Weekly Dig #05: Global Psychedelic Rock and Funk
Welcome to Weekly Dig #05, our Sunday playlist feature focused on dedicated listening and crate digging from around the globe. This week, we bring together 12 rare psychedelic rock, fuzz-surf, and global funk tracks spanning Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Hawaii, Nigeria, Japan, Turkey, Peru, Sweden, and Israel.
Turn off your notifications, drop the needle, and take a trip across continents.
📀 Side A: Fuzz Riffs, Film Score Funk, and Garage Psych
Side A opens with Iranian legend Kourosh Yaghmaei and his fuzzy guitar-driven track Dar Enteha. Algerian composer Ahmed Malek follows with the cinematic funk rhythms of Autopsie d’un complot, leading into Tunisian band Dalton’s raw groove on Alech. Hawaiian multi-instrumentalist Eddie Suzuki brings organ psych-soul on City Of Refuge, Nigerian rock group The Funkees push the energy with Acid Rock, and Japanese Group Sounds pioneers The Mops close the first side with heavy fuzz on Blind Bird.
- Kourosh Yaghmaei – Dar Enteha (Iran)
- Ahmed Malek – Autopsie d’un complot (Algeria)
- Dalton – Alech (Tunisia)
- Eddie Suzuki – City Of Refuge (Hawaii / USA)
- The Funkees – Acid Rock (Nigeria)
- The Mops – Blind Bird (Japan)
📀 Side B: Anatolian Grooves, Amazonian Cumbia, and Library Funk
Flip the record for Altın Gün’s driving Anatolian synth-funk track Rakıya Su Katamam, followed by Gaye Su Akyol’s neo-psychedelic anthem İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir. Peruvian legends Los Mirlos bring Amazonian surf-cumbia sounds on Sonido Amazonico, leading into Swedish producer Sven Wunder’s modal library psych piece Lotus. Tel Aviv’s Ouzo Bazooka delivers Middle Eastern surf guitar on Kapaim, and Sababa 5 feat. Yurika Hanashima close the set with their Tel Aviv–Tokyo crossover Tokyo Midnight.
- Altın Gün – Rakıya Su Katamam (Turkey / Netherlands)
- Gaye Su Akyol – İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir (Turkey)
- Los Mirlos – Sonido Amazonico (Peru)
- Sven Wunder – Lotus (Sweden)
- Ouzo Bazooka – Kapaim (Israel)
- Sababa 5 feat. Yurika Hanashima – Tokyo Midnight (Israel / Japan)
This selection highlights how 1970s garage rock, fuzz guitars, and regional rhythms cross-pollinated across different continents. Play it loud and enjoy the global journey.
