Friday, August 13, 2021

J A M E S L A S T - N O N S T O P D A N C I N G 1 9 7 3

Here's a non-stop dance album from James Last, cool cover from Hawkwind's Silvermachine..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

ANDRE KOSTELANETZ & HIS ORCHESTRA - LURE OF THE TROPICS

André Kostelanetz (Russian: Андрей Костеланец) was a conductor. Born December 22, 1901 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Died January 13, 1980 in Haiti at the age of 78. For many years, Kostelanetz also conducted the New York Philharmonic in pop concerts and recordings, in which they were billed as Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra. Here's a beautiful (pre)exotica album from him that came out in 1954, and you can read all about it here: http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev062_andrekostelanetz_lot/ GET IT HERE enjoy!

YULIA DADANG ROMANSYAH - LAMBANG PARAHYANGAN

Here's a degung cassette from Yulia Dadang Romansyah..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

UNKNOWN ARTIST FROM TAIWAN

Can't find any info about this one, all I can say is that it's from Taiwan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

UNKNOWN ARTIST FROM TAIWAN

Can't find any info about this one, all I can say is that it's from Taiwan..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LENA LIM & THE STYLERS - THE GOLDEN VOICE OF LENA LIM

Here's an album from Lena Lim and The Stylers and this one came out in 1970.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Monday, August 9, 2021

DAYAK TRADITIONAL MUSIC

Loving this one, traditional music from various Dayak tribes from Kalimantan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Saturday, August 7, 2021

ABDEL HALIM HAFEZ

Here's a cassette from Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

WARDA AL-JAZAIRIA - KELMET ITAB

Warda Al-Jazairia (Arabic: وردة الجزائرية‎ 22 July 1939 – 17 May 2012) was an Algerian singer who was well known for her pan-Arabist songs and music. Her name literally meant Warda the Algerian, but she was commonly referred to as just Warda (Egyptian Arabic: [ˈwæɾdæ]) or as "The Algerian Rose" in the Western media. Warda was born on July 22, 1939, in Puteaux, France, to a Lebanese mother and an Algerian father. She started singing at the age of eleven in 1951. She quickly became well known for her singing of patriotic Algerian songs. When she married in 1962, however, her husband forbade her to sing.[citation needed] In 1972, Algerian president Houari Boumediène asked her to sing to commemorate Algeria's independence, and she performed with an Egyptian orchestra. As a result her marriage broke up,[citation needed] and she dedicated her life to music. She then moved to Egypt, where she married the composer Baligh Hamdi. She performed many of his songs and those of other Arabic composers, quickly rising to fame and releasing several albums per year. Additionally, she starred in a few films. At the height of Pan-Arabism, Gamal Abdel Nasser requested that Warda be given a part in a production by Mohammed Abdel Wahab titled My Great Homeland (Watani Al-Akbar).[citation needed] The song "My Great Homeland", was performed by the biggest stars at the time including Abdel Halim Hafez, Shadia, Sabah, Nagat Al-Saghira and Faiza Kamel. The song denounced colonialism and urged for a united Arab people to defeat foreign occupation (see Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire). Warda died on 17 May 2012, in Cairo, Egypt, after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 72 years old. On 19 May, her body was flown back to Algeria where she was given a state funeral, and was buried in Algiers' El Alia cemetery, which is reserved for national heroes. Here's a lovely cassette from her.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Friday, August 6, 2021

FATIMAH AYID

Can't find any information about this tape, maybe from Morocco? Excellent musc though..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PAUL NERO - NERO'S DETROIT SOUL PARTY

Super cool soul album from Paul Nero.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PAUL NERO - BUBBLE GUM PARTY

Here's Paul Nero's excellent 1969 Bubble Gum Party album.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

C O N S O L I D A T E D - U N I T Y O F O P P R E S S I O N

Here's an ep from Consolidated who were a very political early 90's hip hop crew from America.... They came and did a concert in my home town Rotterdam, must've been around '92 or'93 or so, I had to work in the cafe so I couldn't make it but after the concert a lot of folks came to the cafe, seems this band liked to preach a lot on stage, so much so that people got sick of it and started to shout and protest and tell them to just get on with it and play and stop the preaching, a friend, Wouter, shouted "Er Moet Meer Geneukt Worden!!!" (There should be more fucking!!!) and fights broke out.... Too bad I had to work, I would've loved to see them live and their overall message is as relevant as ever if not even more so these days.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

B L A X T A R - C H R O N O Z B A A L

Here's an album from Dutch rapper Blaxtar, came out in 2008, seen him live a few times, quite an intense performer..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

DEDE HERAWATI & SURYANA GROUP - SIKUNDANG DIKARIAKEUN

Here's a sempal guyon cassette from Dede Herawati with Tisna Suntara and Andi R. Johari and Ujang Suryana leading his Suryana Group, sempal guyon means chatting and joking and that's what this is, they're talking and joking and there's some great jaipong music..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!