![Album Review: Khalab – Black Noise 2084 [On The Corner Records; 20th July 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/khalab-noise-335x335.jpg)
In recent years, a growing number of producers have engaged in exploring the potential of mixing electronic music with music, traditional sounds and field recordings coming from all corners of the globe — giving birth to some of the most interesting records of the decade. Some, like Nicola Cruz or...
All posts by Stefania Vulpi
Going to a music festival is, in a way, a sort of pilgrimage. It is, for many, an act of love towards music and the cathartic energy of being together and sharing a place, a space, an experience. Just like a real pilgrimage, it requires a decent amount of effort...
![Album Review: Kamaal Williams – The Return [Black Focus Records; May 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kamaal-the-return-335x335.jpg)
London has always held a place of honour in the music world, being a propeller of new musical waves and a playground for musical innovators. In recent years, London has seen a bunch of young talents bringing jazz music back to the centre of the scene. Artists like Shabaka Hutchings,...
![Album Review: Ammar 808 – Maghreb United [Glitterbeat Records; June 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ammar808-335x335.jpg)
Known for its astonishing desertic landscapes and its rich cultural history, the Maghreb is a vast region in North Africa that was once ruled by Berber dynasties under one reign. Nowadays, this land is divided between Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara, but nevertheless, their differences are strongly...
About 20km outside of the hectic, fast-paced city of Milan, there is a magnificent rural palace with a historic garden and a natural labyrinth, built by a Milanese noble family in around the 18th century. A place where time is suspended, once a year Villa Arconati becomes the beating heart...
![Album Review: Nickodemus – A Long Engagement [Wonderwheel Recordings; 4th May 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nickodemus-a-long-engagement-335x335.jpg)
Can you think of a more cosmopolitan, complicated, international, culturally mixed place than New York City? A once-Dutch colony that through the centuries has welcomed migrants from all over the world to become one of the most culturally varied, exciting, fervent cities in the world. From Little Italy to Chinatown,...
![Album Review: Antibalas – Where The Gods Are In Peace [Daptone Records; September 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/antibalas-335x335.jpg)
Among tall skyscrapers, basketball courts, and yellow cabs rushing through the streets of the Big Apple, there is a twelve-piece band that holds high the banner of afrobeat well outside the borders of West Africa. They are Antibalas (Spanish for bulletproof); the horn-driven, afrobeat supergroup from Brooklyn, NY, founded by...
![Album Review: GoGo Penguin – A Humdrum Star [Blue Note Records; February 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gogo-penguin__1517483127_128.65.101.130-335x335.jpg)
GoGo Penguin is one of those bands that are impossible to define within a genre or a scene. Yet, since their debut in the UK scene with their first album Fanfares, they have come out with their very own signature sound: hearts rooted in jazz and classical training exploring the...
The latest edition of Jazz:Re:Found brought to life one of the finest names in the Italian jazz scene – saxophonist James Senese and his band Napoli Centrale. The son of an African-American U.S. soldier who arrived in Italy during the American occupation that liberated the country from Nazi-Fascism, Senese grew...
I remember the first time I heard Chassol like it was yesterday. I was listening to “Pipornithology, Pt. II” – from his acclaimed album Big Sun – and I was blown away, by the way, he started with the recording of a singing bird and used it to create an...
