Sophomore albums from Emil Miszk and Immortal Onion represent a consistent move forward, once again proving that the Gdańsk jazz scene is the leader of the
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Pink is the new Black
The colour pink on the covers of Siksa, Blóm and Mentos Gulgendo’s new albums is confusing. It indicates a new feminist perspective, but not just that.
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New Weird Russia
Post-punk improvisations, jazz metal, doom metal flirting with folk or algorithmic electronics – welcome to a showcase of the youngest Russian scene in all its eclectic
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The dark, oneiric dubs of Sarmacja
Sarmacja is marching between national ecstasy, exhaustion and anger, weekend joys and the mundane greyness of everyday life in the provinces. It is a rhythmical landscape of
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Quarantine music
Music as a form of catharsis, recycling of ideas or means to bring aid – three albums recorded during the quarantine prove that it served as
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Ibérica electrica
Marion Cousin and Kaumwald move Iberian songs from the collective regional memory into a broader context, as if wanting to engage listeners in a peculiar game.
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Traczyk’s sonic concrete mixer
Traczyk strips the bass from its lyricism; instead of looking for melodies and pleasant sounds, he opts for the heaviness. Here he is drawling out sounds and trying to tame the mighty-sounding wooden giant.
The Magnificent 7: gqom, a winter soundtrack & Polish retromania
From Durban’s GQOM, through an acid-fuelled soundtrack to winter, to Polish retromania from the 90s. – I’ve compiled a selection of music that is danceable, fun, and many more things to boot.
The Magnificent 7: recreational and revolutionary jazz
Pleasant, casual meetings usually bring the best results. But sometimes things can go a bit revolutionary too. Here are the most interesting jazz and jazz-like albums of the last weeks and the start of a new series: The Magnificent 7.
Exploding guitar
“Rastilho” is a personal comment on the contemporary world, the simplest possible gesture: reaching for an instrument, playing, and looking towards the samba tradition to make a contemporary statement about Brazil under Bolsonaro’s rule.