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Hi everyone,

Here’s what we have planned this week:

Tonight's Inside Track is the latest from Varg, Nordic Flora Pt. 2: En Ros Röd Som Blod. In contrast to the more straightforward techno of Pt. 1, this double-cassette release on Posh Isolation twists down avenues containing expansive ambient soundscapes, digital-analog experiments reminiscent of Susumu Yokota, and chaotic freely improvised percussion, all while anchored with a collection of solid dance tracks. 

Monday's Outside Track is Poulo Warali, the first distributed release from Awa Poulo, a singer with Peulh origins from the Dilly commune of Mali, very near Mauritania. The Peulh-speaking people, who make up less than 10% of Mali’s melting pot of languages, are predominantly pastoral or nomadic making it very rare that Malian Peulh music is played in a cosmopolitan context. Just as rare is the fact that Awa Poulo is  a publicly performing female musician in the Peulh culture, but through family ties in the music world, Awa Poulo has been able to become widely recognize musician in the area. The release itself features Awa Poulo’s rhythmic folk-pop vocals, n’goni (lute), flute, calabash gourd percussion, and tastefully distorted guitar.