Heard In The Fort: 120 Track IDs and Six Standout Sets from Dimensions 2019
Highlights from Courtesy, The Iron Glove, Afrodeutsche, Gilles Peterson + Mr Scruff, Gene on Earth and Cosmic Slop.
Non-Western
Monday Morning Mixtape 271
Roots reggae, Finnish experimental dub and Cameroonian electronic futurism.
Diggers Directory: Amichay Matyas
Boogie, jazz and electronics from the Bauhaus Records boss.
Monday Morning Mixtape 270
Belgian jazz-funk, Kenyan psychedelic folk and freshly released pop-not-pop.
Dig Deeper: 5 Moroccan tips at Moga Festival away from the headliners
Avant-garde dancehall, chaabi techno and guttural breaks among the sounds represented by a burgeoning group of DJs.
A brief history of raï
Acid Arab chronicle the history of an Algerian sound steeped in political protest.
Premiere: Yelfris Valdés – Red Eclipse
A cinematic approach from the Cuban trumpeter on his new album for Música Macondo.
Diggers Directory: Longboss
The man behind the Strangelove Music label explores the junctures between organic and synthetic.
Monday Morning Mixtape 266
Swedish ambient jazz, 2003 reggae electronica and soothing Japanese new age.
Monday Morning Mixtape 264
Emotional Saharan vocalism, 70s US funk and new Nigerian-American neo-soul.