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Review of Habitat

Habitat

C’Mon Tigre

Intersuoni

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Hizbut Jámm

Hizbut Jámm

Hizbut Jámm

Top of the World

Instant Classic

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Plastic Man

Plastic Man

Touki

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Just Leave It All Behind

Just Leave It All Behind

Mukdad Rothenberg Lankow

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Chlorophylle

Chlorophylle

La Sève

King Tao

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Supra

Supra

Dijf Sanders

Unday Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Riverscape

Riverscape

Fabrizio Paterlini

Memory Recordings

Rating: ★

This new album from Italian pianist Paterlini is true to form in following the ambient pattern that has seen him...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Tigre Qui Pleure

Tigre Qui Pleure

El Gato Negro

Top of the World

X-Ray Production / Que Buen Momento

Rating: ★★★★

El Gato Negro is as far from Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy Black Cat as you could get. Hiding behind the...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Badieh II

Badieh II

Badieh

Worlds Within Worlds

Rating: ★★★★

Formed around the nucleus of Michel Gasco (rubab, oud) and Mohammad Miraghazadeh (tar, setar), Badieh is an exploration of the...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Measure, Pour & Mixtape: Music for Cooking

Measure, Pour & Mixtape: Music for Cooking

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Spinster Records

Rating: ★★

This is literally a cassette mixtape, limited to 300 copies, although also available digitally. The mechanics of cooking, the sociability...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

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