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Review of Distancia

Distancia

Solidaridad Tango

Solidaridad Tango

Rating: ★★★★

Distancia is the debut album from Solidaridad Tango, North America's only all-female tango orchestra. Founded by Canadian resident Aparna Halpé...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Un Nuevo Amanecer

Un Nuevo Amanecer

Pedro Ricardo & Damián Botigué

Canela en Surco

Rating: ★★★

A debut collaboration from Spain that fuses tradition with modern ‘broken beat’ Latin music. Pedro Ricardo, originally from Portugal, and...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Like a River

Like a River

Muito Kaballa

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★★

Muito Kaballa are a nine-piece collective based in Cologne, Germany, that formed in 2019; now, just a few years on,...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Soul & Science

Soul & Science

Nickodemus

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Nickodemus is a New York DJ whose global success has come through mixing house, hip-hop and disco with different sounds...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of A Trip to Bolgatanga

A Trip to Bolgatanga

African Head Charge

Top of the World

On-U Sound

Rating: ★★★★

‘A bad attitude is like a flat tire / You can't go anywhere until you change it,’ declares King Ayisoba...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Hamt Zamin Hümüs

Hamt Zamin Hümüs

NaraBara

Nomad City Records

Rating: ★★★

The morin khuur or two-stringed horsehead fiddle is pretty much the only traditional Mongolian instrument on Hamt Zamin Hümüs. NaraBara...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Breathe in Love

Breathe in Love

Electric Sufi

CPR

Rating: ★★★

Electric Sufi's debut is a dense thicket of influences and personalities, bringing together Manchester-based singer of Kashmiri heritage, Sarah Yaseen,...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of On the Path of the Shirazis

On the Path of the Shirazis

ARASHKHA

Artis Mundi Records

Rating: ★★★

This album is aimed squarely at festival dance music tents and clubs. Afro-Electric DJ ARASHKHA (Arash Khalatbari) is a man...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Lo-Life!

Lo-Life!

Immy Owusu

Hopestreet

Rating: ★★★

Immy Owusu has an intriguing history. His grandfather is the veteran Ghanaian palmwine music hero Koo Nimo, his father, Kojo...

Reviewed 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 in issue August/September/2023

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