Michalis Ar
OHMA - Between all things (Colorfield Records)
Long story short. Colorfield Records is a very fresh and funky new label from the Los Angeles specializing in Ambient Jazz and Electronic...
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Michalis Ar
- Oct 8
- 1 min
Pharoah Sanders - With a Heartbeat
Everybody loves Pharoah. Pharoah is King. He was the King of all pharaohs, full stop. Not only because his sax was fuming and smoking and...
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Michalis Ar
- May 14
- 1 min
John Haycock & John Ellis - Didymus
John and John. Double Goosebump Alert. Haycock on one side, a masterful kora player with electronic sizzles on his palate. Ellis,on the...
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Michalis Ar
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Kelan Phil Cohran And Legacy - African Skies
There are some albums that have so many stories to write about. And there are some albums that you just have to listen. This is one of...
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Michalis Ar
- Feb 19
- 1 min
Harold Budd - The Pavilion Of Dreams
It feels like a film movie. The whole thing. From the majestic and mystic album title, to the tone and style of music, this is an...
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Michalis Ar
- Dec 23, 2022
- 1 min
2022 GREATEST OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS 2022
(13 gems, no particular order) 1. Alabaster DePlume - Gold 2.Makaya Mccraven-In These Times 3.Leland Whitty-Anyhow 4.Lambchop- The Bible...
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Michalis Ar
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
Black Renaisance- Body, Mind And Spirit (Luv N'Haight)
This is where it started for me. A black spiritual jazz journey that keeps on and keeping on till today. The concept. Harry Whitaker (the...
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Michalis Ar
- Sep 14, 2022
- 1 min
Ralph Heidel - Modern Life (KRYPTOX)
I am a sucker for really weird album covers, but if you manage to make one that's both strange and also misleading to what you're about...
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Michalis Ar
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
Piero Umiliani- Paesaggi
Piero Umiliani. The doppelganger "Ennio Morricone" you never knew existed. Equally inspiring as Ennio, but much more adventurous in his...
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Michalis Ar
- Jan 22, 2022
- 1 min
Nina Simone - It is Finished (RCA)
I don't usually take interest on live albums. I mean, sound is always mediocre, live shows are for the ones taking part, and most times...
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Michalis Ar
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
Jaubi - Nafs At Peace (Astigmatic Records)
Well, meeting Tenderlonious on a cold night 4 years ago inside the place that was gonna be and still is the anchorage of the New London...
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Michalis Ar
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
Ahmed Fakroun - Ahmed Fakroun (PMG)
Habibi is an Arabic word that literally means “my love” (sometimes also translated as “my dear,” “my darling,” or “beloved.”) Fakroun's...
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Michalis Ar
- Sep 5, 2021
- 1 min
Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah (India Navigation)
Summer's over. New Corona waves start waving around the globe. Stress, psychosomatic issues, fear for the future. Which can only mean one...
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Michalis Ar
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
NCY MILKY BAND - BURN' IN (BMM RECORDS)
SO, NCY IS NOT NYC, IT'S NANCY, PLACE OF ORIGIN OF THESE YOUNG JAZZSTERS. BUT, WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS? MAYBE THE EXCITEMENT?...
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Alexia
- Jul 11, 2021
- 1 min
José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz - Lua Ki Di Nos (Hot Mule)
This is an album which makes you nostalgic. About what, you may not know. You may not (you won’t) even understand what the lyrics are...
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Michalis Ar
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
Shake Stew - Gris Gris
Shake Stew. It's not a stew but it does shake. Well, yes, name is kinda of a letdown. Stews are Austrian.From Vienna. And they rock....
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Michalis Ar
- Mar 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Gentleman Losers - Permanently Midnight
Wish I could talk about the Losers for days and days. Their hypnotic, mystic soundz contain multitudes of layers upon layers. Theiir...
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Michalis Ar
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Witch - Lukombo Vibes (Now Again)
We Intend to Cause Havoc! If that's not a powerful mission statement, then what is. Wikipedia's def of Zamrock is "a musical genre that...
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Michalis Ar
- Feb 7, 2021
- 1 min
Devin Brahja Waldman - Brahja (RR GEMS)
How do you know a record is a future gem? Well, other than waiting like a 5 year old for the vinyl reissue for over a year, other than...
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Michalis Ar
- Nov 22, 2020
- 1 min
Kyriakos Sfetsas - Greek Fusion Orchestra Vol.1 (Teranga Beat)
"Greekness" is something we, the new generation of Greeks, try to avoid adopting. We seem to not be proud of our heritage and ,hence,...
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Michalis Ar
- Nov 15, 2020
- 1 min
Kibrom Birhane - Circles
Oh Kibrom man. What a magnificent array of music history you possess. Ethiopian Folk Music, what a better ingredient to spice it up and...
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Michalis Ar
- Oct 11, 2020
- 1 min
Fabriano Fuzion - Cosmik Sindika (BeauMonde Records)
Finding beauty in music is like discovering a new part of your psyche you never knew existed. It fills your mind with ecstatic thoughts...
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Michalis Ar
- Sep 20, 2020
- 1 min
Greg Foat - The Mage (AOTN)
An impossible artist, Greg Foat, what with his various musical outfits and his array of genres circulating across the jazz holosphere,...
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Michalis Ar
- Sep 8, 2020
- 1 min
Piero Umiliani - Continente Nero (Dagored)
Remember the Muppet Show? Mah Na, Mah Na, tu , tu, tu ru ru. Kinda. Well, this is the guy who wrote the theme song. But he also composed...
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Alexia
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Yishak Banjaw - Love Songs Vol. 2 (Teranga Beat)
Bubbly, spacey, universal Ethiopian electronica from the 1980s. This album marries folk music to loopy psychedelic beats and...
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Michalis Ar
- Aug 5, 2020
- 1 min
Ichiro Fujiya and Takeshi Kurihara - Elephant and a Barbar (Musilogue)
Smooth. Mellow. Jazzy Mellon. Hidden gem of an amazing collab between two tremendous musicians, a dialogue of colourful melodies in a...
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Michalis Ar
- Jul 15, 2020
- 1 min
Pedrinho - Aleluia (Mar & Sol)
Googling Pedrinho will get you results of a football player I had never heard of. But if you search deeper, you might find this crazy...
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Michalis Ar
- Jul 3, 2020
- 1 min
Eiji Nakayama- Aya's Samba (Johnny's Disk Record)
This album is the reason why It's Fluffy exists. To resurface gems from the past and music brilliance from the present that's hidden in...
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Alexia
- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min
Mamman Sani - Unreleased Tapes 1981-1984 (Sahel Sounds)
There is a sweetness to this album so moving, it ripples through the skin. Mamman Sani's Unreleased Tapes 1981-1984 turns a centuries-old...
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Michalis Ar
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
Black Savage - Something for Someone (EMI)
Kenya, 1976. A revolution in society. This short-lived, but exceptional band creates a transfixing album, infused with the atmosphere of...
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Michalis Ar
- May 10, 2020
- 1 min
Resavoir – Resavoir (International Anthem)
Melodies surround you, grooves blind you, compositions arranged with care. Jazz music like you've never heard it before. Accessible to...
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Michalis Ar
- May 10, 2020
- 1 min
Gigi Masin – Wind (The Bear on the Moon Records)
Slow-building, lemony snippets of smooth, sax-driven electronica. Masin conducts his machine beautifully and with the right doses of the...
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