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• Luaka Bop announces World Spirituality Classics 2 – The Time For Peace Is Now
• Aurora Halal, Debit and Lafawndah announced for New Forms Festival 2019
• Purple Tape Pedigree to release new album from interdisciplinary artist YATTA
• Forest Drive West and Pugilist featured on Whities Blue 05 & 06
• Scratcha DVA and KG blend gqom with UK funky on Touch EP
• Eclair Fifi launches new label, River Rapid, with Afrodeutsche EP
• Donato Dozzy’s latest album was made using only an EMS Synthi AKS
• Pharmakon explores self-destructive desires on Devour

Luaka Bop announces World Spirituality Classics 2 – The Time For Peace Is Now Posted: 09 Jul 2019 10:01 AM PDT Originally published by The Vinyl Factory. Seventies-era gospel soul gems. Luaka Bop have announced the next instalment in their World Spirituality Classics series, The Time For Peace Is Now, out September 13. Founded by David Byrne, Luaka Bop is the label behind releases form artists including Alice Coltrane, Os Mutantes, and William Onyeabor. The Time For Peace Is Now, the second volume in the World Spirituality Classics series, following on from Alice Coltrane's The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitanandaour favourite reissue of 2017. The Time For Peace Is Now was compiled by soul DJ Greg Belson, and includes special essays from New York Times author Jonathan Lethem, gospel expert Robert F. Darden and Pastor Keith L. Whitney. The compilation captures a snapshot of a unique period within gospel music, when a secular strain of the genre sprung up towards the end of the music's first golden age, post-WWII. Largely unearthed from obscure 45s found across the American south, the collection presents a "subset of seventies-era gospel, focusing not on Jesus or God, but instead on ourselves, and how we exist with each other." Head here for more info, and check out the tracklist below. Tracklist: 01. The Little Shadows – ‘Time For Peace’ 02. Rev. Harvey Gates – ‘It's Hard To Live In This Old World’ 03. The Floyd Family Singers – ‘That's A Sign Of The Times’ 04. Willie Scott & The Birmingham Spirituals – ‘Keep Your Faith To The Sky’ 05. James Bynum – ‘We Are In Need’ 06. The Religious Souls – ‘Condition The World Is In’ 07. The Triumphs – ‘We Don't Love Enough’ 08. The Gospel I.Q.'s – ‘Peace In The Land’ 09. Staples Jr. Singers – ‘We Got A Race To Run’ 10. The Soul Stirrers – ‘I'm Trying To Be Your Friend’ 11. Willie Dale – ‘Let Your Light Shine’ 12. Rev. Harvey Gates – ‘Price Of Love’ 13. The Mighty Reverlaires – ‘Sunshine After Every Rain’ 14. The William Singers – ‘Don't Give Up’ Read next: The 25 best albums of the last three months – April to June 2019 The post Luaka Bop announces <em>World Spirituality Classics 2 – The Time For Peace Is Now</em> appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..

