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Anthony Naples returns with his sixth album, “Scanners”, featuring ten new songs. Written and produced by Anthony Naples at Incienso Studios, Queens. Mastered by Anne Taegert at Dubplates and Mastering Artwork by Josh Abramovici. ANS Recordings is a division of Incienso Records. incienso.nyc Learn More

Khadim is a stunning reconfiguration of the Ndagga Rhythm Force sound. The instrumentation is radically pared down. The guitar is gone; the concatenation of sabars; the drum-kit. Each of the four tracks hones in on just one or two drummers; otherwise the sole recorded element is the singing; everything else is programmed. Synths are dialogically locked into the drumming. Tellingly, Ernestus has reached for his beloved Prophet-5, a signature go-to since Basic Channel days, thirty years ago. Texturally, the sound is more dubwise; prickling with effects. There is a new spaciousness, announced at the start by the ambient sounds of Dakar street-life. At the microphone, Mbene Diatta Seck revels in this new openness: mbalax diva, she feelingly turns each of the four songs into a discrete dramatic episode, using different sets of rhetorical techniques. The music throughout is taut, grooving, complex, like before; but more volatile, intuitive and reaching, with turbulent emotional and spiritual expressivity. Learn More

Big Hands, the moniker of Andrea Ottomani, presents a debut album that’s both immersive and dreamlike—a sonic journey that dissolves the line between electronic and acoustic worlds. Thauma was born from a stormy voyage across the Mediterranean and crafted using field recordings, tuned percussion, and close collaborations with a select group of musicians. The album features the haunting voice of Palestinian artist Bint Mbareh and the winding saxophone of Buster Woodruff-Bryant, weaving together deep emotion and rich textures. Modular synths meet bells, balafon, and bamboo drums to conjure a sense of mythical, rooted nostalgia—organic yet otherworldly. Learn More