In all honesty, I don't know what to make of this except that it's hypnotic and exceptional - transidental rhythms and song from Brazil: perfect for the World Cup.
Regular readers will know if i've got half a chance I'll refer to the FEEE compilation, 'Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain' (as "the Greek equilavent to Tai Chi Mountain in China" (see review HERE).
A massive 20 tracks as a double LP that extremes at trance and dub, the compilation sets exclusive field recordings made in 1985 and 1988 at Ilê Axé Opô Aganjú, a terreiro near Salvador, alongside newly commissioned pieces from contemporary artists including DJ Anderson do Paraíso, XEXA and Felinto, who revisit and reinterpret those sonic legacies.
The accompanying with a bilingual (English–Portuguese) book to document the Afro-Brazilian religion that enslaved West Africans rebuilt on Brazilian soil five centuries ago, tracing both its history and its ongoing transformations. With essays, artistic commissions and rare archival photographs by the late Pierre Verger, it tells the story of Candomblé through the voices of initiated practitioners and ceremonial musicians while drawing on researchers and anthropologists to address how the religion now circulates, and is contested, well beyond Brazil.
Not exactly mainstream, not exactly out there either but definitely mesmerising!
BUY LINK / PRE-ORDER: CANDOMBLE: SACRED RHYTHMS IN BRAZIL | FLEE
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Candomblé: Sacred Rhythms in Brazil
Release date: 12th June, 2026
Label: FLEE
Cat. No. : TBC
Format: 2xLP + Artbook / Digital / Bandcamp
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