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Safar · 01-29-2025, 08:43 AM

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The Warsaw Village Band (WVB) has shed its skin and transformed its sound for “Sploty”. Heavy bass lines, amplified horns, lots of reverb spaces: WVB goes Dub.
The renewed change in sound has to do with the friendship with producer Mariusz Dziurawiec, a.k.a. Mario Activator, and his studio AS One in Warsaw, which has now lasted over two decades. Mariusz is the producing reggae reference in Poland; he has also been at the controls since the first WVB recordings.

Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa/Warsaw Village Band - Siwa zezulejko (Poland)

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Alamaailman Vasarat (translated: "The Hammers of the Underworld") is an avant-garde Finnish musical group formed in 1997. Their music is influenced by European folk, klezmer, jazz and metal. Though not officially disbanded the group has been inactive since 2014.

Alamaailman Vasarat - Vasaraasialainen (Finland)

Vasaraasialainen · Alamaailman Vasarat ℗ 2014 Laskeuma Records

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After two decades of living in the US and fronting the successful Afro-pop band Elikeh, bandleader Massama Dogo yearned to release music inspired by his home country of Togo. Now splitting his time between Washington, DC and Togo’s capital Lomé, he set out to create a brand new sound that put his roots and culture on the musical map: the alagaa beat.
Combining iconic rhythms of the Ewe, Mina, Ga, and Kabye people, such as kamou, kpanlogo, kinka and bobobo, alagaa blossoms from a complex interplay......The melodies, too, are anchored in Togo’s cultural history, using unique pentatonic scales known as mina or mami, derived from the music of the local Vodún religion and traditions that permeate everyday life in Togo.

DOGO du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band - Zonva (Togo)