Reviews
Chantent en Français
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
The Reason Why Vol 1
Goran Kajfe Subtropic Arkestra
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
Astrakan Project
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
Power Punch!!!
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
Isle of Magic
Who are Mop Mop? It appears they are a multi-instrumental Italian seven-piece who have a passion for African diaspora music...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Conscription
The deranged frontman known only as Mike H led his motley Danish crew The Sexican across their debut album The...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Pasif.ist
On first listen it would be impossible to identify this debut, full-length release from New Zealand harpist and composer Natalia...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
En Son de Paz
Though they come from Buenos Aires’ experimental electronic cumbia scene, it’s hard to get away from the fact that Frikstailers...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Moving in the Dark
This ambitious album from British rapper Dizraeli and his bandmates, the Small Gods, resounds with heartfelt honesty, dry wit and...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Nhaoul’
For 20 years, from 1980, Kamilya Jubran was the voice of Sabreen, a Palestinian group known for their songs of...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
