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The original Buena Vista Social Club album was recorded for World Circuit Records over six days at the vintage EGREM studios in Havana. Released in 1997, the album went on to become a worldwide phenomenon, selling over 8 million copies and contributing to the rise in popularity of Cuban, as well as Latin American, music.

Since forming in London in the mid-1980s, World Circuit Records has made its reputation by producing some of the finest albums of the past three decades. The label’s prestigious roster includes Buena Vista Social Club and associated solo artists (including Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Omara Portuondo and Orlando ‘Cachaíto’ López), Malian blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, Malian divas and social activists Oumou Sangaré and Fatoumata Diawara, master kora player Toumani Diabaté, the illustrious Orchestra Baobab, musical iconoclast Cheikh Lô, and Fela Kuti’s legendary drummer and co-creator of Afrobeat Tony Allen.

With reissues and brand new releases coming soon, World Circuit continues to bring diverse, genre-defying music to a wider audience.

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Buena Vista Social Club - Dos Gardenias (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2014-07-30 | Click here to subscribe to World Circuit - https://WorldCircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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The original Buena Vista Social Club album was recorded for World Circuit Records over six days at the vintage EGREM studios in Havana. Released in 1997, the album went on to become a worldwide phenomenon, selling over 8 million copies and contributing to the rise in popularity of Cuban, as well as Latin American, music.

Since forming in London in the mid-1980s, World Circuit Records has made its reputation by producing some of the finest albums of the past three decades. The label’s prestigious roster includes Buena Vista Social Club and associated solo artists (including Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Omara Portuondo and Orlando ‘Cachaíto’ López), Malian blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, Malian divas and social activists Oumou Sangaré and Fatoumata Diawara, master kora player Toumani Diabaté, the illustrious Orchestra Baobab, musical iconoclast Cheikh Lô, and Fela Kuti’s legendary drummer and co-creator of Afrobeat Tony Allen.

With reissues and brand new releases coming soon, World Circuit continues to bring diverse, genre-defying music to a wider audience.

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Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood (feat. Karrar Alsaadi) - Djit Nishrab - live performance

World Circuit Records 2024-06-04 | New album 'Jarak Qaribak' out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID
Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations.

Djit Nishrab - Live

Dudu Tassa - Guitar
Jonny Greenwood - Bass
Ariel Qassis - Qanun
Sefi Zisling - Trumpet
Maayan Milo - Trombone
Itzhak Ventura - Nai
Nur Bar Goren - Percussion
Johanna Riethmueller - Violin, Joze
Tomer Moked - Violin
Ben Dagovitch - Percussion
Eden Djamchid - Cello
Yaniv Taichman - Oud, Violin
Tamar Shawki - backing vocals
Omri Katan - backing vocals

Featured Artist - Karrar Alsaadi
Batel Pipano - Production Manager
IA House - Video Production
IIan Azoulay - DP, Edit and Colour grading
Michael Izyorov - Videographer
Daniel Nor - Videographer
Lior Tevet - FOH
Ronen Ben Ami - Lighting Designer
Yoav Osterreicher - Stage Manager
Ben Essev - Stage Manager
IIan Harush - Recorded by
Shai C. Sivan - Mixing and Mastering
IIan Azoulay - Editor and Colourist
Raz Danon - Stylist
Marina Eskenazi - Make-up artist
Sincopa - Lights and Sound
Ido Kagan - CC and Live video DP
Bogdan Chistic - CC and Live video
Or Davidson - Management
Brian Message - Management

Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood (feat. Jiana Naddaf) Ya Anid Ya Yaba - live performance

World Circuit Records 2024-06-04 | Live performance of "Ya 'Anid Ya Yaba" 26th May 2024

The album 'Jarak Qaribak' is out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Dudu Tassa - Bass
Jonny Greenwood - Guitar, Drum Machine
Karrar Alsaadi - Hishba
Ariel Qassis - Qanun
Sefi Zisling - Trumpet
Maayan Milo - Trombone
Itzhak Ventura - Zurna
Nur Bar Goren - Percussion
Ben Dagovitch - Percussion
Eden Djamchid - Cello
Yaniv Taichman - Violin
Johanna Riethmueller - Violin
Tomer Moked - Violin
Tamar Shawki - Backing vocals
Omri Katan - Backing vocals

IA House - Video Production
IIan Azoulay - DP, Edit and Colour grading
Omri Zaid - Videographer
Ido Kagan - Videographer
Ron Pe'er - Videographer
Shai C Sivan - Mixing and Mastering
Ben Essev - Production Manager
Yoav Osterreicher - Stage Manager
Arik Girel - Stage Manager
Lior Tevet - FOH
Ronen Ben Ami - Lighting Designer
Recorded by Gal Tevet
Raz Danon - Stylist
Or Davidson - Management
Brian Message - Management

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Ahibak (feat. Safae Essafi) (Extended Official Video)

World Circuit Records 2023-08-18 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artist Safae Essafi
Lyrics Naim Rajuan
Composer Daoud Akram (David Efrayem)
Jonny Greenwood: Drum Machines, Synth
Dudu Tassa: Bass,Synth, Vocals
Safae Essafi: Guest Vocals
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Itzhak Ventura: Flute
Yaniv Taichman: Oud
Sefi Zisling: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Yonatan Daskal: Synthesizer
Ariel Qassis: Qanun Vocals
Mona Bakri: Vocals
Niran Bassoon: Announcer

Repertoire consulting & music notation Ariel Qassis
Brass arrangements Dudu Tassa
Translations by Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich
Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

Video:
Written & directed by Ilan Azoulay
Lead actress & codirect: Amal Ahamri

Production: I.A Creative House
Executive producer: Batel Pipano
Coordinateur: Moustaffa
Art director: Yuval Shmaya
Cinematographer: Ilan Azoulay
Production Coordinator: Clean mind films
1st AD: Mehdi Ameur
1st AC: Dor Revivo
2nd AC: Mehdi Naamane
Operator: Mourad Belmoudden
Gaffer: Tioma Terehov
Best boy: Toufik Said
Location Manager: Mohamed
Set Decorator: Ilan Azoulay
Stylist: Yuval Shmaya

Casting director: Kabal
Talent:
Mohamed Ziat, Amal Ahamri, Rida Bouaczaow, Dudu Tassa
Hanan Talid, Ikram, Talid, Ilham Talid, Milouda Belassali, Nourelhouda Ahamri, Soukaina Assila, Touria Morsli, Wafae Bigan

Post-Production: I.A Creative House
Editor: Ilan Azoulay
Color Grading: Adam Edelstein
Sound Design: Shai Sivan

Special thanks: Daniel Karni, Shlomo Shmaya, Samuel J.Attias, Adam Edelstein, Yuval Shmaya

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #Ahibak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Lhla Yzid Ikthar (Live at the Hamam)

World Circuit Records 2023-07-20 | New album 'Jarak Qaribak' out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations.

