Treat your taste buds to these mouthwatering leftovers!
Trying to keep up with the daily deluge of music is like trying to drink from a firehose. While we do our best to share all the good music that comes our way, some gems inevitably slip through the cracks. That’s where The Leftovers features come in; each Friday, we serve up five tasty morsels that we couldn’t let slip away into easily digestible snippets. This week, we’re showcasing new music from lvdf, The Alien Dub Orchestra, The Dwarfs Of East Agouza and more. Lap up these delectable treats.
International contemporary jazz quartet lvdf recently shared ‘The Anchor’, the second track from their forthcoming debut EP. lvdf consists of Myele Manzanza (drums), Maria Chiara Argirò (piano & synth), Alex Hitchcock (sax) and Michelangelo Scandroglio (double bass). Take a listen to the immersive and meditative track below and look out for their self-titled EP, which is out on the 15th of August!
This is a bit special. Saul Williams and Carlos Niño have joined forces to deliver what might just be one of the year’s most intriguing releases, landing next month. Entitled “Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople,” the forthcoming album marks the first collaborative effort between poet and vocalist Williams and percussionist/producer Niño, who have been friends since the late ’90s. Feast your ears on the extraordinary and grand opener ‘Sound then Words’ from the album, now streaming below for your listening delight.
The Alien Dub Orchestra, a motley crew hailing from Bavaria, is set to drop Breadminster Songbook—an album that reinvigorates Elijah Minnelli’s cumbia-tinged dub reggae with a fresh twist. Titled The Alien Dub Orchestra: Plays the Breadminster Songbook, the seven-track album finds the group covering Minnelli’s creations with a full band, playing an eclectic array of instruments, including guiro, accordion, melodica, sousaphone, trumpet, and assorted percussion. Perfect for summery days, check out their bright and breezy reimagining of ‘Vine and Fig Tree’. Lend an ear below and look out for the album in September.
The Dwarfs Of East Agouza, the Cairo-based trio of Sam Shalabi, Maurice Louca, and Alan Bishop, blend North African rhythms with psychedelic grooves in their latest track, ‘Neptune Anteater’. The track is a sneak peek of their new album Sasquatch Landslide, courtesy of the ever-impressive Constellation Records. Give it a listen below!
It’s been some time since Sarathy Korwar graced us with new music, but this week the silence was blissfully broken by his breathtaking new single ‘We Take Things For Granted’. The genre-breaking drummer, producer, and composer also announced his seventh album, There Is Beauty, There Already, which lands on the 7th of November via Otherland. Celebrating the rhythmic prowess of the drum ensemble, the album continues the journey from his 2022 Indofuturist manifesto, KALAK, with a richly immersive, extended suite of percussion-driven compositions. There’s little else to say, other than press play and enjoy!
