EDM – The Battleground

Charlie Bertsch / 14 Jun 2023

Genre Bending

Bendik Giske, Self-Titled

Even more than Bendik Giske’s previous recordings, the Norwegian saxophonist’s eponymous new album brings out the instrument’s remarkable potential as a rhythm section.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 25 Jan 2023

The Dub Perspective

Rob Smith’s Jungle Archive Collection 1 and 2

How can we think about music historically without turning it into a museum piece, a beautiful butterfly impaled on a pin? Bristol legend Rob Smith’s new Jungle Archive Collection 1 and Jungle Archive Collection 2 pose this question forcefully.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 17 Aug 2022

Egypt on Drugs

Mutate, by ABADIR

ABADIR’s Mutate is a remarkable achievement, both for its adroit fusion of divergent cultural traditions and the way in which it renders such descriptions irrelevant.(...)

Genre Bending

The Dub Perspective

Egypt on Drugs

Europe and Beyond