Reviews

Grown

Waaju

Waaju are an innovative Afro-Latin quintet, led by drummer Ben Brown, who regularly performs with Newham's Alfa Mist. This project,...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

The Gap

India Electric Co

It's been five long years since India Electric Co released their debut, The Girl I Left Behind Me. In that...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Songs of Hard Times: Up, Over and Through

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Smart work from the good folk who run the Alan Lomax Archives – from a catalogue of sound recordings spanning...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Simurg

Compro Oro with Murat Ertel & Esma Ertel

Simurg is the third album from Belgian psychedelic collective Compro Oro. The album is a collaboration between the group and...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Wabi Sabi

Sven Wunder

Sometimes an album title immediately makes you want to return it, unheard. Such is the case with the nonsensically titled...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Nayda!

Bab L’ Bluz

Nayda, or ‘waking up,’ was the word given to the alternative music scene 2000s in the wake of the Arab...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Istanbul

Shantel & Cümbüs Cemaat

Given that Frankfurt DJ and producer Shantel had already gone to his ancestral home in the old borderlands of the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

No Summer

Cinder Well

Welcome to the Radie Peat academy of drone singing, for the powerful example of Lankum and how they have turned...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Norcabo

Ary Morais

From Cape Verde, Ary Morais presents Norcabo, a portrait of his present life in Norway, showcasing the sounds of his...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Umoja

Skinshape

Skinshape (Will Dorey) focuses on using tape machines to attain a vintage sound while still creating the original samples from...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020