fourth world
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An album that was born to be loved but remains surprisingly unfound, is the worst kind of album to introduce a band through. Belgian band Jo Lemaire + Flouze’s Pigmy World sounds unlike anything else in their discography but remains a stunning example of what happens when you reinvent your sound in a way few…
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For my first show with French broadcaster LYL Radio I felt obliged to engage in a bit of navel-gazing. I began by asking myself: How in the world did I end up having a radio show with a French radio station? These are the things you learn to accept when life opens certain doors for…
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Guest Mix by Chris J. Morris Editor’s Note: For those who’ve ventured to the FOND/SOUND Facebook group our guest for today’s mix, Chris J. Morris, has been tearing up the board with fascinating share, upon fascinating share, much of it from his personal collection. Showing a deep knowledge of Latin experimentalism, and so much more, I…
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Those drums! Slagerij Van Kampen’s A Long Walk On A Short Pier is a must have for those who appreciate purely percussive music. A brilliant mish mash of all sorts of “tribal” music, Slagerij Van Kampen’s A Long Walk On A Short Pier takes you out of their Dutch roots and transports you to the…
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There’s something special about Haitian zouk music, if you look in the right place. Mushi & Lakansyel’s Koté Ou, much like the cover suggests, is a meditation on the intimate and quite unique musical style of this Caribbean nation. A product of all the touchstone influences that have set foot in Haiti — latin, French,…
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It’s always a good sign when you’re out of step with whatever’s out there. Someone who really lived this idea was one Robin Scott. Robin Scott & Shishika’s Jive Shishika! was a curious release that got shelved by a company who had no idea what to think of it. Before Paul Simon’s Graceland or Peter…
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Let’s unwind for a moment. When I haven’t been busy occupying my days with writing, my mind and body has literally been going to the beach to unwind. Somehow, I’ve lucked out and am living the coastal lifestyle (without actually living on any sea coast). While I would say it takes a change of mind…
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How much are we a product of our past? It’s those thoughts that were floating through pianist Febian Reza Pane’s mind when he created Dreams Of Ganesha. From the first piano note you hear played to the last sustained note your hear ringing, instant memories of the deeply inward “jazz” music of Keith Jarrett start…
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In a not-so-recent interview with Vice Italy, Lino Capra Vaccina laments that out of his recently reissued work we’re missing most of the picture of what he was trying to do. While Antico Adagio was one of these wonderful totems of Italian minimalism, it wasn’t until a decade, or so, later, in the mega rare…
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Who knows what would have happened in France if New Yorker Valli Timbert hadn’t met filmmaker Philippe Bourgoin, at some Chelsea Hotel, in the late ‘70s? Philippe, not pictured on the cover of Chagrin D’Amour’s self-titled debut, was the French artiste who had fallen in love with rap early on in 1979. Then, via The…
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