Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights (Numero Group)
Hong Kong Score (Wan Chai Records)
Saigon Supersound 1964-75 Volume 2 (Saigon Supersound)
Piero Piccioni – Camille 2000 Soundtrack (Camille 3000)
Gulden Karabocek Volumes 1 & 2 (Pharaway Sounds)
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In (Matador)
Doug Paisley – Starter Home (No Quarter)
Nicolas Godin – Au Service De La France (NCLS)
Zamaan Ya Sukkar – Exotic Love Songs & Instrumentals From Egyptian 60s (Radio Martiko)
Hailu Mergia – Lala Belu (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
& so much more. The above releases are the highlights of 2018 but they represent a small fraction of the music I listened to this year. Near Eastern, Mid Eastern, Far Eastern 60s-70s, European Library ambient electronic from 70s-80s, Italian soundtracks of course, 50s-60s Garage country psychobilly, 70s Fender Rhodes laden mellow soul, Rocksteady & righteous Jamaican Soul & so on. All this left me all but completely out of touch with anything currently going on. My fellow poopsters will no doubt enlighten me to what I need to know there.
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Siberia (cuba), NY