Frrom Official Myspace :
Bien plus qu’un concept fédérateur, l’utopie est l’essence même du trio Hadouk, sa nature profonde, sa force vive depuis plus de dix ans, son âme insaisissable aussi. Car Hadouk est un monde par lui-même, fait de racines aériennes et de terres rêvées, un continent imprévu qui pointe entre l’Afrique et l’Orient, un rivage improbable qui s’avance entre jazz et world, une véritable rose des vents qui se dessine sur le portulan des musiques du monde. Bref, Hadouk c’est une cosmologie en soi, avec ses constellations et ses horizons libres, ses lignes de grande transhumance et ses astres de première magnitude. Charmeur de vents, Didier Malherbe attrape de son phrasé inimitable, les mélodies que zéphyrs et alizés lui apportent de toutes les latitudes. Cofondateur du mythique Gong avec Daevid Allen, il défend ensuite bec et anche la trille alerte et le slap éolien auprès de Jacques Higelin et de Brigitte Fontaine, de Robert Wyatt et de Pierre Bensusan. Depuis longtemps, à côté du saxophone et de la flûte, Didier apprivoise la bourrasque et cisèle la volute dans ces exquis réceptacles à turbulences que sont le bansouri, les ocarinas, et bien sûr le doudouk, hautbois arménien en bois d’abricotier au son doux et pensif. Grand connaisseur du roseau et infatigable babilleur, il a également publié un recueil de sonnets intitulé L’Anche des Métamorphoses. Méhariste éclairé, Loy Ehrlich a été de toutes les équipées trans-sahariennes, aux côtés de Youssou N’Dour, Touré Kunda, Geoffrey Oryema, mais aussi de Peter Gabriel. Poly-instrumentiste, fin joueur de kora et de sanza, spécialiste du hajouj, la basse des gnawas, Loy a également mis dans ses claviers toutes les épices des marchés du monde. On le connaît aussi comme arrangeur et producteur, ainsi que programmateur du festival d’Essaouira. Bourlingueur invétéré, Steve Shehan promène quant à lui son grand sac à rythmes sur toutes les coutures de la planète, pour en capter les forces sismiques. On l’a entendu avec Paul Simon, John McLaughlin, Paul McCartney, Christian Vander, Brian Eno et tant d’autres… Bois et argiles, cuirs et métaux n’ont plus de secret pour lui. Car Steve joue avec le temps comme avec la matière, et c’est le diaphragme du monde qui bat entre ses peaux. Il a par ailleurs à son actif plus d’une douzaine d’albums. Après avoir célébré la chimère totémique (Shamanimal) et s’être hissé au sommet du perpétuel présent (Now), Hadouk emprunte désormais l’orbe altière du gyroscope cosmique. Après l’amble du désert et le groove végétal, voici le swing météorique ! Placé sous les auspices de la toupie céleste, ce cinquième album fait ainsi la part belle aux élans tourbillonnants, valse, pulse ternaire, danse spiralée et autres envolées giratoires. De nouveaux instruments ont rejoint la panoplie de nos chasseurs de sons : khen, orgue à bouche du Laos, gumbass assemblant la caisse du guimbri et le manche de la basse électrique, hang au croisement chatoyant du steeldrum et du gamelan ; autant de territoires sonores qui s’inventent dans la distance prise depuis le terroir d’origine… Hommage de trois navigateurs au long cours, à celui qui fut le pionnier de la world music à travers son concept de Quatrième Monde, Hadouk invite le trompettiste américain Jon Hassell sur trois morceaux : dans un ultime envoi, l’utopie rejoint alors l’orbite des grands empires imaginaires. Entre toupies et utopies, voici donc une nouvelle série de belles tourneries et de rêveries nomades, qui enlacent et emportent sur l’autre face du monde.

par Bruno Heuzé

Tracklist :
01. Nacarat (09:00)
02. Alma Celesta (06:34)
03. Shamanimal (07:16)
04. Vol De Nuit (06:49)
05. Le Théâtre Des Singes (06:24)
06. Salsa Movar (09:13)
07. Polar Blues (04:46)
08. Barca Solaris (11:19)
09. Dragon De Lune (06:17)
10. Le Gibbon / Gopi (10:44)
11. Bille En Tête (06:52)
12. Échappade / Moussa (08:14)
13. O'Shehan Drum (02:20)
14. Loukoumotive (08:15)

