Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin – Les Mamans du Congo et Rrobin (Jarring Effects, 2020) This is a collaboration between an all-female ensemble from…
Bantu Traditions Meet French Electronics
Tag: electronic music
Artist Profiles: Fanfara Station
Fanfara Station is an Italian-Tunisian trio that combines the power of a brass band, electronics and North African vocals and percussion. Inspired by Marzouk Mejri’s…
The Captivating Thaitronics of Apichat Pakwan
Apichat Pakwan – Esantronics (Animist Records, 2019) Esantronics introduces a wonderful world of hybrid music where traditional Thai music meets European electronic music. Apichat Pakwan…
Artist Profiles: Luis Delgado
Luis Delgado, who was born in July 1956 in Madrid, can safely be called one of the most versatile musicians in Spain. The multi-instrumentalist, composer…
Artist Profiles: Dina El Wedidi
Vocalist, daf player and experimentalist Dina El Wedidi was born on October 1, 1987 in Giza, Egypt. She performed traditional Egyptian folk music with the…
Artist Profiles: Egberto Gismonti
The son of a Lebanese father and a Sicilian mother, Gismonti was born in 1947 in the small Brazilian town of Carmo. He studied piano…
Artist Profiles: Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors
Gabrielle Roth was internationally recognized as the first woman to create tribal ambient music, and she did so for over two decades. Gabrielle Roth &…
Syrian World and Electronic Music Sensation Omar Souleyman to Perform in New York City
Omar Souleyman, a farmer from Syria who became a popular wedding singer and now an electronic music sensation, is set to perform on Thursday, May…
Artist Profiles: Omar Souleyman
Omar Souleyman was born in 1966 in a town called Tell Tamer in northeastern Syria and currently lives in Turkey. Omar Souleyman’s sound is based…
Thornato’s Fascinating Global Travels
Thornato Bennu (Wonderwheel Recordings, 2017) Thornato, the artistic name of American producer Thor Partridge, takes the listener on a global electronica voyage across the Americas,…