Lankum are a contemporary Irish folk music group from Dublin, consisting of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat. This track is taken from the self-released 2014 album ‘Cold Old Fire’.
Tags: #folk #throwback
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Nicola Cruz – Third Eye Dub (feat. Nasiri)
Nicola Cruz is a producer from Quito, Ecuador. His ‘Hybridism EP’ is a modern exotica blend of North African rhythms, ethereal Persian melodies, and chants from distant and imagined cultures. According to Cruz’s Bandcamp, ‘Third Eye Dub’ explores “the fractal realm of concentration, a point where the Oud (played by Nasiri) acts on the pineal gland. This inward journey through the cavernous depths of the subconscious sails on a smooth modular groove that transports the listener across this psychic expanse, a filigree of Persian harmonies (in Shur, to be exact) tracing outlines in the dark”. Nasiri is a multi-instrumentalist, musician & producer most known for his style of playing the Middle Eastern & Persian Sufi music. With instruments like the oud, flute & clarinet, he brings out the mystic dreamy and sometimes dark vibe in his sound. This track out on the Montreal-based Multi Culti label. Previous Nicola Cruz #SOTD: Voz De Las Montañas (Con Minük)
Tags: #electronic #experimental #folk #instrumental #world-music
Etran de L’Aïr – Houlhine Ayagolamane
The name Etran de L’Aïr translates to “the Stars of the Aïr,” the mountainous region of Northern Niger. Every month in 2020, Sahel Sounds are releasing music recorded by Etran de L’Aïr on a mobile phone in Agadez, Niger, then transmitted via WhatsApp to Portland, Oregon. I’m excited!
Tags: #folk #lo-fi #world-music
Afriqua – Burn
USA born (Hampton, Virginia), now Berlin-based producer Adam Longman Parker released his first full-length LP ‘Colored’ last year under the artist name Afriqua. The album “is a celebration of the unifying power of Black culture through the prism of electronic music”. Released on R&S Records.
Richard Dawson – Two Halves
The black-humoured Richard Dawson is a singer-songwriter, folk musician from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His sixth solo album 2020 is due out 11 October on Weird World Records. Plus a beautiful music video, animated and directed by Lesley-Anne Rose.
Tags: #avant-garde #folk
Rozi Plain – Inner Circle
Something a little more mellow. This is the first track from Rozi Plain’s new album ‘What a Boost’, out on Memphis Industries and available from Bandcamp. (There was a Limited Edition Glow in the Dark LP, but that has already sold out!) Rozi Plain is Rosalind Leyden, a (Bristol-based?) UK art-folk singer-songwriter, and frequent collaborated of This Is the Kit.
Tags: #alternative #folk #indie/rock
C Joynes & The Furlong Bray – Hamasien Wedding Song
Lead by guitarist C Joynes, this new project features members of experimental folk ensemble Dead Rat Orchestra, the electroacoustic composer Cam Deas, and fellow guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Nick Jonah Davis. Their first album together Borametz Tree is named after a semi-mythological plant described in 16th century travellers’ tales. Available now on Bandcamp, being released on Manchester (UK) based Thread Recordings.
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