From Official Myspace :
Coco And The Bean, comprising of writer/producer team Les Hodge and Taf McLaren, released their first single “Money” in 1991 on the Edinburgh-based label Baghdad Radio Records. Critically acclaimed, this limited edition on vinyl features vocals from London-based rapper Dravedian - all set to a funky backdrop. 1992 saw the release of the second Baghdad Radio 12’’, “Talking With A Number 6”/”Mr Repairman”, featuring rapper Mike from Washington DC. By this time Coco And the Bean were receiving widespread interest from record companies and press across the UK generated by their funk/soul/hip-hop influenced sound. In 1995 Coco And the Bean signed to Mantra Recordings. The release of the singles “Western Ways” (simultaneously Single of the Week in Echoes, Music Week and the NME) and “Killing Time” followed. Coco And The Bean were by now also working on other projects, including the “East Coast Project” and “Blunted” releases on Natural Response, remixing Sugar Bullet for Parkway Records, and remixing reggae icon Bim Sherman. By 1997 Coco And The Bean included in its line-up - vocalist Gwen Esty from Yorkshire, Edinburgh-based vocalist Zeb, guitarist/keyboardist Chris Dawkins formerly with Nightmares On Wax and DJ A1. The result was the release of three singles - “All-Star”, “Versus the 90’s”, and “Fair Play” – and the laid-back soul and hip-hop sound of the 1998 long-player “Tales From the Mouse House”. Coco And The Bean are featured on various film soundtracks – notably, “Nowhere”, “Le Ciel, Les Oiseaux, Et Ta Mere”, and “Splendour” – and compilations. Les Hodge and Taf McLaren continue to work with soul project Harmonized and to produce vocalist Mystikman.

Tracklist::
01. Soul Tones
02. solid Gold
03. Fair Play
04. Poisoned
05. Weird World
06. Anytime
07. All-Star
08. Paradise
09. Versus The 90's
10. Plain Sailing
11. Drifting

A consistently average album from Linval Thompson, Six Babylon is nonetheless a step up from I Love Marijuana in terms of the quality of both the music and the melodies.  The best track may be "Give Thanks and Praise," featuring a classic organ and bass-heavy rhythm used in the '90s for hits like Sanchez' "Missing You."  Also moderately musical are "Don't Give Up," with its driving bass and bluesy guitar, the rocking "Africa We Want To Go," "No Confusion, No War," and "Be Careful My Brother," featuring a bass line reminiscent of Gregory Isaacs' "Soon Forward."

by reggae-reviews.com
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Tracklist :
1. Six Babylon [Long Version]
2. Don't Give Up
3. School Girl
4. Jah Jah Dreader Than Dred [Special Clock Tower Mix]
5. Give Thanks and Praise [Clock Tower Mix]
6. Mr. Bossman
7. Be Careful My Brother [Long Version]
8. Children Must Be Fed
9. Africa We Want to Go
10. No Confusion, No Tribal War [Long Unedited Version]

From Wikipedia :
The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack is a five CD live album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded from October 16 to October 20, 1974, and was released on March 15, 2005.

In 1974, the Grateful Dead were exhausted from touring, and their sound system, the "Wall of Sound", had proven too expensive to continue with. In response, the group decided to stop touring for an indefinite period of time. In October they played five nights at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California. As they were the last concerts before the hiatus, the Grateful Dead wanted them to be properly recorded and documented by a film crew.

The results were a rather unsuccessful live album, Steal Your Face, and a film, The Grateful Dead Movie. The movie was released in theaters in 1977, and on videotape in 1981. In 2004 it was expanded to a double DVD with bonus cuts and documentaries. A few months later, a five CD album was released as The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack. The album included even more previously unreleased tracks, including a rare "Tomorrow Is Forever". The DVD contains one track not released on the soundtrack ("Sugaree" from October 18).

Tracklist :

Disc one

   1. "U.S. Blues" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 5:13
   2. "One More Saturday Night" (Bob Weir) – 6:33
   3. "China Cat Sunflower" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:14
   4. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:07
   5. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:01
   6. "China Doll" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:16
   7. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Weir) – 31:44

Disc two

   1. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:56
   2. "He's Gone" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:01
   3. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 7:31
   4. "Weirdness" (Grateful Dead) – 8:05
   5. "The Other One" (Bill Kreutzman, Weir) – 7:34
   6. "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 1:48
   7. "Mind Left Body Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 3:10
   8. "The Other One" (Kreutzman, Weir) – 2:28
   9. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:04
  10. "Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:23

Disc three

   1. "Weather Report Suite" – 16:44
          * "Prelude" (Weir)
          * "Part I" (Eric Andersen, Weir)
          * "Part II: Let It Grow" (John Barlow, Weir)
   2. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 8:54
   3. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) – 24:10
   4. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 13:54
   5. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 8:34
   6. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:33

Disc four

   1. "Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:08
   2. "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 5:02
   3. "Tomorrow Is Forever" (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) – 6:26
   4. "Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:26
   5. "He's Gone" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:49
   6. "Caution Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:30
   7. "Drums" (Kreutzman) – 1:23
   8. "Space" (Grateful Dead) – 9:14
   9. "Truckin'" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 9:48
  10. "Black Peter" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:10
  11. "Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) – 3:14

Disc five

   1. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 13:24
   2. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 4:09
   3. "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 14:44
   4. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 4:53
   5. "The Other One" (Kreutzman, Weir) – 10:56
   6. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:35
   7. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 8:38
   8. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 3:55
   9. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:34
  10. "We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 1:59

4 relaxing tunes by Ibushi Yuki. Released on totokoko netlabel. Perfect music for sundays ( I mean for people who spend their sundays lonely - as me)...

by Rajsank
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Tracklist :
01 Dreaming Mexico
02 Rural Landscapes
03 Retroperspective  
04 Stollen

Music critics call Lin Hai, the most noted pianist both in China and Taiwan, a genius with an eastern right hand and a western left hand. He has also been described as having "the temperament of Chopin as well as the languidness and elegance of Debussy," and "the affability and strong melodic sense of George Winston and the enriching and imaginative thoughtfulness of Keith Jarrett." As critics also term it, Lin Hai is a genius whose has "an easternized right hand and a westernized left hand".

At twenty he was the best in his country and represented China in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, becoming the first Chinese ever to enter the semi-finals. In 1992 he graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music. At the same year, he began giving concerts in Taiwan and China and composed movie scores and TV drama scores. Lin Hai was exposed to jazz at the early age of twelve. This early exposure and his solid training in classical music combine to give his music a unique quality, which switches freely between classical, New Age, modern and Jazz music. He plays the piano in a way that makes the notes sound clearcut, warm, and calm. The pieces he composes are uncomplicated and quiet, but are imbued with a sense of humanity that can soothe the listeners.

by Windmusic.com
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Tracklist :
01. Colors Of The Rainbow
02. Moonlight Frontier
03. Seabird
04. Leisure Time
05. Life
06. Something
07. Nosatalgia
08. Solitude
09. Dusk
10. You
11. Deep Autumn
12. Starry Night
13. Dream

Si la singularité de ce groupe ayant à son actif déjà treize ans d’existence n’est plus à prouver, la sortie de leur nouvel album, « Primitifs », bouscule quelque peu les codes auxquels il nous avait habitué. En effet, Percubaba était jusqu’alors connu pour sa capacité à mélanger les flows rock et hip-hop sur des tempos reggae dub amenant généralement à la transe.

Aujourd’hui, le style Percubaba, même s’il conserve son univers roots au travers de titres comme « Tchatche ! », « En chemin » ou encore le grandissime « Combien ? », celui-ci s’enrichie de nouvelles sonorités, comme sur le titre « Panique au dancing », vision funky old school de la string déchéance, ou encore sur le titre « Poubelle la vie », au beat electro dubstep.

Notre préférence ira peut-être au seul titre en anglais de l’album, « Mother fucker », qui sur un ton cold-wave electro génère un sentiment d’apesanteur assez intense. Écouter un album de Percubaba est toujours un réel plaisir de par la diversité sonore explorée et l’énergie transposée. Un bon plan, incontestablement …

par Jean-Charles Didiot
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Tracklist :
01 Tchatche ! 3:39
02 A Coup De Griffes 5:23
03 Combien 9:16
04 Brule 3:52
05 Le Temps Passe 5:43
06 Panique Au Dancing 3:38
07 J'Aime 2:57
08 Rien De Prevu 4:01
09 En Chemin 5:30
10 Fauve Dub 4:19
11 36 Dessous 4:21
12 Poubelle La Vie 4:15
13 Mother Fucker 5:07

Def Jam unveiled a stunning new talent in 2007 with I AM, the debut album from Chrisette Michelle. Though raised on gospel, Michelle's biggest influences are clearly old-school jazz divas in the vein of Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, as their textured, bluesy phrasing can be heard informing her own delivery. Yet Michelle is decidedly contemporary, threading elements of contemporary R&B, hip-hop, pop, and adult-alternative into her unique brand of neo-soul. Help from artists like Babyface, John Legend, and will.i.am heighten the profile of an already mightily impressive debut.

