The Dread Zone: June 21, 2021

William Onyeabor – “Fantastic Man” (Who is William Onyeabor?) Luaka Bop Records

Bubba Thomas and the Lightmen Plus One – “The Phantom” (Funky 16 Corners) Now Again Records

YesKing – “Just Like Me” (Rerecord, Not Fade Away)

Moonshine – “Tibo Tisipa” (SMS for Location, V. 4) – new release!!!

Brian Jackson – “Mars Walk” (Jazz is Dead 8) Jazz is Dead – new release!!!

Michael Prophet – “Turn them Around” (Gunman) Greensleeves Records

Mikey Dread feat the Clash – “Armagedeon Time” (Live: From Here to Eternity) 

Funky Destination – “The Frequency of Liberation” (Revolution is only solution) 

Charlie Parker – “Hot Blues/Cool Blues”  (In a Soulful Mood)

Oscar Brown, Jr. – “Forty Acres and a Mule” (Mr. Brown Goes to Washington) Verve Records

Cody Chesnutt – “Upstarts Waiting for the Blowout” (Headphone Masterpiece) Ready, Set Go Records

Mndsgn – “Divine Hand 2” (Rare Pleasure) Stones Throw Records – new release!!!

Sons of Kemet – “For the Culture” (Black to the Future) Impulse Records – new release!!!

Sun Palace – “Soul Vibes” (Raw Palace) 

The Revolutionaries – “Tivoli Skank” (Drum Sounds) Pressure Sounds

Kamasi Washington – “Final Thought” (Epic)

Cocheama – “Burning Plain” (Vol. 2 Baca Sewa)

Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – “Cup” (Fill the Heart-Shaped Cup)

Carlos Nino and Friends – “Please Wake Up a Little Faster, Please” (More Energy Fields, Current) International Anthem Records – new release!!!

Jamie Branch – “Theme 001” (Fly or Die: Live) International Anthem Records – new release!!!

Balkan Taksim – “Mortu” (Disko Telegraf) Buda Musique Records – new release!!!

Delfonics feat. Adrian Younge – “Lover’s Medley” (Delfonics) Linear Labs Records

Infinite Spirit Music – “Rasta” (Live Without Fear) Jazzman Records

World’s Experience Orchestra – “Black Woman” (As Time Flows On) Now Again Records

 

 

The Dread Zone: June 14, 2021

Cultural Roots – “Love Feeling” (Hell a Go Pop) Greensleeves Records

Joao Donato – “Sue Beleza e Beleza” (Jazz Is Dead 7) Jazz Is Dead – new release!!!

Mndsgn – “Rare Pleasure 3” (Rare Pleasure) Stones Throw Records – new release!!!

Bunny Wailer – “Bide Up” (Blackheart Man) Island Records

Black Roots – “Nothing in the Larder” (single) Nubian Records – new release!!!

Alborosie and Wailing Souls – “Life to Live” (For the Culture) VP Records – new release!!!

Coleman Hawkins – “Almost Dawn” (The Hawk Swings)

Alias – “Full Circle Blues” (Muted) Anticon Records

Chip Wickam – “Rebel No. 23” (single) Wah Wah 45

Kamasi Washington – “Rhythm Changes” (Epic) Brainfeeder Records

Moses Boyd – “Paralax” (Time and Space) Bandcamp

Noah Howard – “Creole Girl” (Live in Europe V. 1) 

Sons of Kemet – “Throughout the Madness, Stay Strong” (Black to the Future) Impulse Records – live!!!

Techno Animal – “Hypertension” (Brotherhood of the Bomb) Matador Records

Michael Prophet – “Love and Unity” (Gunman/Righteous are the Conqueror) Greensleeves Records

Alpha and Omega – “Crying Dub” (Songs from the Mountain) 

Jungle – “Talk About It” (single) XL Recordings – new release!!!

Rudy Norman – “Back to the Streets” (Flying Mojito Bros Dub Remix) – new release!!!

Doug Carn – “Jihad” (Revelation) Black Jazz Records

Jamie Branch – “23 n Me: Jupiter Redux” (Fly or Die Live) International Anthem Records – new release!!!

Mikey Dread – “Break Down the Walls” (WW3) Greensleeves

Culture – “Calling Rastafari” (Two Sevens Clash) 

Burning Spear – “Follow Marcus Garvey” (Hail H.I.M.) 

Donald Byrd – “Love’s So Far Away” (Pulp Fusion)

David Axelrod – “The Shadow Knows” (David Axelrod) Mo Wax Records

The Dread Zone: May 31, 2021

DJ Spooky – “Lingua Ex Machina” (Celestial Mix) Thirsty Ear

Meat Beat Manifesto – “Travelogue” (Celestial Mix) Thirsty Ear

Moses Boyd – “Creepin’ with Max” (Tribute to our Fathers) Bandcamp

Pan Sonic – “Vapina” [background music during back-announce] (Kulma) Mute

Dean Frasier – “Flat Bridge” (single) Tad’s Records – new release!!!

Alborosie and Collie Budzz – “Ginal” (single) – new release!!!

Phonosonics – “Beautiful Things” (single) Independent – new release!!!

Clinton Fearon – “Rich Man Poor Man” 

Sons of Kemet – “Envision Yourself Levitating” (Black to the Future) Impulse Records – new release!!!

Robert Finley – “I Can Feel Your Pain” (Sharecropper’s Son) Easy Eye Sound/Concord Records – new release!!!

Nina Simone – “Sinnerman” (Verve Unmixed 2) Verve Records

Los Retros – “Moon Ride” (Looking Back) Stones Throw Records – new release!!!

Four Tet + Burial – “Wolf Club” [back-announce music] Hyperdub

Pachyman – “Big Energy” (single) ATO Records – new release!!!

Noah House of Dread – “Stand Firm in Dub” 

Master Plan, Inc. – “You” (Master Plan, Inc.) Jazzman Records

Adrian Younge – “Rafelli Chase” (Black Dynamite Soundtrack) Linear Labs Records

Nightports and Betamax – “Sated” (Nightports and Betamax) Leaf Records

Joao Donato – “Nao Negue Seu Coracao” (Jazz is Dead 7) Jazz is Dead – new release!!!

Unkle – “Invasion” (Never Never Land) 

Balkin Taksim – “Zalina” (Disko Telegraf) – new release!!!

Archie Shepp – “Blues for Brother George Jackson” (Attica Blues)

The Expansions – “Dragonfly” (Murmurs)