Various Artists – The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali (World Music Network/ Planet Company)
Some of the best music you will hear is coming out of Mali at the…
Bob is the features editor of Cyclic Defrost. He is also evil. You should not trust the opinions of evil people.
Some of the best music you will hear is coming out of Mali at the…
Some of my favourite artists are Japanese, The Boredoms, Susumu Yokota, Merzbow, but none of…
Mbalax, Senegal’s premier dance music, a unique blend of Latin, soul, jazz and funk, a…
The Antripodean Collective is an ever changing group of improvising musicians chosen by Extreme label…
Brooklyn based duo High Places make spaced out drugged up music, a homemade scattered almost…
Imagine if in 1977 you approached the Jamaican government with a proposal to make a…
It’s not often you hear Mongolian folk music, particularly from ex punks hanging out in…
The first song Ghost Town Part 1 is like being struck by lightning. It feels…
In 2003 South African saxophonist and flautist Zim Ngqawana was invited by the University of…
Music doesn’t always have to be about movement progression or intricacies. Eno taught us that…
It seems that the Planet Company woke up one day and realised that they had…
Gus Van Sant’s first three films, Mala Noche, Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho…
Soderbergh has always been an intriguing director. Sometimes you want to praise him, sometimes you…
Alright lets get it over right at the beginning. Ten East are stoner punk royalty,…
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