Daily Discovery: Wetakeoff x Victorya Makinde - Afèfè Tuntun Paris and Abidjan sessions via Wetakeoff Camp. Yoruba vocal from Victorya Makinde, with “Mabo” (“come”) repeated as the hook. Wetakeoff’s debut album WEFLY is due next. #Wetakeoff #VictoryaMakinde rhythmpassport.com/?p=166423

Daily Discovery: ZHERAV – NAJA Wellington producer ZHERAV turns his club setup toward NAJA, a Batov Middle Eastern Grooves 45 built from programmed drums, looping bass and guitar lines shaped by Middle Eastern scales #ZHERAV #NAJA #NewZealand #MiddleEasternGrooves rhythmpassport.com/?p=166309

Daily Discovery: La Pambelé – La Burrita Bogotá nine-piece La Pambelé turn Eliseo Herrera’s La Burrita into one-take salsa brava, with vocals from Miguel Rebolledo and Lorena Contento over a full percussion and horn section #LaPambele #LaBurrita #Colombia #Salsa rhythmpassport.com/?p=166419

Daily Discovery: Aldiana Fall – "Nit ku bakh" From Mbour to Stuttgart, Aldiana Fall’s Giaar music links live djembe, dundun and xhin with Wolof lyrics on "Nit ku bakh", extending the line set by "Touba" and "Lamp A Tak Bamba Fégn". #AldianaFall #NitKuBakh #Senegal rhythmpassport.com/?p=165893

Daily Discovery: Kunyai – "Kiriyo" Brussels producer Kunyai links deep and organic house on "Kiriyo", his first release for Cascade Records, built on layered percussion and African vocal lines. #Kunyai #Kiriyo #Belgium #OrganicHouse rhythmpassport.com/?p=165888

Daily Discovery: Mulatu Astatke – "Tezeta" (Live at RAK Studios) At RAK Studios in London, Mulatu Astatke revisits "Tezeta" as a piano, sax and cello trio during the Mulatu Plays Mulatu sessions, stripping one of his key Ethio-jazz pieces back to its core rhythmpassport.com/?p=166304

Daily Discovery: Ivee Soul x Mishy Kope x Mandilakhe Ikhaya – "Welela" Songwriting-camp track linking Strand, rural Eastern Cape and Cradock, with vocals over an Afro-pop and folk-centred arrangement. #IveeSoul #MishyKope #MandilakheIkhaya #Welela #SouthAfrica rhythmpassport.com/?p=165881

Daily Discovery: Souad Massi – Samt "Samt" (Arabic for “silence”) is the first single from Zagate. rhythmpassport.com/?p=166126

Daily Discovery: AfroQuiesa Orchestra – Marrageisha AfroQuiesa Orchestra from Quiesa, Italy open C'è Sempre Tempo Per l'Amore with "Marrageisha", six minutes of instrumental afro-funk linking Lagos afrobeat and Japanese video game patterns. #AfroQuiesaOrchestra rhythmpassport.com/?p=165882

Daily Discovery: Kabusa Oriental Choir – Detty December Kabusa Oriental Choir move from viral choir covers to original songs with "Detty December" on Snafu Records, turning Nigeria’s late-December rush into a choral track built on drums and bass for dancing. rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Psyché – Hurriya (We Must Resist) Naples and Tunisia meet on Hurriya (We Must Resist): Ziad Trabelsi on voice and oud, set inside drums, bass, guitar and synth. Afrobeat-derived rhythmic patterns under Arabic melodic phrasing, via Four Flies Records. rhythmpassport.com/?p=165891

Daily Discovery: ABI Afrobeat – Yamoléma ABI Afrobeat share Yamoléma: a seven-piece built around bass, two guitars, drums, percussion, trombone, and alto and baritone sax, with batucada and Afro-Cuban rhythm detail inside a classic afrobeat set-up #ABIAfrobeat rhythmpassport.com/?p=165638

