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Review of VisaFree

VisaFree

RotFront

Essay Recordings

Rating: ★★

A Ukrainian, two Hungarians, an Australian and five Germans walk into a recording studio, and… well, I wish I could...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Rumbamazigha

Rumbamazigha

Rumbamazigha

Taller de Musics

Rating: ★★★

Seven musicians gather to create a fusion of Catalan and Amazigh music. Barcelona record label Taller de Musics announces that...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Wednesday

Wednesday

Kayaan

Finalbrain/Christian Mueller

Rating: ★★

The cover artwork of this collaborative project very helpfully pigeonholes it as ‘Arabic jazz-rap’. It doesn't deceive. The formula pits...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Last Days of Meaning

Last Days of Meaning

Nitin Sawhney

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Rating: ★★★★

Nitin Sawhney is as much a philosopher as he is a composer. This time, his thoughtful and melodic songs are...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Dub Zealand

Dub Zealand

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Green Queen Music

Rating: ★★★★

Reggae recognises no borders and ever since Bob Marley performed a legendary one-off show in Auckland in 1979, the irie...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Gypsy in a Tree

Gypsy in a Tree

Sanda

Barbés Records

Rating: ★★

Sanda Weigl has a strong, warm voice with a touch of grit – just right for the lautari Gypsy songs...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Addis Through the Looking Glass

Addis Through the Looking Glass

Dub Colossus

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Given that Dub Colossus's debut, A Town Called Addis, was one of the best albums of 2008 and that this...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of The Stone Turntable

The Stone Turntable

Transglobal Underground

Mule/Cadiz Music

Rating: ★★★★

Transglobal Underground were there at the start, shaking up the London club scene with their beats-driven fusion and proudly hippy...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of The New Adventures of Jassi Sidhu

The New Adventures of Jassi Sidhu

Jassi Sidhu

Moviebox

Rating: ★★★

This is a re-release of Sidhu's third solo album, originally released in 2008. He came to fame as part of...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of The Imam Baildi Cookbook

The Imam Baildi Cookbook

Imam Baildi

Kukin Music

Rating: ★★★

This is the second album by the Athens-based band, and it's nothing if not varied. Taking some of their own...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

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