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Let me kick off this thread with some Afrobeat:

From Chile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vStU79dfil4



From France
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPQPs3YGOzA

Sparks need a lot more recognition, especially for their two 1974 albums.

Kimono My House

Propoganda

Amateur Hour is my personal favourite.

Here is some quality reggae


From London, with images by Moebius, French SF cartoonist

Ezra Collective - Colonial Mentality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7MNIK--wqk


"The strong influence of Afro Beat, Reggae and Hip Hop, tied together by tuition and understanding of jazz creates the unique Ezra Collective sound. Ezra Collective have also been used as rapper Pharoahe Monch’s live band"



From Brazil

"Not Falling" Anelis Assumpção (VideoClipe Oficial)
https://youtu.be/4K5h1-ll7_A?t=54


From Italy

Wicked Dub Division meets North East Ska Jazz Orchestra - Mama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpYaj-hsIkA


From Canada
Moment to Moment | FOUR80EAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3T9WaRcQFw

Who would have thought The Architect listens to reggae in his down time?

Beat Me 'Til I'm Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYwLja8GSiY

One For The Trouble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM609GtTdUU

Orthodox Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MroC46mVtNw

Five Points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHxt91-DQlI

I was very much entertained by an evening of Punk Music on the BBC last night. Some of those songs were fairly rough and not exactly ready; but they were entertaining.

Bluetech : Crystalline Forms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh-tmNx2Agk

Shpongle : Empty Branes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbLjxw8kXxI

Flooting Grooves : Across The Threshold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dRo5oMAhlw

After Star Wars...

The Peaking Goddess Collective : Star Peace
https://youtu.be/Npj9MRVvyCQ?t=425

Mo' Horizons : Walk Into Space

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjqU5LGTqzo

This is the perfect music to listen to while writing about Europa's ocean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3dzr72L6Fo