A Brief History of Sierra Leonean Underground Dance
Kondi Band member Chief Boima casts a lens on the West African country’s underground music scene.
Latest
Monday Morning Mixtape 366
Soothing UK “Chicano” soul and Bahian bossa to early American dream pop and a modern hip hop hymn.
Premiere: Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel – Who Knows When
An ode to 60s and 70s soundtrack and library music on Mr Bongo.
Self-Portrait: Deep Aztec
Unreleased deep and raw material from the Mfengu boss.
Monday Morning Mixtape 365
Spiritual Tamil poetry and Cuban rumba to melancholic electronica and symphonic soundscapes.
Diggers Directory: Hysteric
80s HiNRG finds from the edit master and Mothball Record boss.
New Music
Premiere: Sangre Voss – Mendl15
Hypnotic bouncy rhythms come via Al Zanders’ A-Z Records.
Premiere: Hassan Abou Alam – Cluttered
Lifted from Needs Not For Profit’s compilation which marks the world’s first 100% recyclable vinyl.
Premiere: Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel – Who Knows When
An ode to 60s and 70s soundtrack and library music on Mr Bongo.
Mixes
Self-Portrait: Krunk Kulture
A 100% label mix from boss Rafiki spotlighting contemporary South Asian artists.
Diggers Directory: Les Disques Bongo Joe
Label and record shop boss Cyril Yeterian spotlights music from all corners of Switzerland.
Praise You: A SOPHIE Tribute Mix By River Moon
Cape Town’s ‘Rave Princess’ pays homage to the visionary producer on what would have been her 35th birthday.
Long Reads
Reflections: how can the music industry learn from Covid-19 to become more sustainable?
Katia Mullova explores the lessons we might learn from Coronavirus lockdown to create a more environmentally-friendly gig economy and community at large.
Reflections: is Spotify Wrapped designed to celebrate artists or big data?
Katia Mullova assesses the wider implications of this annual focus on data sharing.
“A tiny parallel universe”: inside ELSE, Renate’s open Berlin party space, in mindset and makeup.
A behind the scenes look at Berlin’s unassuming open air party spot.