MUZORAMA RECOMENDS APRIL 2025

Compilation Album – "Even the Forest Hums" (2025)
This compilation delves into the rich musical heritage of Soviet Ukraine, featuring songs and instrumentals from 1971 to 1996. Highlights include the Shapoval Sextet’s psychedelic jazz-rock rendition of a Cossack song and Vadym Khrapachov’s electronic track for the film “Flights in Dreams and Reality.” This collection offers a unique blend of experimental and traditional sounds that align with your appreciation for culturally diverse music.

​New Release: DJ Koze's "Music Can Hear Us" (Released April 4, 2025) 

DJ Koze returns with an album that seamlessly blends introspective melodies with dance-inducing rhythms. Collaborations with artists like Sophia Kennedy and Damon Albarn add depth to the eclectic electronic compositions. This release resonates with your fondness for experimental electronic music and innovative collaborations.

New Release: Demilitarize by Nazar (Scheduled for release on April 25, 2025)

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Angolan producer Nazar's forthcoming album is inspired by introspection and classic cyberpunk aesthetics. The lead single, "Anticipate," sets the tone for an album that promises to blend electronic music with personal narratives, reflecting on themes of mortality and resilience.

Overlooked Gem – Mabe Fratti's "Sentir Que No Sabes" (2024)

Guatemalan cellist and composer Mabe Fratti offers an experimental sound that defies categorization. Her album "Sentir Que No Sabes" combines avant-garde elements with emotive melodies, appealing to your appreciation for leftfield and culturally diverse music.

 

Timeless Classic – Tim Maia – "Tim Maia (1970)

Tim Maia’s debut album is a groove-soaked cornerstone of Brazilian soul, infused with funk, gospel, and rock energy. His deep voice and raw charisma fuel this genre-defying classic, bridging Rio’s samba spirit with American soul. It’s a vital record for understanding Brazil’s musical crosscurrents in the '70s—spiritual, funky, and unfiltered.

New Music by MUZORAMA / Rediscovering the Joy of Music

After a long hiatus, I finally found time this weekend to dive back into one of my favorite pastimes: curating innovative music videos. This fresh playlist spans a diverse range of genres, showcasing the incredible creativity in today's music scene.

From the indie folk musings of Goldie Boutilier to the alt-pop brilliance of Nilüfer Yanya, the selection covers expansive musical ground. We journey through electronic landscapes with RÜFÜS DU SOL, explore jazz fusion with Ezra Collective, and delve into soulful territories with Michael Kiwanuka.

The videos themselves are a feast for the eyes, ranging from surreal narratives to minimalist visualizers. Whether it's the genre-bending sounds of Glass Beams' raga-disco fusion or the raw energy of Remi Wolf's quirky pop, each entry offers something fresh and exciting.

This eclectic mix reminds us why music videos remain a vital art form, pushing the boundaries of both sound and vision. Dive in and rediscover the magic of innovative music and visuals.

Micro review, video and live: DOMi & JD Beck – ‘NOT TiGHT

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This record is the finest I've heard this month and perhaps in recent years. Through his APESHIT label, Anderson Paak provided excellent all-star roster (including Snoop Dog, Thundercat, Quincy Jones, Busta Rhymes, Ma de Marco, and the Paak himself) to collab with the groundbreaking sonic jazz duo.

5 New Electronic Albums MUZORAMA likes

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The highly awaited album by DJ, producer, and musician Lorenzo Morresi and 22a label head DJ, producer, and musician Tenderlonious features 11 catchy tracks that are influenced by  Italo jazz funk.

Caterina Barbieri is an Italian composer that uses minimalism to investigate subjects like artificial intelligence and object-oriented perception in sound.

The fourteenth installment of Innervisions' Secret Weapons series showcases individual  approach to house music in the ever-evolving field of sound, with new concepts influencing performances all over the world.

Sons Of is the first collaboration between Prekop and his longtime Sea and Cake bandmate John McEntire, a producer and percussionist who has influenced decades of indie and post-rock through his work with Stereolab and Teenage Fanclub in addition to his time with Chicago bands like Tortoise.

The first Bulgarian Beat Wave collection, which was released by a German music discovery website, label, and creative collective Stereofox, not only offers a non-linear audio experience but also leads listeners through the distinctive and varied sound of some of the most skilled local beatmakers.

IndieSoulica II

A collection of actual soul, r'n'b, electronic, funk, world and new jazz tracks selected by Muzorama (aka Sergi Gvarjaladze)

Photo by Ezekixl Akinnewu

Disco Times by MUZOЯAMA

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Dope Body

ARTIST / BAND: Dope Body

MP3: "The Shape of Grunge to Come"

ALBUM: NUPPING

FILE UNDER: Noise punk, Indie, Ska, Funk

LABEL: Hoss Records

INFO: Since forming in 2009, Baltimore native sons Dope Body have evolved on a truly logarithmic scale. Moving from stark, primitve punk-metal to genre-swallowing, unabashedly-90's-referencing, poly-rhythmic brutes in less than two years, the band has created a bizarre new standard for the mutant art-punk-beaster set.
Nupping, their debut full-length, manages to recall the best of the heavier, more obtuse and rhythmically inventive elements of punk rock from the past thirty years, as well as the kind of formative-influence-stuff alot of current artsy, heavy bands don't wanna acknowledge: Rage, Wu-Tang, nu-metal, Michael Jackson, The Beach Boys, and contemporary pop radio.