music{at}evolation Archives: Ethnic/Worldbeat
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13 June 2008
Paul Mounsey - “Nahoo” Review
Both thought-provoking and, at times, deeply arresting, conjuring […] images of riots, police brutality, and of a world out of control… […] unexpected and remarkably exuberant, [with] an incredibly rich blend of humor, excitement, sadness and love. […] This work is dedicated to all those who have been pushed aside (by time, place, and culture), to all those forgotten or being forgotten. Evok[es] the vastness of our world, […] our tiny struggles and staggering dreams. In the more than ten years I have listened to this album, “From Ebb to Flood” has never failed in making me profoundly grateful to be alive.
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20 July 2007
Enigma - “The Screen Behind the Mirror” Review
“…Tying all these disparate elements together is visceral, muscular percussion, growling deeper than you knew you could feel, rippling in dark brushstrokes across the album and culminating (at least for me) in perhaps the most singly beautiful track, “Endless Quest”. If the previous disc, “Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!” was supposed to represent water, this is earth-- make that a desert! This is not the Enigma you’re used to-- it’s heavier, richer, and a lot more grounded (if you’ll pardon the pun).”
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19 June 2007
Shpongle - “Tales of the Inexpressible”
“…Flows with such grace and beauty across the cultures of the world that it becomes literally consuming, a vehicle of such velocity one almost can’t take it in. “Tales of the Inexpressible” is proof that there is still great music being produced, and that there is still (as always) more beauty in the universe than we can ever understand.”
