Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #17

The first Rhythm Passport Presents of the year is finally out and to start 2023 in style, we seized the opportunity, space and time given us by RTM.FM to do a quick review of 2022 through some of the most interesting albums released in its 365 days We travelled back…

Artists: Anadol , Asake , Bandua , Batida , Combo Chimbita , Dowdelin , Etran de L'Air , Ezra Collective , Horace Andy , Ibibio Sound Machine , iLe , Julmud , Kobo Town , Kokoroko , Kutiman , Lucrecia Dalt , Maga Bo , Meridian Brothers , Nancy Mounir , Nu Genea , Obongjayar , Otoboke Beaver , Oumou Sangare , Rokia Kone , Sarathy Korwar , Souad Massi , The Brother Moves On , The Maghreban , Wau Wau Collective , Wesli

Podcast: Rebel Up Nightshop #98

Nightshop show #98 September via Radio Campus Bxl with 3 hours of new global sounds. Our songs of the day are by Jaimie Branch and her social jazz (rest in peace) and the band Kutu (France/Ethiopia) and their azmari sound. Our albums of the month begin with Djibouti folklore by…

Artists: Amaliya Group , BKO , Carlos Nino , Compro Oro , Jaimie Branch , Kadef Abgi , Kutu , Meridian Brothers , TOROZEBU , Yanna Momina

Podcast: Rebel Up Nightshop #88

Nightshop show for October via Radio Campus Bxl, Rhythm Passport & Groovalizacion Radio with +3 hours of new global albums & sounds. 3 songs of the day via India, La Reunion and Berlin. Our albums of the month take us to Egypt (Juju Sounds) via Zimbabwe mbira sounds (Awesome Tapes…

Artists: Abdalla Mansur , Balimaya Project , Biomigrant , Conjunto Media Luna , El Hadra Abul Gheit , Ephat Mujuru and the Spirit of the People , Hassan Bergamon , Jaubi , Kondi Band , Lélou , Llevólu'l Sumiciu , Meridian Brothers , ONIPA , Stereo Utopia , The Bug , TisDass , Trance Plantations , X.A.CUTE

Daily Discovery: Meridian Brothers – Cumbia del Pichamán (en vivo)

Check out a live rendition of ‘Cumbia del Pichamán’ by Bogotà-based experimental and psychedelic cumbia band Meridian Brothers.   The song, a very Meridian Brothers’s version of Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man”, is extracted from the band’s latest album Cumbia Siglo XXI and released by Bongo Joe Records: https://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/cumbia-siglo-xxi…

Artists: Meridian Brothers

Podcast: Rebel Up’s Nightshop #83

Nightshop show for April ’21 for Radio Campus Bxl & Rhythm Passport with 3 hours of new global sounds. 3 songs of the day; semba by Joãozinho Morgado (Turma da Bênção), Persian hip-hop jazz by Roforofo Jazz and Colombian tropical artists Abelardo Carbono & Meridian Brothers. Our albums of the…

Artists: Abelardo Carbono , Ahmed Ben Ali , Ayuune Sule , Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble , DJ Black Low , Joãozinho Morgado , Meridian Brothers , Omar Sosa , Roforofo Jazz , Simo Lagnawi , Stella Chiweshe

Podcast: Rebel Up’s Nightshop #76

Sweet September, 2,5 hours of music with 7 albums of the month and songs of the day. Starting with 3 songs of the day by Andy One, Penny Penny and Kemal Rachid. Our albums of the month start with traditional ritual Hauka folk music from Niger by Lingo Seino and…

Artists: Blacksea Nao Maya , Ghetto Kumbe , Kemal Rachid et ses Ottomans , Lingo Seini et son Groupe , Meridian Brothers , MINYO CUMBIERO , Rebel Up! , VHOOR

Interview: Q&A w/ Meridian Brothers – Cumbia from the Future (August 2020)

Since 1998,  they’ve been bringing the sound of cumbia forward. Meridian Brothers and their founder Eblis Álvarez have helped to radically shift the image of the Latin American style, from a traditional, and in some cases old-school, inherent aspect of the Latin culture to a dynamic, experimental and even challenging…

Artists: Chupameeldedo , Grupo Renacimiento , Grupo Sanfrancisco de Asis , Los Pirañas , Meridian Brothers

Podcast: Listen to the Label Vol.13 – Les Disques Bongo Joe (August 2020)

In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the…

Artists: Augenwasser , Chouk Bwa and The Ångströmers , Cyril Cyril , Hyperculte , Les Disques Bongo Joe , Leve Leve , Mama Rosin , Meridian Brothers