We have a soft spot for music travellers, musicians and music lovers who roam and wander to find new sounds and let their music join them during their explorations to grow and flourish. New Orleans-based singer, guitarist and producer Gitkin has always been an expert in rambling, professionally and leisurely...
Tag Archives: Electronica
![Album Review: Soom T – The Arch [X-Ray Production; September 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/soom-t-the-arch-cover-335x335.jpg)
Sumati Bhardwa, better known as Soom T, is a Glasgow rapper/MC of Indian origin. Justice is important to her and she feels passionate that everyone should reach their potential in life. This informs all she does as an artist. Asian Dub Foundation, The Orb, King Creosote and fellow Glaswegians Mungo’s...
![Album Review: Asian Dub Foundation – Access Denied [X-Ray Production; September 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/adb-access-denied-cover-335x335.jpg)
Access Denied, the ninth album from Asian Dub Foundation will be released on 19th September 2020. ‘Can’t Pay Won’t Pay’, the first single from the album has a refrain that references the Poll Tax riots which was part of the late 80s/early 90s milieu of political activity and government-funded youth...
Every month, we bring you a collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
We’re really more than glad to see that Bandcamp’s Fridays have become a thing and music lovers are increasingly embracing and supporting them (next to supporting musicians and labels) month after month. The 7th Bandcamp’s Friday has just started, so we though to virtually crate dig the latest releases from...
A couple of months ago, on the 19th of June, Canadian musician, producer and DJ Poirier released his eleventh album titled Soft Power on Wonderwheel Recordings. Anticipated by “Café Com Leite” (featuring Flavia Coelho) and “Sim Bombei” (with Samito), Soft Power is a fresh, dancy and wide-ranging chapter in Poirier’s over 20-year long career, stretching...
![Album Review: El Búho – Ramas [Wonderwheel Recordings; March 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/el-buho-ramas-cover-335x335.jpg)
The ultimate litmus test for any release is to listen to it on a robust pair of closed-back monitor headphones at home. No accentuated frequencies, no fancy cocktails and canapés driving a wedge between you and the mix as it was intended – for better or for worse. In 2020...
In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
![Album Review: Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers – Vodou Alé [Les Disques Bongo Joe; May 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chouk-bwa-vodou-ale-cover-335x335.jpg)
Vodou Alé (Les Disques Bongo Joe) is not simply inspired by the ritualistic archetype that is voodoo, in fact, it is the perfect antidote to this esoteric paradigm of the Haitian tradition. Native to Haiti itself, Chouk Bwa are first-hand practitioners of the vodou faith of west African descent, their music...
Every month, we bring you a collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist: