reviews

Whatever The Weather II' is another rich ambient-linked IDM trip through which Loraine James hurls transversal UK bass beats.

American Chloe Lula is a long-established name in the techno scene. Known for her atmospheric and dark techno sets and her journalistic work as a senior producer at Resident Advisor, Chloe Lula also produces music sporadically.

Sound artist, instrument maker and field recorder Diane Barbé is back with her latest album 'Musiques tourbes'. The title refers to the marshlands where Barbé enjoyed recording their little-known underwater worlds.

An album born from a research project. British-Egyptian historian Hannah Elsisi explored the rhythms created by a thousand years of Afro-diasporic migration. Forced or voluntary. All contemporary beats can be traced back to these ancient rhythms, says Elsisi.

At the base is the piano. Over it, Félicia Atkinson delicately layers elements taken from her field recordings, sounds picked up by the microphone, the telephone lying next to her and recording. A voice that narrates in both English and French.

Multi-instrumentalist Mari Maurice, better known as more eaze, likes to give her songs time to grow. Expansive chords, lingering string touches at a heavenly slow tempo that gently pulls you along. Released on the Polish label Mondoj, 'lacuna and parlour' takes you on a journey in its first 30 minutes.