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![Album Review: Mungo’s Hi-Fi X Eva Lazarus – More Fyah [Scotch Bonnet Records; July 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/mungo-more-fyah-335x256.jpg)
Mungo’s Hi-Fi have been very busy this decade. Formed in 2000 by a group of sound system enthusiasts from Glasgow, they released seven albums between 2010 and 2016, with a momentum that has yet to run out of steam. For their latest project (More Fyah, released on 17th July through...
![Album Review: Park Jiha – Philos [Glitterbeat Records; September 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/park-jiha-philos-cover-335x256.jpg)
The last decade has seen Korean musicians spreading their names all over the world. One of the reasons behind their popularity lies in their ability to bring their tradition forward. Many of them grew up studying, making it their own and interpreting it, and now they feel it’s time to...
![Album Review: Prince Fatty – In the Viper’s Shadow [October 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/princ-fatty-vipers-shadow-cover-335x256.jpg)
This latest instalment from Prince Fatty boasts a full-length album deep in dub, packed with collaborations, that is characteristically catchy. ‘Two Timer’ featuring Cornell Campbell and Tippa Irie, the intro track, is classic, from the brilliant opening dub samples to the recognisable vocals of Tippa Irie. It’s smooth, relaxed, and...
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View Kensaye bio here We are back behind the DJ decks after the summer break and pretty excited to introduce you to and feature a mix by London-based DJ, producer and radio-host Kensaye. Taking inspiration from and delving into the African diasporic sounds, Kensaye unhearted and brought together some of the most...
With so much good music being published and uploaded every month, we constantly find hard to keep up with all the releases. Luckily, “we get by with a little help from our friends”… We are more than thrilled to welcome and introduce you to Chamonix-based online radio, record label, DJs...
Womad, the world’s festival, once again sparkled the Wiltshire countryside with an array of international musicians. In what was one of the driest Womads in recent years, highlights came from the headliners to the warm-up acts, creating an inclusive and illuminating festival. The first thing of note was the changes...
An inaugural festival is always going to be packed with risk and suspense, and after the downpour that Friday night experienced, a breath was held in anticipation of Saturday’s events. However, it is with sheer delight I report that the proceedings seemingly went ahead seamlessly. Saturday I have to jump...
![Event Review: Wilderness Festival 2019 @ Cornbury Park (Oxfordshire; Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dsc00010_edited-335x256.jpg)
Situated within close proximity to some of the festival’s increasingly populated hangouts at Wilderness, such as the Atrium, if you happened to stumble upon the Level stage, you were almost guaranteed to be charmed by a constant conveyer belt of talented troubadours within the world music spectrum. There were memorable...
Going to Boomtown for the first time and solo, the levels of anticipation and nerves were extraordinarily immense. Was I really prepared for what many of my peers perceive as a non-stop, excessive party zone? Upon pitching my tent on Thursday evening and exploring as many of the fourteen districts...
DJ SAMA’ shot to world fame with her Boiler Room set in 2018, which acquired more than 1 million views. She has been an emblematic artist of the Palestinian underground and is credited for bringing techno to Palestine. SAMA’ (which is Arabic for sky) studied audio engineering at London’s SAE,...
Ten years on from their inception, the high impact band that is London Afrobeat Collective are about to release their third album, Humans (for which they’ve given life to an ongoing crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo). It is probably also their most ambitious to date, exhibiting as it does something of a departure...