Filmed Live at the Hamam in October 2022

Dudu Tassa - Vocal, Guitar
Jonny Greenwood - Bass, Drum Machine
Ariel Qassis - Qanun
Yaniv Taichman - Oud
Ben Dagovitch - Riq
Oded Aloni - Darbuka
Itzhak Ventura - Flute
Daniel Hoffman, Johanna Riethmueller, Lea Gadaev - Violin
Jackie Fay - Cello
Tamar Shawki, Dema Kablan, Jameel Faris, Omri Katan - Backing Vocals

Jarak Qaribak Team:
Production Company: Davidson Artists Management
Batel Pipano - Production Manager
Roy Berkovich - DOP
Roi Habany, Yaniv Vaknin, Aviv Meseznik, Rami Katzav - Videographers
Roy Biberman - Grip
Yoav Osterreicher - Stage Manager
Dana Tkatch, Elad Kalai, Dana Hazan, Yaniv Kalai - Space and light design and Execution
Ram Tsizling - Lighting
Ilan Harush - Recording
Roy Langley - Recording Assistant
Ben Essev - Guitar Tech
Shai C Sivan - Mixing & Mastering
Almog Maimoni - Editor
Ilan Azoulay - Colourist
Raz Danon - Stylist
Roza Shwartsman, Marina Eskenazi - Makeup
Idan Barir - Translation

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #JarakQaribak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Jan al-Galb Salik (feat. Noamane Chaari & Zaineb Elouati)

World Circuit Records 2023-07-14 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artists: Noamane Chaari & Zaineb Elouati
Lyrics: Abdel Rahman Alami
Composer: Salah Al-Kuwaiti

Jonny Greenwood: Drum Machines, Ondes Martenot
Dudu Tassa: Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Noamane Chaari: Guest Vocals
Zaineb Elouati: Guest Vocals
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Yonatan Daskal: Synthesizer
Aykut Sutoglu: Trumpet
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Repertoire consulting & music notation: Ariel Qassis
Brass arrangements: Dudu Tassa
Translations by: Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich

Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Photographed by Shin Katan
Art direction and design by Liora Zemelman & Rotem Biksenspaner
Animation by Florence de la Fournière
YouTube Visual by Tom Fake

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message
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In my heart I hated you so much, no no brother,
My tormentor, you Satan's curse, Satan's curse
Oh my, what a disaster, who'd bring my lover
I have no two hearts, no no brother My tormentor, I hope you'll know of me, You took away everything, you tormentor,
What's left for me?
Oh my, what a disaster, who'd bring my lover
The moon at gloomy dawn, no no brother,
My tormentor, I sent it away
Oh star, look all around, no no brother, Oh my tormentor, are you asleep or awake
My oh my, asleep or awake.
Oh my, what a disaster, who'd bring my lover

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Lhla Yzid Ikthar (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2023-07-12 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Lyrics: Abdel Rahman Alami
Composer: Abd Al-Wahab Dukali

Jonny Greenwood: Drum Machines, Guitars, Bass
Dudu Tassa: Guitars ,Vocal
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Itzhak Ventura: Flute
Yaniv Taichman: Oud
Ariel Qassis: Qanun
Yonatan Daskal: Synthesizer
Neta Elkayam: Vocals
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Repertoire consulting & music notation: Ariel Qassis
Translations by: Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich

Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Photographed by Shin Katan
Art direction and design by Liora Zemelman & Rotem Biksenspaner
Animation by Florence de la Fournière
YouTube Visual by Tom Fake

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

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So it doesn't get any worse,
I've grown sick and tired and I can't stand it any longer
If you intend to cheat, just say it And let me be, just let me be, let me be
I waste my time over you and every minute turns to hours I waste my time over you and every minute turns to hours And stories about me turn to rumors
Tell me if you love me
Even if you torture me, I will not learn my lesson, I will not learn my lesson.
Until our fate is realized
I'm afraid you'll be punished
So who will you leave me with?
To whom will you leave me?
Who will you leave me with?
So it doesn't get any worse,
I've grown sick and tired and Ican't stand it any longer
If you intend to cheat, just say it ...
My heart got confused, it's stuck on you and filled with anxiety Just tell me what's going on
What else should make me cry
Even if you lie to me, and gloat at my pain
All I want is some rest, for sleep to come and calm me down
So it doesn't get any worse,
If you intend to cheat, just say it…

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Ya Anid Ya Yaba (feat. Lynn A.) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2023-07-07 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artist: Lynn A.
Lyrics: Traditional
Composer: Traditional

Jonny Greenwood: Drum Machines, Guitars
Dudu Tassa: Drum Machines Guitars, Bass, Synth, Vocals
Lynn A.: Guest Vocals
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Sefi Zisling: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Ariel Qassis: Vocals
Mona Bakri: Vocals
Yonatan Daskal: Synthesizer
Osama Abu Ali: Mijwiz
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Repertoire consulting & music notation: Ariel Qassis
Translations by: Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich

Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Photographed by Shin Katan
Art direction and design by Liora Zemelman & Rotem Biksenspaner
Animation by Florence de la Fournière
YouTube Visual by Tom Fake

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

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They went out to the garden, My hard headed friend, And scattered their hair.
All the girls are stars,
My hard headed friend, And she is their moon.
They went out to the garden, And dyed their hair.
She's my eye, the apple of my eye,
My hard headed friend,
She's worth more than my parents and relatives
My hard headed friend.
I'II sit lonesome at gloomy dawn
My hard headed friend,
I'll sit lonesome at gloomy dawn
My hard headed friend, And I muse over my lover
Claiming I only had a dream
My hard headed friend,
But I can cry a river if I'd like
She’s my eye…

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Ya Mughir al Ghazala (feat. Karrar Alsaadi) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2023-07-05 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artist: Karrar Alsaadi
Lyrics: Mohamad Alkukbani
Composer: Abdallah Alsahel

