Israeli-born with Persian parents, Tel Aviv dwelling artist Liraz is no ordinary electro-pop musician. For the creation of her incredibly popping and danceable second album, she took a big risk to confront religious-political tensions between Iran and Israel, and collaborate with Iranian musicians to create an album influenced by 1970s...
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Just a couple of weeks ago, on the 25th of October, Chilean people were the driving force behind one of the most important moments in their country’s life. A national plebiscite, spurred by months and months of social unrest and protests against the government and culminating in different cacerolazos, set...
Every now and then (and by far, it happens more “now” than “then”), Jo’burg and its music scene surprise us with the new release of one of their offspring. The city and its cultural environment, because of its social fabric and history, is a tireless forge of talents, ideas, creativity...
Reggae music is Manudigital’s playground. Since his debut, more than 15 years ago, the French songwriter, producer, bass player, DJ and rhythm-maker has fooled around, enjoyed himself and worked with Caribbean-scented upbeats and uptempo vibes, which are better if having a digital nature and electro suffix. In these years, he...
The fact that music keeps on gifting us new and surprising releases is one of the few positive notes of this mad 2020. One of the most exciting comes from the Netherlands. Roughly 50 miles from Amsterdam, in The Hague, a six-piece band formed in 2015 is giving new meanings...
Since 1998, they’ve been bringing the sound of cumbia forward. Meridian Brothers and their founder Eblis Álvarez have helped to radically shift the image of the Latin American style, from a traditional, and in some cases old-school, inherent aspect of the Latin culture to a dynamic, experimental and even challenging...
This year there have been debut albums, and then there has been My Enemy, My Love by Mentrix (née Samar Rad). From sacred electronica à la Aisha Devi rubbing shoulders with The Master Musicians of Joujouka to music videos that were Sufi-versions of M.I.A.’s ‘Bad Girls’, everything indicated a singular...
There are only a bunch of musicians who can claim to embody the history and evolution of a music style. Bukky Leo is part of this restricted club. His career and possibly life are indeed manifestations of afrobeat. So much so that, if you’d like to approach the quintessential Nigerian...
Los Bitchos are five hilarious, humble and super friendly ladies that form the UK’s best-known instrumental cumbia-inspired psychedelic rock band. Maybe the UK’s only band of the kind because it’s unique. And they said I could join their band! I’m just looking for a new Latin instrument to learn quickly...
It’s been 15 years since Nthato Mokgata, better known as Spoek Mathambo, began composing, producing and releasing music and in the 15 years of doing so, he has also brought the South African scene forward. We don’t like to make extensive use of words like tastemaker or trendsetter, but in...