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Review: New 12" on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label, from New Yorker Elan Mehler.

Review: Three times the charm: for the third instalment of his Havana Club Rumba Sessions Peterson casts his global net far and wide as creative individuals from all corners step up to rumba reinterpretation challenge. Debruit provides his most dancefloor-minded cut in a long time with sturdy beats and a big blushing bassline. Daisuke Tanabe & Yosi Horikawa add a touch of evocative reggaeton that's peppered with subtle breakbeats. Poirier takes us on an Osunlade-level spiritual journey while Djoyvan takes off from where he left us on the Peterson's last Cuban jaunt in 2011; one of the most authentic rumbas of the collection, he futureproofs it with an array of dizzying FX and production flourishes that offer something new on every listen.

Review: It's almost a decade since Gilles Peterson headed to Cuba to found the Havana Cultura project, famously described by the Brownswood founder as a "Buena Vista Club for the 21st century". This two-disc Anthology showcases the project's development since 2008, gathering together original tracks produced by Peterson with the assistance of various fast-rising Cuban musicians and vocalists, plus some of the Worldwide radio host's favourite remixes from other artists. It's a predictably fine collection of contemporary Cuban music, fusing traditional South American styles with jazz, hip-hop, broken beat, Rotary Connection and jazz-funk. Keep an eye out for a fine, Innervisions style tech-house remix from Poirier, a deliciously organic interpretation from Motor City Drum Ensemble, and a typically percussive rework from Michel Cleis.