Hot Mule

20/07/2026

Thank you Songlines

"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 T**i Robin, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘎𝘺𝘱𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘻𝘶𝘬 (𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘻𝘰𝘶𝘬𝘪), 𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟥–𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟣 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘻𝘶𝘬 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 ‘𝘓𝘢 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘳’ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 ‘𝘔𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢’, 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘻𝘶𝘬 𝘰𝘯 ‘𝘑𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢’, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦, ‘𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘩𝘺𝘢’, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘢. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 ‘𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’ 𝘰𝘳 ‘𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯’, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵."
https://www.songlines.co.uk/reviews/lovari

Limited Edition LP available here: https://hotmule.bandcamp.com/album/lovari

22/06/2026

T**i Robin in The Attic: The Monthly Dig - May 2026

Enjoy this selection of albums and compilations released in the past month.

27/04/2026

In early 1996, breaking away from the brilliant collective adventure of 𝑮𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒔, T**i Robin released an instrumental album based on improvisation: 𝑳𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑵𝒖 (The Naked Gaze), the culmination of a year of experimental research. Drawing inspiration from the poses of female models—much like a painter or a sculptor—T**i fueled his solo musical improvisations on the oud and bouzouq.

This recording bears witness to a unique aesthetic adventure: creating musical “paintings” in the presence of—and inspired by—models posing in the studio during the sessions. The musician’s palette, is composed of notes and modes, each possessing distinct colors. From the eyes of the improviser to the ears of the audience, the musical discourse translates the feelings inspired by these living paintings, revealing a perspective that transcends the thin partitions separating plastic and musical forms of expression.

Listen to “𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐬𝐢 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐬𝐢 𝐊𝐞𝐦 - 𝐍𝐮 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏” on bandcamp
https://hotmule.bandcamp.com/album/lovari

⏾ T**i Robin - 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊 ⏾
LP / 500 numbered copies
Out May 8th 2026 (Records ship from the 22nd)

📷 Louis Vincent

20/04/2026

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Maria Teresa Loff F. Schwarz back in January. A committed woman of culture and a truly beautiful soul who also shared a life with José Carlos Schwarz. She steadfastly and generously supported the careers of numerous artists and intellectuals along the years. Her passing leaves a great void in the cultural landscape of Guinea-Bissau.

In order to raise some funds for the Fundacão José Carlos Schwarz she created, we are offering a very limited repress of Lua Ki Di Nos.
80 numbered copies, housed in home made Tip-on sleeves by , shipping from the 22nd of May.
Sold exclusively on Bandcamp: https://hotmule.bandcamp.com/album/lua-ki-di-nos
𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬-𝘶𝘱, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯.

The José Carlos Schwarz Foundation (now ran by , Naman and their team) aims to strengthen the people’s connection with their historical and cultural heritage. Its members regularly proposes the creation of cultural activities, the promotion of a taste for culture, especially among young people, contributing to the promotion and enhancement of education and human development, especially among the most vulnerable groups in Guinea-Bissau.

17/04/2026

Listen to ”𝗟𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗿” on bandcamp.
Link in bio 👈

⏾ T**i Robin - Lovari ⏾
LP / 500 numbered copies
Out May 8th 2026 (Records ship from May 22nd)
https://hotmule.bandcamp.com/album/lovari

At the end of the 80s, T**i Robin felt a desire to pay tribute to one of his musical schools—a ‘truant school,’ unconventional yet incredibly generous: that of the Gypsy world. Possessing a musical language deeply steeped in this influence, he had grown artistically by its side, and wanted to give back what he owed it, in his own way.

Recorded by Silvio Soave, performed alongside Perpignan’s own Amar and Joseph « Mambo » Saadna amongst others, 1993’s 𝙂𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙨 was not only ranked as one of the best albums of the year by critics around the world, but it is widely considered one of the best albums of Gypsy music ever recorded”. It took T**i and his band on the road, from the Hollywood Bowl to Tokyo, South Africa to Bagdad…

10/04/2026

⏾ HTML012 T**i Robin - Lovari (Out May 8th 2026) ⏾

Limited edition 180g vinyl.
500 numbered copies.
Pressing & Tip-on sleeves by
Pre-order / Listen to “Mehdi“ https://hotmule.bandcamp.com/album/lovari 👀

An improvisational musician, composer and poet, T**i Robin has travelled extensively since the early 1980s – from Brittany to Catalonia, India to Morocco – crafting his own musical aesthetic. Throughout his journey, he has built bridges between his native Anjou, where he still resides, and the Gypsy cultures of many lands. Neither a compilation nor a mere summary, this selection offers a certain perspective on his body of work, which has earned him praises by luminaries like Peter Gabriel or Brian Eno.

Despite his many travels, it would be a mistake to view T**i Robin as an explorer of the “elsewhere“. While he plays the guitar, the bouzouq, or the ‘oud, he does not seek to imitate a Gypsy, Syrian, or Greek style; rather, he plays in a voice that is uniquely his own—a syncretism of his personal journey, from his teenage years playing at Moroccan community celebrations to his collaborations with Gypsy musicians from Southeast France and India. In Angers, in the Roseraie neighbourhood, he was immersed in the rhythms of Moroccan chaabi from an early age. Later, he frequented the gypsy neighbourhood of Saint-Jacques in Perpignan […]

Produced between 1993 and 2011 these songs have been fully remastered and are presented here for the first time on vinyl, with extensive liner notes.

Mastering: Nicolas Thelliez
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