REVIEW Nicolás Jaar – Cenizas
A review of Nicolás Jaar’s latest album Cenizas.
Nicolas Jaar
Best Albums of 2016
The votes have been collected and now we’re ready to divulge our favourite Latin American albums of the year. As usual, it’s an eclectic mix, with pop, electronic, afrobeat, rock, folk, tropical bass, punk, hip-ho, cumbia and avant-garde artists... Read Article
Nicolas Jaar Awakens Your Senses
Nicolas Jaar is touring his new album Sirens, a dark and menacing auditory experience that cements Jaar as a reputable and innovative electronic composer. Catching Jaar live is a treat which combines the audio with the visual, stimulating... Read Article
Fusing Cuba’s Rich Rhythms with Electronics: An Interview With Ariwo
If you’ve not heard of Ariwo yet then you can be excused. The group is a brand new entity, put together especially for Manana Cuba, a new festival happening in Santiago de Cuba this May that aims to... Read Article
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The sound of the pan pipe in musical arrangements is one that sadly, for most British listeners, inspires tragically misplaced images of lone Andean salesman peddling their wares in high streets and markets around the country. A horrendously... Read Article
Lucrecia Dalt Releases New EP On Other People
Minimalist Colombian musician Lucrecia Dalt‘s latest work is a self-titled EP released on Other People. The EP features two tracks, “Esotro” and “Veta”, with the first of those receiving a William Basinski remix available via Other People this... Read Article
MIXTAPE de Lacey’s Chilean House Mix
de Lacey has so far brought you digital cumbia and São Paulo hip-hop. For his latest he has ventured into the world of Chilean house. Here’s de Lacey to introduce the mix: Chile isn’t the first country to... Read Article
New Darkside Album Sampler Released Online
Chilean/North American DJ and producer Nicolas Jaar has released a taster for his latest project, the new Darkside album in collaboration with US musician Dave Harrington. It is the duo’s first full-length record of original material and follows... Read Article
MIXTAPE Doma Tornados’s Wand Aus Klang Mixtape
Wand Aus Klang is a heavy dose of global bass from the always reliable Doma Tornados. The mix does a great job of showing the links (heavy bass, dub, indigenous samples, percussion) between the electronic artists working across... Read Article