蜜芽传媒

Charlie places new and old side by side this week and does so in a way which might give you a new sense of musical continuity across the decades: there is simple juxtaposition of a historic rembetika recording from Greece with a new remix of very similar music by the playfully named Imam Baildi; there are a couple of rather more subtle hybrids where Jamaican reggae meets UK club music and where Balkan caf茅 band takes on a slight veneer of the Viennese avant-garde; and then there are two Kenyan tracks, one in the traditional tarab style and the other an up-to-date urban recording which nevertheless features the sounds of a few ancient European instruments alongside the usual modern electronics. To finish with: instrumental virtuosity from the Joubran brothers, heirs to a long and distinguished musical lineage yet playing unmistakably for a 21st-century audience.

Tracks played in this week's show

Country: Jamaica/UK
Title: Watch We
Artist: Horace Andy/ Ashley Beedle
CD Title: Inspiration Information, Vol. 2
Label: Strut
Cat. Number: STRUT041CD

Country: Austria
Title: Dolsko Kolsko
Artist: Ahilea
CD Title: Caf茅 Svetlana
Label: Essay
Cat. Number: AY CD 20

Country: Greece
Title: Merakli Rast Manes (Let Me Burn)
Artist: Roza Eskenazi
CD Title: Rembetika 2 - More of the Secret History of Greece's Underground Music
Label: JSP
Cat. Number: JSP77105B

Country: Kenya
Title: Mtindo Wa Mombasa
Artist: Zein Musical Party
CD Title: The Style of Mombasa
Label: Globestyle
Cat. Number: CDORB 066

Country: Kenya
Title: Giriama
Artist: Stan Nganga
CD Title: Kenya Debut
Label: Uptoyou
Cat. Number: up2u 0003

Country: Greece
Title: O Pasatebos
Artist: Imam Baildi
CD Title: Imam Baildi
Label: Capitol
Cat. Number: 5099923680425

Country: Palestine
Title: Mas芒r
Artist: Le Trio Joubran
CD Title: Maj芒z
Label: Randana
Cat. Number: RAND 002

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