Reviews
Tropical Discotheque
The heavy Afro-Latin sounds here are courtesy of the ever-reliable Strut Records, who have teamed up with tropical music collective...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
RE: Plugged
The irony with remixes is that they tend to make something very much of-the-moment while simultaneously cursing it to sound...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Chintamani: Precious Jewel
Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino
As implied by its title, a hybrid mysticism underpins the music of this CD. Chintamani is a Buddhist-Hindu mystical jewel...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
World Massala
Manu Chao was probably the first internationally recognised artist to really nail world fusion – from his early days rocking...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine
Fans of this brilliant six-man band have been expecting this disc and it's been well worth the wait. Glen Baxter's...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Tradi-Mods vs Rockers – Alternative Takes on Congotronics
The Congotronics remix album was inevitable, of course. The primitively electrified ambience of Konono No 1 and the Kasai Allstars...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
The Great Dark Water
Andrew Cronshaw’s recent albums and live performances have been consistently fascinating. He’s an eclectic collaborator, who has brought together a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Officium Novum
Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
In 1993 The Hilliard Ensemble released an album of early music polyphony with Jan Garbarek improvisi ng a saxophone line...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Esengo Ya Ko Bina
Grupo Lokito, a group of London-based Congolese and Latin musicians, have been simmering on the London live music scene for...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Time is Now
Turkish ex-pat Necmi Calvi spent 20 years of his adult life in London; where – under the alias Oojami –...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
