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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

Pacific Rhythm is elated to present a grounding offering from Oakland's Space Ghost entitled Private Paradise as our first release of 2022. The LP is an ode to Space Ghost's time spent at Sea Ranch on the Northern California coast, a place he and his partner visit to refresh their spirit and regain optimism and enthusiasm for the outside world.Private Paradise possesses a rare ability to restore, rejuvenate, and inspire through each listen and is something we've only grown more and more fond of during the unforeseen complications we encountered during its release over the past two years. It's a piece of music that feels like a perfect nod to where we've been musically for the past 8 years and where we see ourselves heading in the future. Deep, contemplative, and uplifting audio that compels its listeners to focus on the positive forces in the world and the power of being present in a moment.

Musicians, producers and DJs Jakub Sautycz and Mateusz Filipiuk formed Jazxing in their hometown of Gdańsk, Poland. Integrated with the wider Balearic music scene, Jazxing are part of a growing group of colourful Polish artists, clubs and labels who want to share and inspire people with their passion for these sounds. Jazxing first went public on a Very Polish Cutouts release and since then the duo have graced Polena Recordings, Father And Son Records And Tapes, and Zambon`s Transatlantyk imprint. ‘Pearls of the Baltic Sea’ is filled with the depth of emotions, changing states of one’s spirit, and unpredictability of the Baltic weather, standing in contrast to their simple, but eloquent music forms.Jazxing explain “We meant to produce an album that one can find nostalgic, and maybe an opportunity to stop for a while with one’s daily routine and look out of the box. To bring about good memories, focus on the details in life that make us happy, and stay there for a bit. We wanted to create a comfortable space for music lovers.”Seabirds fly above synthetic strings, and sparse, peacefully plucked 6-string notes, on the slo-mo disco opener, *Fala*. The track`s growling post-punk funk groove further sweetened, softened, by ethereal vocals and a sultry sax solo.W Uścisku, with a chorus that translates as “I`m in your arms, hold me in your arms”, is another slow, acidic, shuffle, which features some very fine vibes virtuosity, and the passionate vocals of Kamio Kozlowski - of fellow Poles, Van Cyklop.Artifacts raids the archives, and rides an early `90s Soul II Soul-esque beat. Its purring, whispering vixen and cascading Italian house chords recalling the e`d up erotic chart machinations of Deep Forest, Innocence, Madonna, and Talcy Malcy.Hyacinth is a wordless ballad, epic in ambition, accompanied by plaintive keys and arcs of whale-song-like guitar. A prog / space-rock moment for fans of A Mountain Of One.Neu Nostalgia is a chunky, chugging, sorta Siouxsie Sue / Cure-like creation. Driven by the bass, but hanging on the ringing, razor-sharp, axe riffs.Harbor Dub is a sludgy, squelchy skank, where psychedelic sound effects smash the singer into sexy splinters.Shoegaze Dub keeps the extravagant echo and reverb, swapping, though, the Jamdown for the tremolo`d twang of a rock `n` roll rumble, while building up to some euphoric evangelically-edged piano.Acoustic strumming is looped-up and layered to manufacture the closing *Vijnana*`s meditative musical mist. Additional picking providing the melody, as the b-line vamps on Coltrane, joining the dots, making the path plain, between A Love Supreme and severely sedated, stoned to say the least, house.

On behalf of re:discovery records, it is with great excitement that we announce the joint compilation from Facil and Prototype 909 called 'Excerpts from 1993-1995. As most know, Prototype 909 was a legendary acid techno act from New York that toured the circuit as one of the premier rave acts from America during the 1990s. Facil was a side small duo project that only made one album and a few appearances on a handful of compilations. The A-side features two Facil tracks. 'Tree Frog' has an amazingly robotic ambient dub electro sound. A killer track that will have dancefloor patrons staring at each other with blank wtf faces. '700x7' completes the A-side with ambient dub gem. Floaty and airy melodics balance out a devastating 808 drum beat. This is ambient dub in the truest example. The b-side then offers two spacey trance beauties with 'Transit' & 'Planet S' from Prototype 909. The EP finishes with more space junk ambient dub with 'Same Place' by Facil. Overall, a great look into the window of early to mid 1990s New York ambient dub.NOTE: Per the artists involved, this is a vinyl only.release. The artists wished that these are not sold digitally. So the tracks for free here are just samples. Hope you can understand