EVENING STANDARD Warchild Review

**** - A powerful album

ARTISTDIRECT - Warchild Review

**** - WARchild isn't hip hop, reggae, world music or R&B. Rather, Emmanuel takes elements from each of those genres and creates something more akin to a didactic, campfire tale for Facebook Nation.

COLLEGE TIMES - Warchild Review

B+ - Warchild is a resounding success.

ANTIMUSIC - Emmanuel Jal Week: Day 1

Forced to Sin

ROLLING STONE - Emmanuel Jal: Behind the WarChild

"I'm a warrior, I went to war and killed six adults, and I still have my cows, I have four women behind me, no one can sing better than me in this place, I am the toughest, I'm strong, I'm big."

ANTIMUSIC - Emmanuel Jal Week: Day 2

Vagina

ANTIMUSIC - Emmanuel Jal Week: Day 3

Many Rivers to Cross

ANTIMUSIC - Emmanuel Jal Joins All Star Mandela Bday Bash

The concert is one event in a three-day period of celebrations that will pay tribute to one of the world's most loved leaders, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and icon of freedom, Nelson Mandela, who turns 90 later this year.

NME: Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday gig - all the info

South African and African artists including Johnny Clegg, Sipho Mabuse, Loyiso, Kurt Darren, the Soweto Gospel Choir, Aids orphan choir The Children of Agape, Papa Wemba and Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal are also on the bill.

THE CURRENT - Warchild Review

Jal’s sound is reminiscent of a cross between Wyclef Jean and Nas, and the end result of Warchild embodies not only all of the best elements of early Fugees records, but encompasses the groove-laden African poly-rhythms via hand drums and singing straight out of the African deserts and savannahs.

MP3.com - Up and Coming: Emmanuel Jal

One of the Lost Boys of Sudan has found himself through music.

THE WORD - Emmanuel Jal, Warchild Review

I'd put money on a Chris Martin duet before the year is out

PRIDE MAGAZINE - War Child

I want to be the voice of the voiceless

THE INDEPENDENT: Emmanuel Jal: 'A cold heart is my protection'

Talking openly about his harrowing past, he says in the selfsame fluid voice that, just moments earlier, had ordered the soft drink: "I remember seeing the army come and burn our villages to the ground, killing everyone. What else was I to do but fight back?"

DAILY EXPRESS: Emmanuel Jal, Warchild Review

The album of the summer - 4/5

NEW STATESMAN - Emmanuel Jal Interview

In times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted through music

COURANT.COM - Tribeca Film Festival: Stories Of Stolen Youth

"I like the way Americans make fun of their president, and their president doesn't mind," he says. "You do that in Africa, you're asking to die."

METRO SPIRIT - Review - Warchild

“Warchild,” has Emmanuel Jal’s life exploding in front of us, being brutally open and honest in the process. All that’s left when the shells fall, is a life tremendously changed.

CMJ - Emmanuel Jal On Moby And New Anti-Slavery Doc

He's very nice and laid back. I was impressed to see a guy like him be so humble and talk to me like a normal person on the street.

SKY NEWS - Emmanuel Jal - 'As A Child Soldier You Never Sleep'

"I'm doing this music to deal with my issues," he said. "I make it to make me happy, it heals me as a person and then the impact goes onto the next person."

THE GUARDIAN - "I just wanted to kill"

"Music helped me as a person, and it creates awareness about my people. I've lost my childhood. I don't want other kids to lose theirs."

GAMEPOLITICS.com - 50 Cent: Bulletproof Game Called out by Hip-Hop Artist, Former Child Soldier

"I am a great fan of 50 Cent. But can’t help thinking that the generation that has grown up to respect and love him are not being given the right message." - Go to the article web page to read users comments on this.

FAIRHEARING - Warchild Album Review

"Maybe the human spirit does like nature, fight its way back to beauty."

INDEPENDENT: Review: Emmanuel Jal - Warchild

"Jal has managed to make War Child a riveting listening pleasure, and I strongly recommend this piece of work to anybody who appreciates heartfelt, introspective and literate music."

Emmanuel Jal takes on 50 Cent and Violent Hip Hop

"I am a great fan of 50 Cent," confessed Jal, "but can't help thinking that the generation that has grown up to respect and love him are not being given the right message. I feel that he could be professing more of a positive influence with his young fans."

