Léonore Boulanger and Maam-Li Merati: La Maison D’amour

Ancient forms made new.

Staraya Derevnya: Kadita sessions

Lift your eyes to the sky.

C Joynes and Dead Rat Orchestra: Liv at the Dentist

Four tracks of ethnological folk fusion, awesomely taped.

Nozinja: Nozinja Lodge

Joyful afro-futurism, Limpopo-style.

Snake Charmer tunes

And there was me thinking tape loop boffin and all round experimental genius Aaron Dilloway couldn’t get any cooler. But then …

Esmerine: Colchester Arts Centre

Back in 2012, Bruce Cawdron and Rebecca Foon’s chamber rock ensemble Esmerine decamped to Istanbul to take up an invitation …