint that channels spectral ambiance, ‘fourth world’ expansions and a gorgeous slow-boiling pointillism.
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OUT NOW: Bantou Mentale – Congo Animal
Bantou Mentale are to the Congo what Björk is to Iceland, Kraftwerk to Germany or Metronomy to the UK – of a place, but not defined by it, not flying any particular flag. Their ‘hood is one part Kinshasa Grand Marché, one part Paris Chateau Rouge, and one part YouTube. Their roots are in the forest, with the first people. Their outer branches are in the technosphere, beyond old horizons.
? Stream/Download: https://idol.lnk.to/Congo_AnimalMay 29th, 2020
OUT NOW: TootArd – Migrant Birds
Jammed full of pop hooks and quarter-tone melodic lines, “Migrant Birds” unleashes a disco whirlwind that pays homage to the middle eastern dancefloor scenes of the 80’s. Retro funky meets hi-sheen contemporary.
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? Digital: https://idol.Lnk.To/migrant_birdsMay 8th, 2020
OUT NOW: Edikanfo – The Pace Setters
The first-ever reissue of the classic 1981 debut album from this much revered Ghanaian band. Vibrantly produced by British sound explorer Brian Eno in Accra, Ghana. Highlife meets afro-funk. Spirited and horn driven. Yet another inspired morphing of soundworlds and processes and a significant touchstone for both artists.
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OUT NOW: fra fra – Funeral Songs
Raw and celebratory funeral music from northern Ghana. Hypnotic kologo excursions. Pulsing percussion. Enraptured voices. Recorded 100% live and outdoors by Grammy winner Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ustad Saami).
Sixth release from Glitterbeat’s acclaimed Hidden Musics series.
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▶ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/Funeral_SongsApril 14th, 2020
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OUT NOW: Orkesta Mendozas – Curandero
Border music without borders. Sergio Mendoza (a longtime member of Calexico) grew up on both sides of the US/Mexican frontier. On the band’s 3rd album, “Curandero,” his musical melding of that experience explodes from the speakers. Boogaloo, cumbia, ranchera & rock’n’roll. Curandero has a close, intimate feel, but this wasn’t a band playing together in a room; all the musicians came in separately to track their parts.
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Digital: https://IDOL.lnk.to/CuranderoMarch 27th, 2020
OUT NOW: Tamikrest – Tamotaït
Tamikrest return with a vivid, irrepressible rock and roll statement. Their most powerful album since 2013’s wildly acclaimed Chatma, Tamotaït finds the band not only turning up the volume, but also sharpening their meditative atmospherics and ruminations on the state of the Sahara and the world beyond. Features acclaimed Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra and a track cut with Japanese traditional musicians.
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Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/TamotaitMarch 6th, 2020
OUT NOW: Trupa Trupa – I’ll Find (EP)
„I’ll Find” – the new EP from the Polish quartet Trupa Trupa – consists of four radiant, kaleidoscopic songs which further cement the band’s reputation as one of the up and coming voices on the global psychedelic scene.
Order here: https://trupatrupa.bandcamp.com/album/ill-findFebruary 27th, 2020
OUT NOW: Pulled by Magnets – Rose Golden Doorways
Acclaimed London-based sonic explorer Seb Rochford unleashes a startling new band and debut album. The frontier where doom rhythms rub against haunted saxophone atmospherics.
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Digital: https://IDOL.lnk.to/RoseGoldenDoorwaysJanuary 17th, 2020
NEW ALBUM / NEW VIDEO: Lina_Raül Refree
Happy release day to Lina_Raül Refree’s debut album! Check out the amazing video for the song ‘Quando Eu Era Pequenina’
Video link: https://youtu.be/OrsMiU3eV6U
CD/LP/DL: http://bit.ly/lina_raul-refree
Digital: https://IDOL.lnk.to/Lina_Raul_RefreeDecember 10th, 2019
SALE: 20% OFF
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Glitterbeat End-Of-Year Sale: 10.12.2019 -10.01.2020November 15th, 2019
Aziza Brahim – Sahari
Out Today ? New Album
Aziza Brahim returns with her 3rd Glitterbeat album. Produced in Barcelona with Amparo Sanchez, “Sahari” is her most adventuresome and sublime work to date.
➡ Order CD/LP now:➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/SahariNovember 8th, 2019
Pulled By Magnets – Invite Them In
7″ Out Today
New single (7” vinyl & digital) from London-based experimentalist Seb Rochford (Polar Bear, Sons of Kemet) and his latest group: Pulled By Magnets. The single consists of two vastly different versions of a track that does not appear on their upcoming debut album. While the A-side features the Pulled By Magnets trio, the B-side is a solo performance by acclaimed organist/composer Kit Downes.
➡ Order 7″ single now:
➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/Invite_Them_InOctober 25th, 2019
Bantou Mentale – Bantou Mentale
Out Today ? New Album
A dark, thundering Kinshasa meets Paris soundworld. Ecstatic vocals, broken beats, subterranean bass and full-throttle energy. This four-piece group of sonic groundbreakers have delivered a scintillating debut album. The fulfillment of their long-held dream to create an African band with the weight and sensory attack of knife-edged rock and hot-wired club beats. Features ex-members of Konono No.1, Mbongwana Star & Staff Benda Bilili.
➡ Order CD/2xLP now:➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/Bantou_MentaleOctober 11th, 2019
Los Pirañas – Historia Natural
Out Today ? New Album
Fusing the experimental possibilities of South American rhythms and sonics (cumbia, champeta, tropicalia, salsa & more) with avant psych rock, dub minimalism and spiked jazz, Los Pirañas are retro-futurism at its finest.
➡ Order CD/LP now:➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/Historia_NaturalSeptember 27th, 2019
BaBa ZuLa – Derin Derin
Out Today ? New Album
A thrilling new album from this legendary Istanbul band. BaBa ZuLa are the missing link between Turkish Psych, Krautrock & deep dub. More experimental & expansive than ever.
From the 19th century to the ‘60s through to today, art is a continuum and BaBa ZuLa understand that. Derin Derin is its latest incarnation. It’s fearless music. It’s the truth. And there is hope.
➡ Order CD/LP now:➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/Derin_DerinSeptember 13th, 2019
Trupa Trupa – Of The Sun
Out Today ? New Album
Poland’s hotly tipped psych/experimental rock quartet delivers a potent, galvanizing album. Trupa Trupa has grown inordinately in both confidence and execution during the last half-decade. Almost every song on Of The Sun—the magnetic fifth album from the Polish quartet — lands like an anthem, with barbed hooks driven by an italicized rhythm section and a chimera of crisscrossing harmonies.
➡ Order now:➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/Of_The_SunSeptember 12th, 2019
NEW VIDEO: Trupa Trupa – Another Day
Trupa Trupa share their striking ‘Another Day’ video before the release of the album ‘Of The Sun’.
Watch the video HERE!August 30th, 2019
Širom – A Universe that Roasts Blossoms for a Horse
Out Today ? New Album
Slovenian ‘imaginary folk’ instrumental trio return with a kaleidoscopic third album ‘A Universe that Roasts Blossoms for a Horse / Svet, ki speče konju cvet’. Širom are all about the head and the hand, and the dark that always pushes against the light. Handmade and global instrumentation meets fearless sound exploration.
➡ Order now:➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/AUTRBFAHJuly 20th, 2019
NEW VIDEO: Širom: “Low Probability of a Hug” / “Brez velike verjetnosti objema”
A wonderful and brand new magnificent video from Širom.
Check it out here!July 12th, 2019
Trupa Trupa’s new single/video “Longing”
Their sensational album “Of The Sun” is out on September 13th.
Watch the video here.June 28th, 2019
75 Dollar Bill – I Was Real
Out Today ? New Album
The NYC based duo of Rick Brown and Che Chen, creates hypnotic, pulsing music that weaves an ecstatic line from raw electric blues, Arabic modes and entrancing folk minimalism back to the streets of New York. The third album from these acclaimed NYC mainstays adds concise rockers, fuller orchestrations and mysterious textures to the band’s long, odd/deep grooves and microtonal tunings.June 14th, 2019
Park Jiha – Philos
Out Today ? New Album
Park Jiha’s debut album “Communion” – released internationally by tak:til last year – drew well deserved attention to the young Korean instrumentalist/composer’s vivid soundworld. The widely acclaimed album graced 2018 critics lists at The WIRE, Pop Matters and The Guardian. Her new album “Philos”– which she calls an evocation of her “love for time, space and sound” –is every bit as inventive, elegant and transcendent as her debut.
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➡ Digital: https://idol.lnk.to/PhilosMay 25th, 2019
Agim Nasi, the frame drummer for Saz’iso, dies
We just received the very sad news that Agim Nasi, the frame drummer for Saz’iso, died early this morning in Tirana, following the group’s concert there. Our deep condolences and love go out to everyone in the Nasi and Saz’iso families.
From the Saz’iso FB page:
“We are deeply saddened, shocked beyond belief, to report the news of the passing in the early hours of this morning of our wonderful friend and Saz’iso colleague, Agim Nasi. He was a master of his instrument, a passionate performer and a beautiful soul. Last night, we performed together at the Cloud Festival in Tirana, where he transmitted his deep love for our music and his energy to our group and to a captivated audience. Words cannot describe how much we will miss him.”May 23rd, 2019
Trupa Trupa: New Glitterbeat family member, new video
Glitterbeat is very excited to announce the release of “Of The Sun,” the new album from the acclaimed Polish avant-rock/psych band Trupa Trupa. Their “Remainder” single drops today. The album is out on September 13th.
Watch ‘Remainder’ video here.May 14th, 2019
New Gaye Su Akyol’s video
Moody, elegant, romantic and widescreen. Check out the gorgeous second video from Gaye Su Akyol’s wildly acclaimed album: İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir (Consistent Fantasy is Reality).
Watch ‘Bir Yaralı Kuştum’ video here.April 26th, 2019
Altin Gün – Gece
Out Today ? New Album
Explosive, funky and transcendent!
CD/LP/DL: https://tinyurl.com/yyggqw7f
Digital: https://IDOL.lnk.to/GeceApril 5th, 2019
Ifriqiyya Electrique – Laylet el Booree
Out Today ? New Album
Blood, sweat and trance!
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Digital: https://IDOL.lnk.to/Laylet_El_Booree
Watch the new video for ‘Mashee Kooka’ here.March 29th, 2019
Mekons album ‘Deserted’ is released!
The return of one of the planet’s most essential rock & roll bands.
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DigitalMarch 18th, 2019
Free Download / New Ammar 808 track!
Zawali in Tunisian dialect means “ the poor man.” This song is for them. People who are in extremely impoverished life ( or survival ) situations, are not a reality that the world is interested in. They are the first to be hurt, they are the first to be stamped on, they are the first to feel the economic crises when it hits, they are the first and the last to taste the uncertainty of a system that is not made for them. On this new, original song, Ammar 808 again features Cheb Hassen Tej. He describes those that “join” the “fitness club” of the zawali: “Whether you run or not (after life), you survive on yesterday´s bread, stolen, fed up, gone, sunk. Zawali fitness club.”
Download / Stream.March 8th, 2019
NEW VIDEO: Gaye Su Akyol – İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir
Gaye Su Akyol – one of Turkey’s most compelling voices and exhilarating sonic explorers – has created a new video in celebration of International Women’s Day. The video is for the title track of her album ”İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir’ (“Consistent Fantasy is Reality”) which was widely heralded as one of 2018’s most important releases (WIRE Top 50 etc.).
Watch the video here.Febaruary 15th, 2019
Kel Assouf’s album ‘Black Tenere’ is now released!