Online responses to Emmanuel Jal's take on Rapper 50 Cent

EliteWiitard – “A rapper actually getting it right? Crazy.” ----------------------------- arod95 – “I mean...dude is Sudanese so if anyone is going to lecture 50 about gun violence it might as well be him...” ------------------------------ firefist – “Finally, a dude that gets it.” ------------------------------ R. Lee Gordon – “As director of youth education for the The Hip Hop Congress, I believe the opportunities for hip hop music to influence and even teach our youth is amazing if we apply it on a more comprehensive and less destructive basis. One in UniTee and all the blessed . . . http://www.uniteedesign.com”

CLASH - Niche or Naff?

your views at clashmusic.com/feature/niche-or-naff

FRESHNEWS.IN - Spotlight on child soldier movies at Berlin Film Festival

“I’m doing it because it’s a healing passion, and I am representing my nation, my people. I’m their voice now,”

ASIA TIMES ONLINE - Stones get film festival rolling

It tackles the spectacular rise of Emmanuel Jal from former Sudanese child-soldier to international hip-hop star.

EARTH TIMES - Plight of children highlighted at Berlin film festival

Christian Karim Chrobog's War Child tells the story of Emmanuel Jal, now 28, who made the transition from child soldier in Sudan to a successful hip-hop musician.

NEWS BLAZE - Emmanuel Jal, Sudanese Child Soldier

Musician/songwriter/rapper Emmanuel Jal has one of the most extraordinary life-stories you'll ever hear...

NME ONLINE - Sudanese Child Warrior Swaps Guns For Rhymes

Former child-soldier to release album as a rapper

THE HERALD NEWS DAILY examine Emmanuel Jal's call for help in Darfur.

"...make them secure..."

La Tercera talk about how many hits Los Mono is getting on YouTube!

"The homemade clip is close to 900 thousand visits in youtube.com..."

WASHINGTON POST Emmanuel Jal: A Child Of War, a Voice of Peace Part 1

"My music is for the children of slaves, who sang the music of pain. People heard their cry and listened. I have put my struggle in the music so the music will reach you."

WASHINGTON POST Emmanuel Jal: A Child Of War, a Voice of Peace Part 2

"I didn't enjoy my childhood, I lost it," says Jal. "I don't ever want a child to go through this. I feel I owe them something."

MUSIC REVIEWER Los Mono 'Somos Los Que Estamos'

"These guys have the right formula for success. Lets hope they continue to put out such vibrant music."

HARP MAGAZINE Emmanuel Jal: Warrior Soul

Jal is a reminder that, despite the keeping-it-real apologetics of so many rappers these days, there is a distinction between realism and glorification, and evidence that realism may coexist with optimism, and may fuel hope.

Los Mono 'Somo Los Que Estamos' Divino Magazine

CHANNEL NEWS ASIA Former child soldier turned hip hop star campaigns for peace

"The higher you go, the bigger the responsibility, the more the pressure and the higher the demand for people to expect you to do things" - Jal

NEWSWEEK Emmanuel Jal

“I Can’t Believe I’m a Human Being”

Los Mono Review

“They contribute much to global dance music and culture and are well deserving of a broader audience.” — Tom Briggs, Awe, NY

Los Mono Review at MTV

“Great album. I loved the digital promo, and the full length is what I was expecting. A big surprise.” - Fabrizio Carrer, MTV Networks

CNN Ex-child soldier raps about hellish life

"I had a lot of hatred, I had a lot of bitterness"

Los Mono review on okayplayer.com!

"There's nothing quite like Los Mono"

"Good times! Funky, fun, catchy. You don't even need Spanish to dig this record."

"Good times! Funky, fun, catchy. You don't even need Spanish to dig this record." - Gerald Hammill; Brooklyn Industries

Los Mono review in Fly Global Music!

"Los Mono are producing some of the most soulful, eclectic music coming out of South America - and they’re worth the hype."

Los Mono review in two.one.five Magazine!

"The album is all over the place in the best possible way..."

Los Mono 'Somos Los Que Estamos' Ahora

Los Mono - Somos Los Que Estamos

“We can't say enough about this hot album. It's got everybody a flutter.” - DJ Val De La Rosa, Oakland, CA

Los Mono review in La Onda Tropical

"'Promesas' is at the same time a funky trip to the 70s à la Amigos Invisibles, a load of delightful nonsense worthy of Plastilina Mosh, and a Daft Punk-esque dancefloor killer. Must-have!"

Kinky - 'Rarities' review in AllMusicGuide!

"Rarities is a handy collection of odds and ends that devoted fans of Kinky surely will want to explore."

Funky C 'Joya' Ultima Hora Ibiza

Los Mono 'Somos Los Que Estamons' Ultima Hora Ibiza

Kinky review in Batanga.com!

"...they have skillfully mastered their style..."

Los Mono 'Somos Los Que Estamos' La Vibra

Kinky 'Rarities' Fabrikalink.com

"..they’ve got everything a fan can ask for in an album.."