Jonny Greenwood: Guitars, Piano
Dudu Tassa: Bass, Synth,Vocals
Karrar Alsaadi: Guest Vocals
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Yaniv Taichman: Oud
Sefi Zisling: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Mona Bakri: Vocals
Ariel Qassis: Vocals
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Repertoire consulting & music notation: Ariel Qassis
Brass arrangements: Dudu Tassa
Translations by: Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich

Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Photographed by Shin Katan
Art direction and design by Liora Zemelman & Rotem Biksenspaner
Animation by Florence de la Fournière
YouTube Visual by Tom Fake

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

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You, sparking envy between doe and her gazelle
Have my soul and love me well
Can't you see me crying til my eyes swell
After you rejected me and turned my life to hell.
How longing tortured a sad man
When you knew his soul is in your hand
You wish for me to die in pain
By God, your deeds are right, I can tell.
love you, you are the apple of my eye You're so sweet, you can make me fly I won't dare to leave you, I don't lie,
You're like the moon, whom you'd cast your spell on?

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Leylet Hub (feat. Mohssine Salaheddine) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2023-06-30 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artist: Mohssine Salaheddine
Lyrics: Ahmad Shafik Kamel
Composer: Mohamad 'Abd Al-Wahab

Jonny Greenwood: Drum Machines
Dudu Tassa: Bass
Mohssine Salaheddine: Guest Vocals
Ariel Qassis: Qanun
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Yaniv Taichman: Oud
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Sefi Zisling: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Tamar Shawki: Vocals
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Repertoire consulting & music notation: Ariel Qassis
Brass arrangements: Dudu Tassa
Translations by: Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich

Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Photographed by Shin Katan
Art direction and design by Liora Zemelman & Rotem Biksenspaner
Animation by Florence de la Fournière
YouTube Visual by Tom Fake

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

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You, who were never late in your life, Why didn't you come tonight?
This drove me crazy.
What made you come so late to me?
Nothing will make you come late to me.
You're waiting, hopeful
You stay awake at night and come to me, my love, and I'll stay awake for you
Let's make tonight's love the love of an entire lifetime
Let our hearts feel the longings of a lifetime tonight
What made you come so late to me?
Nothing will make you come late to me.
You're waiting, hopeful
You stay awake at night and come to me, my love, and I'll stay awake for you
Let's make tonight's love the love of an entire lifetime
Let our hearts feel the longings of a lifetime tonight
Don't leave our longings for tomorrow
Don't leave our happiness for tomorrow
As if the first night for love is this night

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Taq ou-Dub (feat. Nour Freteikh) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2023-06-28 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artist: Nour Freteikh
Lyrics: Maroon Nasser
Composer: Mohamad Mohsen

Jonny Greenwood: Guitars, Drum Machines
Dudu Tassa: Guitars, Bass
Nour Freteikh: Guest Vocals
Ariel Qassis: Qanun
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Yaniv Taichman: Oud
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Yonatan Daskal: Synthesizer
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Repertoire consulting & music notation: Ariel Qassis
Translations by: Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich

Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Photographed by Shin Katan
Art direction and design by Liora Zemelman & Rotem Biksenspaner
Animation by Florence de la Fournière
YouTube Visual by Tom Fake

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

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Take a hike, Take a hike, Take a hike
You draw paths and paths for me
Ill leave everyone on earth
But will not stray from the lover's path
Take a hike ...
You draw ..
You jealous intriguer, your intentions are clear We broke apart but were filled with worries You poor, miserable thing, living in illusions Trying to take revenge but fail in execution
I'll leave everyone on earth
But will not stray from my lover's path
Take a hike ...
You draw ...
Love is guarding over us
It will not be able to burn us
Look closely to see us
And read between the lines
I'll leave everyone on earth
But will not stray from my lover's path
Take a hike…

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Dijit Nishrab (feat. Ahmed Doma) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2023-06-26 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artist: Ahmed Doma
Lyrics: Ahmed Wahby
Composer: Ahmed Wahby

Jonny Greenwood: Drum Machines
Dudu Tassa: Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Ahmed Doma: Guest Vocals
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Sefi Zisling: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Neta Elkayam: Vocals
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Repertoire consulting & music notation: Ariel Qassis
Brass arrangements: Dudu Tassa
Translations by: Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich

Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Photographed by Shin Katan
Art direction and design by Liora Zemelman & Rotem Biksenspaner
Animation by Florence de la Fournière
YouTube Visual by Tom Fake

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

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Why are you leaving, dear friends
Why are you living in grief
Why are you repenting the past
And he who forgot the love
I came to drink, to forget the grief
I poured love, it’s now mixed in my drink
I came to read, to shake off love
I poured your name, about you I always think
And he who forgot the love, love, love
He who forgot the love is a liar

I’ve had enough, I’ve had enough
Of being lonely and of my worries
I’m worn-out, worn-out, worn-out
My lover never called me
But don’t say I cried, oh I cried
A man’s tears are precious,
You’ll understand when he says I sought, I asked. You, my lover, who I longed for,
You’ll lie if you say I forgot, I forgot.
I came to drink ...

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Ahibak (feat. Safae Essafi) (Official Video)

World Circuit Records 2023-06-12 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

Featured Artist Safae Essafi
Lyrics Naim Rajuan
Composer Daoud Akram (David Efrayem)
Jonny Greenwood: Drum Machines, Synth
Dudu Tassa: Bass,Synth, Vocals
Safae Essafi: Guest Vocals
Itamar Doari: Percussion
Itzhak Ventura: Flute
Yaniv Taichman: Oud
Sefi Zisling: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Mayu Shviro: Cello
Johanna Riethmueller: Violin, Viola
Yonatan Daskal: Synthesizer
Ariel Qassis: Qanun Vocals
Mona Bakri: Vocals
Niran Bassoon: Announcer

Repertoire consulting & music notation Ariel Qassis
Brass arrangements Dudu Tassa
Translations by Idan Barir

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich
Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

