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Bamboo Twist

05.04.13

Come Here Cambo

My love affair with Cambodian music started by listening to Dengue Fever many moons ago. Through them, I was introduced to the wonderful world of Cambodian psychedelic rock, pop, and folk that was flourishing before the Khmer Rouge. Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Sereysothea are two of the most prominent and prolific artists of their time along with Pan Ron, Houy Meas, and other artists that made it into this compilation. Sadly, most, if not all, of these talented musicians disappeared during the reign of Khmer Rouge. Such a tremendous loss for the country's most treasured talents. Come Here Cambo serves as a homage to the eclectic Cambodian sound in the 60's and 70's, in addition to Dengue Fever rounding off the selection by covering Genjer Genjer, a controversial Indonesian song relating to communism back in the days. 01. Sra Mouy Keo (A Glass of Wine) - Ros Sereysothea 02. Chnam Oun Dop-PramMuy (I'm 16) - Ros Sereysothea 03. Jam 10 Kia Tiet / Wait Ten More Months - Ros Sereysothea 04. Ma Pee Noke Moke Pee Na / From Where - Sinn Sisamouth 05. Kal Oun Neang Rom Twist - Sinn Sisamouth 06. Rom Jongvak Twist / Dance Twist - Pan Ron 07. Jombang Jet - Pan Ron 08. Twiss! Twiss! Knyom - Chum Kem 09. Balliam Baliao - Chum Kem 10. Barn Joun Bong Mean Snaeh - Houy Meas 11. Reatrey Nis Mek Sroh Lah - Houy Meas 12. Sou Slarp Kroam Kombut Srey - Rather Die Under the Woman's Sword - Yol Alaorang + Tuk 13. Yuvajon Kouge Jet / Broken Heart Man - Yol Alaorang 14. Kor Ka Ke key - Meas Samon 15. Ka Ko Ka - Meas Samon 16. Bar Bong Min Matha - Mao Sareth 17. Pruos Nov Srolanh - Mao Sareth 18. Genjer Genjer (Live Groupee Session) - Dengue Fever

Fat Cat Ffonz

02.04.13

Empat

Fat Cat Ffonz returns with volume four, featuring a mixed bag of goodies, from some Brazilian jazz, various types of deep/jazz house, jazz-funk and a special 23-minute live killer from Pharoah Sanders himself. Suitable for finger snapping, head bopping, chin stroking or all of the above. 01. Sergio Mendes – Primitivo 02. Tribe – Ride 03. St. Germain – Rose Rouge 04. Rick Wilhite – What Do You See? 05. Moodymann – Runaway 06. Theo Parrish – Flip The Funk Out 07. Roy Ayers – We Live In Brooklyn 08. Mo Kolours – Mini Culcha 09. Skream – Summer Dreams 10. The Detroit Experiment – Think Twice 11. Pharaoh Sanders – Doktor Pitt

Cliff Notes

26.03.13

Jonathan ‘Ojon’ Kusuma

It would be wise and accurate to label Jonathan ‘Ojon’ Kusuma as one of the modern pioneers of Indonesian electronic music. Through his partnership with Aryo Adhianto they formed Space System, one of Jakarta’s most respected electronic/disco/house/psych groups, which saw their records released on Glasgow’s Optimo Music and Italy’s Pizzico Records. Having had experience in playing metal, punk and electro-disco as well as having a sizeable record collection, Ojon has also recently established one of Jakarta’s best online vinyl stores, Akamady Music. To listen to Ojon spin his favourite records, do head down to W_Music’s Cliff Notes Vol.4.

Soundclass

22.03.13

David Tarigan

David Tarigan is a walking music wikipedia who is currently working on an Encyclopedia of Indonesian music from 1950s and up. He is also the man who is responsible in producing the immaculate LPs of one of our favourite bands, White Shoes And The Couple Company. Here, we get properly schooled about music and how we ought to spend our time in elementary school!!! Playlist: 01. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever dan Rain 02. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Carry On 03. The Velvet Underground - Run Run Run 04. The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner 05. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro

Fat Cat Ffonz

08.03.13

Tiga (feat. Moustapha Spliff)

It has finally happened! Fat Cat Ffonz and his long-time partner in crime Moustapha Spliff have teamed up together for a long crazy night of hazy mixtape making for W_Music. As one might expect, the result is a mish-mash of sounds: psychedelic ballads, middle-eastern funk, Japanese house, freaky disco, Frank Zappa, weird Dutch poetry (thanks to James Pants) and pretty much everything in between. Enjoy people! 01. Fat Cat Ffonz x Moustapha Intro with Captain Beefheart 02. Albert Band - Ella Tiene El Cabello Runio 03. Shamaizadeh - Hard Groove 04. James Pants - Pregnant Rainbows For Colorblind Dreamers & Strange Girl 05. Ino Hidefumi - Cosmocology 06. Hermant Bhosle - Phir Teri Yaad 07. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face 08. Ikebe Shakedown - No Name Bar 09. The Gaslamp Killer - Robots 10. Barıs Manço - Kalk Gidelim Küheylan 11. Annette Peacock - Pony 12. Unknown track 13.Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations

Selected

05.03.13

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With the possible exception of Jamaica, few countries can claim to have such a strong and instantly recognizable musical identity like Brazil. Whether samba, bossanova or tropicalia, the sound of Brazil has been appropriated by countless of artists all over the world, making it an integral part of the modern sonic vocabulary. This is a mixtape about the energy, passion and idiosyncrasy of brazilian music. This is W Music's Mixtape Tropical Brasileira. 01. Dorival Caymmi - Berimbau 02. MPB-4 - Beco De Mota 03. Elis Regina - Corrida De Jangada 04. Lennie Dale & the Sambalanco Trio - Sambar de Mudar 05. Os Cobras - Chão 06. Interlude 07. Os Mutantes - Panis et Circenses 08. Gal Costa - Sebastiana 09. Edu Lobo - Aguaverde 10. Deodato - Adam's Hotel 11. Azymuth - Seems Like This 12. Airto Moreira - Tombo in 7/4 13. Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio - Nôa... Nôa... 14. Tom Jobim & Elis Regina - Aguas de Março

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