Exploring Sun Ra’s secret ‘Batman and Robin’ album
The jazz composer’s most bizarre project.
Off The Beaten Track Archives: 01/2024
Vaudou Game: the Togolese band keeping voodoo rhythms alive
Combining 1970s Afro-funk with traditional vodun scales.
The Jerks: the band that birthed the Philippines punk scene
A constant of the country’s rock movement.
William Onyeabor: Disco for Christ and the USSR, the life and times of a Nigerian legend
A pioneer of electronic music.
Chico Buarque: the daring life of Brazil’s bossa nova Bob Dylan
One of the country’s most prolific artists and activists.
Kollington Ayinla: Bringing Nigerian Fuji music into the modern age
One of Nigeria’s most prolific artist.
‘Damned Flame’: how Belgian band Blast created the first hardcore punk single
A stunningly original sound.