Self-Portrait: Pletnev
Cold percussive textures and broken African rhythms from the Lithuanian-based producer.
Non-Western
Monday Morning Mixtape 233
Silky smooth Chicago soul, all-female African funk and uplifting Christian gospel.
Monday Morning Mixtape 232
Plane across library funk, Japanese city pop and Italian soft rock.
Monday Morning Mixtape 230
Manchester spiritual jazz, guitar field recordings from Niger and Brazilian RnB.
Monday Morning Mixtape 225
1971 smooth jazz, Cuban bolero and 2014 Cameroonian soul.
Monday Morning Mixtape 224
Zimbabwean via Australian R&B, 2017 Welsh caramel soul and Rhodes-laced broken beat.
Premiere: TE’AMIR – Salam
LA beat maker digs into his Ethiopian roots on this experimental, traditional flute-led and dubbed-out beat.
Monday Morning Mixtape 218
70s and 80s free & folk jazz, Polish psychedelic electronica, bass-heavy neo acid & 80s Somalian funk.
Premiere: Ayani Huni Kuin – Habu Raminibu (Dengue Dengue Dengue & Joutro Mundo Version)
Peruvian chug with healing dance floor qualities.
Premiere: zOoTiMe – Amazonia
Percussive and ever-so chuggy new age exoticism from a Dutch debutant.