![Album Review: Various Artists – La Ola Interior: Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990 [Bongo Joe Records; March 2021]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/la-ola-interior-cover-335x335.jpeg)
Welcome to a visionary inner self odyssey, spanning the golden age of Spanish electronic music. La Ola Interior groups two generations of artists; some young such as: Miguel A. Ruiz, Victor Nubla, or Camino al Desván, and an older one gathering names such as Finis Africae, Suso Saiz and Javier...
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This is an album that has landed at a time we may most appreciate it. Elevation is at the heart of this record. It is an LP inspired by afrobeat and spiritual jazz with strong elements of Detroit groove pulsing through the soundtrack. Nicola Conte and Gianluca Petrella’s message is...
New Bandcamp Friday and new shopping tips… As we often do on the first Friday of each month, when Bandcamp lifts its fees redistributing all sales profits to artists and their labels, also today we give you some suggestions on how to spend your money on music effectively supporting musicians....
![Album Review: University Challenged – Oh Temple! [Hive Mind Records; January 2021]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/university-challnged-oh-temple-cover-335x335.jpeg)
An ambient and psych music to be watched! The self-made films that go along with the music create an eccentric and almost political discourse. Influenced by a melange of musical genres and styles, from kosmische musik, electronic and experimentation to indie, pastoral guitar soli, and krautrock, University Challenged have walked...
We can’t welcome enough every opportunity we are presented to reach and write about Urban Village. Not only because we never made it a secret that we are fans of the music of the Soweto-based quartet, but also because their cultural relevance and topical drive- when it comes to narrating...
![Album Review: Farhot – Kabul Fire Vol.2 [Kabul Fire Records; January 2021]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/kabul-fire-vol2-cover-335x335.jpeg)
Finding one’s place within a diaspora away from your motherland can be an integral part of self-discovery. This is certainly true of Hamburg-based producer Farhot, who has now followed-up his eight-year-old debut with Kabul Fire Vol. 2 (released via his own label Kabul Fire Records) which explores this part of...
On the 12th of March, On the Corner Records released an album which has already “booked” its place in our ‘end of the year’ list. Vexillology, by Moroccan musician, producer, sound archiver, field recording and sound artist Guedra Guedra, goes far beyond the phonographic boundaries. The debut LP of the...
It’s not been easy, Kaleema tells us, to make herself a nurturing musical home. Two inner worlds kept colliding. The seemingly disparate areas of her creative life, classical study and electronic production, kept crashing against each other. But Kaleema persevered through her orchestral upbringing. She found her way to the...
![Album Review: Altin Gün – Yol [Glitterbeat Records; February 2021]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/altin-gun-yol-cover-335x335.jpg)
Altın Gün cruise new avenues on Yol, their 80s synth-pop influenced third album. As the opening track of Altın Gün’s highly-anticipated third album Yol segues into the second-track ‘Ordunun Dereleri’, we hear the sound of traffic speeding along highways towards unknown destinations. Indeed the album documents a journey for the...
![Album Review: Gentleman’s Dub Club – Down to Earth [Easy Star Records; March 2021]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gentlamans-dub-club-down-to-heart-cover-335x335.jpg)
Leeds’ king-sized dub ensemble Gentleman’s Dub Club are in partnership with Easy Star Records on their next album Down to Earth. The album’s defining characteristics are traditional reggae with contemporary modifications for a brighter listening experience. ‘Castle in the Sky’ serves as one of the standout performances from the album, featuring...