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Album Review: Balinese gamelan orchestra Gamelan DanAnda collaborate with electro-jazz fusion group Firetail to release the enchanting album ‘Anglayang’

The collaboration between Naarm/Melbourne-based Balinese gamelan orchestra Gamelan DanAnda and electro-jazz fusion group Firetail has resulted in the fascinating album ‘Anglayang’ which has just been released through Komunitas Records. Creating…

Album Review: Dowdelin –‘Tchenbé!’: Lyon-based Beats and Creole-soul fusionists groove deeper.

It all started when fusion-centric producer/musician David Kiledjian met Martinican singer Olivya Victorin with the notion of sculpting something different, maybe some creole-voiced, beats-informed nu soul and the result… Dowdelin.…

Album review: Naomi Yanos – Rock In The Forest

Naomi Yanos is a Harlem-native experimental alternative artist and “Rock in the Forest” is their third EP is entirely self produced and combines rock band instrumentation with ambient soundscapes, dissonant…

Album Review: Marton Juhasz-‘Metropolis’: Jazz rock re-imagined and re-vitalised.

Of all new European jazz, the Hungarian scene is the one that just keeps on delivering surprises. The psychedelic beats of Jazzbois’, Mörk’s silky assured nu-soul flavours and Àbáse’s far…

Album Review: Pit Pony – Dead Stars

The mixture of post-punk indie is hypnotic throughout this second full-length from North East’s Pit Pony. ‘At Dawn opens the album with something special. One minute in, and I am…

Album Review: House of All Souls Review: A Post-Punk Continuum That Thrives in the Present

For a band formed entirely of ex-Fall members, House of All has never been about simple nostalgia. On House of All Souls, their third album in as many years, they…

Album Review: Seth Lakeman – The Granite Way; folklore, melody and history beautifully entwined

Seth Lakeman’s forthcoming album, The Granite Way, set for release on February 14th via Honour Oak Records, reaffirms his mastery in contemporary folk music. While the album doesn’t mark a…

Album Review: The majestic Horsegirl unveil their stunning masterpiece ‘Phonetics On And On’, ahead of US. UK and European tour.

At the risk of using superlatives so early in a review, I haven’t got this excited about a band since I heard the first single from Fontaines D.C.. Originally from…

Album Review: Jupiter & Okwess –‘Ekoya’: The Irrepressible Congolese band deliver a scorching return.

Formed in 1990 by Jupiter Bokondji from within the buzzing Congolese street music scene, Jupiter & Okwess have always been an irrepressible band. From early success across Africa to serious…

Album Review: Peace Flag Ensemble – ‘Everything Is Possible’: sublime and intimate jazz-toned portraits from the Saskatchewan sextet.

Saskatchewan sound sculptors Peace Flag Ensemble are a band who always seem to go about things quietly. No Fanfares, no bombast, a musical collective whose fluent jazz-toned, post rock dynamics…

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