Freak Wave 006 - Grup Ses, Anatolian Weapons, Harrga +

Freak Wave 009 - 33emybw, Sabiwa, Gnoomes +

In this episode, a double hit of outsider club music from Uganda from the Hakuna Kulalalabel; there’s a new album full of adventurous electronics from China’s 33emybw; we get on an 8-bit chiptune tip with Spanish duo SOSUN.dance and dig into fourth world vibes with Zatua from Indonesia. Plus, there’s cosmic psych from Gnoomes out of Russia; some peculiar behaviour from Taiwanese artist Sabiwa on her new record; a new coldwave supergroup from Italy via San Francisco; and a leftfield celebration of Afro Brazilian culture courtesy of Ziminino. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Freak Wave 008 - Kuunatic, MSYLMA, Rui Ho +

Episode 8 of Freak Wave features 60 minutes of mutant music from around the world, from Iceland, China, Brazil, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia. We start our journey in Japan with a prog- tribal excursion from Japanese trio Kuunatic; and we follow it up with music from minimalist transpop and postdisco duo Hyperculte; plus Chinese experimental hardcore producer Rui Ho and Taiwanese music technologist Floating Spectrum. We also hear from MSYLMA and DJ Haram, both delivering new experimental electronics with roots in the Quran, plus new work from Brazilian producer psilosamples and Reykjavik art collective Post-dreifing. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Freak Wave 007 - Sea Urchin, Yu Su, Sarathy Korwar +

Venturing deep into marginal music scenes from outside of the Anglo-American axis, with radical music from India, Poland, Portugal, China, Russia and Democratic Republic of Congo. In this week’s episode we hear from Sarathy Korwar, mixing Indian hip hop with his own take on jazz and indian classical tradition; we take a cut from a new compilation which celebrates avant-garde Polish drumming; and there’s lo-fi teenage experiments from Lisbon producer Puto Tito. Plus, Argentinean musician Barrio Lindo explores the deep and rich traditions of central and South American genres on his new album; there’s new Congolese bass music from Will’stone; and a sensational new album from Egyptian Italian duo Sea Urchin; plus music from Chinese producer Yu Su; Moscow’s Atariame; Japanese duo Group A and, from Brazil, Krapp’s Last Tapes. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Freak Wave 006 - Grup Ses, Anatolian Weapons, Harrga +

In this episode, we take in radical and divergent sounds from Greece, Turkey, Colombia, Tunisia, Tanzania, Japan, Ukraine and more. We kick off with a true contender for my album of the year 'Ofiodaimon’ - the psych-folk & synth collaboration from the Greek producer Anatolian Weapons and folk musician Seirios Savvaidis. We then dig into Turkish producer Grup Ses, who embarks on two divergent collaborations with hip hop artist Ethnique Punch and electric saz player Elektro Hafiz; we find out what happens when Chupame El Dedo try to recreate a variety of different heavy metal genres in a Latin tropical style; and Bristolian duo Harrga bring the fire on their multi-lingual debut. There’s also field recordings of Tanzanian ‘Mnanda’ music featuring rhythms bashed out on cheap Casio keyboards; plus new music from Ifriqiyya Electrique, Helado Negro, Ukranian experimental duo Gamardah Fungus and Japanese mavericks Kukangendai. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Freak Wave 005 - CÉCI, AMMAR 808, Charlotte Adigéry +

In this episode, mutant j-pop from Tokyo’s Kudo Kamome; sultry dub electronics from the Avon Terror Corps collective; new music from Belgian-Carribean artist Charlotte Adigéry; new South African Gqom from Citiizen Boy; we lean into Vayne’s taken on coldwave from out of Berlin; Jamaica’s Sikka Rhymes delivers some warped dancehall on the Bokeh Verions label; and there’s also music from CÉCI, Julie’s Haircut and Tunisia’s AMMAR 808. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.