Reviews

DJAM!

DJAM!

The two musicians who make up DJAM! have both featured separately in recent issues of Songlines. The Dutch guitarist Joep...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Seiras

Timo Alakotila & Yuka Fujino

Finnish piano and harmonium virtuoso Timo Alakotila and the illustrious Tokyo-based accordionist Yuka Fujino unite in Seiras, a captivating blend...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1, curated by British-Egyptian historian Hannah Elsisi, is a powerful compilation showcasing Afro-descendant electronic...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Starlings

Dekel

Singer-songwriter Dekel’s latest release is a self-proclaimed cultural smorgasbord, rich in Eastern European sounds and old Jewish melodies. Reflecting Dekel’s...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Flock II

Flock

There’s a right-to-fail clause inherent in all experimental music. Pushing at boundaries needs to involve mistakes, doubt in the creative...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Making Tracks 2022 (Live)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

When eight talented and open-minded young musicians from across the world come together to experience each other’s music and discover...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

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Saagara

Saagara forge a fresh path through the well-trodden territory of East-West musical fusion. The group marry pulsating chip-tunes with poly-rhythmic...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Milimo

Niwel Tsumbu

Niwel Tsumbu is certainly unique. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he ‘grew up on the rhythms of soukous...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Sweet Release

Justin Adams & Mauro Durante

‘These strings, this drum, from another world they come, bringing songs of sweet release,’ Adams sings over a thunderous Rachid...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Cracher le Feu

Oonga

This ‘fire-spitting’ album from Montréal is the work of producer Oonga, who has hooked up with his Belizean equivalent, Ivan...

Reviewed in issue December/2024