Wed Oct 29 2025

Red Beats

hosted by Addy Rasgon

3:30 AM - 5:00 AM

Cold War-era jazz, funk, soul, and psychedelic rock that flourished in the shadows of global propaganda wars. While the United States used music as a cultural weapon to push Western ideals, artists from the USSR, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia forged their own radical sounds - fusing tradition with rebellion to discuss the vital reminder: that music has always been more than just entertainment - it's resistance, identity, and revolution.

Take Me Back - Golden Hands, Golden Hands (SDBAN) 1977

Zourou - Boncana Maïga, Koyma Hondo - EP (Hot Casa Records) 2017

Dakar - N'dadje, Meeting Time (Sibécar) 2014

Kelenkye - Kelenkye Band, Moving World (Cultures of Soul Records) 2020

El Toughanure - The Duke Of Burlington, The Pressed Piano Indian Fig, Vol.2 (Saar srl) 1969

Me Yee Owu Den - K. Frimpong and His Cubanos Fiestas, Me Da A Onnda (Hot Casa Records) 2021

Country Scenes - Golden Hands, Golden Hands (SDBAN) 1977

Feeling Right - Hannes Beckmann's Sinto, Sonho Negro (Jaro Records) 1978

Fré Moin - Captain Créole, Ni Bel Jounin - Single (BeauMonde) 2019

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Addis Ababa - Zafari, Truth & Soul Presents Cinematic Soul (Truth & Soul Records) 2004

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Thamghra - Syphax, Thamghra - Single (Shakshouka Records) 2025

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Im Ata Tzair Balev - Aris San (אריס סאן), Dash Im Shir Ivri (ד"ש עם שיר עברי) (NMC UNITED ENTERTAINMENT LTD) 1998

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Ghazal - Kourosh Yaghmaei, Back From The Brink (Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock From Iran: 1973-1979) (Now Again Records) 1976

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Asmarina - Mulatu Astatke, Ethio Jazz (P-VINE RECORDS) 1973