A recording session from the Nesidu-l-Huda troupe of Sufi singers from Bosnia, made in 1996 in Geneva. The majority of the music for the troupe is provided by the Varaki brothers, whose grandfather was a dervish in the Rufa'i sect. The music is really outstanding, as the vocals come in two varieties: the solo singer with a mildly wavering voice over the top of the accompanying percussion, and the powerful driving chorus that runs everywhere the solo singer isn't performing. It is the combination of this...   [ read more ]

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There's a huge range of Hindu devotional music in the Indian state of Kerala, which sits on the Arabian Sea, separated from the rest of the subcontinent by mountains. In that isolation, the music has taken on interesting tones; some traditions, like the massive percussion orchestras or the use of the C-shaped horn called the kombu, have remained almost static, while the singing in the temples can sometimes offer a mix of Arab and Indian styles that's definitely beguiling. To hear the kombus playing, howeve...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Limited Edition! Comes with unique silk screened covers and is numbered out of 300! On Are We Not Horses Toronto-based, seven piece indie-folk ensemble Rock Plaza Central uses traditional instrumentation to sketch visions of an apocalyptic future where angels battle humans and a race of robotic horses falls into existential crisis. Guitar, violin, banjo, drums, bass and horns combine to bring to mind the psych-folk of Neutral Milk Hotel as well as the casual country-soul of The Band. Culled f...   [ read more ]

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