The Woods by Cartridge

I am absolutely in love with this song at the moment and thought I would share it with you



Download it HERE

Get their album Fractures it's wonderful

SAGA AFRICA E.P.

Radioclit proudly presents the Saga Africa E.P. featuring the first official release of Douster's almighty remix of Circle of Life from the Lion King entitled King of Africa, see below if you haven't already experienced it!


Head over to itunes and get it now, it's genuinely brilliant

Songs from Aleppo

If you;ve never discovered the hypnotic and relaxing sounds of Syrian Tarab music then feast your ears on this! It's about time I posted some far flung rarities for a change as opposed to all these oh-so-cool glimpses of future indie/dance albums. Back to the the silk road!

Sabri Moudalal is the main musician on this album, from the amazing Institute du Monde Arabe's stunning and exhaustive series of CDs covering just about every aspect of the Arab world's musical traditions you could ever wish to hear. He died in 2006 after a distinguished career as one of Syria's foremost performers.

This elegant traditional music has entranced me many times before and I thought I would share it. Huge thanks to the amazing welove-music.net for their tireless pirating, without which I would never have discovered the IMA's archives.

Download HERE! (65MB)

Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate release new album!

It seems every time I go on the internet I discover another forthcoming album that gets me excited, and this is no exception.
4 years after Ali Farka Toure's death, a second collaborative record made between him and Toumani has now been released by the wonderful World Circuit records. It's out on February 22nd and promises to be nothing but beautiful if their previous duet album In The Heart of the Moon is anything to go by. It also features Orlando 'Cachaíto' López (from the Buena Vista Social Club, sadly now also passed away) on bass.

Click here to see a video of them performing Kala Djula

Ali Farka Toure was simply one of the greatest blues guitarists/vocalists of all time and his haunting hypnotic, polyrhythmic laments put African blues on the map in a big way. Toumani Diabate, currently going from strength to strength having collaborated with Damon Albarn and Bjork to name but a few, is bringing traditional Malian folk sounds to the pop world without selling out or cheapening his musical traditions. Quite simply, two of the greatest musicians of modern times. Something to really look forward to.

Head on over to http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk to claim your free download from the album, a very beautiful track called Kenouna. Enjoy!

M.I.A. & RUSKO

Here is what must be the first glimpse of what M.I.A. has in store for us with the release of her third album later this year.



Early reports of her working with Rusko had many people theorising that she would be doing a dubstep album but come on people, this is M.I.A. we're talking about, she wouldn't want to jump on a bandwagon or make music that we would expect so thankfully this is a new direction for both her and Rusko. Mellow and hypnotic and beautiful, a year that has seen her work with A.R. Rahman, see the civil war in her homeland come to a bloody end, and become a mother has left her feeling less obligated to make club bangers and more interested in more musical pursuits, as she was quoted in an interview in NME's 2010 preview. I am sure we can still expect some CHOONS from her but it's very exciting to hear her doing something so different with a producer who is known for floorfillers. Yet anopther album I can;t wait for this year!

Come one, come all! To the Mystic Ball!

Gosh! I am on a flyer! Along with many other people. If you are unlucky enough to live in the cultural desert of East Anglia then pop along to this oasis of diversity and magical entertainment. There will be a strong Gypsy magic theme with fortune telling in the back room and everything from Django-style gypsy guitars and all out punk, to electro, hiphop, folk and techno in the main room. From the people who brought you The Glass Onion.

Parker - Where's my Monkey?

This has got to be one of the best remixes I have heard in a long time, by a very clever DJ known as Parker. 

Not only is it very funny, sending up the massively overplayed Where's my Money with its tongue firmly in cheek, it is also musical genius!

The opening parody of the sample from the original is funny enough, but when the beat drops you really aren't expecting what's next. 

If you still haven't heard it, I won't spoil it.

Enjoy

The Colouring of Pigeons

Tantalisingly close is the release of the soundtrack album "Tomorrow, In A Year", taken from the electronic opera written by the Knife in collaboration with Mt Sims and Planningtorock. In fact it's out on February 2nd. I did not know this. Until just now. I can't quite describe how learning this made me feel suffice to say it involved lots of swearing.

To tide us over until this release the mighty Pitchfork has offered up this fascinating preview track, The Colouring of Pigeons.

I still haven't listened to it all the way through, it's 11 minutes long and I only just downloaded it myself. Thus far it is an epic and primal amalgamation of intertwining voices and instruments, constantly building and building with an effect quite hypnotic and also strangely unnerving... But then again The Knife are masters of creating atmosphere and evoking wild and vivid mental landscapes with the touch of a button or the suggestion of some cerebral lyric. Opera seems to suit them quite fantastically. 

EXCITED

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Jonsi goes solo...

Lead singer from Icelandic avant-garde, classical, post-rock, future-pop band Sigur Ros is stepping out on his own with a debut solo album released on March 22nd. It's all very exciting indeed and here as a sneak peak is a free download from it thanks to his website

Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi (download here)

my first impression is very good so far and I cannot wait for the album if it's going to be as beautiful as this. He's retained some of that epic grandeur of Sigur Ros but it seems somehow downscaled (in a good way) and thusly a bit more human, as opposed to sounding like a mountain or a whale or a galaxy. Maybe this is just cos he is singing in English finally and I can actually understand what he is saying for once. There are less abstract atmospherics and more to-the-point pop flourishes. Roll on March!

It seems 2010 is already shaping up to be a great year for music with this, Crookers and Roisin Murphy's new LPs only a tantalising matter of weeks away. Also stick around cos I am very close to uploading Day-Glow-Radio's Best of 2009 compilation for you all to enjoy, it's just a bit tricky with no internet at home...

Crookers ~ We Love Animals

Starting off the new year with another great preview (Roisin Murphy's new song Momma's Place being the first) we have a free download from the MASSIVELY anticipated debut album from the ubiquitous Italian DJ/Producer duo Crookers 

Clickety click

The album Tons of Friends is out in March and my levels of excitement are already at Major Lazor levels...

Momma's Place

Roisin Murphy returns... Jan 18th!