It's like a manifesto for the future of electronic music, which looks back to the past but breaks new ground with its sheer variety of influences and sounds, from the dark to the life-affirming. It's both stark and lush simultaneously. Real brilliance from some of the most uncompromising and enigmatic artists currently making electronic music
This is a very good album. The sounds here are fresh and original and the album as a whole really stands out. 5*
That the electronic-music producer Kamau Baaqi, aka Darling Farah, is just 20 years old and has an album and three EPs to his name may be unusual, but it's hardly unprecedented. The last couple of years have produced a bumper crop of fresh-faced talent, from Nicolas Jaar to Porter Robinson to Madeon. What's notable is the fact that Baaqi discovered electronic dance music while living in the United Arab Emirates. "I moved to the Middle East… more »