Video:
Written & directed by Ilan Azoulay
Lead actress & codirect: Amal Ahamri

Production: I.A Creative House
Executive producer: Batel Pipano
Coordinateur: Moustaffa
Art director: Yuval Shmaya
Cinematographer: Ilan Azoulay
Production Coordinator: Clean mind films
1st AD: Mehdi Ameur
1st AC: Dor Revivo
2nd AC: Mehdi Naamane
Operator: Mourad Belmoudden
Gaffer: Tioma Terehov
Best boy: Toufik Said
Location Manager: Mohamed
Set Decorator: Ilan Azoulay
Stylist: Yuval Shmaya

Casting director: Kabal
Talent:
Mohamed Ziat, Amal Ahamri, Rida Bouaczaow, Dudu Tassa
Hanan Talid, Ikram, Talid, Ilham Talid, Milouda Belassali, Nourelhouda Ahamri, Soukaina Assila, Touria Morsli, Wafae Bigan

Post-Production: I.A Creative House
Editor: Ilan Azoulay
Color Grading: Adam Edelstein
Sound Design: Shai Sivan

Special thanks: Daniel Karni, Shlomo Shmaya, Samuel J.Attias, Adam Edelstein, Yuval Shmaya

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #Ahibak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Ahibak (feat. Safae Essafi) (Official Video Trailer)

World Circuit Records 2023-06-09 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. “Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own.

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #Ahibak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Taq ou-Dub (feat. Nour Freteikh) (Live At The Hamam)

World Circuit Records 2023-05-18 | New album 'Jarak Qaribak' out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations. ‘Taq ou-Dub’ features Palestinian singer Nour Freteikh.

Tassa and Greenwood share their comments on the collaboration: “The first song we recorded for this project was Taq ou-Dub. It’s an old Lebanese song, now performed by Nour Freteikh and in fact it was the starting point for the entire album, connecting Ramallah, Tel Aviv, Beirut and Oxford. Nour, such an incredible singer, first recorded her vocal track remotely but eventually the three of us got together in person to rehearse and perform – and connect properly. We feel very lucky – and very proud – to have made a song, and a friendship, with such a remarkable musician as Nour.”

Filmed Live at the Hamam in October 2022

Musicians:
Nour Freteikh - Vocals
Dudu Tassa - Bass
Jonny Greenwood - Guitar, Drum Machine
Ariel Qassis - Qanun
Yaniv Taichman - Oud
Ben Dagovitch - Riq
Oded Aloni - Darbuka
Itzhak Ventura - Flute
Daniel Hoffman, Johanna Riethmueller, Lea Gadaev - Violin
Jackie Fay - Cello
Tamar Shawki, Dema Kablan, Jameel Faris - Backing Vocals

Jarak Qaribak Team:
Production Company: Davidson Artists Management
Batel Pipano - Production Manager
Roy Berkovich - DOP
Roi Habany, Yaniv Vaknin, Aviv Meseznik, Rami Katzav - Videographers
Roy Biberman - Grip
Yoav Osterreicher - Stage Manager
Dana Tkatch, Elad Kalai, Dana Hazan, Yaniv Kalai - Space and light design and Execution
Ram Tsizling - Lighting
Ilan Harush - Recording
Roy Langley - Recording Assistant
Ben Essev - Guitar Tech
Shai C Sivan - Mixing & Mastering
Almog Maimoni - Editor
Ilan Azoulay - Colourist
Raz Danon - Stylist
Roza Shwartsman, Marina Eskenazi - Makeup
Idan Barir - Translation

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #JarakQaribak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Ya Mughir al-Ghazala (feat. Karrar Alsaadi) (Live At The Hamam)

World Circuit Records 2023-04-27 | New album 'Jarak Qaribak' out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations.

“Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own. Jonny says that his somewhat incongruous benchmark when assembling the tracks on “Jarak Qaribak” was “trying to imagine what Kraftwerk would have done if they’d been in Cairo in the 1970s”.

Though Dudu says that he scrutinised every lyric as carefully as he could for even the vaguest hint of a political subtext, and insists – accurately – that “Jarak Qaribak” is an album of classic love songs, the romance and heartbreak they chronicle exclusively personal, neither Dudu nor Jonny are naïve enough to believe that nobody will project their own political prejudices onto this project, favourably or otherwise. “We didn’t want,” says Jonny, “to make out that we’re making any political point, but I do understand that as soon as you do anything in that part of the world it becomes political, even if it’s just artistic. Actually, possibly especially if it’s artistic.”

Dudu, however, believes that it would have been an act of bad faith to make “Jarak Qaribak” any other way. “Israel,” he notes, “is a small country between all those countries, so we’re very influenced by those cultures and by that music. And a lot of us in Israel – like my family – are descended from people who came here from elsewhere in the Middle East, so everything gets mixed up.” “It’s a letter in a bottle, thrown into the ocean,” he decides. “Who will get it, who will hear it, I don’t know. But someone will love it.”

Filmed Live at the Hamam in October 2022

Musicians:
Dudu Tassa - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Jonny Greenwood - Bass, Guitar, Drum Machine
Ariel Qassis - Qanun
Yaniv Taichman - Oud
Ben Dagovitch - Riq
Oded Aloni - Darbuka
Sefi Zisling - Cornet
Yuval Peleg - Trumpet
Maayan Milo - Trombone
Tamar Shawki, Ariel Qassis, Dema Kablan, Jameel Faris - Backing Vocals

Jarak Qaribak Team:
Production Company: Davidson Artists Management
Batel Pipano - Production Manager
Roy Berkovich - DOP
Roi Habany, Yaniv Vaknin, Ram Tsizling, Aviv Meseznik, Rami Katzav - Videographers
Roy Biberman - Grip
Yoav Osterreicher - Stage Manager
Dana Tkatch, Elad Kalai, Dana Hazan, Yaniv Kalai - Space & Light Design and Execution
Ram Tsizling - Lighting
Ilan Harush - Recording
Roy Langley - Recording Assistant
Ben Essev - Guitar Tech
Shai C Sivan - Mixing & Mastering
Almog Maimoni - Editor
Ilan Azoulay - Colourist
Raz Danon - Stylist
Marina Eskenazi - Makeup
Idan Barir - Translation

Management: Or Davidson, Brian Message

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #JarakQaribak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Ashufak Shay (Featuring Rashid Al Najjar) (Official Visualiser)

World Circuit Records 2023-04-13 | Taken from 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribak

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations.

“Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own. Jonny says that his somewhat incongruous benchmark when assembling the tracks on “Jarak Qaribak” was “trying to imagine what Kraftwerk would have done if they’d been in Cairo in the 1970s”.

