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Lokkhi Terra

From Bangladesh, Cuba, Turkey, United Kingdom

Open-eared and well-travelled world/jazz fusion

The music of Lokkhi Terra isn't for those who don't travel well, while those with strong wanderlust in their bones are advised to strap themselves in. The sound of this London-based, multi-membered collective zigzags all over the map. Their point of departure appears to be jazz fusion, but from here they touch down in the streets of Bangladesh, the Afrobeat clubs of Nigeria, the cantinas of Cuba and the beaches of Brazil. Such eclecticism might suggest a disjointed jumble, a sound dreamed up by committee. But in Lokkhi Terra's care, it all makes utter and perfect sense, a seamless collage of some of the best noises this planet's ever made. And they're a bunch keen on album titles that sum up their modus operandi. Last year's No Visa Required emphasised their border-busting sound, while their forthcoming record also gives a hint of their influences and inspirations: it's called Che Guevara's Rickshaw Diaries.

(Biography written by Nige Tassell 2011)

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