MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
In the late 1980s, singer Bizimungu Diudonne, his wife Agnes Umbibizi, and a backing band of family and friends self-released a visionary cassette, featuring stuttering electric guitars, loping bass lines, and call and response vocals. Their combo of 80s studio wizardry ...
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MRI-216 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"On their self-titled second album, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio_featuring Roman Norfl eet, Harlan Silverman, and Kennedy Verrett_dives deeper into the spiritual soundscapes that fi rst defi ned their genre-defying approach. Based in Portland, Oregon, the trio crafts ...
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MOR-11 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. Church of Kidane Mehret collects all the musical work from Emahoy's 1972 private press album of the same name, ...
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MRI-214 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. Church of Kidane Mehret collects all the musical work from Emahoy's 1972 private press album of the same name, ...
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MRI-214 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"Four pieces by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, a pioneer of "holy minimalism." The album centers around a never-before-released rendition of "Silentium," the second movement of Pärt's most famous concerto, Tabula Rasa, performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far ...
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MRI-208 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"For the first time on vinyl, Yo La Tengo's understated, lonesome score to Kelly Reichardt's classic "Old Joy. Recorded in a single afternoon at Yo La Tengo's studio in Hoboken, Old Joy is a drifting, improvisatory journey, born out of years-long friendship between the ...
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MRI-213 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"The lost soundtrack to "Chess of the Wind," Iran's banned 1976 queer-gothic-class-horror masterpiece, restored by the director and released for the first time. Not for the faint of heart!" (label info)
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MRI-207 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"Newly remastered recordings pressed on 160gm black vinyl, heavy jacket with reproduction of the 1972 artwork, song notes by the artist. From beloved composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, a revelatory new album of piano pieces, unreleased or virtually inaccessible until ...
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MRI200 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"The first-ever compilation of "havagies", the nearly forgotten Hawaiian-influenced music of 1930s Greece, focused on the compositions of Kostas Bezos and his ensemble White Birds. A world-class slide guitarist, political cartoonist and sleepless Bohemian, Kostas Bezos ...
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MR9-098 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"Of the many great talents of the Nigerian highlife scene, none contained the existential depth, transcendence and grace of Celestine Ukwu. This LP compiles some of Celestine Ukwu's deepest and most affecting songs from the 1970s, which have been restored and ...
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MRI-136 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"Mammane Sani Abdullaye is a legendary name in Niger's avant garde. A pioneer of early West African electronic music, for over 30 years his instrumentals have filled the airwaves. The instrumental background drones of radio broadcasts and instrumental segueways of TV ...
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SS-011 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"WEZIN, JAKWAR AND GUITAR BOOGIE FROM THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA' - Legendary psychedelic guitar music from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania finally available on vinyl! Originally released as a double CD in 2010, 'Wallahi Le Zein!' has persisted as a cult ...
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MRI-126 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
"A truly unique Gospel stylist - Isaiah Owen's plays guitar and sings in his own very distinctive and otherworldly way. Isaiah plays loud and with quite a bit of dissonance, his voice floating above beautifully. This LP features some of his finest performances captured ...
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MRP-094 | MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
