Premiere: Jose Marquez – Mali Blues
Palm-wine guitar and Jùjú style rhythms from the LA producer.
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Diggers Directory: DJ Okapi
Afrosynth Records boss, spearheading the bubblegum & kwaito resurgence in SA.
Batida’s Portugal music guide: from Luanda cult singers to the Lisbon underground
A journey through Portugal’s post-colonial melting pot sound.
Monday Morning Mixtape 166
1976 Brazilian hill-top jazz & 1985 Nigerian afrobeat funk.
Diggers Directory: Orpheu The Wizard
Co-founder of Red Light Radio and one of Amsterdam’s unsung heroes.
Premiere: Alma Negra – Endless Summer
Detroit Swindle’s Heist Recordings deliver their most outernational sound to date.
Manchester Spotlight: Mike O’Mara
A Soup Kitchen regular seen as a mentor to many young promoters.
Premiere: Mr ID feat. Kawtar Sadik – Salat Ala Nabina
A contemporary take on traditional gnawa sounds from a Moroccan native.
Premiere: Sanza – Sounouh
Avant-garde jazz meets outsider folk, compiled by Jan Schulte on Music For Dreams.
Monday Morning Mixtape 165
976 big band Southern cool jazz via 1978 mysterious multi-instrumentalist folk.