Reviews
18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms
This double album of piano suites is by prolific composer and pianist Tanya Ekanayaka, from Sri Lanka. Each of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2023
Come Back To Me
Originally from the Ivory Coast Peter One emigrated to the US to escape Civil War. Prior to this, he released...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2023
ASAP Inşallah
For the past dozen years, the electronic music duo Zuzu Zakaria & Tatu Metsätähti have intrigued with their raw blend...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: June/2023
This Is Zologo Beat
From the home of kologo music in Ghana's Upper East Region, comes a new dance compilation innovated by one of...
Reviewed by Kirsty Osei-Bempong in issue: June/2023
Island no 16 – Memories of Future Landscapes
This deeply enchanting record was borne out of an intimate liaison with SABIWA's memories of childhood in the embattled East...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2023
El Sonido de Fingier Records
Kevin Fingier & The Kevin Fingier Collective
Any track entitled ‘Latin Dynamite’ suggests to this jaundiced mind one of those tawdry cover albums of chart hits found...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
Try and Love
Imagine Lagos, Nigeria in 1972, when Fela Kuti was flying high with recordings like ‘Shakara’ and ‘Roforofo Fight’, jùjú music...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2023
To Know Where It's Going
The London-based brothers Anthony and Demetri Kastellani have put together a series of ambient/electronic tracks with an improv feel (some...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2023
Traversées
The Samaïa trio consists of vocalists Eléonore Fourniau, Noémie Nael and Luna Silva, who weave together musical influences from Anatolia,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2023
