WEWANTSOUNDS

30/09/2025

Big thanks to Neko Case for picking the Warda "Wemalo" LP in her What's in my Bag / Amoeba ❤🔥❤

Neko Case goes record shopping at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. Neko Case's new album "Neon Grey Midnight Green" is available via ANTI-.Check out her picks:Sued...

28/09/2025

's "Journey to the Ancient" LP - 5/5 review at 🔥🔥🔥

"A living message, one that has taken decades to reach us. Heard now, it is as urgent and necessary as ever"

In the annals of free jazz, there are figures whose names flicker at the margins — glimpsed in anecdotes, remembered by fellow musicians, but rarely given the platform of a complete discography. Yusuf Mumin is one of these elusive presences. Born Joseph W. Phillips in Cleveland in 1944, he grew up...

26/09/2025

's "Journey to the Ancient" LP reviewed at The Vinyl District 🔥🔥

"'Journey to the Ancient' finally offers more unheard music from Yusuf Mumin."

VIA PRESS RELEASE | In 1968, Yusuf Mumin was the blistering alto saxophone voice of the Black Unity Trio, who recorded the cult privately pressed album Al-Fatihah, one of the most sought-after albu…

26/09/2025

OUT 14 NOV
AKIKO YANO - 7 O'CLOCK IN TOKYO (1979) 🔥

Akiko Yano 矢野顕子’s cult 1979 album 7 O’Clock in Tokyo, recorded live in 1978 with the musicians plus and

IN CONCERT 23 NOV LONDON Barbican Centre EFG London Jazz Festival

Order LP/CD: wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
Book Concert tickets https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/japanese-jazz

23/09/2025

Great Brigitte Fontaine piece in Shindig! Magazine... the latest!
by Kris Needs + 5-star review for "Brigitte Fontaine est F***e" 🔥🔥🔥

"Fascinating. A pretty special package"

16/09/2025

Our good friend Raimund Wong designed a beautiful limited-edition poster to coincide with our Dibango 82 release 🔥🔥

Order poster here: https://raimundwong.bigcartel.com/product/dibango82

15/09/2025

's "A Distant Land" from the forthcoming "Journey to the Ancient" LP on Kerem Gokmen's latest show on 91.3 WYEP 🔥🔥

New music on the show this week from Clap! Clap!, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, Kutiman, Blood Orange, Werkha & Daudi Matsiko, Berwick, Venna, HAAi, GusGus, Niia, Derane Obika & Go.Soul.Map, Sudan Archives, Det Intergalaktiske Underholdningsorkester, Oliver Night, Baron Retif, Fink, Daoud, Big Thief...

12/09/2025

🔥OUT TODAY 🔥
FAIRUZ "CHAT ISKANDARIA" (1987)

's classic album "Chat Iskandaria" interpreting classic songs by the . Newly remastered with intro by Mario Choueiry from Institut du monde arabe

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08/09/2025

OUT 31 OCT
YUSUF MUMIN - "JOURNEY TO THE ANCIENT" 🔥🔥

Order LP/digi: www.wewantsounds.bandcamp.com
Wewantsounds is delighted to collaborate with cult musician - founder of with Abdul Wadud and Hasan Al-Hut - to unveil previously unreleased music from his personal archive. Following last year’s acclaimed Black Artist Group release, this new instalment continues to unearth hidden treasures from the Great Black Music tradition.

Although the exact recording dates remain unknown, the music here is a powerful blend of serene spiritual jazz and fiery sonic intensity. All tracks have been remastered for vinyl by Colorsound Studio and the release also includes a two-page insert featuring new liner notes by Yusuf Mumin and who supervised the release. Artwork by Thomas C. Bradley