Kinky 'Rarities' CMJ Essential

"...it's electro-pop, it's dance funk, it's hybrid rock, whatever... it's great."

Funky C 'Joya' Rock & Rap Confidential

Funky C is dazzling on guitar..

Funky C 'Joya' Fabrika.com

..brings Latin Funk and Hip Hop to delight America's public.. ..a very fresh sound..

Brian Buckley 'For Her' Crave Magazine

This album is definitely ahead of it's time. Buckley's vocal range is golden..

Brian Buckley 'For Her' Music-Reviewer

..there's an intensity and urgency that suck a listener in..

Los Mono 'Somos Los Que Estamos'

"Easily one of the most contemporary and vibrant Latin sounds around..."

Brian Buckley 'For Her' Studio City Sun review

"..a new folk rock sound.."

Brian Buckley 'For Her' Rikks Revues review

"For Her is one of the best albums so far of 2007."

TIMES ONLINE Dancing without the Devil

His music leaps in the choruses with dub beats, powerful backup vocals and the intermittent twanging riff of a Fender guitar...

Littl Shyning Man 'Mockery' Barcodezine

Mockery's fascinating song arrangements carry depth, melancholy, wonder, and a somewhat rare commodity in electronic music these days, originality.

Littl Shyning Man 'Mockery' New-Noise.net

..a singular and atmospheric album of undeniable skill.

Littl Shyning Man 'Mockery' Atomicduster

..pretty damn good..

Bn Loco 'Echo en Mexico' Side-line.com

"..a real enjoyable production!"

Littl Shyning Man "Mockery" OneWeekToLive

Awe inspiring. 6/7

Littl Shyning Man 'Mockery' LosingToday.com

"..eerily beautiful.. ..alarmingly perfect"

Kinky 'Rarities' Songlines

Rarities showcases a band that is creatively on fire..

Bn Loco 'Interview' Artyficio.com

Bn Loco 'Echo en Mexico' Tendencias

Kinky 'Rarities' Tendencias

Kinky 'Rarities' Ultima Hora

Bn Loco 'Echo en Mexico' Urbnet

..evoke images of bustling sun-drenched villas and downing shots of Tequila..

Kinky 'live at Shrine Auditorium' LA Weekly

Bn Loco 'Echo en Mexico' Gaz-Eta

"..good vibes all around.."

Bn Loco 'Echo en Mexico' Barcodezine

"a slick album with heaps of sub-drenched sound palettes, incorporating Mexican border beats and authentic instrumentation – you’re unlikely to be disappointed"

Bn Loco 'Echo en Mexico' New-noise.net

You couldn't find anything so crazy yet so good in dance land at the moment if you tried.

Panorama 'Panorama' SEN Mag

Panorama 'Panorama' You-Tu Magazine Review

..with it's full cadence of electronic soul

BN Loco 'Echo en Mexico' Chain DLK review

..if you are into dub, jazz, latino and slick atmospheres with a little bit of experimentation, check this one.

Panorama 'Panorama' Bulb review

..In Panorama the Colombian duo have created a definitive chillout album - indulgent in it's entirety.

Panorama 'Panorama' Cybersocket

..another flawless bit of latin..

Tammy 'Amor De Computadora' Gaz-eta

Chabz / Krizo "Growgrow / Test Lies" Re:Gen Mag

Chabz/Krizo 'GrowGrow/Test Lies' Side-Line review

experimental Hip-Hop...the Transylvanian Leftfield

Panorama 'Panorama' Loop review

focuses on the creation of spaces and atmospheres, visible, sonorous sound images

Hana Miya ' Hark! The Herald' Chain DLK review

5/5...Very touching

gladKazuka 'Panamena' Gaykrant review (not translated)

Tammy 'Amor De Computadora' Sen magazine review

Hana Miya 'Hark! The Herald' Music-News review

"a haunting rendition of the classic Christmas carol..With piano and viola accompaniment it conveys a sombre but worthy message.

Chabz/Krizo 'GrowGrow/Test Lies' Zeitgeist review

9/10...experimental hip-hop with lots of multifaceted sound add-ons, which retains that mystic, enigmatic, and surreal atmosphere

Kayip 'Kayip' Regen review

Kayip’s brand of ambient IDM paints a tapestry of reflection and contemplation, bringing the listener in communion with the alien landscapes that only good experimental electronic music can transport us to

Kayip 'Kayip' Side-Line review

opens a vision on space-like ambient fields

Granufunk 'Granufunk', Regen review

has a very dark feel to it

Chabz/Krizo 'GrowGrow/Test Lies' Beat mag review

a variety of styles, from Romanian grime to Monty Python

Chabz/Krizo 'GrowGrow/Test Lies' review (not translated)

Chabz/Krizo 'GrowGrow/Test Lies' Fortune Grey review

broken beat and jungle flavoured hip hop beats packed with experimentation

Kayip 'Kayip' Cool Chill Tec review

Tracks like '21' featuring Johan Ericsson dropping some serious UK hip hop lyrics on the London vibe just make this one of the tracks of 2005

Kayip 'Kayip' ManaMana review

Kayip 'Kayip' New-Noise review

Thoughtful dizzying electronics from South Korea

Chabz/Krizo 'GrowGrow/Test Lies' Cyclic Defrost review

music coloured by the gritty realities of modern Hungary

Chabz/Krizo 'GrowGrow/Test Lies' Chain DLK review

Scratches and feedback are mixed with synth pads and loops, creating a solid urban soundscape...Both [GrowGrow and Test Lies'] are really good...4.5/5

Almeida Girl & Descarga 'Llanita' MusicShopper review

This record is a treasure...Sense the vibe and enjoy the pleasure. Welcome to the revolution in music...99/100

Kayip 'Kayip' Gaykrant review

An interesting debut, full of hypnotic melodies

gladKazuka 'Panameña' Gaykrant review

A dirty disco sound...Nice mini-album

Kayip 'Kayip' Tasty review

An understated gem of intelligent ambient electro

Kayip 'Kayip' DE:BUG review

4/5

Kayip 'Kayip' Tonspion review

4/5

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' MusicShopper review

The composer of this musical menagerie possesses undeniable talent...dynamic, resourceful and haunting [Hart of the Wud] leaves a shiver down the spine of any listener

Almeida Girl & Descarga SEN magazine feature - TRANSLATED

Success for this band is inevitable

Almeida Girl & Descarga SEN magazine feature

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Mana Mana review

Kayip 'Kayip', Autres Direction review - translated

Woven ambience...evoking essential Boards of Canada

Almeida Girl & Descarga, 'Llanita' La Banda Elastia review

This is Latin American music with the coolness of a new century

Gladkazuka 'Panemeña' What's On review

4/5...Retro-tronica at its best

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Clash reveiw

His sound is rooted somewhere between the weight of early Mo Wax [and] Fourtet...A perfect balance between sombre instrumentals and the sad songs of anonymous singers

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Chain DLK review

A Great atmosphere...It's hard to resist hits such as 'Big City Lights' and 'Jimmy Brown'

Gladkazuka 'Panameña', Dance Club review

4/5

Gladkazuka 'Panameña', Dogmatik review

This is what we like! Dark, dirty, retro and modern

Gladkazuka 'Panameña' Atome review

analogue strings & sounds are perfectly mixed with guitars, vocoded voices or computer melodies. Really cool

Gladkazuka 'Panameña' Air 1350 review

Guitar tone taken directly from 'Blue Monday' with a few added glitches

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud', Soulshine review

a decent slice of minimalist glitch

Acida 'La Vida Real', Sen magazine review (translated)

'Yo Nunca Te Doy Paz' is slow and dreamy

Tammy 'Amor De Computadora', Chain DLK review

Light minimal electronic meets melodic tunes...4/5

Almeida Girl & Descarga, Jazz Review 'Llanita', review

has a fresh sound featuring exciting Latin rhythms, good solos and a lead vocalist who has a powerful and compelling voice

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud', Connexion Bizarre review

7/10. Simple and beautiful...Littl Shyning Man's work is guaranteed to win you

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud', Tangents review

a delicious album of uneasy listening to soundtrack brooding filmscapes of Gothic forests and gloomy subterranean cities

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Urbnet review

new explorations of the downtempo and broken beat

Tammy 'Amor De Computadora' Leonel Castillo

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Igloo review

organic music that vibrates with a systolic groove...Excellent!

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud Igloo review

wild meadowlands of folk-kissed electronic music

Gladkazuka 'Panamena' Leonard's Lair review

4/5. Most impressive is the final offering 'Dobian'...with its melody distorted into something uglier and dirtier yet extremely compelling

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Plastiks review

Merging an upfront experimental side with an old-fashioned romantic feel, this is a pure ode to modern music the way I love it...4/5

Acida 'La Vida Real', Global Village Idiot review

Touches of tango, jazz and rock...[La Vida Real] never forgets the dancefloor

Gladkazuka 'Panamena' Connexion Bizarre review

Gladkazuka 'Panamena' Music-News review

80s like Krafterk, but with a touch of modern beats

Gladkazuka 'Panamena' Whisperin and Hollerin review

8/10...he's a talented artist...determinedly rifling a definitive era in popular music’s history while keeping one eye on a way forward into the future

