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Review of Divan & Divine

Divan & Divine

Zeyn’el

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Zeyn’el is a singer-songwriter who is well-known in the Turkish rock scene as a sound engineer, and some of that...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Sounds Like Home

Sounds Like Home

Captain Planet

Bastard Jazz

Rating: ★★

Building on the stylistic journey of his 2020 album NO VISA, American DJ and producer Captain Planet brings retro styles...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Das Nuvens

Das Nuvens

Fabiano Do Nascimento | Fabiano do Nascimento

Leaving Records

Rating: ★★

Fabiano do Nascimento was born and raised in Rio and São Paulo. For the last decade or so he's been...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of XIV – A Integração

XIV – A Integração

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Shika Shika

Rating: ★★★★

XIV – A Integração is a wonderfully untidy, uneven pile of ideas, mysticism and sacred touchstones, electro-acoustics and real sound,...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Piconema: East African Hits on the Colombian Coast

Piconema: East African Hits on the Colombian Coast

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rocafort Records

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this delicious compilation derives from the picós, the Afro-Colombian sound systems analogous to their Jamaican counterparts and...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023

Review of Carrying

Carrying

Sally Anne Morgan

Thrill Jockey

Rating: ★★★

Unifying the output of North Carolina-based musician Sally Anne Morgan is not easy. There's her solo albums, 2020's Thread and...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2023

Review of Gal’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi

Gal’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi

Saltwater Hank

Saltwater Hank

Rating: ★★★★

Jeremy Pahl is the birth name of guitarist and fiddler Saltwater Hank, a member of the Ts’msyen group of First...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2023

Review of Manoyatri – The Mind Voyager

Manoyatri – The Mind Voyager

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Muzik House Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Manoyatri is a set of four exciting new compositions by Australia-based Avra Banerjee who trained in Indian classical music and...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023

Review of Travellers

Travellers

Jason Singh & The Banwasi Collective

Top of the World

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

UK-based composer and sound artist Jason Singh is known for his innovative work making music out of the sounds of...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023

Review of Tuz (Salt)

Tuz (Salt)

Cengiz Özkan

Kalan

Rating: ★★★★

Cengiz Özkan's eighth album for Kalan, Tuz (Salt), is a lovely collection of ten Turkish folk songs. The album is...

Reviewed by Nick Hobbs in issue: October/2023

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