Reviews
Four Spirits
Is Abel Selaocoe the most exciting musician in the world right now? Adding to the growing case is his third...
Reviewed in issue October/2025
2015–2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years Of Sonic Explorations
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Les Disques Bongo Joe has grown out of its Geneva record store home, prolifically devoted to the clankily retro-electronic side...
Reviewed in issue October/2025
Al-hambra
Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Baghdad-born Ahmed Mukhtar studied oud and Western percussion in London. On this album, inspired by a visit to Granada’s Alhambra...
Reviewed in issue October/2025
Meydan
Meral Polat is a Dutch singer of Turkish-Kurdish descent, devoted to exploring the space left by 70s Anatolian psychedelia and...
Reviewed in issue October/2025
Salta!
Salta!, the debut LP from Brussels-based trio Peixe e Limão, can hardly be said to start as it means to...
Reviewed in issue October/2025
Song of the Birds
Avi Avital is the Israeli virtuoso of the mandolin who’s been taking this super versatile instrument into concert halls around...
Reviewed in issue October/2025
Trigger
From the first few bars of the opening track on the debut album by the Israeli keyboardist Sharon Masur, you...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Orbits
In their debut release Spirit, Auckland-based collective The Circling Sun deftly explored ensemble jazz with an appealing retro feel. Their...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Ordo Virtutum: Jeff Bird Plays Hildegard von Bingen, Volume Two
Jeff Bird is a musical explorer with a keen interest in the ancient music of German mystic Hildegard of Bingen,...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Africa Express Presents… Bahidorá
Damon Albarn's Africa Express crossed the Atlantic to the Americas for the first time in 2024 to headline the Mexican...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
