British Library Sound Archive - Topic World Series 7th March 2020

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NTS GUIDE TO: JAPANESE UNDERGROUND PSYCHEDELIA

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Japan became the birthplace of a distinctive and intense form of psychedelic music, emerging from the underground scene and centred around pioneering labels like PSF Records. This movement was marked by a raw, dissonant, and fuzzed-out sound that combined elements of noise, free jazz, and traditional psychedelic rock. This two hour show documents the sounds of several key bands that played a significant role in shaping this unique musical landscape such as Fushitsuha, Les Rallizes De Nudes, Shizuka, Acid Mothers Temple and more.

KIM LANA

Todmorden's finest, Kim Lana joins us in the Manchester studio once a month for 2 hours of bumping and pumping golden era house & techno.

Field Recordings Folk

Our tenth programme celebrates a collaboration between the British Library’s World and Traditional Music collections and the London-based label Topic Records. From 1999, unpublished, unique field recordings and reissues of 78-rpm discs and LPs were compiled into sixteen releases as part of the Topic World Series.

These sixteen CD publications remain fresh and inspiring and in this programme, we zig-zag through them on a dazzling and rich musical journey, which begins in Balochistan and ends in Egypt via Peru, India, and more.

Tracklist

Unnamed PerformersUnnamed Performers
Shesireka’s Wedding, Maasti Ballad (Palakonda, Andhra Pradesh)
Sharruk (Vocal); Osman (Benjo, Sharruk (Vocal); Osman (Benjo, Dukkur, Dukkur, ChinchirChinchir
Nach Saz (Recorded In Jiwani)
Los Cuatro Ases De La JaranaLos Cuatro Ases De La Jarana
Manda El Amor Como Un Rey (Versión 1)

Unnamed PerformersUnnamed Performers
Lezghinka (Lekuri)
Michael PapeiMichael Papei
Shark-Calling Song
Unnamed PerformersUnnamed Performers
Hunting Song Of The Moge &Amp; Kopi Clans
Unnamed PerformersUnnamed Performers
Welcome, Monpa Geet (Shakti Village, Arunachal Pradesh)
Hotam HokimovHotam Hokimov
Gurughli
Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
Elube Changó
Sheikh Burukan Kiwuuwa And TeamSheikh Burukan Kiwuuwa And Team
Omussi W’enswa (Akadinda Song)
Royalist Music Of BugandaRoyalist Music Of Buganda
Uganda [TSCD925]
Kilimani MadarasaKilimani Madarasa
Kasida
Rico’s Creole BandRico’s Creole Band
Lamento Esclavo (Slave’s Lament)
Alwatan Musical GroupAlwatan Musical Group
Ee, Baba Pakistani
Unnamed PerformersUnnamed Performers
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Rose Zahran (Piano) And Sami Al-Shawa (Violin
Bashraf Nawa’ather Yusuf Bey