Articles by Matt Bauer

Bill Laswell

Means of Deliverance

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2012

At age 57, and with a career that includes over 700 recordings in genres ranging from hip-hop to world to funk to metal and production and...

Souljazz Orchestra

PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2012

This marks the Souljazz Orchestra's tenth year together and if their fifth album Solidarity is any indication, the Ottawa ON-based Afrofunk...

Induce

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2012

For his third offering, Miami, FL's Induce (aka Ryan Smith) has pulled off nothing short of a reinvention. Known mainly as a DJ, and for of...

Induce

Halfway Between Me and You

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

For his third offering, Miami, FL's Induce (aka Ryan Smith) has pulled off nothing short of a reinvention. Known mainly as a DJ, and for of...

Antibalas

Antibalas

PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2012

The eponymously titled fourth offering (and Daptone debut) from Brooklyn, NY's ambassadors of Afrobeat is Antibalas's first release in five...

Shawn Lee

Synthesizers in Space

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2012

The latest offering from the ever-idiosyncratic Shawn Lee has its origins in "the mystery box" -- a vintage synth instrument he uncovered a...

The Invisible

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2012

When the Invisible dropped their Mercury Prize nominated self-titled debut in 2009, the London, UK-based trio were hailed as "the British T...

The Invisible

Rispah

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2012

When the Invisible dropped their Mercury Prize nominated self-titled debut in 2009, the London, UK-based trio were hailed as "the British T...