Funkiwala Vinyl & CDs

Review: Since emerging in the mid-to-late noughties, Lokkhi Terra has established a reputation for being one of London's most unique bands. Their trademark sound is genuinely little like anything else around, fusing as it does the sounds of Bangladeshi folk music, Cuban rumba, Nigerian Afrobeat flavours and a dash of 21st century London jazz. Cublangla, their first album for almost three years, continues in this cross-cultural vein, offering up-tempo and laidback tracks that mix elements of all of the above, as well as the odd languid trip into reggae-influenced territory. The plentiful highlights include the jaunty title track, the Bangla-dub skank of 'Bhandari (Revisited)' and the broken beat inspired depth of 'Como'.