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Review of From Istanbul to Ceuta with a Smile

From Istanbul to Ceuta with a Smile

Nicolas Meier

MGP Records

Rating: ★★★

This album would be great to listen to in a battered, grand old taxi speeding along some dusty road in...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Presente

Presente

Bajofondo

Sony Masterworks

Rating: ★★

In 2003, two years after Gotan Project made electro tango cool, the Argentinian-Uruguayan collective known as Bajofondo Tangoclub debuted to...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Journey Through Latin America

Journey Through Latin America

Classico Latino & Friends

Classico Latino Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Much like tributes and electronica cover albums, classical celebrations of other genres are liable to prompt highly musical yawns or...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Azar

Azar

Karvan Trio

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

It’s something of a cliché to declare that a particular album would make a great soundtrack for a long journey....

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Om Suite Ohm

Om Suite Ohm

Harry Manx

Dog My Cat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The latest instalment of Harry Manx’s strange journey – his ninth solo album – is an engaging affair that will...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Shruggy Ji

Shruggy Ji

Red Baraat

Sinj Records

Rating: ★★★

The US bhangra funk group Red Baraat is a collective of great musicians, knocking out hard-driven rhythms on dhol drum,...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Chantent en Français

Chantent en Français

17 Hippies

Hipster Records

Rating: ★★★

Chantent en Français starts with a jaunty bout of string-picking, strumming, a squeeze of accordion, a parting curtain of strings...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of The Reason Why Vol 1

The Reason Why Vol 1

Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra

Headspin Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps feeling the need to explain himself after X/Y, Goran Kajfeš’ critically acclaimed but impossible-to-categorise album, The Reason Why Vol...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Astrakan Project

Astrakan Project

Simone Alves & Yann Gourvil

Karga Records

Rating: ★★★★

This album has nothing, as far as one can tell, to do with the town on the Caspian Sea or...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

Review of Power Punch!!!

Power Punch!!!

Owiny Sigoma Band

Top of the World

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

An apt title indeed! Owiny Sigoma Band have aimed high and stolen the electronic Afro-roots crown. Their music has become...

Reviewed in issue July/2013

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