The Village - Monoswezi
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80 out of 100

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  • Summary: Scandinavian jazz combines with traditional African music from Zimbabwe and Mozambique on this second release from the world band led by saxophone player Hallvard Godal.

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  1. PopMatters
    Jan 28, 2013
    80
    Southern Africa is the music's muse, kept very cool by the jazz-brass, which lingers around her while she makes reckless instinctive-sounding moves from one note into another.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Jan 28, 2013
    80
    The resultant soundscapes stretch invitingly on tracks such as the lilting Hondo, while Kalahari summons up an appropriately threatening desert atmosphere.
  3. All Music Guide
    Jan 28, 2013
    80
    What Monoswezi have created is a unique and intriguing fusion, and this album barely scratches the surface of possibilities. Where they take it will be fascinating.
  4. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jan 28, 2013
    80
    The Village largely whispers rather than shouts, and it's all the more powerful for it.

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