Greedio X August '23
The seasons are a changing. As we ready ourselves for the last days of summer and the arrival of autumn, we take one more look back at our favourite new releases and musical discoveries from the past month. We've handpicked 20 extraordinary tunes from around the globe and put them in an order we enjoyed listening to, for you to discover as you please. Now streaming exclusively on Greedio via Spotify.
Our "Greedio X August '23" Spotify playlist includes music by the two "Beauties" of the Ethiopian 'Golden Age' Aselefech Ashine and Getenesh Kebret (read more here), iconic Ainu singer Umeko Ando (read more here), Indian devotional singer Hari Om Sharan, Chicago beatmaker Lapgan (read more here), New York drummer and producer J-Zone, Indonesian soul outfit Thee Marloes, Brazilian psychedelic quartet Os Barbapapas, Lisbon's journeyman iZem collaborating with Brazilian singer-songwriter Lucas Santtana, the UK's Prince Fatty on a tribute to Lonnie Liston Smith's "Expansions" with Shniece McMenamin on vocal duties, contemporary Afrobeat supergroup Eparapo with Ghanaian percussionist and vocalist Afla Sackey, Şatellites band leader Itamar Kluger's psych funk project Eje Eje, London drummer and multi-instrumentalist Oscar 'SHOLTO' Robertson, Beirut's prolific producer extraordinaire Charif Megarbane (read more here), Kumasi's queens of Nwomkro, Hamburg's Sufi Dub Brother Viktor Marek collaborating with Burkina Faso's Patrick Kabré, Ecuadorian producer KAIFO, Montreal DJ and producer Honeydrip and Jamaican-Canadian reggae artist King Shadrock, São Paulo's Afro-Braziian groove visionaries Bixiga 70 with fellow Brazilian drummer and percussionist Simone Sou, Brussels-based trio of songstresses Las Lloronas aaand, last but definitely not least, Brazilian flautist Mariana Zwarg with Berlin jazz pianist Johannes von Ballestrem.
You can now stream the full selection below or head directly to our Greedio channel on Spotify. Obrigado!
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