Omar-S
Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Part 2

Raï is the music of a youth hungover from Algeria's recent independence. It became a space for a liberated, transgressive dialogue that told the social truths of its time -- an up-front yet poetic voice that covers the taboos and frustrations of daily life, expressing emotion without detour. This voice is heard at weddings, cabarets, in the nightclubs of the Oranese coast, and casually on the street... With the boom of the audio cassette, an avalanche of raï tapes were produced in Oran and diffused all over the world. Both women and men sang and listened to the new sound, as raï is intimately tied to parties, alcohol and the night. With the spontaneous improvisation of its singers as the main part of each song, raï keeps reinventing itself. In this style, Cheb Hasni, along with Cheb Nasro, incarnates a second generation of musicians. With the "love raï", or sentimental raï, Hasni sings about love, passion and its setbacks -- moving away from the bittersweet daily chronicles of the first chebs and chebates. Having recorded nearly 150 cassettes, Cheb Hasni remains one of the most prolific and talented raï singers of his generation. Almost thirty years after his death, this three-volume compilation of rare tracks from his cassette releases on the Oriental Music Production label is a tribute to the lasting legacy of Cheb Hasni -- ya raï! The second volume of three is presented here.CHEB HASNIVol 2Outre National

The immaculate Omar S resumes his Side Trakx series: released on his own Detroit imprint FXHE Records that he has been running for more than a decade now, Side Trakx Vol 4 is comprised of three rather soulful pieces.

Face A :Musique berbère du haut-atlas.El Hussain Safir,Chant et bendir.Lahcen Akil.Lotar.Lahcen Bouri.Chant et violon.Face B;Antoine ELIAS : Keyboards, NIMB, vx.Anatole PETIT : Drums, vx.Enregistré a Tamlate ,vallée de Dades.Février 2016.Artwork Krystian Trog.Enregistrement et mixage,Lutch et Clodo Misére,Master,R.Cuvillier,Production,Olivier et Lucien.

Home Decor is the sixth full-length album from LA-based downtempo maestro Danny Scott Lane. In its title, concept and artwork, it's clearly pointed towards those classic lounge albums of the 60s, consciously crafted to give the listener a sense of sophistication while also helping them to chill the hell out, preferably with a fine whisky and a cigar. The music is no pastiche though, and there's a constantly unfolding tapestry of cosy, subtly tweaked sounds which shape out this album, with elevated musicality and detailed production balanced without ever disrupting the smooth mood.

After it became known that the Red Light Complex in Amsterdam had to close Gilb’R invited his friends Satoshi Yamamura and Abel Nagengast down for a session up in the Triangle studio.The trio dived in head first and with eyes closed. The night was buzzing with impromptu music, singing and poetry and one evening lead to another. The gathered results are a raw homage to it’s illustrious surroundings and can be listened to on an inspired 6 track 12”. The Babel EP is out on Versatile Records.

Quatre ans après sa première sortie sur Stand High Records avec “Another Night” et suite au succès de ses deux mixtapes enregistrées pour Stand High Patrol, Stepart revient étoffer le catalogue du label avec “Playground” son premier album. Onze tracks principalement instrumentales, à l’exception d’un featuring avec Pupajim, où les basses abyssales côtoient les nappes de synthé analogiques.Porté par des rythmiques d’une finesse redoutable et un sens de la mélodie manifeste, « Playground » révèle ses subtilités au fil des écoutes. Le souci accordé aux détails est saisissant, et l’album ne peut s’envisager autrement que dans sa globalité. Stepart y joue avec les styles. Il y présente son univers et, au grès des courants musicaux, il nous invite à arpenter ses terrains de jeux favoris.Avec son lot de Sub Bass et ses mixs soignés, “Playground” nous renvoie à la grande époque des débuts du dubstep ; celle des LP fondateurs influencés par le reggae. Enregistré à Paris entre 2014 et 2016, l’album constitue une véritable porte ouverte sur le Lost World Studio. Libre à qui le souhaite de venir s’y installer!