International reviews

(Self-released) 2023.
EP/digital
Stoner/doom/sludge/psychedelic/acid rock – USA

Lord Velvet is a new band/quartet from Denver, Colorado. They first announced themselves with the realization of the single „Night Terrors“, and in September 2023. they released an EP with 5 tracks in, called „Astral Lady“.

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(Self-released/Hemifran) 2023.
CD/digital
Country/folk/Americana/acoustic – USA

Nolan McKelvey is a singer/songwriter with many years of experience and career behind him. He also has enough years of collaboration with other musicians and bands, as well as 3 solo releases. The current achievement „Forward“, comes after  a period of personal losses and contains material with an intimate atmosphere, which he obviously created in a specific environment for himself.

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(Paraply Records/Hemifran) 2023.
CD/digital
Indie rock/psychedelic/dream pop – SWEDEN

These days I have received very interesting release from „Hemifran“ promo agency, and that’s the album from Swedish duo named Safari Season. The title of album is „Forevermoor“, this is their 3rd release, where we can find 11 tracks in. An opening track „Running Free“ is also the final track, done also as a single edit.

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(Musiques en Balade/InQuie Distribution/VeevCom) 2023.
CD/LP/digital
World music/jazz/various genres

The international premiere of the release of the album by Amin Al Aiedy and his group called „Shams“, was on November 17, 2023. This young author, in addition to his role as a composer and arranger, is a player of the oud instrument, and the following musicians as a : Vincent Forester – piano, Matheo Ciesla – drums, and Jean Wache – double bass, who are members of his ensemble, took part in the realization of the album.

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(No Bounds Music/InQuie Distribution/VeevCom) 2023.
CD/LP/digital
World Music/Anatolian psych rock/various genres – DENMARK

Aysay are a Danish trio led by female singer Luna Bullow Ersahin, and the line-up is also icludes guitarist Carl West Hosbond, and drummer/bassist/acoustic guitarist Aske Dossing Bendixen, with no less significant role. Also in the realization and recording of the material, a larger group of musicians participated, while the role of producer went to Aske Dossing Bendixen. Credits for artwork editions go to Amalie Rask.

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(Buda Musique/Socadisc/VeevCom) 2023.
CD/digital
World music – MONGOLIA

Despite frequent and constant changes and interesting events within the world music area, we don’t often have the opportunity to meet artists who came from Mongolia, and in their own way spread the national culture,or the culture of certain territories/regions of the mentioned country. One such artist is Batsukh Dorj, whose name is by no means unknown, and who in his own way explores and revitalizes traditional Tuvan music, giving it a new shape and a more changed face.

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(Jules Sonic Prods) 2023.
CD/digital
World music /various genres – FRANCE

There is no doubt that over the past few years, the Aywa group has gained the status of a significant, interesting  and musically exciting act in the wide area of world music. Their energetic performances, a combination of a a Mediterranean-Arabic sensibility from one point of view, and various influences of fusion/rock and pop tendencies, managed to place the group among unique phenomena of the world stage.

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(Zoharum) 2023.
CD/cassette/digital
Electronic/dark ambient/space drone/industrial – SWEDEN

Not much time has passed since the realization of the previous edition, and the activities of the Swedish electronic artist continue to the satisfaction of the supporters of his legacy. The publisher of his current release „Isolation Colours“ is again the polish „Zoharum“, and this is the seventh consecutive release of this artist for the mentioned publishing house.

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(Self-released) 2023.
EP/ digital
Indie rock//pop/acid pop rock/60’s beat/psychedelic – RUSSIA

A few days ago, I was asked by the members of band Fuzziliers to preview their EP, whose official international release is scheduled for November 29,2023. By the way, the band comes from Saint-Petersburg, but due to the political and war events in their surroundings, they moved  to Istanbul, from where their actual musical career begins.

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(Chante et tais-toi/InouieDistribution/VeevCom) 2023.
CD/LP/digital
Various genres – FRANCE

Kosasa (Exploring The World Through Music) is another project by artist Suissa, whose rich career abounds in different ways of treating his musical interests.
His discography, which has been going on since 2005, is also filled with numerous different releases, which brought a variety of musical and authorial relazations.

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(Echozone/Bob-Media) 2023.
CD/digital
Dark wave/gothic/electro/alternative – GERMANY

Seekers Are Lovers are newer German act, which is looking for its place under the sun in the chaotic international music world. Since 2021, they have been searching for an approach that would satisfy their author’s tastes in musical thinking. In their case it is not so easy, because through expressive searches, they   try to combine several decades, and find a style by which they would be recognizable.

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(Glitterbeat) 2023.
CD/LP/digital
Afro beat/World music – BRAZIL

The band from Sao Paulo is a highly respected team in the world of world music trends, and a group whose „live“ performances are eagerly awaited. And many analysts as well as people with a critical attitude claim that group has so far failed to adequately „copy“ the atmosphere from their concerts through the studio format on their albums.

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