Radio Zodiak by Owls Are Not
Radio Zodiak released by Owls Are Not is super interesting project, a transcontinental one which features musicians from Poland, Malawi and Tanzania. To embrace the genre spectrum of it is an impossible task as it is a melting pot, a bubbling cauldron of so many different labels and sublabels and genres: East African IDM, prog, traditional ngoma drumming, avant-pop, 90s-style electronica, ngoni vocal hymns, trip-hop, and art punk. 14 compositions released as LP/CD and DL are steadily something really sensational when the eclectism is taken for granted and forgotten almost. All the tracks give something to dwell on. Tiye (Let's Go) - is an anthem with ngoni harmonies and edgy synth lead that is the main of the whole track which other rhythmical nuances are built around. It could easily be granted an IDM label but it is so much more than that. An interlude - Digital Church reminds the listener that it is still an experimental album - I could easily put it on some p...
