Reviews

A’ Ghrian

Niteworks

The mighty Niteworks return with A’ Ghrian, their third album and one which marks a confident stride in their sound....

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Live in San Javier 2021

Matthieu Saglio Quartet & Guests

French-born agronomist-turned-cellist Matthieu Saglio reprises his 2020 top-selling album El Camino de los Vientos (reviewed in the July 2020 issue,...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Lamenta

Xanthoula Dakovanou

Even without any knowledge of the Greek language whatsoever, it’s not hard to guess the central theme of this album...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Pyhä Veri Vuotaa

Pelkkä Poutanen

The early morning mist rolls in across the water and pulls you into a hidden landscape; it’s enticing, haunting, mesmerising,...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Flash de Mémoire

Mélisande [électrotrad]

The concept of marrying traditional songs with heavy electronic dance music is a curious one, conjuring notions of the Pet...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Myth of the Drum

Jone Takamäki, Umut Çağlar & Fahrettin Aykut

This gloriously unfettered improvised jam – split into two halves – finds Fahrettin Aykut, former drummer with Turkish psychonauts Baba Zula,...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Tongues

Tanya Tagaq

One can never be fully prepared before entering Tanya Tagaq’s latest creation Tongues. Bold and experimental, the album is a...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Hazama

Mitsune

Formed in Berlin in 2018, Mitsune began life as an all-female trio of shamisen players, fusing Japanese folk music with...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of

Cornershop feat. Bubbley Kaur

Originally issued only on CD in 2011, Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of is something of a ‘lost classic’...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Odyssee: A Journey Into the Light

Quadro Nuevo

Since their conception in 1996, this German outfit has toured the globe, released a raft of albums and scooped countless...

Reviewed in issue April/2022