Reviews
Delight
With 2021’s Under the Lilac Sky, Arushi Jain announced herself as a gifted alchemist of electronica and Hindustani music through...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Mburu
Raffit is a French composer and jazz and blues guitarist who 15 years ago founded the Chambre d’Hôte Orchestra. One...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Essia
Tunisian-born, Brussels-based pianist Wajdi Riahi is undoubtedly adept at composing and performing melodically and rhythmically complex contemporary jazz. Aided ably...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Kasbatek
‘Gnawa funk’, a blend of sounds from ‘the Orient, from the Maghreb, chaabi melodies and Gnawa rhythms’ is the proclamation...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Habitat
Habitat is the fourth album by C’Mon Tigre, the enigmatic world music collective that has been defying boundaries of genre...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Hizbut Jámm
Polish guitarist and composer Raphael Rogiński has been busy. In September his solo album, Talàn, garnered rave reviews from all...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Plastic Man
The British-based Senegalese singer, kora player and percussionist Amadou Diagne and American-in-Paris guitarist Cory Seznec recorded Plastic Man at Real...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Just Leave It All Behind
Music doesn’t have to have words in order to say something. Just Leave It All Behind sees three instrumentalists coming...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Chlorophylle
French four-piece La Sève (literally ‘The Sap’) are juicy. Aptly named, they bring the vibe of the tropical forest in...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Supra
Globetrotting sound artist Dijf Sanders’ latest sonic trip was to Georgia in the South Caucasus in 2022. Previous field recording...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
