Singles & EPs Round Up - June 30th, 2020

Naima Shalhoub feat. Excentrik - Two (Rivers in the Desert) [Bandcamp]

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This track is as heartfelt & pure as the lyrics & an utter joy. Naima Shalhoub's beautiful Arabic folk vocals radiate positivity & hope in these darkening times & I can't wait for the LP. Make sure you put August 6th in your diary.
"I am doing a new thing. I am making a way in the wildnerness and rivers in the desert"
(Inspired by Isaiah 43:19)

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CS + Kreme - Roast Ghost, Ultra Lavender Remix (Bandcamp)

CS + Kreme adopt a dreamier, wistful, Pet Shop boys on valium approach to their atmospheric electronica on this Bandcamp only reissue of this 2017 remix. All funds go to Aboriginal legal services.

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The Harlem Gospel Travelers - Fight On! (Bandcamp)

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Soul music has been at the vanguard of Black America's country old struggle for equality, and this gospel powered 2020 reaction to the recent protests for racial justice is as powerful & uplifting as anything in the last 100 years. All funds go to The Movement For Black Lives.

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Shabazz Palaces ft. Stas THEE Boss - Mega Church (Bandcamp)

I don't think I'm ever going to dislike a Shabazz Palaces track and this undercover Bandcamp soundclash with Stas THEE Boss is more futuristic fire that leaves most of the hip hop world burning in it's rocket engine wake.

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Ben McElroy - HOme Diaries 28 (Whitelabrecs)

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The Home Diaries, lockdown special series is an impressive &  important document of musical endeavour in the age of virus, but as with anything so hastily conceived the quality has been variable, so it's great to hear Ben McElroy come through with more of his consumate experimental electronic folk fusion & help keep their averages high.

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Yusuf Ahmed & Munir Hossn - Senhora Vida (Bandcamp)

This is the first taste of the new project from Yusuf Ahmed & Munir Hossn & it's a multi-culturally minded, Afro Brazilian, psyche tinged gem. I can only hope there is more to come from this London based outfit.

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Roberto Carlos Lange - Kite Symphony, Four Variations (Bandcamp)

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Helado Negro in disguise, treats us to a Bandcamp only improvisational special as his trio live in the moment by interpreting specially prepared graphic scores into a free flowing, wide in scope, electro acoustic sonic wonderland.

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Bliss Point - Max In The World - Drums of the East River (Bandcamp)

Sampling the 1950's drums of Nigeria's Babatunde Olatunji, Bliss Point transports the hits into the new milleniu & morphs them into his personal, sun soaked soundtrack to time he spent on New York rooftops staring out at the East River.

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Kouji Nagahashi - The Dream of Your Smile (Bandcamp)

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More great genre subversion from Kouji Nagahashi, as he lays down a metronomic neo-classical house hybrid on the A-Side and a more traditional, yet still distinctive, percussion driven deep house winner on the flip.

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