[Music] Usnija Redžepova – Kazuj krčmo džerimo

October 1, 2015March 5, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

The Macedonian Gypsy singer Usnija Redžepova passed away today at the age of 69. I cannot say if she is related to her fellow Gypsy countrywoman, Esma, but when Usnija was young, she looked like Monica Belluci fronting a Roma band. RIP.

[Music] Kazik – Bourbon mnie wypełnia

October 1, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

After a considerable absence thanks to attending the Without Borders World Music Festival in Varna, Bulgaria, I return to posting a treat a day. Our latest comes from the band Kazik (Kazik Staszewski), who do wonders to the Tom Waits classic, Jockey Full of Bourbon.

[Music] Vassilis Tsabropoulos, Anja Lechner & U.T. Gandhi – Melos

September 21, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / 2 Comments

Vassilis Tsabropoulos and Anja Lechner represent the cream of the crop for ECM Records. U.T. Gandhi is a new name for me, and his percussion adds a fullness to this recording.

[Music] Werkbund – Haithabu

September 20, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Many thanks to my good friend Miodrag Cheza Stojanovic, who posts some of the most amazing experimental videos. Werkbund (alias of Uli Rehberg) were a German experimental/post-Industrial project who made some stunning cassettes and CDs in the 90s.

[Music] Ferdi Tayfur – Batan Güneş

September 19, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

I wish to thank my Google+ friend and colleague, Mehmet Hanedar, for always providing me with a glimpse into Turkish, Turkic and Central Asia music.

Today’s artist, Ferdi Tayfur, hails from Turkey and was seen as a leading light in Arabesque Music in the 1970s.

[Music] Andrea Parker – Nobody’s Perfect Vol. 3

September 18, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Andrea Parker produces something I hate calling trip-hop, as it seems so limiting. She’s on another plane in the world of electronica.

Track Listing:

1. 0:00 peripheral vision
2. 3:07 avocado drive
3. 6:16 control freak
4. 10:13 crash mat
5. 15:45 vector mode
6. 19:24 nuva beat
7. 24:20 troublesome
8. 26:00 digital domain
9. 32:05 allegorical
10. 38:58 giant massmantix
11. 42:28 27th ave
12. 45:54 barhomet
13. 48:53 overpass
14. 51:00 ramsek
15. 53:08 smash up
16. 56:31 coron data

[Music] Mihály Vig – Valuska

September 17, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Mihály Vig, former guitarist of the indie bands Trabant and Balaton, has moved on to doing a kind of cinematic minimalism. Very relaxed, in the vein of Philip Glass.

[Music] Ken Hyder’s Talisker – Close the Window and Keep It Down (1977)

September 15, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Ken Hyder is an incredible Scottish percussionist who has worked with some of the most interesting musicians in Great Britain, and as far away as Siberia. This is early material, thankfully reissued and available at Forced Exposure.