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Bixiga 70 has announced details of their latest album, III, which is released on 11 September on Glitterbeat Records. The São Paulo-based combo is one of the guiding voices of Brazil’s contemporary instrumental music scene. Taking Fela Kuti’s Afrika 70 band as a launchpad both in name and spirit, this explosive 10-piece unleashes a ground-breaking fusion of African and South American rhythms and sounds. The band’s aptly named third album, III, is a luminescent and energised mixture of Atlantic cultures.

With JJ Electronics European-produced valves, the V40 Blackline is claimed to provide the warm, luxurious sound that’s so commonly associated with tube amplifiers. Output is quoted as 30W with an impedance of 4 or 8ohm, and the V40 is the first product in the Blackline range to offer Bluetooth4. 0 connectivity – aptX no less. Additional socketry includes RCA phono inputs and a micro USB port.

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Bob Dylan will be releasing the latest volume in his acclaimed bootleg series of previously unreleased studio recordings –including never-before-heard songs, outtakes, rehearsal tracks and alternate versions from theBringing It All Back Home,Highway 61 RevisitedandBlonde On BlondeSessions – on 6 November. Bob Dylan: The Best of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966, will be available in special double-CD and tripple-vinyl packages and focuses on the trilogy of albums that secured Dylan's reputation as a songwriter and performer of unprecedented depth. All recordings included are pristine transfers and mixed from the original studio tracking tapes. The packagecomes with an annotated book featuring hundreds of rare and never-before-seen photographs and memorabilia and new essays penned especially for the collection by Bill Flanagan and Sean Wilentz.

Bose introduces its new next-generation SoundTouch 10 speaker system. With built-in Bluetooth and wi-fi, the £169 loudspeaker connects directly to your portable devices straight from the box and is designed for instant music and multi-room listening. Using Bluetooth to stream any song, playlist or music service, you can then broadcast it via wi-fi to any number of SoundTouch 10 speakers. Alternatively, you can use the SoundTouch app (with music services Spotify and Deezer built in) to explore integrated music services, set up to six personalised presets to any music service playlist, artist or internet radio station and enjoy different music in multiple rooms.

B&W P7 Price: £300 Website: bowers-wilkins. com Read the full review in our January (379) issue. . .

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