At a roaring pace, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Dave De Rose has already released two separate musical projects this year and has another on its way. Having finally found a permanent third vertex of their adventurous triangle, the multinational Rave At Your Fictional Borders return with two new groove explorations, recorded and beautifully filmed as they were composed on the fly in a studio in Morocco. We are delighted to video premiere ‘Entanglement’ and being greedy and needy, we also tapped them up for an interview. Read / Listen.
Read MoreWaaju feat. Majid Bekkas 'Alouane’ (BBE) - a review
A cross-cultural tour de force from London’s Waaju crew and Moroccan Gnawa master Majid Bekkas on this fantastic live album out now on the mighty BBE! A stunning fusion of Afro-Latin, jazz, psychedelia, Gnawa and heavy heavy grooves recorded in the beautiful Church of Sound in East London, Ben Brown’s new arrangements of traditional Gnawa songs are revelatory, the ensemble’s performance transcendent. Read / Listen.
Read MoreHassan Wargui 'Tiddukla' (Hive Mind Records) - a review
A sublime mini-album of Moroccan Amazigh music by the highly prolific talent Hassan Wargui released soon on Brighton’s Hive Mind Records. The sound of the Anti-Atlas mountains blends yearning voices, complex percussion and the banjo to create a deeply emotional but calming resonance. Read / Listen here
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