To start the new year right, we’ve decided to tidy up our 2019 music listenings and recall the songs that have made us sing, dance, think, happy and love music even more… Enjoy the tunes that our stereos played in heavy rotation and a big thanks to 2019 for...
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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:
![Album Review: Mateo Kingman – Astro [AYA Records; July 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kingman-astro-cover-335x335.jpg)
‘Negative capability’ was a concept English Romantic poet John Keats used to describe a writer’s capacity to abandon certainty and – in pursuit of an artistic vision – venture off into the unknown. Taking a journey to Ixtlan rather than returning to Ithaka is what Mateo Kingman’s Astro is all...
Out on the eclectic electric Wonderwheel Recordings, Chancha Via Circuito brings his infamous Latin electronica and new folklore to our capital city. Certainly, a fundamental name in any electro-fusion fanatic’s catalogue, each new release from the Argentinian producer is received as passionately as the one before. Bringing a full live...
At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...
![Album Review: Fémina – Perlas & Conchas [Fémina Music; April 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/feminacover-335x335.jpg)
An Argentine group who stood out from their peers with their proud feminist stance, Fémina consists of Clara Trucco, Sofia Trucco (both of whom are sisters) and Clara Miglioli. The latter two are the founding members, who originally channelled their American hip-hop influences, but once Clara Trucco joined, they began...
French-born, Ecuador-raised composer Nicola Cruz is one peculiar artist. When his first album Prender El Alma came out in 2015, many were left speechless: his intuition to blend warm, bass-fuelled, downtempo beats with traditional Andean melodies resulted in a new kind of music that spoke straight to the heart. While touring around...
Preview of the album: Only available until 27th November 2018
“This is a mix I made after many months of listening to this genre. Organic sounds mixed with electronic beats. Textures, sounds, extractions and sample manipulations. As I say, it’s digital folk on steroids. Tracks from Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, Denmark, and more.” (Iñaki Martinez) Track list: Moglebaum – Synthie & Roma...
View Lagartijeando bio here We always prefer to let the music “do the talking”, and when it comes to DJs and producers, this means featuring their selections. So, we have seized the opportunity, and to celebrate and introduce you to his latest release (Revisión) for Big in Japan, we...