Acida 'La Vida Real' Latin Vibe review

it boasts a variety of rock-tinged dance styles and features several of Argentina’s rock and electro illuminati

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Connexion Bizarre review

proof that electronic music can be funky and soulful as well as complex in it's patterns...7/10

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Plastiks review

4/5...feels like a second skin. Granufunk confidently merges all yins and yangs, fearlessly

Gladkazuka 'Panamena' Chain D.L.K review

5/5...Panamena has got a driving bass line which sound just like New Order...really cool and it makes you wonder for more

Granufunk 'Granufunk', Further Out review

like Aphex Twin, but with funk and melody added

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Der Medienkonverter (translated) review

Everything is different with this album!

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Is This Music? review

Graceful arcs of sound, both ancient and thoroughly modern, familiar yet completely alien...5/5

Beatwave Japan, EyeballKid.com review

taking a tour of the finest electronic music...a worthwhile trip

Granufunk 'Granufunk' DE:BUG review

4.5 / 5

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Flux review

Littl Shyning Man introduces you to a sound that I imagine is like what would go on inside your head if you sleepwalked through some woodlands. Except with a better drummer!

'Beatwave Argentina' Mana Mana review

Beatwave Japan, Popmatters review

Beatwave Japan is a serving of Japan's bouncy electronic underground

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Rip and Burn review

gritty urban electro-clash but with a large chunks of organic delicacy

Littl Shyning Man, 'Hart of the Wud' Further Out review

An album of diverse influence but overall cohesion that reveals its beauty more with each listen

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Tsunami review

An absolute joy from start to finish...Chris Haworth has created a gem of modern psychedelia...4.5/5

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Tom Sekowski, Gazeta review

This may be a debut but already, Granufunk is showing bright signs of hope for the future

nice ACIDA review in the magazine TENTACIONES.

"Their writing is sophisticated and deep: Mystery never had better counterbalanced and Presente permanente (Permanent present) proves it."

and another nice review in the TENTACIONES MAGAZINE, this time it's FUSSIBLE.

"...a flavorful dance piece."

Granufunk 'Granufunk' Wetworks review

mixes harsh scarred urban brokenbeats and earthy jazz

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Wetworks review

seamlessly explores arenas of free jazz, folk, electronic, rock and classical music

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' ReGen review

like the soundtrack to a dream

'Beatwave Japan' Artskool review

poppy loungy stuff with influences varying from bossanova to video games

'Beatwave Japan' Metroplis review

a refreshing alternative to more familiar, brand-name Japanese club artists

'Beatwave Japan' World Music Central review

a captivating electronic orgy of samba grooves

'Beatwave Japan' Playlouder review

what Hed Kandi should have been

'Beatwave Japan' Tom Sekowski, Gazeta review

'Beatwave Japan' is a compilation of ten artists of Japan who've reinvented the pop-Bossanova-house-d'n'b phenomena...[it] showcases the utter excitement oozing out of today's Japan

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Tom Sekowski, Gazeta review

'Hart of the Wud' is like a treasure found among the rubble

'Beatwave Japan' Contact Music review

culturally experimental and uses a lot of pop influence to give it a cute charm

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Atomic Duster review

Some are beautiful and some plain quirky...everyone should get a copy of this. 8/10

Acida 'La Vida Real', New York Post review

wonderfully hip, drawing from bits of tango and bossa and evoking bittersweet sensations

'Beatwave Japan', ManaMana review

(Translation) a nice combination of the J-Pop with Electro bits

Acida 'La Vida Real', Batanga review

(Tranlated) 4/5 Excellent....It has an air of mystery and travels

ACIDA - LA VIDA REAL, RIP & BURN REVIEW

two of Argentinas most exciting musicians

ACIDA - LA VIDA REAL, STUDENT GUIDE REVIEW

4/5...combining a beautiful formular in this great debut release

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Atomic Duster review

Very cinematic and atmospheric

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Leonards Lair review

With so many ideas and eclecticism on show, we can only wonder what Haworth will do next...4/5

Little Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Whisperin and Hollerin review

an ethereally atmospheric melting pot of beats, guitar, harp, beeps and whistles that grows satisfyingly throughout...8/10

Acida 'La Vida Real' Zonagirante (translated) review

seduces all listeners from beginning to end

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Al Borde (translated) review

