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Review of Mutations

Mutations

Faizal Mostrixx

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ever since 2017's Tribal Match found its way onto Kampala's dancefloors, Faizal Mostrixx has been a driving force on Uganda's...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023

Review of Manual de Romería

Manual de Romería

Rodrigo Cuevas

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★★

For some years now, Rodrigo Cuevas has been living in a little village in Asturias, retreating from contact with big...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Rincon de las Penas

Rincon de las Penas

Gustavo Pazos Conde

saphrane

Rating: ★★★

The Río de la Plata has a long tradition of meditative guitar music. It’s informed by the mestizo traditions of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024

Review of Aguidavi do Jêje

Aguidavi do Jêje

Aguidavi do Jêje

Top of the World

Rocinante

Rating: ★★★★

Slaves from present-day Nigeria, Benin and Togo brought Candomblé to Bahia (Brazil) where it thrived, developing into Afro-Brazilian ceremonies performed...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2024

Review of Süeda Sings Sezen Aksu

Süeda Sings Sezen Aksu

Süeda Çatakoğlu

Ahenk Müzik

Rating: ★★★★

Sezen Aksu: an unconventional contemporary female public figure in Turkey, for half a century she commented with her songs on...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: May/2024

Review of Extinct But Still Alive

Extinct But Still Alive

Mama Longhorn

Top of the World

Soit Se Silti

Rating: ★★★★★

This is Finnish music collective Mama Longhorn’s fourth album in a 13-year career which has seen them acclaimed as among...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: May/2024

Review of Mundo Solo

Mundo Solo

Fabiano Do Nascimento

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

I have been an admirer of the prolific Brazilian guitarist and composer Fabiano Do Nascimento for several years. Based in...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2024

Review of Digital Indigenous 07: Why Not

Digital Indigenous 07: Why Not

Twiggy

1000Hz Records

Rating: ★★

This is the seventh instalment in the 1000HZ series which spotlights local producers –predominantly from Malawi – working with rudimentary...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: September/2024

Review of Dotze Temps

Dotze Temps

Lluís Gómez

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2024

Review of Quintela

Quintela

Carme López

Warm Winters Ltd

Rating: ★★★

Carme López plays the Galician gaita (bagpipes), but for this debut album she’s dedicated to what sounds like the deep...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024

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