Though Dudu says that he scrutinised every lyric as carefully as he could for even the vaguest hint of a political subtext, and insists – accurately – that “Jarak Qaribak” is an album of classic love songs, the romance and heartbreak they chronicle exclusively personal, neither Dudu nor Jonny are naïve enough to believe that nobody will project their own political prejudices onto this project, favourably or otherwise. “We didn’t want,” says Jonny, “to make out that we’re making any political point, but I do understand that as soon as you do anything in that part of the world it becomes political, even if it’s just artistic. Actually, possibly especially if it’s artistic.”

Dudu, however, believes that it would have been an act of bad faith to make “Jarak Qaribak” any other way. “Israel,” he notes, “is a small country between all those countries, so we’re very influenced by those cultures and by that music. And a lot of us in Israel – like my family – are descended from people who came here from elsewhere in the Middle East, so everything gets mixed up.” “It’s a letter in a bottle, thrown into the ocean,” he decides. “Who will get it, who will hear it, I don’t know. But someone will love it.”

Featured Artist: Rashid Al Najjar
Lyrics: Meyhad Hamad
Composer: Meyhad Hamad

Produced by Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood
Mixed by Nigel Godrich
Recorded by Nigel Powell, Ilan Harush, Yotam Agam, Ben Essev, Yoav Osterreicher, Shai C. Sivan
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Jonny Greenwood: Bass, Piano, Synth, Organ
Dudu Tassa: Guitars
Rashid Al Najjar: Guest Vocals
Itzhak Ventura: Flute
Yaniv Taichman: Oud
Mustafa Amal: Rebab
Niran Bassoon: Announcer
Ariel Qassis: Repertoire consulting & music notation
Idan Barir: Translations

Juan Pinto: Animation Director

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #JarakQaribak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Jarak Qaribak (Album Teaser)

World Circuit Records 2023-04-13 | New album 'Jarak Qaribak', out now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/JarakQaribakID

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’, bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations.

“Jarak Qaribak” translates, more or less, as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”. It’s an expansive, inclusive sentiment. The songs on the album, and the singers, are drawn from all over the Middle East – and, in keeping with the theme established by the album’s title, each singer takes a turn at a tune from a country other than their own. Jonny says that his somewhat incongruous benchmark when assembling the tracks on “Jarak Qaribak” was “trying to imagine what Kraftwerk would have done if they’d been in Cairo in the 1970s”.

Though Dudu says that he scrutinised every lyric as carefully as he could for even the vaguest hint of a political subtext, and insists – accurately – that “Jarak Qaribak” is an album of classic love songs, the romance and heartbreak they chronicle exclusively personal, neither Dudu nor Jonny are naïve enough to believe that nobody will project their own political prejudices onto this project, favourably or otherwise. “We didn’t want,” says Jonny, “to make out that we’re making any political point, but I do understand that as soon as you do anything in that part of the world it becomes political, even if it’s just artistic. Actually, possibly especially if it’s artistic.”

Dudu, however, believes that it would have been an act of bad faith to make “Jarak Qaribak” any other way. “Israel,” he notes, “is a small country between all those countries, so we’re very influenced by those cultures and by that music. And a lot of us in Israel – like my family – are descended from people who came here from elsewhere in the Middle East, so everything gets mixed up.” “It’s a letter in a bottle, thrown into the ocean,” he decides. “Who will get it, who will hear it, I don’t know. But someone will love it.”

#DuduTassa #JonnyGreenwood #JarakQaribak

Ali Farka Touré - Voyageur - New Album (Trailer)

World Circuit Records 2023-01-17 | 'Voyageur' out 10th March on CD, LP or digital: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/AFTVoyageur

‘Voyageur’, the new album from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, will be released by World Circuit Records on 10th March. Produced by World Circuit's Nick Gold with Ali's son Vieux Farka Touré, it is the first release of unheard Touré material since 2010’s posthumous Grammy-winning ‘Ali & Toumani’, and features a collection of gems captured at various points in Ali’s illustrious career.

No African musician has made an impact at home and on the international imagination like the great Malian guitarist, singer and spiritual father of the Desert Blues, Ali Farka Touré. From Grammy-winning collaborations with Ry Cooder and kora maestro Toumani Diabaté to gritty lo-fi recordings made in his remote home village, Ali’s inimitable voice and hypnotic guitar playing communicates with listeners with an authority that transcends boundaries of markets, fashions and genres. Sixteen years on from his death, Ali remains a towering figure, one of a handful of great talents – alongside Jimi Hendrix and Fela Kuti – whose music feels perennially vital and relevant, whose charisma burns as brightly after their passing as it did in life.

Ali’s mystique shines on brightly, inspiring listeners around the world and a host of illustrious admirers, including Robert Plant, actor Matthew McConaughey, who based his famous humming chant in the Wolf of Wall Street on one of Ali’s rhythms, and Texas indie-rockers Khruangbin, who recently recorded a collection of Ali’s songs in company with his son Vieux. Captured spontaneously over the course of 15 years, on the road and in the studio between sessions for other albums, the songs on ‘Voyageur’ were all of immense personal importance to Ali. They reflect his passionate commitment to the creativity and cultural diversity of his homeland, and a life spent in motion, as a traveller – a Voyageur – between the desert stages of Timbuktu, studios of West Hollywood, the concert halls of London and Tokyo, and tiny villages strung out on the Malian riverside, where Ali was – of course – known by everyone.

From pared back, mesmeric grooves in Ali’s signature Sonrhaï style to anthemic fishermen’s choruses, pulsing hunters’ rhythms and an African “noise band” of reverb-laden guitars and lutes (‘Kombo Galia’), ‘Voyageur’ showcases a secret store of songs which Ali built up through his long and varied career, shedding new light on an extraordinary and enigmatic talent.

#alifarkatoure #voyageur #desertblues

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Tony Allen - Elewon Po (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2022-06-23 | FOLLOW TONY ALLEN:
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Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit re-released this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.
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Tony Allen - Alutere (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen - Atuwaba (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2022-06-20 | FOLLOW TONY ALLEN:
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Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit re-released this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.
worldcircuit.lnk.to/SecretAgent2022

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Tony Allen - Nina Lowo (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen - Pariwo (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2022-06-15 | FOLLOW TONY ALLEN:
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Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit re-released this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.
worldcircuit.lnk.to/SecretAgent2022

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Tony Allen - Busybody (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen - Ayenlo (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2022-06-10 | FOLLOW TONY ALLEN:
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Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit re-released this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.
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Tony Allen - Switch (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

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Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit re-released this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.
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Tony Allen - Ijo (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2022-06-07 | FOLLOW TONY ALLEN:
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Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit re-released this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.
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Tony Allen - Secret Agent (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2022-04-26 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID

Taken from Tony Allen's Secret Agent, remastered 2LP & Digital formats out May 20th via World Circuit. Preorder now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/SecretAgent2022

Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit will re-release this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.

