by Joel Dwek | Apr 21, 2022 | Reviews
An unusual combination has once again born fruitful results with Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band’s Caribbean sounds merging with a wide range of genres… We have been working on this project and this website for a long time now. We’re coming up to two years...
by Danny Wiser | Apr 5, 2022 | Interviews
Germany’s premier Balkan-jazz-funk-afrobeat-dub-reggae-Arabic-klezmer-folk-electro band Äl Jawala are not known for being easily categorised. Their esoteric back catalogue makes them a curious case, so we decided to sit down with percussionist Markus Schumacher and...
by Joel Dwek | Feb 18, 2022 | Reviews
Border-defying desert blues by way of Syria, Israel, and Europe is how this stateless rock duo express their musical free spirit… As a music review site based around covering all countries and as many territories as possible, our review of TootArd’s Laissez...
by Joel Dwek | Jan 24, 2021 | Reviews
A seemingly solid indie pop record, reveals itself as more than that with its hidden lyrical depths… The brainchild of Swiss singer Valeska Steiner and German bassist Sonja Glass who together form the indie pop duo BOY, Mutual Friends initially appeared to me to...
by Danny Wiser | Dec 12, 2020 | Advent Calendar
GERMANY: O Tannenbaum – Ernst Anschütz… This carol is perhaps one of the most recognisable across the world. Whilst it is not explicitly about Christmas, it is about a fir tree and its evergreen nature, which is associated with Christmas. Different nations...
by Joel Dwek | Aug 27, 2020 | Reviews
Whilst this Bavarian album doesn’t encourage Schuhplattler dancing, The Poets of Rhythm’s fabulous funky beats forces its listeners to get down and boogie… If I did not know that this band was German, I would never have guessed it. So completely have...
by Danny Wiser | Jul 31, 2020 | Reviews
A truly timeless piece, famed electro synth-pop outfit Kraftwerk perfectly parody the doomed human dependence on materialism in the past, present and future… Never have I heard an album that is so of its time in some regards yet so ahead of its time in others....
by Danny Wiser | Jul 2, 2020 | Reviews
Though created for use in the Werner Herzog film of the same name, Popol Vuh have managed to create an ambient soundtrack that works without knowledge of the film… Danny: Unlike many film soundtracks, Aguirre genuinely holds up to the test as a standalone album...
