A great revival in music is always well received, especially when the artist is as joyous to watch as Ata Kak. Disappearing into near obscurity since the release of underground game changer, Obaa Sima in 1994, Ata’s infectious concoction of leftfield rap, lo-tech house beats and hiplife flavours make for...
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Last Sunday we went to The Pickle Factory for the first night of Ovation, a monthly series that will bring the best of contemporary jazz and world music to the intimate East London venue. The events are co-curated by Tom Skinner (Hello Skinny, Matthew Herbert, Owiny Sigoma Band, and Sons...
When he released 잊지마” (It G Ma) on January, 1st 2015, the South-Korean rapper Keith Ape instantly became a sensation. A great number of articles heralding him as the next rap and trap star and declaring that he was making rap history, appeared on the web soon after. He is...
If London had its own soundtrack, it would have to include a Native Sun tune. The duo composed of Mohammed Yahya & Sarina Leah are one of the most truthful musical portrayals of the British capital, gathering together an all-embracing influence, ranging from South-East Africa to the Caribbean islands and mirroring the...
![Album Review: Riddlore – Afromutations [Nyege Nyege Tapes, 8th January 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/a3883132535_10-335x323.jpg)
Released at the very beginning of the year in a limited edition of 80 cassettes and digital download, Afromutations is the latest album by LA underground MC, DJ, and beat-maker Riddlore, which comes only a year after the CD Mixed Tape. This time, however, the album has been released through...
![Album Review: Arat Kilo – Nouvelle Fleur [Eklektik, 27th May 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/003d9262-335x335.jpeg)
If you’ve never listened to ethio-jazz, a genre very popular in the bars and hotels of Addis Ababa during the 1960s and ’70s, Arat Kilo’s new album Nouvelle Fleur could be the perfect introduction. The Parisian band, whose name comes from a famous monument in the Ethiopian capital, brought into...
![Preview: De La Soul @ Roundhouse [London, Friday 10th March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/62d1a6c543617e14ee1320204ff62d5a-335x188.jpeg)
After a much awaited comeback in August 2016 with the release of their first album in 12 years, and the Anonymous Nobody, legendary American hip hop trio De La Soul are now on a tour that will touch down in London on Friday 10th March, at the similarly legendary venue...
Highlight of the 2016 edition of the London International Arts Festival (LIAF), and one of the most popular and expressive MCs of the UK music scene, Soom T recently brought her urban sound, provocative lyrics, resolute character and Indian background to London’s Rich Mix, for an incendiary gig. We had...
“If you’ve got an attitude like ‘fuck it’, then get on up and let’s roll from the bucket”. This mantra from Beardyman and his dream team playfully sums up the improvisation, audience hype and hilarious mayhem that ensued. This is a collective consisting of beatboxer Beardyman, scratch DJ JFB, slam...
![Preview: Sónar Reykjavík [Reykjavík, Iceland – 16th to 18th February]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15181623_957218301045940_9204688655560172368_n-335x335.png)
Born in 1994 in Barcelona, Sónar is the ‘International Festival of Advanced Music and Congress of Technology and Creativity’, an internationally renowned festival leader in the electronic music landscape. In the last decade, it has stretched out its arms to a number of cities all over the world, organizing events...