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060° DIRTY BRAZILIAN JAZZ - Vol° 02 - 78rpm Special - selected by LesMainsNoires
Something like 1 year ago, my good friend Edson Carvalho, who knew my interest in 78rpm, gave me a call telling me that a friend of him has just grab a radio stock of 78rpm, something like 3000...
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Y15W09 .TRIBO MASSÁHI ESTRELANDO EMBAIXADOR.
Freshly re-issued by São Paulo based record label Goma Gringa, Tribo Massáhi is considered as the Brazilian Holy Grail by records collectors around the globe.But besides his hard to define sound -...
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061° SPIRITUAL JAZZ - THE LOST TRACKS - selected by Gerald "Jazzman" Short
Those of you that has been following the blog for a while knows that we have a very special interest and respect for the English record label Jazzman Records. So it is with very great pleasure that we...
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062° AIR AFRIQUE vol.01 - selected by Tristan Cordier
Tristan Cordier, better known as Melody Neslon in the little world of african records collectors, became very respected for his amazing record sells on eBay. Always strongly awaited, his records lists...
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Y15W21 .METÁ METÁ "MetaL MetaL".
Here is a band I wanted to talk about since quite a long time!Sao Paulo's most sought after trio Metá Metá is launching on Goma Gringa Discos the 2nd edition of their LP "MetaL MetaL", they are...
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Y15W23 .NDIKHO XABA and the NATIVES - NOMUSA.
“Of the many jewels left scattered across the world by South Africa’s jazz diaspora, Ndikho Xaba and the Natives, the single album recorded by Ndikho Xaba in the US, is among the most lucent. A...
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Y15W27 .INDIANA HIGHWAY - We Three Kings.
Jazzman Records strikes again!What might be - at least for us - the very best label from last decade keeps on digging and on offering us the very best of their discoveries.This time, archivist and...
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063° CHABACHICHA - selected by Les Mains Noires
Here is a selection that is prepared since several years but that remained aside for too long!Focusing on the Cuban music recorded and released in France only in the late 50s and early 60s, here are 13...
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Y15W36 .THIAGO FRANÇA : SPACE CHARANGA - R.A.N.
Thiago França’s new record has just been released, and once more it sounds amazing! Record live within’ a day, R.A.N. - Rhythm And Noise - is a heavy, deep and percussive Jazz Lp! Must hear! It is not...
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064° BERIMBAUS e ATABAQUES - selected by Gabriel RadioVitrola
Here is a super sweet selection of rare and less rare, known and less known Brazilian MPB under Berimbaus and Atabaques influences selected by Gabriel RadioVitrola, active digger from São Paulo, friend...
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065° BEL BIGUINE LA - selected by Les Mains Noires
At last! At last a new French West Indies compilation! And not the least! We are very happy and quite proud to present “Bel Biguine La”, a special selection focusing on rare early Biguine dirty...
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066° DIRTY CARIBBEAN JAZZ Vol.04 - selected by Les Mains Noires
Keeping on the French West Indies matter and four years after the last volume, we are very happy to now present to you the 4th Dirty Caribbean Jazz volume!It could actually be volume 3.2 since this...
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067° .TEMPERO BRASILEIRO "A Hora e a Vez do Samba" - selected by Edson Carvalho.
If you’re following us, you can only remember of São Paulo’s master digger Edson Carvalho and the portrait we made of him! That portrait came along with a selection of 7 inches named “Tempero...
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LMN-001 . EDMONY KRATER et ZEPISS "Tijan Pou Velo" - LP OUT NOW.
So that’s it! Here we are!After 7 years feeding the blog with our musical and graphical researches, Les Mains Noires is now officially also a record label!Humbly and unpretentiously, we’ll try to offer...
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068° .MELODIAS DA UMBANDA - Afro-Brazilian melodies selected by LesMainsNoires.
I used to say that Brazil is Africa’s little sister. As a matter of fact, It is really impressing to see how African roots are present basically everywhere in Brazilian traditional and popular culture....
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069° .DESCONSTRUÇÃO a portrait of São Paulo's musical scene.
Our overseas brazilian friends at Goma Gringa has just launched their first ‘international’ release, a 10 tracks compilation made in partnership with Antal (Rush Hour) out of Goma Gringa’s references....
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070° .SÃO OS DO NORTE QUE VEM - Tempero Brasileiro selected by Edson Carvalho.
We are very proud and happy to present to you all the third volume of the Tempero Brasileiro serie by São Paulo's master digger and close friend Edson Carvalho.This time he offers us 2 hours of the...
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071° .A ORILLAS DEL MAR un retrato de Barranquilla selected by My Old Friend...
To start the summer on the good foot!Here is a selection of tracks found in Colombia by My Old Friend Fred Martin while a trip over there on late 2016! The comp’ is focusing on Barranquilla and more...
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LMN-002 FRANCISCO “Biguine Lélé avec Francisco" HPR-50 - LP PRE-SALE OPEN!.
Let's start this new working year on the good foot!Here finally is our second and new release!And we have to confess that we really are quite thrilled to announce this new “vinyl only” reissue,...
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072° .ATIKA. Spiritual Caribbean Jazz - selected by My Old Friend Fred Martin.
Last summer, My Old Friend Fred Martin gets into a flight straight to Pointe-à-Pitre to spend a couple of weeks on a holiday digging trip...We are very proud to share with you the first selection to...
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073° .CARNIVAL BACCHANAL. Calypso Jazz from Trinidad & Tobago - selected by...
Saturday 3rd of February 2018, on TV, reporters wondering about the reasons of such a mild winter… Global warming says one, the Chinese says another as he heard it from a president’s mouth… Well...
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074° .COCOLO - Bel-Biguine selected by My Old Friend Fred Martin.
Digging deeper and deeper into early Caribbean recordings!Freshly back from another trip to French West Indies island Guadeloupe, My Old Friend Fred Martin has selected the very best of the new founds...
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075° .BAILINHO BOM - Tempero Brasileiro vol.04 selected by Edson Carvalho.
It is with the utmost happiness that we received a couple of days before a new ‘digging-into-Brazilian-music’ lesson by master-digger and close friend Edson Carvalho!We are proud to present "Bailinho...
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LMN-003 DE FRANK and his Professionals "Psychedelic Man" - Lp reissue //...
It’s official! We’re so happy and proud to announce that our 3rd release is the fantastic “Psychedelic Man” by De Frank and his Professionals.Ultra rare Afro-Funk Holy Grail from Ghana, recorded in...
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076° .TOGO N’KUDODODZI (Souvenirs du Togo) - selected by My Old Friend Fred...
In August, My Old Friend Fred Martin went to Togo for a month on a digging trip.Here is a small part of the best tracks he found there! Enjoy!In August, My Old Friend Fred Martin went to Togo for a...
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