Reviews

Freedom to Roam The Rhythms of Migration

VARIOUS ARTISTS

What are ‘the rhythms of migration’ – are they natural, forced, seasonal? And how do you evoke or embody them...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

God’s Plenty

Padang Food Tigers

Ambient duo Padang Food Tigers do not equip listeners with a map to navigate their signature fusion of found sound,...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

La Tercera Vision

Lagartijeando

Argentinian musician, DJ and programmer Lagartijeando (aka Mati Zundel) plays Andean-inspired electronic folk with a psychedelic lite touch; there’s always...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

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ÌFÉ

ÌFÉ is the brainchild of Otura Mun, a producer and percussionist deeply invested in creative practice from Cuba and Puerto...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Diversity

Ebo Krdum

Diversity is a theme in Ebo Krdum’s life. Growing up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, his...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The project Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony consists of a double album and book. Several electronic artists were commissioned to create...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Voltaje Raizal

Rizomagic

A rhizome is an underground plant stem; recent scientific investigation has shown it to be a secret communications pathway for...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Kutumba

AO Music

One wonders if in recent times there has been such a truly global release as Kutumba  – meaning ‘family’ in...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Chants

Al-jiçç

A Portuguese band playing Middle Eastern music while paying homage to American jazz: with a premise like this, it’s either...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Yn Rio

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

Welsh-Brazilian samba might seem an unlikely musical match; even less so with the addition of the BBC National Orchestra of...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022