Articles by David Dacks

Maylee Todd

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

"I was always into being natural and organic but that's all changed in the last five years," says madcap Toronto chanteuse Maylee Todd. As...

King Sunny Ade

Baba Mo Tunde

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

If the Ade you know is, like most North Americans, from his early '80s trio of albums on Island Records, this release will come as a major...

Tirogo

Float

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

Sometimes two chords are all you need to get by ― that's the Tirogo way. Here's another psychedelic Nigerian band reissued for a glob...

Various

G.I. Disco

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

With this collection, BBE delves into a lesser known cultural collision in dance music history: American G.I.s getting down in German clubs...

Various

Future Bass

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

Post-everything ― there's just no other way to describe it. Whether you like your electronics sculpted from ice by robots or conjured...

Luísa Maita

Maita Remixed

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2010

When it comes to remixing up-and-coming Brazilian songstress Luisa Maita, there's a lot to work with. Her extremely well realized debut, Le...

Danuel Tate

Mexican Hotbox

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2010

One of the cornerstones of Cobblestone Jazz steps out with his first full-length release. Mexican Hotbox will not disappoint fans of the le...

Various

Roots of Chicha 2

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2010

The original Roots of Chicha collection came out three years ago and represented the introduction of this surf/Cumbia hybrid to most of the...