Category: reviews
Moritz Von Oswald Trio
The Moritz Von Oswald Trio operates at the bleeding edges where musical lineages collide. Feeling for the shared heartbeat that pulses through dub, techno and jazz, it seeks out points of contact before exploding them outward into hypnotic explorations of rhythm, texture and tone. Read more
J Jazz Volume 4
With J Jazz volume 4, the BBE J Jazz Bullet Train continues its journey traversing the expansive landscape of modern Japanese jazz. Read more
Marcia Griffiths – Play Me
Sweet And Nice, the vital debut album from Jamaica’s undisputed first lady of song Marica Griffiths. It’s reggae at its most soulful. Slinking through a tight ten tracks of R&B and pop-sourced material, it became an instant best seller. Read more
Luke Una – É Soul Cultura
The selection is eclectic, global, and plucked from different times and spaces. In theory, perhaps they shouldn’t work together, but there is a mysterious link that makes them gel as a whole. That’s what Luke does best. He creates a sort of musical alchemy, unifying the diverse. Read more
Electric Dreams Blueprint
A print featuring the history of electronic music mapped out to the circuit board of a theremin, which is widely regarded as one of the first electronic musical instruments, celebrating over 200 inventors, innovators, artists. Read more
Tupac Amarulloa
Whilst on holiday recently in Costa Rica, we broadcast a couple of shows live that featured a smattering of what else but Costa Rican music! Whilst having a root around for music to fit the bill, a flautist by the name of Tupac Amarulloa started cropping up. Cropping up as in it became clear quite… Read more
Kosmischer Läufer
Whilst getting some music together for a recent radio show I stumbled across a track called Flug 164 by an artist I hadn’t heard of called Kosmischer Läufer. The tune is stunning and further investigation has made me wonder why I haven’t heard of this artist before because the music is fantastic. If this is… Read more
Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills collaborates with African musicians Jean-Phi Dary and Prabhu Edouard in which they perform live music fusing ethereal North African soundscapes and Jeff’s brooding electronics and the outcome is nothing short of breathtaking. Read more