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...
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Midori Takada and Lafawndah blur the lines between live music performance and devotional ritualistic theatre. The two experimental artists from Japan and London have come together to showcase Ceremonial Blue, a stage production which is built around their 2018 EP Le Renard Bleu. As Takada plays out with handbells, antique...
We are lucky enough to have been in touch with musicians who love their job and can freely play what they like without constrictions or limitations imposed by the industry, labels, managers, agents, and so on and so forth… One of the latest outcomes of this blessing is Do Not...
Here at Rhythm Passport we are always looking for new ways to support and spread the word about quality and meaningful music and give you chance to listen to it. So, we are more than excited to invite you to the first episode of Meet & Greet with the Album,...
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One of the most iconic and recognisable instruments from South America is probably the siku, a handmade pan-pipe made of bamboo shoots, originating from the Andes and played to this day by its indigenous peoples. Countless variations of the siku exist in South America – each with its own variation...
To be fair, Vula Viel are a blessing for a music scene like the London one, obsessed with coolness and what being cool implies. They simply play what they like, how they like it. Paraphrasing the title of their upcoming album, they’re not afraid, they can afford to be natural....
For his latest album Konoyo, due for release on 28th September on American independent label Kranky, sound artist Tim Hecker has collaborated with members of the Tokyo Gakuso ensemble, a group of gagaku musicians founded in 1978. Gagaku, i.e. the traditional classical music of Japan performed for centuries at the...
Even for a music scene as varied and unpredictable as London’s, Vula Viel are an exception. It might already be surprising to meet, listen to and enjoy a band comprised of London born and bred musicians playing traditional Ghanaian music. If you add the fact that they play that music...
Nicola Cruz is to put it simply, a fantastic musician. In my humble opinion, his music speaks of more than just the seeking of pleasure, but to the pursuit of life. His tracks offer themselves to the human condition, that we are born and die alone, and in between, we’re...
