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Comme du vin, il est intéressant de mettre la musique à l'épreuve du temps. Mind Food a été composé et enregistré quelques 20 il y a des années, et c'est seulement maintenant qu'on sait si c'est un bon millésime. A l'origine, j'ai eu l'idée de créer de la musique pour un film imaginaire ou un film à sortir. Pendant cette période de ma vie, Je composais beaucoup pour des films en vedette, documentaires ou publicités. J'ai toujours aimé travailler sous la contrainte d'un scénario ou d'un réalisateur, mais je sais aussi que les meilleurs films sont souvent ceux où les images ont été assemblées sur une musique déjà partitionnée ou enregistrée. “L'affaire Thomas Crown” avec Steve Mc Queen & Faye Dunaway, qui est la principale référence pour les accords sur Mind Food, est l'un de ces rares films, où le réalisateur Norman Jewison a décidé de suivre le tempo de la partition de Michel Legrand et non l'inverse. Chassol qui apparaît sur ce disque a également travaillé avec moi à cette époque, en fait, ce fut l'un de ses premiers “travaux” aucun de nous n'aurait pu imaginer alors qu'il continuerait à produire un travail incroyable avec des gens comme Frank Ocean ou Solange, pourtant Chassol a toujours produit son propre matériel solo brillant, performances musicales et visuels comme Indiamore, Big Sun ou tout récemment Ludi.Pour la chanson “Inverno”, J'ai eu la chance de collaborer avec une chanteuse rare et précieuse, Green Gartside, leader du groupe légendaire Scritti Politti, dont l'album Cupidon & Psyché a changé ma jeunesse dans les années 80 et dont la voix douce et fragile préfigurait James Blake et autres, 30 ans plus tôt.Il y a aussi deux merveilleuses interprètes féminines, Niveau Rahoerson, chanteuse de jazz d'origine malgache pour “Les panneaux” et Gabriela Arnon, un New Yorkais basé à Paris, pour la seule pochette de l'album, la belle âme aux yeux bleus et le joyau du folk-jazz “Vivre vaut la peine d'être aimé” par les frères bostoniens David & Robin Batteaux, environ 1973.Aucune de ces musiques ne cherche à suivre les tendances actuelles, mais au lieu de cela veut délibérément ralentir le temps afin que vous puissiez reprendre votre souffle et sentir dans quelle direction le vent soufflera, J'espère que ce sera dans vos oreilles curieuses et attentives.

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The next official reissue is a Balearic Dub album from Ambient Warrior originally released in 1995 on the Lion Inc label. The album is rooted in Dub but has a much broader scope taking in various musical influences from across the globe.Founder Ronnie Lion explains the concept “The Ambient Warrior was created as an outlet for myself and Andreas Terrano. At the time I was running Lion Music in Brixton, a popular mainly vocal roots label, and Andreas was teaching engineering at our studio. I soon realised he was a very talented guitar and piano player (Basement Jaxx also thought so and he worked with them around this time) and like myself we both wanted to create music that reflected our diverse influences. Andreas is of Italian, Armenian and Russian heritage and these musical influences clearly come through on the LP; over a Dub and Reggae backdrop you’ll hear a Tango and Bossa Nova style. The players on the album also come from different nationalities and genres, not just from the reggae scene, so this really created something authentic and unique”.The LP has been fully remastered from the original DAT tape with new full sleeve artwork from Bradley Pinkerton. Pressed on heavyweight 180 Gram Vinyl.

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 third volume of three is presented here.CHEB HASNIVol 3 Outre National

Tenka aka Meitei and Berlin-based, Japanese scent designer, Ryoko have combined to make a scent that complements this new album from Tenka. It is well worth finding it if you can. The album itself is his first since his trilogy series and once again establishes him as a leading voice in the contemporary electronic scene of Japan. Hydration finds him looking to "work without the boundaries of theme, storytelling or audience expectations" and spent many hours in nearby mountain forests to find inspiration. That plays out with colour, sound, smell, humidity, touch, atmosphere and taste all colouring the grooves.

Modern Obscure Music turns to Japan for inspiration, here Suemori debuts on the Barcelona based imprint."From the first track, you can feel the influence of the Far East in both the melodies and rhythms created by Suemori. The music is complemented by Mayte Nicole Esteban’s impressive artwork.Suemori’s real name is Yoshinobu Hoshina. He previously recorded as Hoshina Anniversary. Under this alias, Hoshina released music on labels such as Boysnoize Records and ESP Institute. As Suemori he released the Maebashi album earlier in 2021 on Elena Colombi’s Osàre! Editions imprint.Tawamure is an album of richly textured compositions. Pianos and electronics are equally important. Some tracks are beatless and others have an unorthodox approach to percussion. We begin with the playful yet sombre pianos and strings of Mou Aenaindesune もう会えないんですね . Honshin 本心 has a magical beauty and Konton 混沌 Chaos is as chaotic as you would expect. There is so much to explore on this wonderful album from Suemori."