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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…

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Album Review: Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – ‘Ventre Unique’: the mercurial post-punk/global beats collective score once more.

Formed in 2007 by bassist and composer Vincent Bertholet, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp are a band with the beat of the infamous but sadly crushed Genevan punk squat movement…

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Album Review: Àbáse –‘Awakening’: Stunning spiritual jazz and beyond from the prolific producer/instrumentalist.

It doesn’t seem that long since Hungarian keyboarding producer whizz Szabolcs Bognár was premiering his ambitious Àbáse project with the extensive, celebratory ‘Laroyê’. Released at the end of 2021, it…

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New Track/Video: The scorching, upbeat grooves of ‘Jão’ signposts a new album from Rio/London troubadour, MOMO.

It’s not often you get to hear about a ‘new’ artist on the London global beats scene who’s already stocked up a back catalogue of eight previous albums but that’s…

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Album Review : Forest Law –‘Zero’ : Bossa beats, international grooves and so much more on this globetrotting musician’s debut.

Sonic explorer, creative adventurer, soundscape navigator are all phrases you could apply to Alexander Burke a.k.a Forest Law. Romford born, now London based he’s taken a globetrotting route to the…

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Album Review: L’Étrangleuse – Ambiance Argile : Rootsy influences and a post punk mindset make for a pulsating return from the Lyon-based outfit.

The fact that guitarist / n’goni player Maël Salètes and harpist Mélanie Virot have been releasing albums as L’Étrangleuse since 2012 is down to much more than endurance or stubborn…

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Album Review : Júlio Resende Fado Jazz – Sons Of Revolution : immaculate and moving fusion from the Portuguese quartet.

Portuguese jazz pianist and composer Júlio Resende has just released a fourth Fado jazz journey, ‘Sons Of Revolution’ through the indispensable ACT label and it’s another intriguing excursion. Resende first…

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Album Review: Muito Kaballa – Like A River : a refreshing burst of inventive new fusion.

A transitional album or an album about transitions, well ‘Like A River’ by Muito Kaballa is both. It marks the Cologne based collective’s move from Belgian label Rebel Up to…

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Album Review : Huw Marc Bennett – Days Like Now : Folktronica, funk and global beats make inspired new connections

Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett is one of those orbital artists who washes up on your essential listening zones with a tidal regularity. A global beats innovator and…

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Album Review: Nickodemus – Soul & Science: flowing global beats for moving and messaging.

New York based sonic traveller, producer and DJ Nickodemus is one of those global beats’ touchstones. Motivating dancefloors across the continents since the mid nineties and founder of the world…

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