Produced by the band’s keyboardist Sofyann Ben Youssef, the mastermind behind the highly touted AMMAR 808, the new album strips things back to a power trio lineup and focuses on the crackling, forward-looking energy of Nigerien front man Anana Ag Haroun’s next level Kel Tamashek (Tuareg) rock songs.February 12th, 2019
NEW VIDEO: Ifriqiyya Électrique – He Eh Lalla
Fusing the rhythms and invocations of the ancient Saharan Banga ritual with an electrical storm of contemporary sonics, Ifriqiyya Electrique’s second album both grips and awakens. In Tunisian, Banga means “huge volume” and one cannot think of a more apt description of Laylet el Booree than that.
Watch the video here.February 7th, 2019
Kel Assouf’s video “Fransa” out now!
A stunning video for Kel Assouf’s “Fransa”. The new album “Black Tenere” is out next week. And what an album it is.
Watch the video here.December 20th, 2018
NEW VIDEO: A thrilling teaser from Kel Assouf’s new album
A teaser from Kel Assouf’s upcoming album “Black Tenere.” This is Tuareg/Ishumar rock as you have never heard it. Strobe lit and burning. “Black Tenere” is out on February 15th!
Watch it here.December 3rd, 2018
NEW MUSIC: Ustad Saami – “God Is”
A haunting, hypnotic track from the upcoming album from Ustad Saami – one of Pakistan’s most revered and iconic classical singers. The roots of Saami’s music go back to the 13th century – but his message is contemporary and universal: “to sing is to listen.”
Listen to the song here.November 29th, 2018
NEW VIDEO: Refree – “Dar a Luz”
Taken from the forthcoming tak:til/ Glitterbeat Records release ‘La Otra Mitad’, out on 7 December 2018.
Watch the video here.November 9th, 2018
Fofoulah’s album ‘Daega Rek’ is released
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CD’s and LP’s are also available as bundles with their previous album ‘Fofoulah’ for a reduced price in our bandcamp store.November 7th, 2018
NEW SONG: Refree – Dar a Luz
Raül Refree is one of the most acclaimed Spanish producers of the last decade. Mesmerizing acoustic and electric guitar explorations meet sampled street recordings, haunted voices and hushed electronics.
Listen to ‘Dar a Luz’ from the album ‘La otra mitad’November 2nd, 2018
NEW VIDEO: Fofoulah – Seye
Check out an amazing new video for Fofoulah’s song ‘Seye’. The song is taken from the album ‘Daega Rek’. Slippery West African beats, dystopian electronics & echoing, shamanic chants. Release date: November 9th.
Watch the video here!October 26th, 2018
Gaye Su Akyol’s album ‘İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir’ is released
Gaye Su Akyol has firmly established herself as one of Turkey’s most compelling young voices and most exhilarating sonic explorers. “Istikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir,” which translates as “Consistent Fantasy is Reality,” is a deeply poetic album; a vibrant mix of raki laced balladry, futurist surf and post-punk opposition. The sound is widescreen and compelling and the themes dig straight into the heart of our inexplicable contemporary experience.
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Stream/digitalOctober 12th, 2018
Happy Release Day Bixiga 70
Today, Bixiga 70 releases their stunning album Quebra Cabeça via Glitterbeat Records. São Paulo’s acclaimed 10-piece instrumental collective return for their 4th album. Urban Afro-Brazilian grooves, empowered horn-driven melodicism and massive dance floor inspiration. One of South America’s most exhilarating musical propositions. The new album captures the incendiary excitement of Bixiga 70 live, but the freedom of the studio brings more shade and subtlety than before.
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Stream/digitalSeptember 27th, 2018
A brand NEW track from Fofoulah!
‘Seye’ is taken from the album ‘Daega Rek’; second album from the London based afro-dub ensemble. Check out these slippery West African beats, dystopian electronics & echoing, shamanic chants. It’s earthy & urban / futurist & rooted!
Listen to ‘Seye’
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Stream/digitalSeptember 14th, 2018
OUT NOW // Stella Chiweshe – Kasahwa: Early Singles
The album is now released. It’s a captivating collection of mystical sounds from the Zimbabwean Mbira master, mostly recorded in the 1970’s in the run up to the Chimurenga revolution. Deep resistance & culture. We’re insanely proud of this album and we hope you’ll love it too!
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