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Rip and Burn review

Delicate, layered electronica...A sublime soundtrack to the spring...4/5

'Beatwave Japan' Rip and Burn review

Refreshingly diverse collection...Dance music's turning Japanese

'Beatwave Japan' Barcode review

Distinctly original and achingly addictive...Beatwave Japan is a compilation with a difference

Littl Shyning Man 'Hart of the Wud' Barcode review

eerie, yet peculiarily accessible at the same time, and definitely challenges the likes of Four Tet...An accomplished album

Kinky 'Oye Como Va' Mana Mana review

Acida 'La Vida Real' FLY - Global Music Culture, review

a rare diversity of musical styles and is superbly produced from start to finish

Almeida Girl & Descarga 'Llanita' City Life review

Llanita is an exceptionally strong offering

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Synthtopia Review

By combining house beats and Latin rhythm, Mogt creates a hypnotic hybrid...'No One Over 21' is a category-bending release

Almeida Girl & Descarga 'Llanita' Straight No Chaser review

Pure soul with a Latin heartbeat

Almeida Girl & Descarga 'Made in Manchester' City Life feature

Kirstys own songs are unmediated expressions of her own vivacious character. The mood is spirited and playful, with an undertone of seduction

'Beatwave Japan' review on Music-News.com

4/5...Lift your hands in the air and cry ‘Yo Sushi'!

Acida 'La Vida Real' Brian Baltin review

an altogether stunning debut

Almeida Girl & Descarga 'Llanita', Manchester Online review

Llanita is a high watermark for homegrown Latin

Almeida Girl & Descarga 'Llanita' The Big Issue review

The most original live salsa band on the UK scene

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Contact Music review

seriously classy and cool. Fussible is for all those future thinkers and cool cats that want to get groovy...I’m looking forward to hearing more stuff

Fussible 'No One Ovew 21' Atomic Duster review

Very cinematic and atmospheric

Fussible 'No One Over 21' New York Post review

Consistently inventive and entertaining

'Beatwave Argentina', Rambles review

If you like electronic club music and are looking for something a little different, give this one a try!

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Further Out review

Chunky dancefloor Latino-house-funk with great timbale action and no less than seven remixes

Kinky live at Disney Hall, Los Angeles Times review

Live..this band is hard to beat

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Surreal Sound (translated) review

'Beatwave Argentina' New Times Broward Palm Beach review

a full-body rubdown of slick Argentine electronica

'Beatwave Argentina' Further Out review

Wonder if Easyjet fly Buenos Aires yet? If this comp is anything to go by then things are hapnin that should be checked

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Funky Mofo review

Dance music at its finest

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Plume-Noire review

Fussible is making sure that [Tijuana] stays on the map as a party town!

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Eyeballkid.com review

It's tech house mayhem all the way!

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Glasswerk review

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Wired review

hits you like a flaming tequila shooter: hard, then sweet

Beatwave Argentina review, Plume-Noire

Beatwave Argentina, Eyeballkid.com

Far from the Latin house affair you might imagine, Beatwave Argentina uncovers an assortment of styles...It’s as varied as the landscapes of the vast country itself.

Beatwave Argentina, Tasty fanzine review

A collection of tango rhythms, minimal electronica and funky deep house, it easily conjures up the feel of lazy summers and cool refinement

Beatwave Argentina, Music-News

It proves to be a little treasure trove of listening pleasure.

Beatwave Argentina, Synthtopia.com

is a stylish electronica compilation that is worth checking out

Fussible 'No One Over 21' Red Submarine review

a category-bending release, part intelligent dance music, part house, and part world music

Oye Como Va, Blazin' Vibes review

Oye Como Va, Atomic Duster reviw and 'Man on Fire' / Kinky competition!

Oye Como Va, Room Thirteen review

Kinky, Jointz magazine, feature

Acida, Urban Latino, "Latin Music A-Z 2004"

Kinky, Word magazine , 'Atlas' review

Atlas is one of the biggest-arsed, most entertaining and proper group souding records of the year so far

Kinky, Stuff magazine, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, Songlines Magazine, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, The Independent, 'Atlas' review and feature

Kinky, Logo magazine, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, The Independant, 'Atlas' review

..there's a world of music in Atlas, carried with an effortless grace and boundless energy by a band on the brink of global success ****

Kinky, Sunday Express, 'Atlas' review

Best CD of the week

Kinky, Multiguide, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, Metro DC, Atlas Review

Acida, Latin Beat Magazine, Live review: Conga Room, Los Angeles

Kinky, URB, Atlas Review: A fiery dish of Latin electro-pop rock

Kinky, BPM: Perverted Pinata Party

they push any limits and conventions, creating a soundscape all their own

Kinky, USA Today, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, Spin, Atlas review

Sure to rule the clubs and fashion runways from Milan to Monterrey

Kinky, Entertainment Today, 'Atlas' review

the second album from this Monterrey, Mexico quintet is an eclectic, bilingual treat

Kinky, Tentaciones: Atlas Review

Kinky brings solid alternative rock music with a perfect blend of electronic sounds.

