Album: Various artists, Afrocubism (World Circuit)
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And you can see what they're getting at with the "cubist" angle. But whether it works entirely as fully inhabited music is moot. Some of it is lovely: meshed tropes, clever twists, new angles. But occasionally it sounds slightly contrived, as if specially designed for the well-appointed modern living space/psyche. Beautifully recorded and packaged, of course.
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