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Tracklist :
1. Like A Dream 3:59
2. Work It Out 4:21
3. If I Have My Way 4:02
4. Best Of Me 3:53
5. Your Joy 4:32
6. Good Girl 4:04
7. Be OK (Feat. Will.I.Am) 3:43
8. Mr. Radio 3:54
9. Golden 4:23
10.Let's Rock 4:44
11.Love Is You 3:17
12.In This For You 3:41
13.Is This The Way Love Feels 6:46
14.hidden track 3:45

The Mystery of Nevâ:
Sound, like a ship passing through the mysterious, is a bridge between the ocean unfathomable and the world in which we live. Since time immemorial, every lover of music who journeys on the musical sea has crossed this bridge. For us, Nevâ serves as our bridge to that mystical, veiled ocean. Nevâ has always been a keystone of our music – never failing to reveal new doors, horizons, and worlds to all who pass through. Nevâ offers a strong foundation, not just when presented as a sound or tone, but also as a mode, harmony and melody. To honor this, we open this recording with Nevâ Pesrevi by Tanburî Cemil Bey who has been a flame inspiring all tanbur players since his time. We also wished to name the final album Nevâ. In this recording, we tried to carry the torch of Nevâ, handed down through the ages from musician to musician, as far as our power, heart and love would allow us to, bowing only to musical concerns. We did our best not to compromise this pure style that has been flowing throughout history.

We present Nevâ to the listener, asking for forgiveness for our mistakes, if you should hear any. We'd like to express our gratitude: first of all to our teachers who made it possible for us to collaborate; to Cengiz Onural who opened the doors of not only his studio, but also his heart, and who catalyzed our creation of this work; to Hüseyin Tuncel who played the rhythm section during the recordings and was always by our side in spirit; and to Kaf Music Company. Every breath taken, every plectrum moved to bring about this humble creation is dedicated to its reason forbeing.

With thanks --
the musicians,
Murat Aydemir (tanbur) and Salih Bilgin (ney).

By Jazzmen
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Tracklist :
01. Nevâ Peşrevi / Tanbûrî Cemil Bey  3'50"
02. Müşterek Taksim  4'40"
03. Uşşak Sazsemâîsi / Neyzen Aziz Dede  3'25"
04. Fihrist Taksim (Rast Ailesi)  10'11"
05. Pençgâh Peşrevi / Kantemiroğlu  3'50"
06. Ferahfezâ Peşrevi / Tanbûrî Cemil Bey  3'18"
07. Müşterek Taksim ve Sultânîyegâh Sazsemâîsi / Nedim Ağa  8'45"
08. Şehnâz Peşrevi / Kemânî Ali Ağa -- 4'30"
09. Müşterek Taksim  5'00"
10. Hicaz Sazsemâîsi / Veli Dede  3'50"

From Wikipedia :

U Roy (né Ewart Beckford le 21 septembre 1942 à Jones Town, Jamaïque) est un deejay reggae jamaïcain, également connu sous les noms de The Originator, Hugh Roy ou "Daddy U Roy" (en raison de son statut de "parrain" du style deejay)^.

Sa carrière musicale commence en 1961, quand il devient DJ de différents sound systems. Il travaille ainsi avec King Tubby à l'époque où il expérimente le dub. Avec U Roy comme DJ, le sound system de King Tubby devient extraordinairement populaire et U Roy connaît alors la célébrité. Il enregistre pour la première fois Dynamic Fashion Way en 1969. Il travaille par la suite avec Lee Perry, Peter Tosh, Bunny Lee et Lloyd Daley.

En 1970, le chanteur jamaïcain John Holt remarque la technique de U Roy. En travaillant avec Duke Reid, la renommée de U-Roy s'accroît, notamment avec une série de singles historiques, incluant Wake the Town et Wear You to the Ball.

S'il n'est pas le premier deejay jamaïcain à avoir enregistré (Sir Lord Comic et King Stitt l'ont précédé), U Roy est le premier à avoir réalisé des tubes et est à l'origine de l'explosion du style deejay dans les années 1970. Ce style devient ensuite dominant dans le reggae des années 1980 jusqu'à celui d'aujourd'hui (environ 70% des artistes vocaux jamaïcains actuels sont des deejays contre seulement 30% de chanteurs) ; ce style deejay reggae est considéré comme l'un des pères du rap (pour la partie vocale).

Le succès de U Roy perdure tout au long des années 70 et son sound system King Sturgav continue de révéler de nouveaux DJ jusqu'au début des années 80.

Tracklist :
1 : Reggae Party
2 : Ghetto Youth Stand Up
3 : Commercial Dreadlocks
4 : Boy On My Mind
5 : True Born African
6 : She's A Rasta Woman
7 : Jah Jah Love
8 : Keep On Running
9 : Go There Natty
10 : Soul Rebel
11 : Taken From Africa
12 : Amen
13 : Wear You To The Ball
14 : Pass The Kutchie