El Juntacadaveres - Who's Gonna Stop Us EP (Self-published)
This 'Who's Gonna Stop Us' EP is the first part of what should eventually become a trilogy set in 1974 (the birth year of El Juntacadaveres front man Enrique Noviello) and each time focusing on a city that played an important role in Kike's musical evolution (this time New York and on the next volumes Buenos Aires and Antwerp).
Amlak Redsquare - The Book Of Judges (RSQRB Productions/True Lion Sound Production)
After two EP's (2015's 'Ganja Free' and 2014's 'Di Humble Warrior'), Omar Gordon aka Amlak Redsquare is now also finally presenting this long player debut.
Seekaman - Where Is The Justice? (Majestic)
'Truth', the 2014 debut album by Seekaman, a Belgian-Ghanaian afro-reggae band from Ghent, didn't reach us, but the band has not been idle and is now presenting this sequel.
Marcel Salem - Les Charognards (Musicast Distribution)
Thanks to the artwork of Claude Diene, an artist from Mont Rolland, the village Marcel Salem also hails from, 'Les Charognards' looks like a forgotten LP from the nineteen and fortunately the album sounds that way as well.
Xana Romeo - Wake Up (Charmax Music)
Reggae veterans send out their offspring part.
Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Madjafalao (Because Music)
After the demise of band leader Mélomé Clément in 2012, the remaining members of Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo needed some time to reflect, but Vincent Ahehehinnou (vocals), Gustave Bentho (bass) and Loko Pierre (vocals) eventually decided continue anyway.
Erik Aliana & Picket - Just My Soul (Buda Musique)
Yours truly got to know Cameroonian singer-songwriter Erik Aliana in 2013 thanks to his 'Just My Country' album.
Kanazoé Orkestra - Miriya (Buda Musique/Universal)
Seydou Diabate, nicknamed Kanazoé, is a Burkinabe balafon player who moved to France in 2010.
Various Artists - Doing It In Lagos (Soundway Records)
The fact that "world music" has become a very flexible concept is once again proven by Soundway Records' 'Doing It In Lagos', a double compilation album full of Nigerian disco, funk, boogie and pop from the nineteen eighties.
Various Artists - Good Day Remixes & Riddims EP (Kingston Express)
A few months ago we already presented you Sticky Joe's 'Good Day', and that EP is now followed by 'Good Day Remixes & Riddims', another EP containing, you guessed it, a number of remixes and riddims of the songs from 'Good Day'.
Kadialy Kouyate - Na Kitabo (Self-published)
With 'Na Kitabo' ("my book"), Kadialy Kouyate, a UK-based Senegalese kora-player, does/delivers exactly what's expected from a West African griot: sharing his experiences, informing and telling stories.
Karim Baggili - Apollo You Sixteen (Take The Bus)
If for 2014's 'Kali City', Belgian oud player of Jordanian-Yugoslav origin Karim Baggili, still revisited his roots, then 'Apollo You Sixteen' is all about experimentation.
Azymuth - Fênix (Far Out Recordings)
At Far Out Recordings they had been eagerly anticipating its release for months, and finally the new Azymuth album - aptly titled 'Fênix' - has now arrived.
The Grinders - Way Of The Lion (Down The Bush Records)
Yours truly got to know The Grinders thanks to 2013's 'Let's Keep On Jammin', a collaboration with deejay-veteran U Brown.
Jahneration - Jahneration (Ovastand/Kuroneko)
This self-titled album is the long player debut of Jahneration, two young lions from Paris.
Tao Ravao & Thomas Laurent - Au Bout Du Petit Matin ... (Buda Musique)
For this new long player Malagasy multi-instrumentalist Tao Ravao - Ravao debuted on the mandolin, then switched to the banjo and the guitar, but after a trip to his native country eventually succumbed to the charms of the kabosy - joined forces with French harmonica player Thomas Laurent.
Ras Midas - Rastaman In Exile (JML Records)
More than thirty years after its original release, Ras Midas is finally presenting a reissue of his iconic 'Rastaman In Exile' album.
Various Artists - Macondo Revisitado (Vampisoul/Munster Records)
As subtitle 'The Roots Of Subtropical Music In Uruguay 1975-1979' already implies, for 'Macondo Revisitado', Uruguayan deejay Selectorchico (Nandy Cabrera) selected 21 songs from the extensive catalog of the Macondo label.
Onetox - We Still Up + Stan And The Earth Force - Half Way Up (Mangrove Productions)
A while ago, New Caledonian label Mangrove already offered us the 'Knky Reggae' compilation and a new album by local band Kass Pa, and now they're present new work by Onetox and Stan And The Earth Force, bands from the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Shiny Roots - Sabor A Libertad EP (Self-published)
If you're one of the thousands of annual tourists spending their summer holidays at the Costa Blanca, you can now also enjoy some local reggae vibes, because Shiny Roots, a five piece band from Alicante now presents it recording debut with the 'Sabor A Libertad' EP.