Chiminyo‘s “Technicals Inside” comes from NRG 5, the fifth entry in the drummer’s live improvisation series, recorded at Peckham Levels in...
A samba that starts with a guitar riff and becomes a manifesto against competitive masculinity: “Sem Macho Alfa” is the...
Tim Etchells reads a text about a room where everything keeps getting heavier: objects, thoughts, the walls themselves, until nothing...
Pimienta Records is a new reggae label and production project based in Barcelona, founded by musician and producer Ares Català....
“La Vida es un Baile” opens with a call-and-response refrain that runs through the whole track: “la tierra llama“. Marimba...
“Pendolino” opens Hootini’s debut EP with a brass line that cuts straight through. The London nine-piece build on a hip-hop-derived...
“Sababa” opens with Nawras Altaky on oud, the fretless short-necked lute central to Arab music, before the ensemble starts to...
Marcello Giannini spent time working out how to make his electric guitar speak in Turkish makam: microtonal intervals that fall...
Kolë Laca left Albania at twenty. Beatrice Gjergji left at six. Both ended up in Italy, and in 2019 they...
Γέρος του Μοριά — the Old Man of the Morea — was the nickname of Theodoros Kolokotronis, the general who...
“Leave Us Alone (Reggae Uprising Mix)” is the latest release from Michael “Dubnine” Henry, a Birmingham producer and songwriter who...
Cheikh Ibra Fam grew up moving across Senegal, his father worked as a customs director and the family followed. He...