Greedio X June '23
It's summertime and we've been enjoying ourselves doing our share of holidaying and sunbathing. Which might explain the slight delay in terms of our monthly selection. That being said, here comes our brand-new Spotify playlist of 20 extraordinary musical discoveries from the past month.
The "Greedio X June '23" choice picks include a new rendition of Özdemir Erdoğan's "Bir Adım Öte" by Kraków-based outfit MLDVA and Turkish instrumentalist Çınar Timur (read more here), a track off the new album "Umoja" by spiritual jazz master, DJ and producer Nicola Conte, new music from Kingston's iconic Inna De Yard project (read more here), Zamrock legends WITCH, Soweto's BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness), Northern Ghana's Frafra gospel stalwarts Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy (read more here), Munich-based multi-instrumentalist JJ Whitefield and his "Ethio Meditations" (read more here), Ethiopian "Beauties" Aselefech Ashine and Getenesh Kebret, Wodaabe music group Andal Sukabe with their first internationally distributed studio recording, the reissue of originally 1992-released Soukous banger "Eki Bis" by Lutchiana Mobulu, West African organic-electronic feminist five-piece Nana Benz du Togo, the Lybian reggae sounds of Ahmed Ben Ali, a 1992-released masterpiece of Arabic music by female icon Ettab (read more here), the fascinating reissue of Algerian singer Lounès Matoub's "Lettre Ouverte Aux..." released on the 25th anniversary of his assassination, Greek shooting star Marina Satti (watch official music video below), British-Armenian wunderkind Hagop Tchaparian, Lausanne-based producer and DJ NVST, the synthesized sounds of Sudan by Jantra, Şatellites band leader and producer Itamar Kluger's psych and funk project Eje Eje, and, in closing, a wonderful new rendition of Dimenzió's "Bamba" by fellow Hungarian artist Àbáse and Moroccan-German vocalist Douniah.
Click below to preview the full selection and head over to our Greedio channel on Spotify to stream all 20 tracks and more. As always, feel free to like and share as you please. Much appreciated!
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