Reviews

Mango

Mo’Horizons

Helming Mo’ Horizons are two Hannoverian DJs and producers, Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark Wetzler, who have been plying their Euro-Brazilian...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Ooroo

Sangit

Like an Israeli equivalent of Nitin Sawhney, the composer and multi-instrumentalist Sangit draws on global influences and a wide range...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Hadsel

Beirut

Zach Condon takes his stage name from the capital of Lebanon because Beirut is where cultures meet and was ‘known...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Aiê

LUIZGA & Edgar Valente

The nomadic Brazilian singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist LUIZGA is perhaps better known as Luiz Gabriel Lopes, erstwhile member of groups...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Take to the Streets

Eparapo

Afrobeat creeps into so many heterogeneous mixes today that it’s refreshing to hear an unadulterated version. Conceived during the destabilising...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Nowruz

Aga Khan Master Musicians

The six musicians comprising this group have all been involved in the Aga Khan Music Programme as performers, teachers and...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

The Louder the Better

Soom T

The sixth studio album from Glasgow’s ‘Raggamuffin Queen’ is further proof that Soom T is a prolific singer-songwriter with a...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

bié Records meets Shika Shika

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This collab between Beijing-based label bié and Latin America-focused label Shika Shika is an energising alternative to the well worn...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

There is Only Love and Fear

Bex Burch

The composer, producer and percussionist Bex Burch has built a cult following on thinking outside the box, her leftfield smarts...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Back to the Taverna

Cherry Bandora

Cherry Bandora are a band from Berlin that revel in their cultural roots at the eastern end of the Mediterranean....

Reviewed in issue December/2023