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Roberto Di Gioia: Web Web - Kover Kover

Read "Web Web - Kover Kover" reviewed by Andy Crowther

by Andy Crowther
April 24, 2026

Web Web are a “German supergroup" releasing mostly their own material on the Munich-based Compost Records. All are heavily influenced by the spiritual sounds of the legendary Black Jazz and Strata East labels, the grooves of ethio-jazz, and the more experimental kraut-rock leanings of bands like Embryo. But their 2025 album Plexus Plexus tellingly included a ...

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Various Artists: Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993

Read "Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
July 27, 2020

The significance of this superb compilation is summed up by a fuzzy b&w photo inside the twenty-eight page accompanying booklet. It shows Oneness Of Juju gathered round a twenty-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty in their hometown, Richmond, Virginia in 1976. You can just make out the expressions of optimism and, yes, patriotism on the ...

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