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Review of A Beginner's Guide to Sublime Frequencies Vol One & Two

A Beginner's Guide to Sublime Frequencies Vol One & Two

VARIOUS ARTISTS

High Castle Teleorkestra

Rating: ★★★★

Curated by Tim Smolens and Chris Bogen of experimental international outfit High Castle Teleorkestra, this rake through Sublime Frequencies’ esoteric...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Across the Universe

Across the Universe

Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri

Rating: ★★★★

Amit Chaudhuri is a one-off in India, a writer, intellectual and composer who says things like “I don't see any...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Timeline

Timeline

Suarasama

Drag City

Rating: ★★★

Suarasama, which means ‘one voice’, is a small ensemble of musicians and ethnomusicologists from North Sumatra. Formed in 1995 by...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Trois

Trois

Acid Arab

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

There's an essential difference between listening to Rachid Taha or Khaled and Acid Arab. These ten tracks are not songs...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Mentallogenic

Mentallogenic

Alex Figueira

Music With Soul

Rating: ★★★

The Amsterdam-based Venezuelan-Portuguese producer, musical auteur and DJ Alex Figueira had a stint playing percussion for Altın Gün and certainly...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Since Time is Gravity

Since Time is Gravity

Natural Information Society

Eremite

Rating: ★★★

The American composer and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams has long described his experimental Natural Information Society ensemble as an exercise in...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Sonido Lava

Sonido Lava

Daniel Haaksman

Man Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Adding a Berlin sheen to Latin America's electric rhythms, DJ-producer Daniel Haaksman returns with his fourth full-length release, Sonido Lava....

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Davorio

Davorio

Samuele Strufaldi

Musica Macondo

Rating: ★★★★

In 2019 the Italian composer and jazz musician Samuele Strufaldi was invited by djembé player Boris Pierrou to visit his...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of As We Speak

As We Speak

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer & Rakesh Chaurasia

Top of the World

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★★

The last time Songlines interviewed Béla Fleck, he had briefly set aside his global adventures to return to the music...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Come Back To Me

Come Back To Me

Peter One

Verve Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally from the Ivory Coast Peter One emigrated to the US to escape Civil War. Prior to this, he released...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

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