Daily Discovery: Zemog El Gallo Bueno – Mania NYC 9-piece Zemog El Gallo Bueno release “Mania” from ¡Ya Tú Sabes! U All Reddy Noe. (5 Dec, Pinch Records). Built through Abraham Gomez-Delgado’s “composing backwards” process, cutting improvs into final charts rhythmpassport.com/?p=165639

Daily Discovery: Jorge Aguilar y Sus Embelecos – Eres Tú Mi Rosa A Berroche-based single from Colombia’s Magdalena River, led by tambores and featuring guitar from Tapha Gaye. Released via Astar Artes. #JorgeAguilarYSusEmbelecos #EresTuMiRosa #Colombia #Berroche rhythmpassport.com/?p=165640

Daily Discovery: Tank and the Bangas – Why You Mad? (Poetry On A Porch) ft. Dawn Richard Tank & the Bangas bring poetry & performance together on Poetry On A Porch, turning The Thing About Falling into sound w/ Dawn Richard as guest #TankAndTheBangas rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Sonetos del Amor Oscuro - Pajarita De Papel Pajarita De Papel sets a Lorca sonnet for voice, flamenco guitar, cello and flute on Sonetos del Amor Oscuro’s Zephyrus album Vol. 1: El Sueño Se Deshizo Para Siempre. #SonetosDelAmorOscuro #Belgium rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Yeko - Maliba "The Great Mali" as a unifying anthem, sung by Socha Socha and written by Salimata Traoré with Yohann Le Ferrand. Songhai wedding rhythm from northern Mali, pushed through a rock band set-up. #Yeko #Maliba #Mali #Songhai #Rock rhythmpassport.com/?p=165333

Interview: OOPUS – Where Traditional Dance Meets the Rave At WOMEX in Tampere, OOPUS break down how Estonian bagpipes, acid lines and Folktronica stages led to new album Reivlender, today’s single Sissejuhatus and a different future for club folk. #OOPUS rhythmpassport.com/interview-oo...

Daily Discovery: Aldiana Fall – Touba Touba brings together live djembe, dundun and xhin with Wolof lines addressed to Serigne Abdoul Karim Mbacke, echoing Mouride devotional patterns shaped during Fall’s upbringing in Mbour. #AldianaFall #Touba #Senegal #GiaarMusic rhythmpassport.com/?p=165330

Daily Discovery: Umut Adan & Zebânis – Sale Marino “Sale Marino” grew from a Bosphorus ferry crossing, pairing reverb-rich guitars, a jazz-tinged bassline and lyrics shaped by Istanbul’s pressures. Released on Six Degrees Records. #UmutAdan #Zebanis #SaleMarino rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Kanta dAb dAb – Gathāmuga Kanta dAb dAb trace the Gathāmuga ritual from Nepal Mandal, when communities release the spirits invoked for monsoon planting. Sitar, bass & drums carry the piece’s link to Newar tradition #KantaDabDab #Gathāmuga rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Imarhan – "Tellalt (Live from Aboogi Studio)" Imarhan preview Essam with "Tellalt" acoustic session from Tamanrasset. Named for burning Saharan acacia wood. Album out 16 January via City Slang. #Imarhan #Tellalt #Tuareg #Algeria #CitySlang rhythmpassport.com/?p=165265

Daily Discovery: 15 15 – Fāfaru 15 15 share Fāfaru through S76, linking a Polynesian food narrative with French and Tahitian lyrics and an arrangement shaped by synthesisers, percussion and ensemble vocals. #1515 #Fāfaru #Marara #France #Tahiti #Polynesia #S76 rhythmpassport.com/?p=165338

Daily Discovery: 15 15 – Fāfaru 15 15 share Fāfaru through S76 ahead of debut album Mārara. The track centres on the preparation of the Polynesian dish fāfaru and the marina scene in their narrative. #1515 #Fāfaru #Mārara #France #Tahiti #Polynesia rhythmpassport.com/?p=165338

Daily Discovery: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor – Our Freedoms Must Be Won Kefaya & Elaha Soroor share Our Freedoms Must Be Won, built around verses by Hazara writer Aziza Fayaz and arranged with references to Qawwali and Gnaoua. #Kefaya #ElahaSoroor #OurFreedomsMustBeWon rhythmpassport.com/?p=165326

