Reviews

Lullabies

Abigail Lapell

Lullabies – cradle songs – a term derived from the middle English ‘lullen’ (lull) and ‘bye’ (near), and, much further...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Koinonia

Up High Collective

The brainchild of producer duo Koen De Petter & Renaldo Maria, Up High Collective have existed in various forms and...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Waiting for Zion

A08

After an album and a handful of EPs, the duo Africaine 808 marks a step forward after a ten-year career...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

In Ze Early Morning

iZem

In Ze Early Morning is the second album of the nomadic artist iZem, who has become an expert in the...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Is What You Make It

TaxiCab Verses

Originally released in 2016, Is What You Make It is now being reissued. The project has a delightful origin story....

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Siparia to Soweto

Hugh Masekela & Siparia Deltones

Hugh Masekela first heard the Trinidadian steel pan orchestra the Siparia Deltones when they were opening act at the inaugural...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Windrush Baby

Aleighcia Scott

The debut album from the Welsh-Jamaican singer Aleighcia Scott is worth checking out both for the range and variety of...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Last Night a Woman Saved My Life

Dominique Dalcan

Last Night a Woman Saved My Life is a mesmerising journey into the space between Western minimalism and Middle Eastern...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

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