Aint About Me - "Watching Tarot Card XVI Come To Life" (3:03)
Dreamcastmoe & Shungu - "Don't Let Me Down" (1:16)
Iman Houssein - "Their Eyes" (3:22)
Qur’an Shaheed - "Thrive" (6:29)
Makaya McCraven - "Crash Course" (4:24)
CoS - "Ayy Thank Full" (3:08)
Trian Kayhatu - "OK Dan" (3:17)
Regal86 - "Parado En La Esquina" (3:46)
Abrahamblue - "Joanna" (3:45)
DJ Spinn - "Synthshot" (3:18)
Igor Jadranin - "NUB" (1:57)
Shlundee - "Acid 2 Acid" (6:16)
LB Aka Labat - "Ca Chauffe Tonton" (5:20)
Elisa Bee - "A Sun That Never Goes Down" (5:28)
Pippin - "Ro" (2:27)
Review: Compilation maestros BBE are back with another gem, this time from Belgian DJ and tastemaker Lefto. His The Beauty is Inside is a 19-track gem from across the musical spectrum with sounds from all over the world. It shines a light and shows respect to everything from Ethiopian singer Alemayehu Eshete to South African singer and actress Patience Africa via Spanish composer Pedro Ruy-Blas. All these original tracks are from up-and-coming artists who Lefto feel deserve a bigger platform. It makes for a fascinating listen and serves up plenty of red hot talents.
Aint About Me - "Watching Tarot Card XVI Come To Life"
Alemayehu Eshete - "Alteleyeshegnem"
Pedro Ruy Blas - "Membrillo"
Patience Africa - "By Hook Or By Crook"
Dreamcastmoe & Shungu - "Don't Let Me Down"
Iman Houssein - "Their Eyes"
Abrahamblue - "Joanna"
Qura An Shaheed - "Thrive"
Makaya McCraven - "Crash Course"
COS - "Ayy Thank Full"
Trian Kayhatu - "OK Dan"
Lefto Early Bird - "E40"
Regal86 - "Parado En La Esquina"
DJ Spinn - "Synthshot"
Igor Jadranin - "NUB"
Shlundee - "Acid 2 Acid"
LB Aka Labat - "Pai Pai"
Elisa Bee - "A Sun That Never Goes Down"
Pippin - "Ro"
Review: In truth, not all DJs are genuine "tastemakers", but Lefto most certainly is. Like the similarly minded - if far older and more experienced - Gilles Peterson, Lefto gets as much pleasure from introducing people to new and obscure music, as he does from rocking clubs. It's for that reason The Beauty Is Inside, a terrific, lightly blended mix of eclectic, far-sighted sounds hand-picked by the Belgian, is such essential listening. It naturally contains some slept-on tackle from the past - see the cuts by Ethiopian singer Alemayeu Eshete and South African artist Patience Africa - but even more killer contemporary fare, with highlights including the contributions of Qur'an Shaheed, Elisa Bee, fellow Belgians abrahamblue and contemporary jazz hero Makaya McCraven.
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