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Out Now ! Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama "Tokyo Funk Diva"
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🔥OUT TODAY 🔥
HITOMI 'PENNY' TOHYAMA
TOKYO FUNK DIVA 1981-88

Sizzling Soul, Funk & Boogie from the original Japanese Funk Diva, selected in Tokyo by #NickLuscombe in partnership with #NipponColumbia

Order LP/CD/Dig: wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#brigittefontaine Est Folle reviewed at @telerama.bsky.social
🔥🔥

"A Brigitte Fontaine classic, a masterworks of experimental pop arranged by Jean Claude Vannier"
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#manudibango 82 in John-Paul Shiver's autumn's selection for @treblezine.bsky.social 🔥🔥

"this unreleased live recording gives the world a new taste of the very large menu Dibango was cooking with"

www.treblezine.com/6-great-viny...
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
OUT TODAY
AKIKO YANO
7 O'CLOCK IN TOKYO (1979) 🔥🔥

#AkikoYano’s cult 1979 album 7 O’Clock in Tokyo, recorded live in 1978 with the #YMO musicians plus #MinakoYoshida and #TatsuroYamashita

Order LP/CD: wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Special #AkikoYano on #NTS Tonight 🔥
9pm CET / As I Was Moving Ahead - Tania Feghali
An avant pop -jazz -punk -cinematic -exhilarating dive into Akiko’s world.

Akiko Yano concert in London!
#LondonJazzFestival 23 Nov at @barbicancentre.bsky.social efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/japan...
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#brigittefontaine reviewed at #HHV Mag by Wencke Riede🔥🔥

"A living document of a moment when pop music reinvented itself"

www.hhv-mag.com/review/brigi...
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🔥OUT TODAY 🔥
YUSUF MUMIN
JOURNEY TO THE ANCIENT

#YusufMumin - founder of #BlackUnityTrio with Abdul Wadud and Hasan Al-Hut - unveils previously unreleased music from his personal archive! Feat. liner notes by Yusuf Mumin and Pierre Crépon

Order (LP/digi) bit.ly/406AsGa
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Great #yusufmumin "Journey to the Ancient" LP review by Dom Valvona at Monolith Cocktail @monolithcocktail.bsky.social 🔥🔥

"An album of beauty and toil; of consciousness and the imagination"

monolithcocktail.com/2025/10/20/t...
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🔥BACK IN STOCK 🔥
Akiko Yano - Tadaima LP (1981)

#AkikoYano's cult 1981 synth-pop classic featuring the YMO Musicians
Order LP : bit.ly/4on7mvU

AKIKO YANO IN CONCERT
LONDON BARBICAN CENTRE - EFG London Jazz Festival

Tickets: efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/japan...
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Great #brigittefontaine feature in Mojo Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social this month, penned with style by Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social 🔥🔥

"One of the most inventive creators in all post-war music"

Big thanks to Andrew and the Mojo team!
October 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
" #BrigitteFontaine Est Folle" gets 5 stars in #RecordCollector Magazine, reviewed by Johnnie Johnstone🔥🔥

"Fontaine's performances are totally assured. c'est magnifique"
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#yusufmumin featured in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social's latest edition - written by Phil Freeman with photo by Davvon Branker 🔥

"Black Unity Trio's founding member resurfaces with a reworked collection of spiritual and philosophical jazz from his archive"

Big thanks to the Wire team 💫
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle? reissue featured on @franceinter.fr by Matthieu Conquet in the programme "Et Je Remets Le Son" 🔥🔥

Big thank to Matthieu and the France Inter team! ♥️

www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
October 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🔥OUT TODAY 🔥
BRIGITTE FONTAINE EST... FOLLE (1968)
SPECIAL EDITION

2LP Deluxe edition featuring demos, instrumentals and a 20p booklet with contributions by Stereolab’s Laetitia sadier, jeremy allen, benoît mouchart and benjamin barouh

Order (2LP/CD/Dig) wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🔥OUT 28 NOV 🔥
HITOMI 'PENNY' TOHYAMA
TOKYO FUNK DIVA 1981-88

Sizzling Soul, Funk & Boogie from the original Japanese Funk Diva, selected in Tokyo by #nickluscombe in partnership with #NipponColumbia

Order LP/CD/Dig: www.wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Great 9/10 review for "Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle" in #Uncut Mag @uncutmagazine.bsky.social by Jon Dale @kodakghostpoem.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

"Superior, smartly arranged Pop. Remarkable"
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🔥BANDCAMP FRIDAY TODAY🔥

15% on all #Wewantsounds titles starting NOW.

Enter the Checkout Discount Code : wewantsounds (Beneath the price box before "Check Out" or "Add to Cart")

Today 3 Oct 2025 -- until Midnight PST -- wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Great #brigittefontaine feature in #Technikart Mag (FR) by Alexis Lacourte 🔥

"In 1968, Brigitte Fontaine recorded an album which changed French Music forever. Accompanied by a 5-star cast, she foreshadowed Gainsbourg's Melody Nelson LP as well as Punk music"
October 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
OUT 14 NOV
AKIKO YANO
7 O'CLOCK IN TOKYO (1979) 🔥

#AkikoYano’s cult 1979 album 7 O’Clock in Tokyo, recorded live in 1978 with the #YMO musicians plus #minakoyoshida and #tatsuroyamashita

IN CONCERT 23 NOV LONDON BARBICAN EFG London Jazz Festival

Order LP/CD: wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Great #brigittefontaine piece in @shindigmagazine.bsky.social by Kris Needs + 5-star review for Brigitte Fontaine est Folle" 🔥🔥🔥

"Fascinating. A pretty special package"
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our good friend Raimund Wong designed a beautiful #manudibango limited-edition poster to coincide with our Dibango 82 release 🔥🔥

Order poster here: raimundwong.bigcartel.com/product/diba...
September 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🔥OUT TODAY 🔥
FAIRUZ "CHAT ISKANDARIA" (1987)

#Fairuz's classic album "Chat Iskandaria" interpreting classic songs by the #Rahbani Brothers. Newly remastered with intro by #mariochoueiry from Institut Du Monde Arabe

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September 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
DON'T MISS!
OCT 5 - SONY HALL NYC 🔥
AKIKO YANO TRIO LIVE
feat. Will Lee and Chris Parker

Akiko Yano (piano, vo)
Will Lee (bass, vo)
Chris Parker (drs)

Sun Oct.5 - 8 PM Sony Hall
Booking: bit.ly/45Ungrw
September 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
OUT 31 OCT
YUSUF MUMIN
JOURNEY TO THE ANCIENT

#YusufMumin - founder of #BlackUnityTrio with Abdul Wadud and Hasan Al-Hut - unveils previously unreleased music from his personal archive!
Featuring liner notes by Mumin and Pierre Crépon

order (LP/digi) bit.ly/406AsGa
September 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🔥BANDCAMP FRIDAY TODAY🔥
15% on all #Wewantsounds titles starting NOW.

Enter the Checkout Discount Code : wewantsounds (Beneath the price box before "Check Out" or "Add to Cart")

Today 5 Sept 2025 -- until Midnight PST --
wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM