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Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR: December 22, 2022
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
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SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
Montparnasse Musique
Archaeology
(Real World)
★★★★
THIS marvellous debut album is the creation of Algerian-French producer/DJ Nadjib and South African House DJ Aero Manyelo, who met by chance in the Montparnasse–Bienvenue metro station in Paris.
Lucky us. A self-consciously Pan-African set, the music ranges far and wide over the continent, focusing on the music of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Which makes sense – it was recorded in France and Belgium with a group of talented Congolese musicians.
Mixing dance, electronica, rock, trance, techno and a whole host of other genres I don’t really know about, it sounds absolutely amazing. Badarou is particularly special, a big, open-hearted track that brings to mind the best work of Johnny Clegg and Savuka.
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