MUSIC NEWS

RIOVOLT AND THE SOUNDS OF BRAZIL — “DIGITAL AUDIO BOSSA” AND “SAMBARAMA” By J.C. Tripp Listening and enjoying “world” music is one thing — actually going to the source and… Read more.

By Rose Parfitt Since Ashley and Simone Beedle founded Afro Art in the Nineties, the label’ s had its fair share of ups and downs. However, in 1999 it sailed… Read more.

DJ, Sabo, Sol, Selectas by JC Tripp He may love Baile Funk but DJ Sabo’s heart is in New York City. DJ Sabo has the city’s melting pot sensibility pulsing… Read more.

From the day in 1945 when Lionel Hampton saw this ecstatic 5 year old jumpin’ with joy at what he had just heard, and handed him the gift of a… Read more.

MOCEAN WORKER BRINGS BACK THE BOOGIE On the fifth album of his career, appropriately titled Cinco De MOWO!, Adam Dorn a.k.a. Mocean Worker (pronounced Motion Worker) has assembled the quintessential… Read more.

Nina Miranda and Dennis Wheatley come together as Shrift BY JOHN C. TRIPP Shrift are not just a group but a state of mind, where time melts and the subconscious… Read more.

By J.C. Tripp Hailing from Bristol, England, Up, Bustle and Out are producers Rupert Mould and ‘Clandestine Ein’ who met in 1989 while hosting the pirate radio show. ‘For the… Read more.

BY ROSE PARFITT Stood in a hot cave holding minty Mojitos we were thinking up sub-genres for Nicolette. A glass elevator moved up and down behind us emptying fresh crowds… Read more.

00 SOUL SERVE UP SPICEY SOUL FLAVORS By J.C. Tripp Some things, like cocktails, food and music, are all about the mix of ingredients. And it´s the mix of its… Read more.

IN FLAGRANTI + ORGANIC GROOVES + CODEK RECORDS SASHA CRNOBMJA BY JOHN C. TRIPP As a founding member of New York’s Organic Grooves, a stalwart of the city’s dance underground,… Read more.