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Review of Halo

Halo

Juana Molina

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

This is the Argentinian alchemist Juana Molina's seventh album and it demonstrates a masterful refinement of her sample-based, patchwork approach...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Folk Songs

Folk Songs

Kronos Quartet

Top of the World

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★★

There are few more reliable guarantees of quality in any form of contemporary music than if the name Kronos appears...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of The Fallen Angel's Unravelling Descent

The Fallen Angel's Unravelling Descent

Avital Raz

Sotones Records

Rating: ★★★

Avital Raz is a bravely original singer-songwriter with an intriguing history. Born in Jerusalem where she sang classical music as...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Sons da Terra Vol 1

Sons da Terra Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Wapapura

Rating: ★★★

This is a beautiful collection of live performances in the Monasterio de Santa Cristina in the Ribeiro Sacra region of...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Pools of Light

Pools of Light

Jessica Moss

Constellation Records

Rating: ★★★

It's immediately apparent that Jessica Moss, former violinist of art-rock indie band Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra, knows her...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Dawn Chorus

Dawn Chorus

Hidden Orchestra

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★

The solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist composer and producer Joe Acheson, Dawn Chorus is by turns lyrical, expansive, indulgent and...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Simultonality

Simultonality

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society

tak:til

Rating: ★★★★

Simultonality features the Moroccan gimbri (lute), its bass fashioned from the skin of a camel's neck stretched across a wooden...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Orchestra of Samples

Orchestra of Samples

Addictive TV

K7!

Rating: ★★

Graham Daniels and Mark Vidler (aka Addictive TV) have been splicing found sounds and visual vignettes since the turn of...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of A World of Masks

A World of Masks

The Heliocentrics

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Heliocentrics rose to prominence through high-profile collaborations with old masters such as Ethio-jazz king Mulatu Astatke, Afrobeat saxophonist Orlando...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)

Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)

Dengue Fever

TUK TUK Records

Rating: ★★★

Since forming in 2001, the Los Angeles-based band Dengue Fever have gained an avid following for their blend of retro...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

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