![Album Review: Ifriqiyya Electrique – Rûwâhîne [Glitterbeat Records, 26th May 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ifriqiyya-electrique-335x335.jpg)
Rûwâhîne is the debut album from Ifriqiyya Electrique, a Franco-Tunisian collaborative project that will make your soul shake to fainting with their raw, sophisticated and daring amalgamation of Sufi chants and industrial grooves of metallic sonority. Imagine yourself rushing through a labyrinth in the middle of an electric thunderstorm. This...
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![Album Review: Populous – Azulejos [Wonderwheel Recordings // La Tempesta Dischi, 9th June 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/azulejos_artwork__front_-335x335.jpg)
If you’ve ever wandered through the streets of Lisbon, you probably came across stunning walls of blue-painted ceramic tiles, the azulejos, depicting amazingly intricate patterns and detailed paintings. The iconic tiles give name to the fifth album of the Lecce-born, Milan-based producer, Andrea Mangia, aka Populous, after his experience in...
At the same time as Serbia hosts the fastest growing brass festival (Guca Trumpet Festival), Italian band Kaligola Disco Bazar bring their own hedonistic Balkan-style horn parade to London’s Magic Garden. The collective revives old traditions with a modern twist, uniting folkloric melodies with electronic dub-reggae beats and an imposing...
![Album Review: Baro Drom Orkestar – Genau! [Musicastrada Production, 24th March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/artworks-000079215361-r1wlyq-t500x500-335x335.jpg)
‘Power, Gypsy and Dance’ are three words that make up the magic formula for Genau! – ‘Exactly’ in German – the new album from the Baro Drom Orkestar. It is an album rich in the spirit of the Tuscan ensemble, blending overflowing rhythms and evoking dances from the world of...
IOSONOUNCANE is the solo project of Italian musician Jacopo Incani. His album DIE, released over two years ago, has been widely acclaimed by Italian critics and music fans alike, and after a successful tour in his home country, it will finally be performed in venues around the rest of Europe,...
Jazz:Re:Found is arguably one of the finest festivals in Italy at the moment, bringing artists like Robert Glasper, Thundercat, Yussef Kamaal, Grandmaster Flash and many others over the years, to Turin. One of the most vibrant cities in the country. A few months after its latest incredible offering, Jazz:Re:Found is...
![Preview: Clap! Clap! at Moth Club, London [21st April 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/620x9999-335x115.png)
Italian producer Clap! Clap! is currently on a world tour that saw him playing in the US in March and which will also take him to Japan in May. On his way from West to East, he is also stopping by in London on Friday 21st April, at the Moth...
As sometimes happens to music industry personalities, Raffaele Costantino also felt the need to create a character and wear the clothes of a “superhero”. At one point in a career spent as one of the most renowned Italian radio hosts, producers, writers and artistic directors, instead of wearing a mask,...
In a few days, two of the world’s most unique guitarists will perform a double bill for one night only at East London’s Rich Mix. And what a perfect name for a venue hosting musicians like Derek Gripper and Paolo Angeli, given both their rich and unusual fusions of musical...
“Sound that can be seen, not a soundtrack”. This is the signature of the third edition of Seeyousound International Music Film Festival, the first of its kind in Italy. A rather young festival, nevertheless it has been very successful in the past and this year it has doubled the scheduled...