Reviews
Anatolian Alchemy
Arifa's second CD may not sweep you off your feet like an avalanche but, like the Pied Piper, these four...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
The Vortex Sessions
Benjamim Taubkin & Adriano Adewale
For the past decade and a half, Benjamim Taubkin's São Paulo-based Núcleo Contemporàneo label has been quietly nurturing some of...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Polka for Punks
Thirty-five years on, the anarchic spirit of punk keeps emerging in unlikely places, from the Beijing underground to R.U.T.A, the...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Desh
This is Jocelyn Pook's score for Akram Khan's dance piece Desh (Homeland) – an investigation into his Bangladeshi ancestry, premiered...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Corner of the Dub
Solus3's Corner of the World was a complex, layered set of pieces that owed much of its effect to its...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Albion Voice
She's a one-woman show wrapped in the colours of leftfield folk pop, Indian strings, art ensemble music and a broad...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Human Nature
With a sound that reflects the diversity of their Brixton background, Soothsayers are finally gaining the recognition they've earned through...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Orient Noir: A West-Eastern Divan
In the saturated compilation market these days it’s all about packaging and presentation. The ‘noir’ concept by the German label...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Namaste
With song titles like ‘Transcendental Consciousness’, ‘Brhama-Vishnu-Shiva’ [sic] and ‘Om Shanti’, we are clearly in California meets India territory. Rahul...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Fangnawa Experience
Fanga & Maalem Abdallah Guinea
In an era where collaboration is the key to some of the most exciting musical styles around, some fusions remain...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
