Reviews

Beaucoup De Piment!

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble

The principal styles of this debut are spunky Afrobeat and tepid jazz fusion, with the emphasis, disappointingly, on the latter....

Reviewed in issue June/2014

At Kriol Junction

Rafiki Jazz

It’s been five years since this multi¬cultural collective’s compelling and original debut album More Big Musik from Over There! But...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Africa Moo Baalu

Sousou & Maher Cissoko

Africa Moo Baalu means ‘Big People of Africa,’ and the album effectively reads as an open letter to leaders in...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Music from the Source

VARIOUS ARTISTS

As they celebrate 25 years, this double CD is clear proof that Riverboat Records is Britain’s most prolific and wide-ranging...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

OK World

Bugge Wesseltoft

The clusters of sparse piano notes that open this disc suggest a contemplative acoustic music that might confound fans of...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

L’Hijaz Car

L’Hijaz Car

This is a sophisticated, thrilling, inventive disc recorded in Pigalle in Paris and reflecting the diverse musical instruments of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

DJ Click Presents: Click Here, Jaipur Remix Dub

VARIOUS ARTISTS

French producer and musical magpie DJ Click turns his gaze upon the Rajasthani city of Jaipur on this global beats...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Safar

Imed Alibi

Here comes another new project from the new Tunisia. Except it is not quite the new Tunisia, but rather, the...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Magnetica

Quantic

It’s no exaggeration to say that fans of Quantic’s early work will be rejoicing at the arrival of Magnetica. Those...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Alego

Anyango

Named after a Kenyan village near Lake Victoria, the fourth album from Tokyo-based Anyango is much of the same pleasant...

Reviewed in issue June/2014