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Tony Allen - Celebrate (2022 Remaster) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2022-04-07 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
The first remastered single from Tony Allen's Secret Agent, out May 20th via World Circuit. Preorder now: http://worldcircuit.lnk.to/SecretAgent2022

Tony Allen (1940 – 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force in African music and such an influence worldwide. His iconic drumming has since underpinned an extensive catalogue of solo works as well as collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn (as part of The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier, Grace Jones, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, Jeff Mills and Hugh Masekela.

His 2009 World Circuit debut, the raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards; lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs, some of which confront state corruption and oppression (Kuti’s most frequent targets); deep-soul call and response vocals; and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen’s majestic drumming.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of Tony Allen’s passing at the age of 80, World Circuit will re-release this classic album on 2 x 180g heavyweight vinyl. The audio has been remastered and the package features the original 2009 sleeve notes in a 4p 12” booklet.

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Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same) (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2021-10-22 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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For this Special Edition release, World Circuit have gone back to Allen & Masekela’s original 2010 mixes and added previously unheard parts from the follow-up 2019 sessions to create 8 reimagined bonus mixes.

Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two world-renowned musicians talked for decades about making an album together. When, in 2010, their touring schedules coincided in the UK, the moment presented itself and producer Nick Gold took the opportunity to record their encounter. The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Masekela passed away in 2018. With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hugh Masekela’s estate, unearthed the original tapes and finished recording the album in summer 2019 at the same London studio where the original sessions had taken place. ‘Rejoice’ can be seen as the long overdue confluence of two mighty African musical rivers – a union of two free-flowing souls for whom borders, whether physical or stylistic, are things to pass through or ignore completely. According to Allen, the album deals in “a kind of South African-Nigerian swing-jazz stew”, with its roots firmly in Afrobeat. Allen and Masekela are accompanied on the record by a new generation of well-respected jazz musicians including Tom Herbert (Acoustic Ladyland / The Invisible), Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective), Mutale Chashi (Kokoroko) and Steve Williamson.

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Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Obama Shuffle Strut Blues (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Robbers, Thugs & Muggers (OGalajani) (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Agbada Bougou (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Coconut Jam (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Weve Landed (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2021-09-28 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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For this Special Edition release, World Circuit have gone back to Allen & Masekela’s original 2010 mixes and added previously unheard parts from the follow-up 2019 sessions to create 8 reimagined bonus mixes.

Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two world-renowned musicians talked for decades about making an album together. When, in 2010, their touring schedules coincided in the UK, the moment presented itself and producer Nick Gold took the opportunity to record their encounter. The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Masekela passed away in 2018. With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hugh Masekela’s estate, unearthed the original tapes and finished recording the album in summer 2019 at the same London studio where the original sessions had taken place. ‘Rejoice’ can be seen as the long overdue confluence of two mighty African musical rivers – a union of two free-flowing souls for whom borders, whether physical or stylistic, are things to pass through or ignore completely. According to Allen, the album deals in “a kind of South African-Nigerian swing-jazz stew”, with its roots firmly in Afrobeat. Allen and Masekela are accompanied on the record by a new generation of well-respected jazz musicians including Tom Herbert (Acoustic Ladyland / The Invisible), Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective), Mutale Chashi (Kokoroko) and Steve Williamson.

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Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Slow Bones (Cool Cats Mix) (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2021-09-07 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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For this Special Edition release, World Circuit have gone back to Allen & Masekela’s original 2010 mixes and added previously unheard parts from the follow-up 2019 sessions to create 8 reimagined bonus mixes.

Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two world-renowned musicians talked for decades about making an album together. When, in 2010, their touring schedules coincided in the UK, the moment presented itself and producer Nick Gold took the opportunity to record their encounter. The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Masekela passed away in 2018. With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hugh Masekela’s estate, unearthed the original tapes and finished recording the album in summer 2019 at the same London studio where the original sessions had taken place. ‘Rejoice’ can be seen as the long overdue confluence of two mighty African musical rivers – a union of two free-flowing souls for whom borders, whether physical or stylistic, are things to pass through or ignore completely. According to Allen, the album deals in “a kind of South African-Nigerian swing-jazz stew”, with its roots firmly in Afrobeat. Allen and Masekela are accompanied on the record by a new generation of well-respected jazz musicians including Tom Herbert (Acoustic Ladyland / The Invisible), Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective), Mutale Chashi (Kokoroko) and Steve Williamson.

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Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra - Moon Kaira (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2021-04-28 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage.

Diabaté, a griot whose musical lineage stretches back generations, is well known as one of the most creative musicians on the African continent, and is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the iconic sound of the kora to worldwide audiences. No stranger to a genre-defying collaboration, he has recorded two Grammy-winning albums alongside desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, as well as projects with Taj Mahal, Björk, Béla Fleck, Damon Albarn and Afrocubism.

Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian musicians (including Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté), accompanied by the soaring presence of the LSO, in dedicated arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell.

The title bestowed by Diabaté on this unique and groundbreaking release, ‘Kôrôlén’, translates from the Mandinka language as ‘ancestral’ - a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western orchestral arrangements, resulting in an achingly beautiful and fresh Afro-neo-classical sound that will appeal to admirers of African, traditional and new classical, and ambient music.

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Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra - Cantelowes Dream (Official Audio)

Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra - Mama Souraka (Official Audio)

Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra - The Making of Kôrôlén

World Circuit Records 2021-04-15 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage.

Diabaté, a griot whose musical lineage stretches back generations, is well known as one of the most creative musicians on the African continent, and is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the iconic sound of the kora to worldwide audiences. No stranger to a genre-defying collaboration, he has recorded two Grammy-winning albums alongside desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, as well as projects with Taj Mahal, Björk, Béla Fleck, Damon Albarn and Afrocubism.

Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian musicians (including Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté), accompanied by the soaring presence of the LSO, in dedicated arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell.

The title bestowed by Diabaté on this unique and groundbreaking release, ‘Kôrôlén’, translates from the Mandinka language as ‘ancestral’ - a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western orchestral arrangements, resulting in an achingly beautiful and fresh Afro-neo-classical sound that will appeal to admirers of African, traditional and new classical, and ambient music.

Video directed & edited by Eager Productions
Live footage licensed courtesy of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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Toumani Diabaté And The London Symphony Orchestra - Elyne Road (Official Audio)

World Circuit Records 2021-03-31 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage.

Diabaté, a griot whose musical lineage stretches back generations, is well known as one of the most creative musicians on the African continent, and is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the iconic sound of the kora to worldwide audiences. No stranger to a genre-defying collaboration, he has recorded two Grammy-winning albums alongside desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, as well as projects with Taj Mahal, Björk, Béla Fleck, Damon Albarn and Afrocubism.

Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian musicians (including Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté), accompanied by the soaring presence of the LSO, in dedicated arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell.

The title bestowed by Diabaté on this unique and groundbreaking release, ‘Kôrôlén’, translates from the Mandinka language as ‘ancestral’ - a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western orchestral arrangements, resulting in an achingly beautiful and fresh Afro-neo-classical sound that will appeal to admirers of African, traditional and new classical, and ambient music.

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Toumani Diabaté And The London Symphony Orchestra - Mamadou Kanda Keita (Official Video)

World Circuit Records 2021-03-10 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage.

Diabaté, a griot whose musical lineage stretches back generations, is well known as one of the most creative musicians on the African continent, and is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the iconic sound of the kora to worldwide audiences. No stranger to a genre-defying collaboration, he has recorded two Grammy-winning albums alongside desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, as well as projects with Taj Mahal, Björk, Béla Fleck, Damon Albarn and Afrocubism.

Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian musicians (including Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté), accompanied by the soaring presence of the LSO, in dedicated arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell.

The title bestowed by Diabaté on this unique and groundbreaking release, ‘Kôrôlén’, translates from the Mandinka language as ‘ancestral’ - a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western orchestral arrangements, resulting in an achingly beautiful and fresh Afro-neo-classical sound that will appeal to admirers of African, traditional and new classical, and ambient music.

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Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros - Cumbia Del Monte (Official Video)

World Circuit Records 2021-02-22 | Description:
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Cumbia, the music and the dance synonymous with Colombia, has been around almost since the 17th century. Today, it’s a badge of identity for Colombians everywhere, but is now also enjoying a global renaissance; filling dance floors and captivating a new generation of music fans.

Originally released by World Circuit as two separate albums – ‘Cumbia Cumbia’ in 1989 and ‘Cumbia Cumbia 2’ in 1993 - this collection brings together some of the greatest recordings made by Colombia’s legendary record label, Discos Fuentes, between 1954 and 1988.

Discos Fuentes was founded in Cartagena in 1934 by the visionary musician, arranger and producer, Antonio Lopez Fuentes. It was the first important record label in the country and grew into a company of immense significance for Colombian music, responsible for thousands of hits and scores of legendary singers and musicians over six decades. Fuentes hand-picked his musicians and singers then meticulously arranged, produced and recorded their music in-house.

This collection presents thirty of these three-minute-masterpieces, showcasing the gamut of styles that make up the distinctive and irresistible cumbia sound; a sound typified by a loping 2/4 gait and a pulsing rocksteady bassline, overlaid with heavy rural percussion, brass, accordion, clarinet, electric guitar and vocals. Disc 1 features a broad range of cumbia styles with recordings from 1960 through to 1988, whilst disc 2 digs further into the classics of the past focusing almost exclusively on the 1950s and 1960s.

Featuring cumbia’s biggest hits from Rudolfo y su Tipica, Gabriel Romero, Sonoro Dinamita and Armando Hernandez, ‘Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2’ is a flawless collection from the Golden Age of Cumbia.

Concept and animation by Oriane Rondeau.

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Toumani Diabaté And The London Symphony Orchestra - Haïnamady Town (Official Video)

World Circuit Records 2021-02-17 | Description:
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Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage.

Diabaté, a griot whose musical lineage stretches back generations, is well known as one of the most creative musicians on the African continent, and is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the iconic sound of the kora to worldwide audiences. No stranger to a genre-defying collaboration, he has recorded two Grammy-winning albums alongside desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, as well as projects with Taj Mahal, Björk, Béla Fleck, Damon Albarn and Afrocubism.

Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian musicians (including Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté), accompanied by the soaring presence of the LSO, in dedicated arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell.

The title bestowed by Diabaté on this unique and groundbreaking release, ‘Kôrôlén’, translates from the Mandinka language as ‘ancestral’ - a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western orchestral arrangements, resulting in an achingly beautiful and fresh Afro-neo-classical sound that will appeal to admirers of African, traditional and new classical, and ambient music.

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Afel Bocoum - Bombolo Liilo (2020 Rehearsal Performance)

World Circuit Records 2020-09-07 | Subscribe to World Circuit - worldcircuit.lnk.to/WCYouTubeID
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Named after the wild expanse near Bocoum’s hometown of Niafunké, ‘Lindé’ is a remarkable blend of deep tradition and audacious innovation. The album was recorded in Mali’s capital Bamako, and stitches together the age-old music of the Niger bend with styles from across the globe, boasting performances from a number of eminent Malian musicians including Madou Kouyaté, the late ‘Hama’ Sankaré and Madou Sidiki Diabaté, along with the drums of recently-departed Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, the trombone of Vin Gordon (Bob Marley / Skatalites) and the violin of Joan as Police Woman.

Traditional instruments like the ngoni, njurkele, kora and calabash blend with guitars, percussion and call-and-response vocals. The result is a gently undulating flow that emanates from a source hidden deep in the historical and mystical traditions of Bocoum’s native land, enriched along its way by musical tributaries and cross-currents. It’s music that rolls rather than rocks, graceful, unforced and minimal by design.

‘Lindé’ is also an album with a message – in the face of an uncertain and turbulent world, and a homeland struggling with jihad, poverty and tribal war, Afel Bocoum urges hope, solidarity and unity. “We have to meet each other, talk to each other, look each other in the eye and tell the truth,” Afel says. “If we’re not united, I can see no solution. Our social security is music. That’s all we’ve got left. People love music, so we have to make use of that fact.”