Aurora Halal, Debit and Lafawndah announced for New Forms Festival 2019 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:39 AM PDT The Canadian festival comes through with one of the year’s most exciting lineups. Aurora Halal, Debit and Lafawndah are just some of the artists that have been announced for New Forms Festival 2019, which takes place on September 25 – 29 across various venues in Vancouver. They will join a whole host of FACT favorites including Afrodeutsche, Ciel, D. Tiffany, Dis Fig, DJ Marcelle, Giant Swan, House of Kenzo, Kampire, LSDXOXO, Via App and many, many more. The festival will also host a label residency with New York’s PTP (Purple Tape Pedigree), featuring appearances from Dreamcrusher, King Vision Ultra, Yatta and Lana Del Rabies. A limited number of festival passes and weekend passes are available now. Check out the full list of acts announced below. New Forms Festival 2019: Aaron Clark (DJ) (Pittsburgh, US / Honcho) Afrodeutsche (DJ) (Manchester, UK / NTS, Skam) Aurora Halal (live) (NYC, US / Mutual Dreaming) Baby Blue (live) (Vancouver, CA / s.M.i.L.e) Bianca Lexis (DJ) (Los Angeles, US / NTS, Dublab) Ciel (DJ) (Toronto, CA / Discwoman, Parallel Minds) Clark Price (DJ) (Pittsburgh, US / Honcho) D.Tiffany (live) (Montreal, CA / Planet Euphorique) Debby Friday (live) (Vancouver, CA / Deathbomb Arc) Debit (live) (Mexico City, MX / NYC, US / NAAFI) Diana Boss (DJ) (Vancouver, CA) Dis Fig (live) (Berlin, DE / NYC / PTP) DJ Marcelle (DJ) (Amsterdam, NL / Jah Moni) Dreamcrusher (live) (NYC, US / PTP) Giant Swan (live) (Bristol, UK / Whities) Ginger Breaker (live) (Montreal, CA / Booma Collective) House of Kenzo (live) (Houston, US / Halcyon Veil) Jade Statues (live) (Vancouver, CA / s.M.i.L.e) Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste (live) (NYC / PTP) Kampire (DJ) (Kampala, Uganda / Boutiq Electroniq + Nyege Nyege) King Vision Ultra (live) (NYC / PTP) KK Null (Japan) & Balazs Pandi (Hungary) (collab, live) Lafawndah (live) (London / Egypt / Concordia) Lana del Rabies (live) (Phoenix, US / PTP / Deathbomb Arc) LSDXOXO (DJ) (Berlin, DE / Floorgasm) Minimal Violence (live) (Vancouver, CA / Technicolor) Nene H (live) (Berlin, DE / Intrepid Skin) Overland (DJ) (Vancouver, CA / Naive, Sweat Equity) Prado (live) (Vancouver, CA) 破地獄/Scattered Purgatory (live) (Taipei, TW / Guruguru Brain) Sherelle (DJ) (London / Reprezent) They/Them DJ (DJ) (Los Angeles, US / Directory) Venetta (DJ) (Vancouver, CA / NuZiI) Via App (live) (NYC / PTP) x/o (live a/v) (Vancouver, CA / s.M.i.L.e) Yatta (live) (NYC / PTP) Zero Kama presents BARDO MUZAK (Vienna / AV world premiere, exclusive) Ziibiwan (live) (Toronto, CA) Read next: LAFAWNDAH Finds Her Language The post Aurora Halal, Debit and Lafawndah announced for New Forms Festival 2019 appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..

Purple Tape Pedigree to release new album from interdisciplinary artist YATTA Posted: 09 Jul 2019 08:48 AM PDT WAHALA arrives on August 2. Next up on Purple Tape Pedigree is the new album from YATTA, described by the label as “an interdisciplinary artist, digipoet, and musician.” WAHALA “is about being black, being trans, and being African on foreign land”, and sees the artist improvising over foreboding drone loops and experimental instrumentals. “It’s about the tension, splitting, mania, psychosis, and depression that work like a symphony of Bop It!s to keep me alive”, continues YATTA. “It's cyclical. It’s meant to be played in bed, and then at the club, and then walking down the street, and then back in bed.” WAHALA arrives on August 2 and is available to pre-order now. Check out the album artwork and tracklist below. Tracklist: 01. ‘A Lie’ 02. ‘Blues’ 03. ‘Cowboys’ 04. ‘Bliss’ 05. ‘Rollin’ 06. ‘Sullivan Place’ 07. ‘Francis’ 08. ‘Galaxies’ 09. ‘IWDFG’ 10. ‘Shine’ 11. ‘Underwater, Now’ Read next: 20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear from June 2019 The post Purple Tape Pedigree to release new album from interdisciplinary artist YATTA appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..

Forest Drive West and Pugilist featured on Whities Blue 05 & 06 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 07:27 AM PDT Nic Tasker’s blue label series is back. Forest Drive West and Pugilist are the latest artists to be featured as part of Whities' blue label series. Blue 05 sees Forest Drive West contributing two slow-burning, bass-heavy excursions into murky techno, while on Blue 06 Pugilist experiments with dubby textures and dense, layered percussion over three tracks. Last year’s instalment of Whities Blue featured tracks from Laksa, E-Talking, upsammy and BFTT. This year the label has released essential projects from Bambounou, Rupert Clervaux and Leif. Whities Blue 05 & 06 will both be released on July 19 and are available to pre-order now. Check out the artwork and tracklists of both releases below. Whities Blue 05 tracklist: A1. ‘Other’ B1. ‘Time’ A1. ‘Descendent’ B1. ‘Undulate’ B2. ‘Encrypted’ Read next: The 25 best albums of the last three months – April to June 2019 The post Forest Drive West and Pugilist featured on <em>Whities Blue 05</em> & <em>06</em> appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..

Scratcha DVA and KG blend gqom with UK funky on Touch EP Posted: 09 Jul 2019 07:10 AM PDT Listen to the title track now. Producer and vocalist KG, aka Karen Nyame, has teamed up with Scratcha DVA, appearing here under his Scratchclart alias, for a new EP. Touch sees the producers mixing a heady blend of UK funky and gqom over four tracks –  listen to ‘Touch’ now. The release arrives off the back of Scratcha’s incredible collaboration with Lady Lykez, which was released back in May and was featured in our list of the best music from the last three months. Touch is out this Friday (July 12) via Hyperdub. Check out the cover art and tracklist below. Tracklist: 01. ‘Touch’ 02. ‘Strings of Death’ 03. ‘Baga Drmz’ 04. ‘Touch’ [Reprise] Read next: 20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear from June 2019 The post Scratcha DVA and KG blend gqom with UK funky on <em>Touch</em> EP appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..

