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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Jan 27, 2025
    81
    Listeners who come for the record’s novelty will stay for the class. Seldom do musical fusions sound both so perfectly weighted and utterly irresistible, a cartoon hit of delirious joy.
  2. Uncut
    Jan 21, 2025
    80
    A richly inventive trip made off the usual musical map. [Feb 2025, p.43]
  3. Jan 21, 2025
    80
    On Mapambazuko, the pair supplants the exuberance of soukous with a sound that teeters on the edge of overwhelm, drawing the listener into its thrilling chaos.
  4. The Wire
    Jan 21, 2025
    70
    For this project, Bakorta’s vocals are left at the studio door, which initially struck me as a shame, but a few listens reveal how much stronger the album is for being entirely instrumental. .... It’s clear enough what the remixes set out to achieve and, on their own merits they sound good. But in the context of the album as a whole they feel slightly tacked on; worth listening to, but maybe in a separate sitting. [Jan/Feb 2025, p.92]

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