Now that we had enough time to digest the Easter weekend here in Germany, we get to take a musical look back at the moody month of March in all its sonic glory. As usual, we went ahead and put together a unique Spotify playlist comprising 20 extraordinary tracks from around the world. We hope you enjoy listening to these discoveries as much as we enjoyed discovering them.
Our official "Greedy X March '21" features moving productions by UK producer extraordinaire Floating Points and legendary US jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders on Luaka Bop, Madagascar-born guitarist/mandolinist Tao Ravao and French harmonica player Vincent Bucher on Buda Musique, French composer/arranger of Montenegrin and Greek descent Janko Nilović & The Soul Surfers on Broc Recordz, jazz-affiliated band/studio project Gianni Brezzo on Jakarta Records, far out Israeli three-piece The Ramirez Brothers, vintage Finnish formation The Strangers picked from an Aki Kaurismäki film ("The Match Factory Girl"), Polish composer/conductor Henryk Debich & The Łódź Orchestra of Radio and Television on Astigmatic Records, iconic Zamrock outfit WITCH, Burkina Faso's Abdoulaye Cissé and Super Volta on Mr. Bongo, Cologne's Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble on Rebel Up Records, Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist live percussion duo Digital Afrika on Awesome Soundwave, UK-based Gnawa six-piece Electric Jalaba on Strut Records, young South African producer Teno Afrika on Awesome Tapes from Africa, French house producer DJ Gregory on Faya Combo, French oud player Marc Cornier and Pakistani singer Shahzad Santoo Khan on Dionysiac Records, enigmatic Turkish psych-folk on Arşivplak, New York's El Michels Affair with Tamer Pınarbaşı (qanun) on Big Crown Records, British/Trinidadian poet, activist and musician Anthony Joseph on Heavenly Sweetness, Cologne-based producer Twit One with Imam Ally-Salaam on Melting Pot Music and, in closing, Palestinian singer and vocal/music therapist Samah Mustafa.
You can stream the full playlist on Spotify. Simply click the player below or follow this link. Feel free to leave us a heart if you like it!