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Produced by Paul Chandler with Mark Mulholland.
Executive producers Damon Albarn & Nick Gold.

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Afel Bocoum - Djougal (Official Audio)

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Named after the wild expanse near Bocoum’s hometown of Niafunké, ‘Lindé’ is a remarkable blend of deep tradition and audacious innovation. The album was recorded in Mali’s capital Bamako, and stitches together the age-old music of the Niger bend with styles from across the globe, boasting performances from a number of eminent Malian musicians including Madou Kouyaté, the late ‘Hama’ Sankaré and Madou Sidiki Diabaté, along with the drums of recently-departed Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, the trombone of Vin Gordon (Bob Marley / Skatalites) and the violin of Joan as Police Woman.

Traditional instruments like the ngoni, njurkele, kora and calabash blend with guitars, percussion and call-and-response vocals. The result is a gently undulating flow that emanates from a source hidden deep in the historical and mystical traditions of Bocoum’s native land, enriched along its way by musical tributaries and cross-currents. It’s music that rolls rather than rocks, graceful, unforced and minimal by design.

‘Lindé’ is also an album with a message – in the face of an uncertain and turbulent world, and a homeland struggling with jihad, poverty and tribal war, Afel Bocoum urges hope, solidarity and unity. “We have to meet each other, talk to each other, look each other in the eye and tell the truth,” Afel says. “If we’re not united, I can see no solution. Our social security is music. That’s all we’ve got left. People love music, so we have to make use of that fact.”

#AfelBocoum #Djougal #Linde

Produced by Paul Chandler
with Mark Mulholland.
Executive producers Damon Albarn & Nick Gold.

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Afel Bocoum - Fari Intro (Official Audio)

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Named after the wild expanse near Bocoum’s hometown of Niafunké, ‘Lindé’ is a remarkable blend of deep tradition and audacious innovation. The album was recorded in Mali’s capital Bamako, and stitches together the age-old music of the Niger bend with styles from across the globe, boasting performances from a number of eminent Malian musicians including Madou Kouyaté, the late ‘Hama’ Sankaré and Madou Sidiki Diabaté, along with the drums of recently-departed Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, the trombone of Vin Gordon (Bob Marley / Skatalites) and the violin of Joan as Police Woman.

Traditional instruments like the ngoni, njurkele, kora and calabash blend with guitars, percussion and call-and-response vocals. The result is a gently undulating flow that emanates from a source hidden deep in the historical and mystical traditions of Bocoum’s native land, enriched along its way by musical tributaries and cross-currents. It’s music that rolls rather than rocks, graceful, unforced and minimal by design.

‘Lindé’ is also an album with a message – in the face of an uncertain and turbulent world, and a homeland struggling with jihad, poverty and tribal war, Afel Bocoum urges hope, solidarity and unity. “We have to meet each other, talk to each other, look each other in the eye and tell the truth,” Afel says. “If we’re not united, I can see no solution. Our social security is music. That’s all we’ve got left. People love music, so we have to make use of that fact.”

#AfelBocoum #FariIntro #Linde

Produced by Paul Chandler with Mark Mulholland.
Executive producers Damon Albarn & Nick Gold.

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Afel Bocoum - Fari Njungu (Official Audio)

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Named after the wild expanse near Bocoum’s hometown of Niafunké, ‘Lindé’ is a remarkable blend of deep tradition and audacious innovation. The album was recorded in Mali’s capital Bamako, and stitches together the age-old music of the Niger bend with styles from across the globe, boasting performances from a number of eminent Malian musicians including Madou Kouyaté, the late ‘Hama’ Sankaré and Madou Sidiki Diabaté, along with the drums of recently-departed Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, the trombone of Vin Gordon (Bob Marley / Skatalites) and the violin of Joan as Police Woman.

Traditional instruments like the ngoni, njurkele, kora and calabash blend with guitars, percussion and call-and-response vocals. The result is a gently undulating flow that emanates from a source hidden deep in the historical and mystical traditions of Bocoum’s native land, enriched along its way by musical tributaries and cross-currents. It’s music that rolls rather than rocks, graceful, unforced and minimal by design.

‘Lindé’ is also an album with a message – in the face of an uncertain and turbulent world, and a homeland struggling with jihad, poverty and tribal war, Afel Bocoum urges hope, solidarity and unity. “We have to meet each other, talk to each other, look each other in the eye and tell the truth,” Afel says. “If we’re not united, I can see no solution. Our social security is music. That’s all we’ve got left. People love music, so we have to make use of that fact.”

#AfelBocoum #FariNjungu #Linde

Produced by Paul Chandler with Mark Mulholland.
Executive producers Damon Albarn & Nick Gold.

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Afel Bocoum - Jaman Bisa (Official Audio)

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Afel Bocoum 'Lindé' out now: worldcircuit.lnk.to/AfelBocoumLinde

Named after the wild expanse near Bocoum’s hometown of Niafunké, ‘Lindé’ is a remarkable blend of deep tradition and audacious innovation. The album was recorded in Mali’s capital Bamako, and stitches together the age-old music of the Niger bend with styles from across the globe, boasting performances from a number of eminent Malian musicians including Madou Kouyaté, the late ‘Hama’ Sankaré and Madou Sidiki Diabaté, along with the drums of recently-departed Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, the trombone of Vin Gordon (Bob Marley / Skatalites) and the violin of Joan as Police Woman.

Traditional instruments like the ngoni, njurkele, kora and calabash blend with guitars, percussion and call-and-response vocals. The result is a gently undulating flow that emanates from a source hidden deep in the historical and mystical traditions of Bocoum’s native land, enriched along its way by musical tributaries and cross-currents. It’s music that rolls rather than rocks, graceful, unforced and minimal by design.

‘Lindé’ is also an album with a message – in the face of an uncertain and turbulent world, and a homeland struggling with jihad, poverty and tribal war, Afel Bocoum urges hope, solidarity and unity. “We have to meet each other, talk to each other, look each other in the eye and tell the truth,” Afel says. “If we’re not united, I can see no solution. Our social security is music. That’s all we’ve got left. People love music, so we have to make use of that fact.”

#AfelBocoum #JamanBisa #Linde

Produced by Paul Chandler with Mark Mulholland.
Executive producers Damon Albarn & Nick Gold.

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