Earlier this week Yara Asmar added part two of her latest YouTube series, Paperhouse Waltzes (for the perpetually awake) to her channel, and I highly recommend you go and check it out. If you only know Yara from her music, you might be surprised to find she also manages to find the time to make these haunting films that feature her own handmade puppets and set designs. Her previous series, Mr Samuel’s Teatime Stories ran over 5 parts and has had over a hundred thousand views. There’s a lot...

Check out John Parry’s wonderful review of “it’s nice to see a lake in your eyes” At the Backseat Mafia website: https://www.backseatmafia.com/album-review-carol-maia-jeremy-gustin-its-nice-to-see-a-lake-in-your-eyes-an-mpb-moment-to-treasure-from-the-rio-brooklyn-partnership/ Thanks for all the kind words John! “What Carol Maia and Jeremy Gustin have achieved here is to make a series of songs that shun immediacy or any overused hooks but which constantly intrigue and enchant…The Maia/Gustin...

Maalem Abdelrazak El Moustakim - Dar Gnaoua Here’s another in our series of limited digital only releases from the Hive Mind Cassette Archive. This is a rare cassette from Rabat based Gnaoua Maalem (or master), Abdelrazak El Moustakim. Best guess is that it was released in the late 2000’s or early 2010’s. I’ve been a unable to find much of anything online about this Gnaoua musician other than a handful of live videos on YouTube all from this period, and nothing after around 2015. He played at...