Kinky, New York Times, Feature: 'A Night Out With: Members of Kinky: Urban Cowboys.'

Kinky, La Vibra, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 'Atlas' review

Omar Gongora's percussion really shines

Kinky, Billboard, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, MeanStreet, Atlas Review

'Do you like it' even wins over this harsh critic of dance music

Kinky, LA City Beat, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, The Hollywood Reporter, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, Chicago Sun-Times, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, Daily News, Atlas Review

Kinky, Entertainment Weekly, Atlas Review

this Mexican quintet whips up a party vibe with an open bar and no curfew

Kinky, Northwest Indiana Times, feature

Kinky, Mundo Rockero, interview

Kinky, Billboard, 'Atlas' review

Kinky, Orlando City Beat, 'Atlas'

"... This modern-dance music touches on industrial, funk, rock and brazilian pop as clearly as it points to Kraftwerk, Thomas Dolby and The Velvet Underground..."

Kinky, Filter, Feature

"...It sounds like Duran Duran. But different."

Kinky, Blender Magazine, review

...R.E.M with an accent or even a lilting Latino Beatles

Kinky, Al Borde, Atlas Review

Acida, No Cover: Lo que Los Angeles necesita, mas ... ACIDA

La Leche Tour, La Raza, feature

La Leche Tour, Billboard, feature

La Leche Tour, Village Voice, feature

Acida, La Banda Elastica, feature

Acida, El Mensajero, feature

Acida, Rolling Stone Magazine, live review

Pea Green Boat, Mixmag, live review

Breakthrough Breaks Get Broke In Leeds

Pea Green Boat, DJ, live review

spatial aerotechnics of Autechre meet the matt-black breakbeat of TCR and everyone is loving it

Acida, Boom, feature

Pea Green Boat, AXM, album review

definitely worth checking out for its refreshing experimentation

Kinky URB magazine live review

Mexican House Rockers Kinky then delivered a muscular party set that got the crowd out of their seats and dancing

Acida,La Opinion,feature

Kinky, LA Weekly, live review

And the Thursday-night to-capacity multiethnic crowd at the stately Mayan proved KCRW's efforts to brainwash Angelenos with Kinky's slinky chords are succeeding.

Kinky, The Independent on Sunday, 'Kinky' album review

"...theyre going to be the bed track for every Nike advert for the next decade."

Kinky, Daily Express, 'Kinky' album review

Kinky, The Independent, 'Kinky' album review

rhythm is central throughout...while the lyrics reveal a memorably poetic sensibility

Kinky, Daily Mirror, 'Kinky' album review

They mix fiesta grooves, electronica, mariachi horns and oodles of suggestive Spanish lyrics with merry abandon.

Kinky, The Times, 'Kinky' album review

all-round euphoric blast

Kinky, The Guardian, 'Kinky' album review

Mexico meets Manchester in Kinky's tequila-slammin' club sounds

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 3', M8, review

Last one in this series, and again this label come up with some cool global flavas.

Pea Breen Boat, Muzik, album review

Two Way Traffic puts PGB on the front rank of those making club music that works just as well at home

Pea Green Boat, Knowledge, album review

if you're a little tired of the plod, plod of blokebeat and parp, parp of blingstep then this is the fresh breeze you've been waiting for

Pea Green Boat, Mixmag, feature

Their first single has already had Mary Anne Hobbs, Annie Nightingale and Tongy dribbling for more.

Kinky, The Evening Times, 'Kinky' album review

Kinky, The New York Times, end of year chart

[Kinky's] music makes for a stunning live show and a simultaneously cerebral and visceral album

La Leche, La Banda Elastica, review

DJ Carol C's Los Angeles debut at La Leche

Pea Green Boat, IDJ, feature

thoughtful layers of breakbeat, electronica, nu jazz and deep house grooves...takes such an individual stance

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 3', Mixmag, chart

This genre-hopping series reaches its conclusion in style

Big Soup, Daily Mirror, preview

Underground sounds from the far corners of the world

Big Soup, Time Out, previews

They're having big soup at the transatlantic live and DJ one-off

Big Soup, Metro, preview

a global melting pot of underground sounds

Big Soup, The Big Issue, feature

From Mex-tech and Argy-bargy house to Bolivian go-go dancing, the Big Soup's looking tasty

Fussible, Muzik, single review

Fussible will become a big name to watch in the future

Pea Green Boat, Muzik, special chart

Top 50 Blazin Stars of the New Underground

Kinky, The Times, feature

The future's bright: the future's...er... Kinky.

