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Maria JoãoAbundância
Oscillating between Lisbon and Maputo, Maria João's new album presents an original musical vision, at the centre of which is her unique and passionate voice, which once again proves to be an incomparable expression of deep emotion. Together with João Farinha and André Nascimento, she has created an album that combines original lyrics with floating, evocative electronic textures. ‘Abundância’ invites you to travel between Portugal and Mozambique, building musical bridges between past and future, jazz ...more

New releases July 2025

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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROBurkard KunkelMonxarellaThe Monxarella project arose from a desire to reinterpret Monk's music in a varied and new way. Kunkel deliberately works without overdubs and uses various instruments simultaneously, including the chord zither, bass clarinet, basset horn, alto zither, harp zither, and shruti box, which he plays with his foot. The different timbres are intended to evoke a bittersweet nostalgia. He was inspired by Monk's ... more
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Rock  Alternative17.98 EUROThe MoonbandRelations“Relations” is the name of the new album by The Moonband (release date June 2025). The sixth full-length album has audibly gained pop and dance elements. Synthesizer and ukulele as a soundtrack for couple therapy. The Moonband place themselves between nightlife and privacy. Some acoustic instruments have had to give way to pads and synthesizers. The band has given itself a juicy groove makeover which ... more
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Rock  Alternative25.99 EUROThe MoonbandRelations (LP)“Relations” is the name of the new album by The Moonband (release date June 2025). The sixth full-length album has audibly gained pop and dance elements. Synthesizer and ukulele as a soundtrack for couple therapy. The Moonband place themselves between nightlife and privacy. Some acoustic instruments have had to give way to pads and synthesizers. The band has given itself a juicy groove makeover which ... more
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Jazz  Fusion17.98 EUROVarre Vartiainen & Mike SternHead and HeartThe music on the album is inspired by 70s fusion jazz and was mostly composed by Varre Vartiainen, with Mike Stern adding a significant creative touch. Both artists deliver masterful guitar playing. Head & Heart is the follow-up to Vartiainen's critically acclaimed solo album Almost Standards.
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World Music  Spanien  Flamenco16.98 EUROSantiago Lara & José Colome & Orequesta Alvarez BeigbederConcierto Nº1 para Guitarra Española y OrquestaSantiago Lara is a guitarist, composer, arranger—a musician who loves music in all its styles. Growing up in Jerez de la Frontera, a city in southern Andalusia, he was born into flamenco. Flamenco is the music you hear everywhere and dance to. Today, Santiago Lara is one of the most brilliant and versatile guitarists and composers of his generation. At 40, he can look back on a 25-year career in which ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROAmina Claudine MyersSolace of the MindRed Hook Records is proud to announce the release of Solace of the Mind, a profound, lyrical solo album by pianist, organist, singer, and newly minted NEA Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers. This extraordinary recording follows her critically acclaimed duet with Wadada Leo Smith. The album showcases the uncompromising vision of a seasoned musical leader who has traveled a remarkable path from her beginnings ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROAndreas Haddeland TrioEstuarThe creative and attentive interplay of Andreas Haddeland's trio manifests itself as a free and powerful flow, as beautiful, lightly floating mist droplets and as a dense, enveloping fog that lends tension to the musical movement. An expressive and responsive trio that communicates closely with each other through a wide range of textures and moods. With Estuar, the Andreas Haddeland Trio has created ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROJoe Haider QuintetThe Miles Davis Project 2025
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Pop  Indie-Pop17.98 EUROSteve Von TillAlone In A World Of WoundsPloughing a different furrow, Alone in a World of Wounds is an album of sweeping gothic tinged Americana, tripped out drones, beautiful world weary vocal melodies and slowly unfurling cello arrangements. Initially inspired by the harmonic resonance of piano and synths and his long standing love of ambient music, Alone in a World of Wounds follows 2021’s No Wilderness Deep Enough in reflective ambience. ... more
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Pop  Indie-Pop37.98 EUROSteve Von TillAlone In A World Of Wounds (LP)Ploughing a different furrow, Alone in a World of Wounds is an album of sweeping gothic tinged Americana, tripped out drones, beautiful world weary vocal melodies and slowly unfurling cello arrangements. Initially inspired by the harmonic resonance of piano and synths and his long standing love of ambient music, Alone in a World of Wounds follows 2021’s No Wilderness Deep Enough in reflective ambience. ... more
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Jazz  Piano Solo23.98 EUROKetil BjornstadEvening Song (Aftensang)Ketil Bjørnstad presents piano music for the twilight hour on the album “Evening Song – Aftensang”. The project began when Bjørnstad was contacted by organist and conductor Svein Rustad, who wanted him to compose “Nighttime songs” for him—based on several poems from the collection “Båt på fjorden” (Boat on the fjord) (Aschehoug 2021).
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROEsthesis QuartetSound & FuryIntrospection can be born from any number of events. Losing a valuedmentor is a moment that would give anyone pause. Esthesis Quartetmembers Dawn Clement and Elsa Nilsson searched deep inside to cometo terms with the loss of their mentor, Ron Miles. Along with bandmatesEmma Dayhuff and Tina Raymond, the quartet creates a program ofmusic inspired by self-reflection, contemplation and self-discovery ... more
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Jazz  Piano Solo17.98 EUROFrank KimbroughThe CallIt has been over four years since the passing of Frank Kimbrough, anincredible pianist, composer and educator. His loss left an unfillablevoid in the jazz scene of New York City and throughout the world.Fortunately, his lessons and music still live on in his students, peersand recordings. So, it is with great pleasure and pride that SunnysideRecords presents The Call, a collection of solo performances ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROEmi MakabeEchoGiven her Japanese heritage, the revered, Brooklyn-based composer,vocalist, shamisen player, and educator Emi Makabe was drawn to hernative language’s unique iteration: ekō. Makabe explains: “It shares theEnglish pronunciation, but it means praying for people who have passedaway.” Which resonated deeply with her, as her father passed away in2021. “It was during the pandemic, so nobody could visit,” ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROMarty Ehrlich Trio ExaltationThis TimeThere are moments when musicians need to escape artifice and theweight of metaphor in music creation. Sometimes it is best to scaledown and just play with a group that makes music for pleasure or escape.Woodwind master Marty Ehrlich brought together bassist John Hébertand drummer Nasheet Waits a decade ago to create the Trio Exaltation.Together, they return to present a collection of further explorations ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROSeven WindowsSeven WindowsIn 1986, the trio of producer Steve Dwire, audio engineerA.T. Michael MacDonald and singer/songwriter JessRoden came together to create a one-off recording,Seven Windows. The singular and intriguing recordingthat emerged blended contemporary jazz, ambientsoundscapes and pop rock song craft. To realize thisfantastic music, the trio employed an impressive arrayof legendary jazz and studio musicians, ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROUnity QuartetSamba of SortsThe infectious spirit of Brazilian music in all its incredible forms is impossibleto deny. Musicians from around the world succumb to theelements of samba, forro and bossa nova. For Brazilian musicians, the essenceof these sounds and rhythms is tied up in all the music they create.The new collective ensemble Unity Quartet, featuring Hélio Alves, GuilhermeMonteiro, Gili Lopes and Alex Kautz, weave their ... more
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Jazz  Contemporary17.98 EUROGlotzeGLOTZE IIIGLOTZE love obstacles - preferably ones they build themselves. Instead of surrendering to the musical autopilot, they like to build their own hurdles. A playful form of evasion to open up new sonic terrain. With two new releases on Boomslang Records, they show ways to free themselves from self-made entanglements - with ingenuity, playfulness and a dose of self-irony.GLOTZE III concentrates on the musically ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EURODavid HadjuLive of the SaintsWhen writer-producer David Hajdu was growing up, he was drawn toa mystical book on his mother’s shelf entitled Lives of the Saints.This was a collection of tales of Catholic saints and their heroic martyrdom.Later in life, Hajdu began to collect his own stories of ordinary individualswho, through their deeds, attained exalted status in his mind,essentially created his own canon of secular saints.For ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein19.98 EUROFred Moten & Brandon LopezRevision
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Jazz  Blues17.98 EURORudi BiberStill Going StrongExperience the soulful journey of Rudi Biber 77 – Still Going Strong, a tribute to the blues legends who shaped Rudi Biber’s musical path. Influenced by icons like B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Duane Allman, this album blends classic blues roots with Biber’s signature sound. Featuring fan-favorite live set staples, each track captures decades of passion, skill, and love for the blues. From heartfelt ... more
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Jazz  Blues16.98 EUROKid RamosStrange Things Happening
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Pop  Ambient44.98 EUROBanha Da CobraLava Love (LP)
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROKarimaCanta AutoriA return to her roots, to the rediscovery of sounds, colors and emotions that are part of a rich and varied artistic background. This is the starting point of Karima's new album, Canta Autori, to be on JandoMusic | Via Veneto Jazz).In this new story that looks at Italy, the musicians who have always accompanied her could not be missing, such as Bernardo Guerra on drums, Gabriele Evangelista on double ... more

News

  • 7/3/2025The World Music Charts Europe with Danças OcultasWith their new album Inspirar, the Portuguese accordion quartet has entered the current edition of the World Music Charts Europe. Following three albums that could be summarised as 'exhaling', the band has performed a turnaround with 'Inspirar', a title that can be translated as both 'breathing in' and 'taking in influences and inspirations'. The musicians create beautiful and unique soundscapes full of unexpected twists and noble melancholy, the power of which is hard to resist. ...moreLatest release
    World Music  Portugal
    Danças OcultasInspirar GMC116 CD
  • 6/1/2025Rodrigo Leao at number 4 in the World Music Charts EuropeIn June, Rodrigo Leão entered the World Music Charts Europe with his album O Rapaz da Montanha at number 4. Thirty-two years after his debut, this extraordinary musician and composer is presenting his new album as the latest chapter in his remarkable career. The Portuguese musician has lost none of his musical identity or lively curiosity. ...moreLatest release
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    Rodrigo LeãoO Rapaz da Montanha GMC114 CD
    World Music  Portugal
    Rodrigo LeãoO Rapaz da Montanha (2 LP) GMCLP114 2 LP
  • 4/23/2025The German Record Critics' Award (PdSK) Longlist 2/2025The PdSK jury has announced its second longlist of the year, selecting two albums from the Galileo catalogue. Maria João has been nominated in the World Music category with 'Abundância', while the Al Andaluz Project has been nominated in the Traditional Ethnic Music category with 'The Songs of Iman Kandoussi'. In the jazz category, the Dado Moroni Trio with 'Morges 2009' (TCB Music), Roni Ben-Hur with 'The Abraxas Sessions, Vol. 2' (Dot Time) and Marcin Masecki, Eldar Tsalikov, Jan Pieniążek with 'Monk' (BMC) can also hope for an award. Veronika Harcsa is among the nominees in the Electronic and Experimental category with 'Schubert Now!' (BMC). ...moreLatest release
    Jazz  Latin-Jazz
    Maria JoãoAbundância GMC112 CD
    World Music  Spanien  Arabo-Andalusische Musik
    Al Andaluz Project Iman KandoussiThe Songs of Iman Kandoussi - Traditional Arabic Andalusian GMC113 CD

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