Reviews
Fly Higher
Fly Higher drops shortly after genre-crossing fusionists Soothsayers celebrate 25 years together – and what a way to celebrate! The...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Dakan
As opening statements go, you can’t get much more gloriously emphatic than ‘Diyanye Ko’ which kicks off the fourth album...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
2
Yalla Miku, the brainchild of Beirut-born Bongo Joe founder Cyril Yeterian, is a group which brings musicians from North and...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Earth Is Begging
After a decade of being The KutiMangoes, in 2022, the Denmark-based band rebranded as Sunbörn, vowing to “bring people together”...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Feux
This third record from Paris-based jazz quintet Theorem of Joy offers a bounty of searching compositions and stirring improv. Its...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Sîn
Did you ever go into a shop selling vapes and mobile phone cases and the dude behind the counter is...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Halo’s Glitter
South African/Zimbabwean singer Nongoma Ndlovu teams up with Swiss percussionist Fabio Meier for a set of ‘Afro Soul Tronic’, a...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Common Stars
Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers feat Ahmed ag Kaedy
Berlin-based band Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers serve up an intoxicating blend of Afro-funk, jazz-rock and psychedelia. With Common...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Sounds of the Eclipse
Rotterdam-based Anton de Bruin is a keyboardist, composer and producer, as well as the founder of record label Sundown Recordings....
Reviewed in issue December/2025
Tropical Desert
BABON present an intriguing take on a globally diverse instrumental groove. Formed in Indonesia by schoolmates Rayi and Wahyudi (to...
Reviewed in issue December/2025
