Reviews
In Between Times
While Gaudi’s career has evolved from producer to solo artist, his experiments in electronica have always stayed true to dub....
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Traces of You
This album is certainly Anoushka’s most personal to date, as most of the tracks are inspired by, or in memory...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Sketches of Ethiopia
What’s in a name? Well, the album’s two longest tracks, ‘Assosa Derache’ and ‘Motherland Abay’, both composed, arranged and produced...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Clychau Dibon
The Welsh-born Catrin Finch has made her name playing harp with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, yet she’s...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Star Rise: Remixed
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
This is the latest classic in the Real World Gold series. As such, it is a little peculiar, being a...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Otros Aires 4
Is there any mileage left in tango electronica? Let me think for a picosecond. No. While Buenos Aires septet Otros...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Viva Africando
I don’t know if anybody makes serious money out of the Africando operation, but apart from its musical excellence, the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Music in the City
Here’s an urban night owl. Hailing from Montreal, global beats DJ Rise Ashen has made a nocturnal soundtrack that seamlessly...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Rakshasa
Guitarist Simon Thacker has assembled a team of first-rate musicians including the brilliant classical violinist Jacqueline Shave from the Britten...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Songs(2004-2012)
File Rodrigo Leão under ‘other’ – along with Brian Eno,Jason Swinscoe’s Cinematic Orchestra and David Sylvian. Like them he defies...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
