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Tracks of the Week 24.04.21

Tracks of the Week
On her third album Vulture Prince, the Brooklyn-based Pakistani artist Arooj Aftab draws from Sufi devotionals and odes to separation and unrequited love, stretching out over a sound palette that encompasses the subtle improvisational sweep of the raga, the occasional skank of reggae, and the encompassing arch of jazz. The Berlin-based Iranian composer Mentrix gets inspired by all of...

Tracks of the Week 13.03.21

Tracks of the Week
On 'Song for Berta', written and recorded over a couple of days, JFDR, Sandrayati Fay, and Damien Rice remember the Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, with all proceeds going to the COPINH organisation. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson carves out a theory of ice, combining fragmented visions of the land with thick bass and hoarfrost arrangements, Rosé of...

Tracks of the Week 15.08.20

Tracks of the Week
A trio of women stand tall atop this week's roundup, as Ciara puts in the labour on her new video for 'Rooted', Rico Nasty gets gassy with one half of 100 gecs, and Jorja Smith scrabbles in the embers while the world around her burns. Sufjan Stevens won't play inside your virtual reality, Tiwa Savage explores where sex and...