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09/04/2021 nausika

Manbarani: modern Arabic folk in a quest to find physical and spiritual place and purpose

Natik Awayez, Manbarani, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF116 vinyl LP (2021) It seems astonishing that a composer / lyricist /

29/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

Keeping Up with the Kashubians

Three new items from the Polish Zoharum label. Album by the group ROD is Pòczuj Kaszëbsczégò Dëcha (ZOHAR 217-2), somewhat

26/03/2021 nausika

Fulgor Renegrido: an unusual and striking fusion of atmospheric black metal and Chilean C&W / folk

Aume, Fulgor Renegrido, United Kingdom, Ancient Entity Records, AER023 cassette (2021) Based in Coquimbo, in north-central Chile, Aume is a

21/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

When The Goat Turns Red

Below, some items of contemporary Polish (and one Serbian) music released on Bolt Records. Lumpeks are here with their self-titled

21/03/2021 nausika

Toda História pela Frente: atmospheric BM / country / folk fusion coming too soon in the shadow of a masterpiece

Kaatayra, Toda História pela Frente, United States, Mospharic Recording Limited, MOS-20 CD (2020) After the astonishing and exhilarating effort that

18/03/2021 nausika

Só Quem Viu o Relâmpago à Sua Direita Sabe: a deeply soulful microcosm of Brazilian music and history

Kaatayra, Só Quem Viu o Relâmpago à Sua Direita Sabe, China, Pest Productions, PEST 262, CD (2020) An electrifying and

12/03/2021 nausika

I Remember You (Original Sound Track): a funereal set of dark ambient mood pieces

I Remember You (Original Sound Track), United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR287CD digipak (2020) The official soundtrack to the 2017

09/12/2020 nausika

Wreathed in Mourncloud: a work of beauty, majesty and emotion that falls short of being a masterpiece

Fellwarden, Wreathed in Mourncloud, Germany, Eisenwald Tonschmiede, EISEN161 limited edition vinyl LP (2020) The Lake District in north-western England is

05/12/2020 nausika

Houmeissa: a soundtrack of electronic desert folk for a computer game or an animated film

Hama, Houmeissa, United States, Sahel Sounds, SS-049 vinyl LP (2019) While looking up information on Mamman Sani Abdulaye on Sahel

25/11/2020 nausika

Vines Grow Between My Eyes: a starkly minimal electronic / industrial folk album with an uncomfortable message

Happy Dead Man, Vines Grow Between My Eyes, Germany, Unrock, UNROCK 019 LP (2020) A collaboration of three stalwarts of