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 2', M8, review

well worth checking out 6.5/8

Pea Green Boat, Seven, feature

groovy, polyrhythmic headmusic with a mesmorising melodic quality

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 2', Jockey Slut, review

has a lot of things going for it...

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 2', Flux, review

This label loves to travel to find a good tune

Fussible, DJ, feature

There's something intriguing and original about Fussible's music

Pea Green Boat, Ministry, single review

hip-hop techno strangeness...actually very groovy

Fussible, Seven, feature

piece about Fussible's equipment

Fussible, IDJ, single review

lush electronic love

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 2', DJ, review

...the freshest sounding music..displaying Sonic360's vision of quality global dance music. Nice.

Fussible, DJ, single review

an epic journey of horns, guitars, keys and live percussion topped off with the sexiest bassline and solid beats.

Fussible, M8, single review

an irrepressible groovathon...a joyous and invigorating ride...Muthafuckin' crazy!

La Leche, Al Borde, Review

Pea Green Boat, Leeds Guide, feature

tracks stretch and develop, avoiding obvious builds or drops in favour of setting their own, horizon-bound course.

Pea Green Boat, The Big Issue, feature

an appealing blend of post modern funk and dark-edged electro

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 2', Breakin' Point, review

with the season almost up this is the sound of Ibiza going on into autumn

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 2', Blues&Soul, review

solid sun-drenched dance grooves...bound to be a collectors item in years to come

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 1', M8, review

beautiful strings..funk-ass electro...cinematic feeling..just nice for those sunsets 8/8

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 1', M8, review

sweet and sunny...go investigate! 7/8

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 1', IDJ, review

blissed out sunkissed grooves

Beautiful Sunset Airport 'Terminal 1', DJ, review

almost impossible to take a dislike to

Pea Green Boat, Metro, feature

crisply electronic, soothing and uplifting

Sonic360/Kinky, Music Week, feature

WEA London has struck a licensing deal with independent company sonic360 for Latin American-influenced funk rock act Kinky.

Fussible, DJ, single review

a couple of Mexican amigos with an ear for superbly innovative rhythms

Sonic360, Billboard, feature

Sonic360: All Around Appeal

Kinky, Elle, album review

es exponente de la musica electronica mas innovadora del momento

Kinky, Spin, feature

...these vivacious vatos play a futuristic fusion of electronica, hip-hop, rock and cumbia on their giddy, self-titled debut.

Kinky, La Banda Elastica, album review

Una música hecha por cinco regiomontanos con pocos prejuicios encima, un gusto contemporáneo y un evidente talento.

Kinky, AP, feature

Electronic music can only benefit from an influx of artists like Kinky

Kinky, Reforma Periodico, live review

La banda regia presenta su album debut en una disco de Hollywood ante unos 500 emocionados fans

Kinky, Blender, album review

Kinky knows no borders, slaping Mexican norteno with techno until it sounds like neither.

Kinky, Mixer, album review

"A talented Mexican band creates funk and house music filled with a wicked percussion"

Kinky, Rolling Stone, album review

Kinky are as feverishly danceable as a night in Ibiza

Kinky, Pulse, album review

Call it Latino house or Mexicali electro, whatever, Kinky kills.

Kinky, Los Angeles Times, album review

vibrant Latin beats and cool, computerized electronica

Kinky, The New York Times, live review

jubilation greeted Kinky, a band...that knocks out dance grooves built from funk, rock and trance.

Kinky, Billboard, album review

delights in diversity...a nonstop party

Sonic360, Billboard, feature

It's an implausible scenario...the label signs artists for the world, generally to album deals ranging from one to three releases, and licenses releases territory by territory

Kinky, Switch, album review

Un excelente debut, donde poderemos captar la esencia de esta banda regiomontana en concierto.

LA LECHE, LA Weekly, feature

La Leche, Zeta, feature

LA LECHE,Latino LA, feature

Acida, La Nacion, feature

Acida, Clarin, feature

Acida, Clarin, feature

LA LECHE, LA Times, feature

Acida, Rollingstone, feature

Acida, Al Borde, feature

Fussible, Time, feature

[Fussible and Nortec's] goal, simply, is to transform the strangeness of Tijuana into art

LA LECHE, New Times, feature

Acida, Clarin, feature

LA LECHE, Jockey Slut, feature

Acida, Rollingstone, feature

Acida, Clarin, feature

Acida, Boom!, feature