It’s a true blessing when we meet musicians able to spur us to leave our comfort zone behind. Kuunatic, a leftfield and far-out all-female Tokyo-based trio is the latest act who has led us far away from our ‘safe place’. To make your way into the Kuunatic world, you have...
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There’s a small but wonderful miracle going on air throughout the depths of the Peruvian Amazonas. Aptly named La Voz de La Selva, the radio station based in Iquitos (in North Eastern Peru) is the only media of communication reaching and giving voice to the communities living in the vast,...
From our personal experience, we never found it too hard to fall for local Cuban music traditions. Still, the musical infatuation is even more gratifying and intense when prompted and guided by a fully committed music researcher, journalist, podcaster and producer like Gianluca Tramontana. That’s how we approached changüí, the...
From the underwater soundscape of a mangrove forest in Mexico to the musical heights of Los Glaciares Park in Argentina, and from the lushness of beats of the Canadian Pacific Coast woodland to the melodies of a Polish one, El Búho has made room and sheltered nature into his remarkable brand-new...
If there’s a band which thoroughly embodies the engaged character and dedication of the new Colombian music wave, that must be La Perla. Rather than considering a strictly musical perspective, our focus lies on the social and environmental consciousness and militancy which the all-female trio formed by Diana Sanmiguel, Giovanna...
The 2021 edition of London K-Music Festival is in full swing and, until Wednesday the 17th of November, is offering the London gig-goers another remarkable programme of traditional, contemporary and avant-garde sounds from the Korean peninsula. We have already introduced the acts enriching this year’s edition, so on this occasion,...
Amami are far more than a Geneva-based global-electro trio, they are the joy of dancing. Throughout 2021, the hype around their name has exponentially grown. Single after single, they build up a loyal following of music lovers and global beats dancers and the release of their debut LP, Soleil, via Les...
There are only a few acts able to generate global hype without having even released an album… Fulu Miziki is possibly one of the most unlikely examples. The collective, which came to light in Kinshasa roughly 10 years ago, not only hasn’t published an LP, but not even an EP...
It goes without saying that there are very few places like Haiti. The country, which occupies the Western part of La Hispaniola island, is indeed one of the most exceptional, ill-fated and troubled in the world and the recent events have only corroborated this stark reality. In spite of earthquakes,...
On Friday, they are going to be one of the very first acts to walk on the Woolwich Works stage and launch the Black History Month event calendar of the South-East London brand spanking new venue. But that’s nothing less than what they deserve because Cubafrobeat, the album-grown-into project conceived,...
