Kode9 Speaks on the release of “Black Sun” [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/12033810″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] It’s been 5 years since South London based duo Kode9 & the Spaceape’s debut album. On this new disc, named after Kode9’s influential 2009…
Disco get a rebirthing by Scotland’s Prolific DJ and Producer, Al Kent. MundoVibe Interviews Al Kent on his long history in dance music and his groundbreaking disco recordings and his Disco Love series on BBE Disco never died. Some 40…
Swedish Jazz Duo Koop Return With Koop Islands, a sentimental and sultry followup to Waltz For Koop By J.C. Tripp It’s a Friday night at Manhattan’s ultra-plush, Asian-themed Hiro Ballroom where Sweden’s electronic-jazz duo Koop have returned to peform after…
Interview by John C. Tripp JC Tripp: Your music has always inspired me, so it’s nothing new. But I think it’s a new direction for you, as a person who is expressing yourself to humanity. I don’t want to use…
The worthy successor to Ali Farka Touré. — Bassekou Kouyaté Mali’s Sidi Touré sings the traditions of his Malian culture and beyond on his Thrill Jockey debut “Sahel Folk” [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/9708322″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Sidi Touré made his first guitar as…
An exclusive Mundovibe interview with Tortured Soul Interview by J.C. Tripp Rose and violet lights fall on three musicians decked out sleekly in skinny ties, pressed slacks, and starched white shirts. The mass of bodies gathered before them pulsates with…
Kode9 Speaks on the release of “Black Sun” BY JOHN C. TRIPP It’s been 5 years since South London based duo Kode9 & the Spaceape’s debut album. On this new disc, named after Kode9’s influential 2009 single Black Sun, the…
BY JOHN C. TRIPP There’s a gentle, organic and soulful spirit to Nostalgia 77’s fourth studio album “The Sleepwalking Society”. With vocalist Josa Peit giving a wistful and heartfelt voice to the band leader Benedic Lamdin’s organic compositions it’s an…
San Francisco’s Brazilian Music Scene Peter Nicholson reports on the Latin-Brazilian meltdown There are many stories about the origins of house music, but all accounts acknowledge the influence of black and Puerto Rican communities on the beginnings of a sound…