Various - Outlier: Recordings From MadagascarThis collection is an impeccable and crystalline assortment of beautiful music from the deep southwestern provinces of Menabe and Tulear in Madagascar, recorded and assembled by CHARLES BROOKS. Brooks has made many friends in these lesser traveled regions since the 1990s. Outlier: Recordings from Madagascar represents a compilation of his encounters from 2011 2012. "Madagascar is an island that would bleed into obscurity if not for the rhythm of its

Gareth Sager (guitar)

abandoned French studios and arrangers

2015 through Ghost Ramp

Û÷70s-era jazz-funk of France‰۪s Cortex

The multi-coloured manias that make up Manipulator are sour-sweet declarations featuring freaks and creeps alike: The Singer

‰Û÷Mythologies‰۪ takes in a vast array of influences whilst taking its name from Roland Barthes‰۪ 1957 collection of essays on semiotics and myth

Half Japanese is one of the most important bands in the history of music

on street corners and in juke joints

Simply titled "Cassette"

Simply put it isåÊthe spirit of rock ‰Û÷n‰۪ roll distilled down and delivered in neat shots

It unearths the full spectrum of incendiary underground funk

and most of all