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Album Review: La Mambanegra – El Callegüeso Y Su Mala Maña [Movimientos Records, 3rd March 2017]

With his characteristic hat and sunglasses comes El Callegüeso (Jacobo Vélez) and his ‘Colombian Break Salsa’. This new release further...
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·09/04/2017·2 min read

Album Review: Ammar 808 – Global Control / Invisible Invasion [Glitterbeat Records; September 2020]

Electronic music has always been a soft target for the purists. To use an ex-colleague (jazz guitarist, quelle surprise)’s metaphor,...
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·02/10/2020·1 min read

Album Review: Bab L’Bluz – Nayda! [Real World Records; July 2020]

This is a very exciting debut album by French-Moroccan band Bab L’Bluz. Lead singer Yousra Mansour and multi-instrumentalist Brice Bottin...
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·23/12/2020·1 min read

Album Review: Fantastic Negrito – The Last Days Of Oakland [Blackball Universe, 2nd June 2016]

According to Fantastic Negrito, “Oakland is changing,” from ‘diverse and often unsafe’ to ‘white and safe.’  To him, “now Oakland...
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·19/09/2016·1 min read

Album Review: DUB INC – So What [Diversité, 23rd September 2016]

You’ll listen to this album so many times, that you’ll consume it. But when a work is so well rounded...
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·27/12/2016·1 min read

Album Review: Martyn Bennett – Grit [Real World Records, 28th July 2017]

Anyone who knows the story of Martyn Bennett cannot help but be moved by Grit, his final album released in...
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·06/08/2017·8 min read

Album Review: Gilles Peterson: Havana Cultura Anthology [Brownswood Recordings, 2nd December 2016]

This is the ‘anthology’ of modern Cuban music that embodies the diversity of a new generation of artists beyond the...
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·02/02/2017·2 min read

Album Review: Ariwo – Quasi [MANANA Records; May 2019]

A four piece, Ariwo is made up of: Hammadi Valdes from Cuba on percussion; Oreste Noda; Canadian Jay Phelps (a...
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·21/07/2019·1 min read

Album Review: Duma – Duma [Nyege Nyege Tapes; August 2020]

When Venom’s legendary album Black Metal came out in 1982, ‘black’ meant two things: a vague reference to Old Nick himself...
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·18/09/2020·1 min read

Album Review: ANDINA – The Sound of the Peruvian Andes 1968-1978 [Tiger’s Milk Records; 20th October 2017]

Compiled by Martin Morales – Peruvian DJ and restaurateur of London’s Ceviche restaurants – ANDINA unites traditional songs nestled in...
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·01/02/2018·1 min read
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Album Review: Kuunatic – Wheels of Ömon [Glitterbeat Records; April 2025]

Kuunatic is the Japanese trio of Fumi Kikuchi on keys, Shoko Yoshida on bass, and Yuko Araki on drums. All...
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·19/04/2025·2 min read
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Album Review: Agustín Pereyra Lucena – Agustín Pereyra Lucena [Far Out Recordings; January 2025 / Tonodisc; 1970]

Agustín Pereyra Lucena is a reminder of the border-defying quality of music. Born in 1948 in Buenos Aires, he started...
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·18/02/2025·1 min read
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