Daily Discovery: Al Doum & The Faryds – Arise I From Milan, Al Doum & The Faryds release Arise I, recorded at Guscio with saxophones, percussion, analogue keys and voices shaping the track ahead of Ipnagogico #AlDoumAndTheFaryds #Ipnagogico #Jazz #Psychedelia rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Plena Libre – Carnaval “Carnaval” brings together Plena Libre and Elvis Crespo, aligning plena percussion with merengue pailas and saxophone lines inside a shared Puerto Rican & Dominican frame. #PlenaLibre #Carnaval #PuertoRico #Latin rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Dub Inc – Break the Silence feat. Kabaka Pyramid Saint-Étienne reggae band Dub Inc bring Grammy-winning Kabaka Pyramid onto "Break the Silence" from their ninth album Atlas. A direct call to speak up when injustice and division shape public life rhythmpassport.com/?p=165262

Daily Discovery: Chico César – Breu A four-language track built by Chico César, seven Jewish musicians and Gaza beatboxer Rivo, linking São Paulo, New York & Gaza and starting with Rivo’s WhatsApp verse recorded between bombardments. #ChicoCesar #Breu #Brazil rhythmpassport.com/?p=165252

Daily Discovery: Makadem – Nakili Session Makadem’s Nakili Session at The Beer District in Nairobi centres on his Nyatiti playing and the Benga lineage linked to his work. #Makadem #NakiliSession #Kenya #Nyatiti #Benga #DailyDiscovery #RhythmPassport rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Koyel Basu – El Quetzal (Ochin Pakhi) A bilingual recording linking Baul lyrics by Lalon Shah with Son Jarocho instruments including dotara, leona, jarana, cajón, tabla and zapateado, tied to her album Donde La Tierra Canta. #KoyelBasu #ElQuetzal rhythmpassport.com/?p=165217

Daily Discovery: Yaatri & Rebel Elements – "Raina" Tabla phrases shaped by tala patterns meet drum kit, programmed drums and synth bass on this Leeds collaboration released 19 November. #Yaatri #RebelElements #Raina #Leeds #Indian #Jazz rhythmpassport.com/?p=165022

Daily Discovery: Soma Soma – O Mundo Parou Bristol's Soma Soma address pandemic stasis on "O Mundo Parou", opener from Nem Toda Flor. Started in Brazil 2020, influenced by '70s samba before lockdown redirected the lyrics. Out via Mintaka Records #SomaSoma #Bristol rhythmpassport.com/?p=165080

Daily Discovery: COLECTIVA – "EERO" London collective COLECTIVA released "EERO" through Jazz re:freshed — a five-minute Afro-Latin and jazz piece the all-female band describe as an ode to grief. Their eponymous debut EP follows on 12 December #COLECTIVA #EERO #Jazz rhythmpassport.com/?p=164970

Daily Discovery: Jimmy Cliff – Acoustic Live @ KCRW (2012) Jimmy Cliff’s 2012 KCRW acoustic session, reposted yesterday yesterday in tribute, returns to Rebirth songs and Many Rivers To Cross and shows how far he took Jamaican reggae. #JimmyCliff #Jamaica rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Yilian Cañizares – "Maputo" Cuban-Swiss violinist Yilian Cañizares released "Maputo" on 18/11. Ronga lyrics, violin, guitar, guimbass and percussion recorded in Paris with Childo Tomas and Inor Sotolongo. From album Vitamina Y, out 6 February. rhythmpassport.com/?p=165021

Daily Discovery: Or Kantor – The Golden Temple Revelation The Golden Temple Revelation opens Or Kantor’s album Snake Island on Anova Music, a three minute Subterranean music single with Sefi Zisling that links Mediterranean ballads, desert blues and spiritual jazz rhythmpassport.com/?p=164967

Daily Discovery: Saint Levant – WAZIRA Live at Carthage Saint Levant took "Wazira" to Tunis's Carthage Festival in August. Song about exile and reunion over trap-based Arab-pop with crowd call-and-response. From Love Letters / رسائل حب (Deluxe). #SaintLevant #Wazir rhythmpassport.com/?p=164831

Daily Discovery: Sonic Alley – Rock The Night Calgary band Sonic Alley share a visualiser for lovers-rock track "Rock The Night". Written and produced entirely by the band ahead of their May 2026 album. #SonicAlley #RockTheNight #Reggae #LoversRock rhythmpassport.com/?p=164922

Daily Discovery: The Klezmatics – Spin Dreydl Spin New York klezmer group The Klezmatics reissue instrumental "Spin Dreydl Spin" for their 40th anniversary. Violin, Jew's harp & drums from the expanded Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah, out via Shamus Records. rhythmpassport.com/?p=164906

Daily Discovery: JonQuan – Gwan Walk JonQuan connects his vintage-rooted production with Rik Jam’s singjay phrasing on “Gwan Walk”, released 14 November via Easy Star Records. #JonQuan #GwanWalk #UnitedStates #Jamaica #reggae #rootsreggae #EasyStarRecords rhythmpassport.com/?p=164917

Daily Discovery: Curayaku – Échale Leña al Fuego Curayaku centre San Bartolo in “Échale Leña al Fuego”, built on Afro-Peruvian percussion, cajón, guitars and a cumbia line. It follows Abriendo Camino and reinforces their coastal connection. #Curayaku #Peru rhythmpassport.com/daily-discov...

Daily Discovery: Rakino Quartet – I Could Go Again If You’re Up For It Rakino Quartet present “I Could Go Again If You’re Up For It”, shaped by jazz, afrobeat and trip-hop as they work toward Backwards Into The Beyond for early 2026. #RakinoQuartet #London #Afrobeat rhythmpassport.com/?p=164876

Daily Discovery: OBIDAYA – What May Be (Their Purpose) Four voices, Hammond and clavinet frame OBIDAYA’s “What May Be (Their Purpose)”, with lyrics addressing excess and profit-led choices inside New Chapter. #OBIDAYA #WhatMayBe #Reggae #France #RootsReggae rhythmpassport.com/?p=164916

Daily Discovery: Boogát – Sapatinho Boogát and Diogo Ramos revisit Sapatinho with a Poirier remix shaped in Montreal, returning to their 2024 Del Horizonte single. #Boogat #DiogoRamos #Sapatinho #Montreal #Latin #HipHop #SambaFunk #QuebrasMusic rhythmpassport.com/?p=164873

Daily Discovery: Sérgio Onze – Sapatinhos (Ao Vivo) Live take recorded for RTP’s Em Casa d’Amália, placing Sérgio Onze in a space built around Amália Rodrigues’ legacy and linking to the album NÓS. #SérgioOnze #Sapatinhos #Fado #Portugal #Lisbon rhythmpassport.com/?p=164826

Daily Discovery: The Oddroots – Awareness (Live Session Remix by The Oddroots) Awareness returns as a Studio Miriam live session from Rome-based The Oddroots, expanding the 2024 Surna Records EP track with a 15-piece roots reggae & soul band. #TheOddroots #Awarenes rhythmpassport.com/?p=164820

Daily Discovery: AlMultaqa – Tawjah Tawjah opens the EP Dafayer with an Afro-Arab ensemble working with oud, kora, adungu and balafon around Sudanese pentatonic writing from the UAE. #AlMultaqa #Tawjah #Dafayer #UnitedArabEmirates #Sudan #AfroArab rhythmpassport.com/?p=164819

Daily Discovery: KIMIA – Sotula KIMIA voices Sotula in Lingala as a tribute to her mother, recorded with producer Julien Noko Decoret before her Trans Musicales appearance. #KIMIA #Sotula #France #Congo #AcidAfro rhythmpassport.com/?p=164797

Daily Discovery: Chicago Immigrant Orchestra – Merci Bon Dieu “Merci Bon Dieu” brings a Haitian song by Frantz Casseus into CIO’s album Sanctuary, sung in Haitian Creole. A WGN-TV live version adds Igbo vocals and spoken word by Ugochi Nwaogwugwu. rhythmpassport.com/?p=164821