Reviews

Penya

Penya

Genre-massaging London trio Penya have been making waves for a while now, most especially in the youthful, club-leaning universe populated...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Bamako Moon

Invisible System

So-called reality is warped on Bamako Moon, as Dan Harper, otherwise known as Invisible System, reconfigures core material from his...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Nduggu

Rafiki Jazz

Rafiki Jazz have carved out a reputation for their beautifully fluid mixing of musical traditions that always sounds natural, never...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

A Gathering of Strangers 2021

Transglobal Underground & Our European Friends

A Gathering of Strangers first saw light in 2010 when it was released by a pan-EU collective headed by dubtronic...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Chouf!

Sidi Bémol

Now this looks promising. An Algerian rock album recorded at the Real World studios in Wiltshire with the great Justin...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Serenin: From the Black Sea to the Ligurian Sea

CABIT

Despite appearances this is not a generic fusion but a bridge between specific traditions soundly based on historical and environmental...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Echoes of the Mountains

Duo Perse-Inca

This and several other new recordings are a collaboration between the Canadian label Analekta and the Centre des Musiciens du...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Sisyphus

Sofia Labropoulou

The first solo release from accomplished musician Sofia Labropoulou takes its inspiration from a geographically and culturally diverse range of...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Soaked

Las Lloronas

Their first album, according to this Brussels-based trio of former street musicians, is all about ‘taking a stance and taking...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Transatlântikèr

Trio Bacana

Kèr, meaning ‘heart’ in Réunionese Creole and ‘village’ or ‘home’ in Breton, leaves the translation of Transatlântikèr up to some...

Reviewed in issue April/2021