TEWARI began a new era for Berlins Scotch Rolex, aka DJ Scotch Egg aka Japanese producer and dj Shigeru Ishihara. I had only known him for his work in the indescribable genre bending live duo Waq Waq Kingdom, to which he continues all-time great, impossibly heavy dub influenced production.
After a decade as a band that’s been mostly spent backing the legendary Pat Thomas, elder statesman of Ghanaian high life music, Kwashibu Area Band steps out with this amazing “solo” debut. The classic high life sound is there but there’s a maturity in the afro-jazz […]
The 6th album by the late great Malian guitar legend, one of my all time favorite guitar players. This record most accurately reflects the high energy live performances which him and his band were known for. Essential music that any fans of North/West African guitar music […]