It's completely advised you listen to Joe Turner's "Malibak" with headphones or a pair of really good earphones. By not doing so, you're robbing yourself from the chance of being enchanted by an utterly phenomenal listening experience.

Throughout the track, Joe unifies plucky, cold and lush electronic textures with a stellar arrangement of ethnic instrumentation - and even introducing fierce tribal chants towards the end. "Malibak" offers moments where you'll find yourself heavily grooving with energetic rhythms, but they're also sections which usher in serenity and it's this journey-like progression that'll leave you enamored by the end of it all.

posted by Lu
May 2020