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New single & video by Bab L' Bluz (#France/ #Morocco): “AmmA” addresses the oppression found in archaic systems where women are deprived of education, fundamental freedoms & exposed to violence. 
youtu.be/KiD4uiaKC0c North #Africa #Gnawa #InternationalWomensDay #NewMusic

BREAKING: People are allegedly being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere.

We see out the year bringing FILTHY UNDERNEATH to Kentish Town Forum. A regular fixture of my hedonistic well spent youth. I’m totally honoured to have Bab L‘Bluz opening for us. Formed in Marrakesh, they are a class act and I’m in the fan club. YALLA. X

.@nadineshah is bringing her fifth album 'Filthy Underneath' to #O2ForumKentishTown on Fri 22 Nov. She'll be joined by Bab L'Bluz. Tickets 🎟️ amg-venues.com/rPi650Tn5Nm #NadineShah

Ahead of their return to @popkulturberlin later this month, formerly Moscow-based psych-rock quartet Lucidvox speak to @alanthology about life after leaving Russia buff.ly/46E5441

Latest Review: Landless’s new album, Lúireach, is a reliquary of rich, dramatic tales and a celebration of resolutely feminist togetherness, yet another triumph for the fantastically productive Irish folk scene. @Glitterbeat_Rec klofmag.com/2024/06/landle…

@tvd_lovess Only after 1. How much is it?

Landless: Lúireach review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month theguardian.com/music/article/…

Mokoomba select the most essential Zimbabwean albums faroutmagazine.co.uk/mokoomba-selec…

NEW VIDEO: "Banish The Giant of Doubt & Despair" by #Scottish #smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul (@brichaimbeul) feat. #saxophonist @colin_stetson youtu.be/ZPGthC8_CyM #experimental #music #piping #pipes #drone #drones #folk #trance #dance #Celtic #Gaelic #Skye #Scotland

NEW VIDEO by avant-rock trio Avalanche Kaito: "Tanvusse” with its futuristic electro feel and Death Grips-inspired hip hop accents, is the UFO on their new LP. The lyrics are a summation of an African (Burkinabe) folk tale. "Die! Wake up! Die! Wake up!" youtube.com/watch?v=uda6g5…

The remarkable French-Moroccan power quartet Bab L’Bluz, unveil their second single 'AmmA' from the upcoming album Swaken. ‘AmmA' draws on music from north-east Morocco and influences from Tunisia and Algeria in a committed rallying call of opposition to sexist and patriarchal mindsets. Yousra Mansour narrates the story of mothers confronted with the realities of a society marked by injustices. ’Awaken, women/Rise, women/I am not half a man/That time is over…’ railing against the oppression found in archaic systems where women are deprived of education, fundamental freedoms and exposed to violence.  #InternationalWomensDay @RealWorldRec  lnk.to/RW259

★★★★ Afro-Iberian blues and grooves from activist Sahrawi songwriter #AzizaBrahim: @CummingTim reviews new album #Mawja theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

New single by Ana Lua Caiano youtu.be/Mo6Ht9ucX4U Melding rural #Portuguese music traditions w/ layered vocals, synthesizers, insistent beats & field recordings. Influences incl musique concrète, songwriters from #Portugal’s 70s & electronic icons like Björk & Laurie Anderson

New single & video by Bab L' Bluz (#France/ #Morocco): “Imazighen” celebrates the indigenous people of North #Africa & promotes the idea that ethnic diversity in Morocco, & in the world, is a richness to be celebrated, thus opposing racism and fascism. youtu.be/3beUd14BQNs

YĪN YĪN recommend their favourite Japanese alternative albums faroutmagazine.co.uk/yin-yin-favour…

‘It was like a toxic relationship’: the exiled Russian musicians starting again abroad theguardian.com/music/2024/jan…

#NewMusic #video: YĪN YĪN - "Tokyo Disko" youtu.be/nIEw06_8dbk From the LP 'Mount Matsu', occupying a no man’s land between #Khruangbin & #Kraftwerk, surf music & Southeast Asian #psychedelia, #Stax soul & mutant 80s #disco, City #pop & Japanese #instrumental #folk (#sōkyoku).

@DanPatonMusic There's also YĪN YĪN's 'Mount Matsu', out today on Glitterbeat: yinyin.bandcamp.com/album/mount-ma…

New music! Sleater-Kinney, Mary Halvorson, Keiji Haino/Oren Ambarchi/Jim O’Rourke, Marina Rosenfeld/Greg Fox/Eli Keszler, Burial (single), John Zorn, Ethan Iverson, Jozef Van Wissem - anything else?

#Mediterranean psych-rock band Buzz' Ayaz from #Nicosia #Cyprus release debut single "Zali" (out now) & share video youtu.be/Yg6OBLFMVyI Fuzzy synth, dubby electronics, 70s psych organ, growling bass clarinet, tribal beats & microtonal #Anatolian melodies #newmusic #music