🇮🇶 Iraqi Prog Rock 🇮🇶
Baghdad born guitarist Al Basim moved to Denver in 1978 and recorded “Revival” — a private-press psych rock LP that almost vanished.
“One Camel in Alaska” is the standout: flute, fuzzy guitar, heavy drums and a title that embodies the whole journey.
One for the those who love invisible records and their forgotten stories.
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#albasim #iraq #progrock #rarerecords #privatepress #recordcollector #cratedigger #middleeast #vinyl #distantrhythm #forgottenstories #musicdiscovery
🇿🇼 Zimbabwean Chimurenga 🇿🇼
@officialthomasmapfumo grew up in colonial Rhodesia and came of age as the country moved toward independence. In the 1980s, he translated traditional Shona mbira patterns to electric guitar, creating a sound that felt both new and deeply rooted.
For many, his records became the soundtrack to independence — quiet, confident, and unmistakably Zimbabwean.
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#thomasmapfumo #chimurenga #zimbabwe #musicdiscovery #distantrhythm
🇯🇵 Japanese City Pop 🇯🇵
Psychedelic synth heavy music from Miharu Koshi. A welcome deviation from conventional city pop, yet still dressed with its traditional bubblegum aesthetic.
Miharu Koshi - Make Up (1981)
Full track up on YT
Link in bio
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#musicdiscovery #citypop #japan #distantrhythm #vinyl
🍭 Neon Dream 🍭
Highlights from the latest Distant Echoes mix.
Electro, new wave and synth-pop from some unusual places - Wales, Hungary, Mexico and more…
Full mix on YouTube.
#distantechoes #musicdiscovery #vinylmix #newwave #synthpop
New Distant Echoes mix.
Neon Dream - Electro, New Wave and Synth-Pop.
Synth-driven, off centre and occasionally unpredictable, sitting between early electronic music and left-field pop.
Full mix on YouTube.
#distantechoes #vinylmix #musicdiscovery #newwave #synthpop
Alpha du Centaure - Contact (1979) 🇫🇷
One off French experimental jazz-rock LP.
Loose, rhythmic and slightly unhinged.
#musicdiscovery #jazzrock #freejazz #improv #rarerecords
Time to let go of a few records - hit me up
✅SOLD✅
Doctor’s Cat - Feel the Drive (1983) 🇮🇹
Relentlessly high-energy Italo-Disco
VG+/VG+
£25
Various - Discover Jamaica (1979) 🇳🇱
Eclectic mix of reggae and disco
VG+/VG
£15
Bill Wolfer - Wolf (1982) 🇺🇸
Boogie with a touch of romance
NM/VG+
£20
✅SOLD✅
Mina - Italiana (1982) 🇮🇹
Bumpin Italian deep funk
VG+/VG+
£20
✅SOLD✅
L’Ensemble Abricot - A La Bananeraie (1968) 🇬🇵
Wonderful compilation of Latin sounds
VG/VG
£40
Uraba Orquesta - A Uraba (1993) 🇨🇴
Fiesty salsa and merengue
VG+/VG+
£40
✅SOLD✅
Hamac - Avec Ti-Paul et José (????) 🇫🇷
Pulsating zouk with a few high moments
VG+/VG+
£50
Walkyria - Walkyria (????) 🇧🇷
Slept on Brazilian funk
VG+/VG+
£75
Λίτσα Διαμάντη – Αγάπη Θέλω Μόνο (1980) 🇬🇷
Eerie Greek disco and synth-pop
VG+/VG+
£10
✅SOLD✅
Various - Musique Sans Paroles (2015)
Killer percussive comp
VG+/NM
£25
Don Campbell - Tell Me (1996)
Slow synthy reggae-pop
VG/VG
£60
IROY - Ten Commandments (1978) 🇯🇲
Roots reggae to save your soul
VG+/VG+
£20
#secondhandrecords #recordsforsale #rarerecords #tropicalmusic #musicdiscovery
🥭 Shades of Reggae 🥭
Episode three of Distant Echoes covers reggae from across the spectrum, everything from roots to Afro to samba, and a couple of tracks from Suriname too!
Full mix on YouTube — link in bio.
#distantechoes #musicdiscovery #reggae #djmix #vinyl
