Reviews
Opium Moon
This multi-talented group, comprising violinist Lily Haydn, santur (zither) player Hamid Saeidi, bassist Itai Disraeli and percussionist MB Gordy, have...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Antique Beats
This is a deft mash-up of musical styles shot with energy; the band's multifarious influences show in their fresh use...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Nim Dong
Conceived by Australia-based Iranian tar (long-necked lute) virtuoso and composer Hamed Sadeghi, Eishan Ensemble is a rare attempt in fusing...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Encounters
Encounters is a study in subtlety. Bassist Sigurd Hole, known for his work with the famously restrained jazz pianist Tord...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Northern Flyway
Birds have been companions, harbingers, auguries and symbols for humanity for millennia. We follow their song, their migrations, their flyways,...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Plaza Francia Orchestra
While they were, respectively, the keyboardist/programmer and guitarist of Gotan Project, Swiss-raised Christoph H Müller and Argentinian Eduardo Makaroff helped...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Exotic Other
Animanz are three musical childhood friends, based in London, who front a collective committed to playing party tunes in which...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Zoo of Songs
German group Pulsar Trio have transplanted the emblematic instrument of Hindustani classical music – the sitar – into a northern...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Exile Vibration
Kyab Yul-Sa is a collaboration between Lobsang Chonzor and French musicians Margaux Liénard (fiddle, bouzouki) and Julien Lahaye (percussion). The...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
