A fantastic musical start to May. Yesterday BBC Radio 1‘s Zane Lowe declares the new track by The Invisible [Ninja Tune] called ‘Wings’ as ‘Tonight’s Hottest Record‘. On the same day, Synthetic Epiphany and CoMa released this fantastic collaboration on Soundcloud which is FREE to download. Synthetic Epiphany fills this groove with this really smoothing almost [...]

Last month we had released our very first very well received NADA BRAHMA MIX by ANUJ RASTOGI. To continue the awesomeness, this month we have MANEESH the TWISTER (Surya Dub, Dub Mission) from San Francisco with a fantastic dub influence set called ‘Nada Brahma Asian Dub & Bass Mix‘. MANEESH the TWISTER is founder of [...]

  GONJASUFI, an artist whos voice was described by Pitchfork Media as “a scraggly, scary, smoked-out croak that creeps like the spiritual offspring of George Clinton and Leadbelly”. The vocalist, MC, disc jockey and yoga teacher from San Diego, California released his latest four track EP ‘The Ninth Inning’ on Hydroshare.tv on the 24/10/11. Here’s a track from that EP, “EATFISH”, [...]

Piers Faccini is a soulful and expressive singer/songwriter whose music fuses folk and West African textures. His debut album found critical acclaim in Europe and brought comparisons to classic artists like Nick Drake. Get your free download here!

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Yes you read the title right! … the uber uh-mazing SHAA’IR and FUNC are making their third album MANTIS available for FREE DOWNLOAD. Just make your way to their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/shaairandfunc > click on MY BAND. SHAA’IR & FUNC – ‘EVERY TIME YOU’RE AROUND’ DIRECTORS CUT’ [from Mantis]   SHAA’IR & FUNC – ‘MY ROOTS’ [from Mantis]

JUST RELEASED Delhi 2 Dublin EP: Delhi 2 Dubland. For a limited time, you can purchase this collaboration and remix album, all on the reggae and dubwise tip, on Bandcamp for just $5 bucks!

After two highly acclaimed string driven, predominantly acoustic projects, Natacha Atlas returns to the Global Dance-floor with the Mounqaliba Remixes. Globally celebrated singer Natacha Atlas’ latest release Mounqaliba was a decidedly acoustic affair, recorded with a 20-piece Turkish ensemble and a chamber orchestra & integrating western and Arabic styles. Mounqaliba (which means being in a state of [...]

Eccodek flips the script on its signature sound by turning a pack of musical alchemists loose on tracks from More Africa in Us, Voices Have Eyes and the Juno-nominated Shivaboo

This sprawling, 14-track opus moves from dub, funk, techno, reggae, lo-fi electro to Middle-Eastern, Afrobeat, Rockers, Asian Massive and beyond. Trailblazers like Transglobal Underground, Six Degrees‘ Jef Stott, Dubmatix, EarthRise SoundSystem, Real World’s Syriana and Adham Shaikh rub shoulders with fresh sounds from Sub Swara’s Sharmaji, Four80East, Delhi 2 Dublin’s TSpoon and Rise Ashen. Remixtasy is out September 27th order your digital and hard copy here.

Another fabulous mix on the Bobby Friction show [BBC Asian Network]. This time by the original taste-maker and an inspiration … DJ PATHAAN! … This 30 mins mix consisting of asian balearic eclectic exotic electronic beats to chill you right out … and its a free download Also check out and buy his latest release: pathaan’s playlist [...]

Another fabulous mix on the Bobby Friction show [BBC Asian Network]. This time by the original taste-maker and an inspiration … DJ PATHAAN! … This 30 mins mix consisting of asian balearic eclectic exotic electronic beats to chill you right out … and its a free download Also check out and buy his latest release: pathaan’s playlist [...]

Heres a free download from Bandish Projekt, a very tech, house and glitch orientated set … Enjoy.

In midst of all this darkness of riots in the UK, ANUJ RASTOGI (Omnesia, Canada) moved by what is happening and in a creative frenzy channels his anger over these riots positively! Last night, he wrote, recorded, arranged and mixed a new spoken word track based on the events over the last few days. Heres what [...]

Another treat for y’all today! A beautiful track … This time from Bandish Projekt (a.k.a. Mayur Narvekar) and Shaa’ir – from Shaa’ir & Func (a.k.a. Monica Dogra) joined Bobby Friction in the BBC Friction Lab to record a remixed track LIVE, in less than 2 hours! The result was ’50 Ways to Leave and Come Back’ [...]

And here is that fabulous mix I was tweeting about the other day! A thirty minute set by the legendary Osmani Soundz for Bobby Frictions show on the BBC Asian Network … Absorb the drumscapes! …