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Ibrahim Alfa Jnr. mixtape

Verity Sharp presents a boundary-defying mix from British techno producer Ibrahim Alfa Jnr. and plays new music from Vanishing Twin, Tamar Osborn, and BD.

Verity Sharp shares a spellbinding mix from prolific British techno producer Ibrahim Alfa Jnr., fresh from the release of his new album Infinite Black Inside, a piece of work that showcases the vastness of his musical influences, from soul to jazz, from dub to minimalism.

Born in London and based in Brighton, Ibrahim started making music in the late ‘90s, releasing his first techno record at the age of eighteen. Since then, he has never stopped producing music, including during a recent period of forced isolation while recovering from a pulmonary embolism and two heart attacks. His new album brings together some of the over 500 tracks recorded during that time.

Elsewhere in the show, a new single from the forthcoming album of Vanishing Twin plus hypnotising improvisations from saxophonist Tamar Osborn.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Tippa Irie on Saxon Sound

    Side A (extract)

    • Soundsystems at Notting Hill Carnival, 1984-1988.
    • Death Is Not The End.

  • General T on Jamdown Rockers

    Side A (extract)

    • Soundsystems at Notting Hill Carnival, 1984-1988.
    • Death Is Not The End.

  • Ibrahim Alfa

    Ikoyi

    • Infinite Black Inside.
    • FO.

  • Sabah Fakhri

    KDOK AL MAYAS (Jana Saleh version)

    • Versions EP.

  • Kamran Kərimov və Yusif Əzizov

    Ritmik improvizasiya

    • Music from the Caucasus - The Archive of ORED Recordings, 2013 - 2023.
    • TAL.

  • Heith & Tarawangsawelas

    Blue Kembang

    • Duori.

  • Tamar Osborn

    Trance

    • Varier: Berlin.
    • Dark Circles Recording.

  • Vanishing Twin

    Archives

    • Archives.
    • Fire Records.

  • Tercet Imperial

    Siwcowej

    • Prymat.

  • Georgia Ann Muldrow

    Brokenfolks

    • Brokenfolks.

  • Thelonious Monk

    'Round Midnight

    • ‘Round Midnight.

  • Aphex Twin

    Ventolin (Plain-An-Gwarry Mix)

    • Ventolin (Plain-An-Gwarry Mix).

  • Lord Kitchener

    Kitch's Bebop Calypso

    • Kitch's Bebop Calypso.

  • Philip Glass

    Mishima Closing - Multiphonic Saxophone Quartet

    • Mishima Closing - Multiphonic Saxophone Quartet.

  • Miles Davis

    Mystery

    • Mystery.

  • Blue Aloe

    Study Into Reclaiming

    • Study Into Reclaiming.

  • Vainqueur

    Lyot (Maurizio Remix)

    • Lyot (Maurizio Mix).

  • Burning Spears

    Any River

    • Any River.

  • Don Cherry

    Om Shanti Om

    • Om Shanti Om.

  • DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo

    Mu-Getsu

    • Mu-Getsu.

  • Brian Eno

    Big Ship

    • Big Ship.

  • Robert Hood & Jeff Mills

    Drama (The Wings)

    • Drama (The Wings).

  • Fela Kuti

    Sorrow, Tears and Blood

    • Sorrow Tears And Blood.
    • Kalakuta Records.

  • Tony Allen & Jeff Mills

    Locked And Loaded

    • Locked And Loaded.

  • Rebekah Heller

    Righteous Rage

    • Righteous Rage.

  • Stina Janvin & Morten Joh

    Rest - Bordvers (feat. Julia Reidy)

    • Or Gare: Funeral Procession: Music from Ryfylke, Norway.
    • Futura Resistenza.

  • Himba Hymn

    Friends who've passed

    • Himba Hymn Ghosts of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

  • apöpa & Otomo Yoshihide

    Pora Pora

    • Touch and Throw.

  • Superfly Bros.

    Another Star

    • Antiyano Progresivo: Musical Experiments from the Former Dutch Caribbean 1968-19.
    • Soundway Records.

  • Bill Orcutt

    Part 1

    • Four Louies Live.
    • Fake Estates.

Broadcast

  • Friday 22:00
    BBC Radio 3

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