Reviews

Near East Quartet

Sungjae Son

With its combination of moody grooves, fragile melodies, and near-ambient accompaniment, Near East Quartet offers the sonic set menu of...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Jungle Run

Nubiyan Twist

The ten-piece outfit Nubiyan Twist released an outstanding debut in 2015 and their second record, Jungle Run, offers up a...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Dr Strangedub (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Dub the Bomb)

Dub Colossus

This was supposedly written as a response to the ever-mushrooming sense of doom commonly experienced thanks to climate change, Trump,...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

One With the Wind

Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil

A couple of years ago, Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil happened to be in the same Parisian bar with live...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Gallipoli

Beirut

The fifth album by Beirut, the musical vehicle of indie songsmith and world music enthusiast Zach Condon, certainly occupies an...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

And If You Will Come to Me

Idan Raichel

Idan Raichel is a hugely successful Israeli composer and keyboard player with a considerable gift for catchy melodies you can't...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Ambarao

Moiizah

It's a long way from the Indian Ocean to the isle of Jura, Scotland where Moiizah's debut album was recorded,...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Manga

Mayra Andrade

Back in 2013, when Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade released her fourth album, Lovely Difficult, it was already obvious pop...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Mistune: Violin & Tanpura

Chris Prosser

In Mistune Chris Prosser continues to explore his fascination with alternate tunings on the violin, this time paired with a...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Producing

Gypsy Hill

London-based producer duo Gypsy Hill – two of Batov Records' co-founders, DJ Kobayashi and Herbert Newbert – are that delectable...

Reviewed in issue April/2019