Reviews

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

A Thousand Thoughts

Kronos Quartet

David Harrington and his colleagues have long been intrepid world music adventurers, expanding the string quartet repertoire with works from...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Gala de la Chanson Francarabe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This wonderfully savoury compilation comes from a field still relatively little known in world music circles, in spite of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

The Red Book

Penguin Cafe

The tracks ‘Aurora’ and ‘1420’ from the second album by Arthur Jeffes’ Penguin Cafe were beamed into space as part...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Color

Papa Noel & Viviane A

Essentially this is a fusion album of French accordion café music with a Congolese slant. Papa Noel is a veteran...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Inner Fire

The Souljazz Orchestra

A beefy baritone sax hails the return of the little big band from Ottowa. Whatever they've done to that 8-track...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014