Eclair Fifi launches new label, River Rapid, with Afrodeutsche EP Posted: 09 Jul 2019 07:08 AM PDT Listen to a new track, ‘Make The Call’, now. LuckyMe affiliate and NTS regular Eclair Fifi has launched her own label, River Rapid. First up on the new imprint is an EP from Afrodeutsche, aka producer Henrietta Smith-Rolla, which features four “raw hardware driven tracks” that “evoke classic Rephlex in the same breath as Underground Resistance”. “I was listening to a lot of Afro-beat & Jazz, which undoubtedly influenced the pace of it”, explains the producer of ‘Make The Call’. “All the different parts were jammed live and kept ‘as is’ to preserve all of the wonkiness.” RR001 arrives on July 26 via River Rapid and is available to pre-order now. Check out the cover art and tracklist below. Tracklist:  01. ‘I Know Not What I Do’ 02. ‘Make the Call’ 03. ‘Drink’ 04. ‘Phase Two’ Read next: 7 must-hear mixes from June 2019 The post Eclair Fifi launches new label, River Rapid, with Afrodeutsche EP appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..

Donato Dozzy’s latest album was made using only an EMS Synthi AKS Posted: 09 Jul 2019 04:01 AM PDT One of three new works to be released as part of Grand River’s One Instrument series. Indonesian experimental artist Fahmi Mursyid, Italian jazz vibraphonist Alessandro Di Puccio and Spazio Disponibile boss Donato Dozzy are the latest artists to contribute to Grand River’s One Instrument series, in which artists are challenged to make music using one instrument only, mainly in one take, with no samples and no effects other than reverb. Donato Dozzy’s contribution is a 38-minute composition made using only a EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer while Alessandro Di Puccio’s piece features three one-take vibraphone tracks recorded 18 years ago. Finally, Fahmi Mursyid explores the music of the island of Java over six tracks, each made using a single traditional Sudanese instrument. Fahmi Mursyid’s One Instrument Sessions arrives on September 6, while Alessandro Di Puccio and Donato Dozzy’s contributions arrive on November 1 and December 6 respectively. Check out the cover art and tracklists for all three releases below. Fahmi Mursyid – One Instrument Sessions tracklist: 01. ‘Hening (Saron)’ 02. ‘Wirama (Kendang)’ 03. ‘Denting (Rösler Piano 50's)’ 04. ‘Halaman (Karinding)’ 05. ‘Dentum (Bonang)’ 06. ‘Alunan (Pan Flute)’ Alessandro Di Puccio – One Instrument Sessions tracklist: 01. ‘Autumn Jig’ 02. ‘Wandering’ 03. ‘Transparent Shapes’ Donato Dozzy – One Instrument Sessions tracklist: 01. ‘Slow Train Part 1 (EMS Synthi AKS)’ 02. ‘Slow Train Part 2 (EMS Synthi AKS)’ Read next: 8 classic synths that are crying out to be reissued The post Donato Dozzy’s latest album was made using only an EMS Synthi AKS appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..

Pharmakon explores self-destructive desires on Devour Posted: 09 Jul 2019 02:47 AM PDT “To be well adjusted in this system is to be oblivious and unfeeling.” Margaret Chardiet, aka Pharmakon, is back with her fourth album for Sacred Bones. According to the artist, Devour “uses self-cannibalization as allegory for the self-destructive nature of humans” and sees Chardiet using her unique blend of power electronics, industrial noise and soul-baring vocal performances to explore the fallibility of the human race. “To be well adjusted in this system is to be oblivious and unfeeling”, says Chardiet. “This is for the rest of us, who understand that chaos, madness, pain and even self-destruction are natural and inevitable responses to an unjust and disgusting world of our own making.” The album was recorded by Uniform's Ben Greenberg and is the first Pharmakon album to be recorded live, with sides A and B presented as continuous takes with vocals from start to finish. Devour arrives on August 30 and is available to pre-order now. Check out the album teaser, the album artwork and the tracklist, below. Tracklist: 01. ‘Homeostasis’ 02. ‘Spit It Out’ 03. ‘Self-Regulating System’ 04. ‘Deprivation’ 05. ‘Pristine Panic / Cheek By Jowl’ Read next: The 20 best industrial and EBM records ever made The post Pharmakon explores self-destructive desires on <em>Devour</em> appeared first on FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music..