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Review: &Chakib is the debut album from Swiss Producer, DJ, and live-act Dominik Traub, also known as Dandara. Infusing influences from Africa, Asia, and Latin America with European techno and house, Dominik's signature sound shines through. The album's inception came after a fateful encounter with Algerian vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Chakib Bouzidi at a festival in Basel. Despite Chakib's untimely passing, Dominik continued the project, honouring his memory by completing the work. Infused with Chakib's voice notes and collaborative recordings, the album serves as a heartfelt tribute and through resilient collaboration and creative influence it emerges as a fine collection of globally influenced dance music.

Review: El Buho's fifth studio album may be his most personal yet. Strata draws from Robin's attempts to grapple with the tension of experiencing happiness, joy and gratitude in our daily lives with loved ones or through sharing music, while the world falls apart around us. This dynamic of trying to live in the moment and enjoy the privileged life we have, yet in the back of your mind there is an overwhelming sense of dread that the world will never be the same and, as climate change really starts to hit home, there are incredibly difficult times ahead. It is about our attempts to find a place of peace, balance and fulfillment between these powerful strata above and below us.

Review: Brooklyn's Wonderwheel Recordings welcomes Argentinian Lagartijeando aka Mati Zundel back to the fray two years after his much loved album Jallalla. This is another vast and expansive album that takes heavy inspiration from the artist's travels throughout Latin America with his signature shuffling and psychedelic rhythms underpinning each tune. There are earworm Brazilian melodies, sun kissed synths, traditional Moroccan Gnawa instrumentation and plenty of subtle folk string sounds next to a rich array of vocal samples all making this record come alive from the front to the back.