![Album Review: Dub Colossus – Dr Strangedub (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Dub the Bomb) [Echomaster; 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dubcolossu-strangedub-cover-335x330.jpg)
Dr Strangedub (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Dub the Bomb) is possibly one of the most inventive albums to date. Each track is an enthusiastic cacophony of global traditions and contemporary fusions without being reduced by genre boundaries or five-minute clichés. Dr Strangedub was a long time...
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Articles![Album Review: Fokn Bois – Afrobeats LOL [FOKN INC; February 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/foknbois-cover-335x335.jpg)
Pidgin rap provocateurs Fokn Bois are back with seven-track EP Afrobeats LOL, which satirises the globalised afrobeats genre, albeit using its riddims and dances. With features by Mr Eazi and Sister Deborah, plus elder of highlife Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Afrobeats LOL has all the catchy swag of the genre it parodies...
![Album Review: The Comet Is Coming – Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery [Impulse! Records; March 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cometzzz-335x335.jpg)
The Comet Is Coming is a trio of jazz/psychedelic enthusiasts, one of whom is the increasingly recognised Shabaka Hutchings, who already leads two other groups (Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors). This group claim “to reconnect with the energy of the Lifeforce in the hope of manifesting higher realities...
![Album Review: Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa [Jarring Effects; February 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sociedaderecreativaalbum-335x335.jpg)
Sociativa (Jarring Effects) is a punchy, electronic and beat-heavy rendition of older Brazilian pieces (mostly from North East Brazil) which have been remade for a modern audience. Definitely made for sub-woofers and loudspeakers, the heavy bass frequencies interact with traditional styles in an exciting fashion. Sociedade Recreativa is a collaboration between...
![Album Review: ¿Que Vola? – ¿Que Vola? [Nø Førmat!; 25th January 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/quevolaalbumcover-335x335.jpg)
A brassy, ritualistic sound from a band making a cross-cultural union. ¿Que Vola? is a new group, experimenting with bop-style horns over a foundation of Cuban Santeria rumba groove. Put together by jazz trombonist Fidel Fourneyron, with the help of double-bassist Thibaud Soulas, the French jazz collaborative enrols three of...
![Album Review: Auntie Flo – Radio Highlife [Brownswood Recordings; October 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/auntiefloradiohighlife-335x335.jpg)
Brian d’Souza is a Glaswegian-born DJ, musician and producer of both Goan and Kenyan descent, who spent seven years travelling far and wide to places such as Uganda, Cuba and Norway. As Auntie Flo, d’Souza created Radio Highlife – released on 12th October 2018 via Brownswood Recordings – that can...
![Album Review: Kel Assouf – Black Tenere [Glitterbeat Records; February 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/blacktenere-cover-335x335.jpg)
Kel Assouf are a rocking inter-global trio, whose roots fuse from West African Sahara to European Belgium and beyond. They sit comfortably in the Tuareg musical character, moulded by trailblazers Tinariwen, but with this new release, they burst through and breakdown musical barriers, roaring rock’n’roll, as well as spiritually meditative...
![Album Review: Fofoulah – Daega Rek [Glitterbeat Records; November 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fofoulahcover-335x335.jpg)
No matter what your final verdict on Daega Rek is, (Fofoulah’s new album released by Glitterbeat Records), what you can’t deny is its originality and unorthodoxy. The second work from the London-based band is more than able to bewilder, confuse and stupefy its listeners thanks to its unrestrained approach, but...
![Album Review: Out of Nations – Quest [Riverboat Records; August 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/outofnationsquestcover-335x335.jpg)
To understand and fully appreciate Out of Nations’ sound, you first need to have a look at their passports and read about their backgrounds. A 7-piece ensemble based in Berlin, with members coming from the US, Egypt, Greece, Belgium and Austria with experiences in Lebanon and Norway, and collaborating with...
![Album Review: Gentleman’s Dub Club – Lost In Space [Easy Star Records; January 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/optimized-lost-in-space-art-335x335.jpg)
Just as the new year has sunk in, Gentleman’s Dub Club drop Lost in Space on Easy Star Records, their latest instalment of contemporary dub rhythms and rhymes. The ten-piece collective that met in Leeds are a staple outfit in the modern dub and diaspora scene, and after five successful albums...
