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Review of An East African Journey

An East African Journey

Omar Sosa

Top of the World

OTA Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Grammy-nominated Cuban jazz pianist and composer Omar Sosa has been involved in an impressive array of fusion projects, working...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Chakras & 5 Elements

Chakras & 5 Elements

Pierre Redon & Ensemble 9

Les Soeurs Grées

Rating: ★★

This album devised by French avant-garde composer and multi-disciplinary artist Pierre Redon, explores connections between sound and healing. Several designated...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Footsteps in the Snow

Footsteps in the Snow

L'Attirail featuring Sidi Bémol

CBS Productions

Rating: ★★★

In true L'Attirail fashion, Footsteps in the Snow is a journey rooted in travel and storytelling. Here, sounds float in...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Making Tracks

Rating: ★★★★★

In rural Powys in 2019, Making Tracks gathered eight of the most exciting young roots musicians from across Europe and...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Orla

Orla

Caravela

None More Records

Rating: ★★★★

London-based Afro-Brazilian sextet Caravela won plaudits for their eponymous 2017 EP, which showcased an often soothing, sometimes gritty blend of...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Kill Me or Negotiate

Kill Me or Negotiate

Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy

BFDM

Rating: ★★★★

Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of While I Sit and Watch This Tree

While I Sit and Watch This Tree

Lizabett Russo

Last Night From Glasgow

Rating: ★★★★

Lizabett Russo is a cool, gently hypnotic singer whose songs drift effortlessly between folk and jazz, with echoes of her...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of Çhâñt Électrónïqúe Vol 1

Çhâñt Électrónïqúe Vol 1

Chant Electronique

Rika Muzika

Rating: ★★★

‘We are very, very curious,' this aptly named international seven-piece collective suggests – and what a curious album this is....

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of We Are

We Are

Lucidvox

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rich, dark, romantic, apocalyptic, brooding… The swirling aural textures of this Russian quartet's debut album give rise to a surfeit...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of Solarius Gamma

Solarius Gamma

Ozferti

Humpty Dumpty Records

Rating: ★★

Florian Doucet is a producer, guitarist and graphic designer formerly of Afro-Colombian party starters La Chiva Gantiva, but his masked...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

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