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KEVIN JOHANSEN

Mixture is the future, Kevin Johansen likes to say. Though for the Argentina-based, Alaskan-born singer songwriter, mixture is also the present. Here, then, is a Latin musician with a foot in North America. A North American musician with a foot in Latin/South America. A multitalented artist whose sly combination of English and Spanish lyrics (“To me, English and Spanish are one language. Whatever comes out, comes out”) and seamless blend of styles - think Manu Chao backpacking the Americas, or the Tropicalistas relocating to Manhattan - has won him critical acclaim, a slew of awards and a fervent cult following. But if you really must categorise this category-defying nowhere man, Johansen suggests that you call him a “de-generate”. One spin of his astounding European debut, City Zen, and the need to label fades away, anyway.

City Zen

Deftly backed by The Nada - a line-up that includes flautist Andres “Cayo” Reboratti, Juan Alvarez on bass and vocals and 65-year-old “Zurdo¹ Enrique Roizner, a veteran of sessions with Piazolla and Vinicius De Moraes, on drums - Johansen recorded City Zen in the studios of Argentine rocker Leon Gieco, who also guests. Slipping effortlessly from English to Spanish, in a voice that swoops from chocolate baritone to almost Hindi-style heights, Johansen steers his crew through everything from up-tempo tango ballads to flute-and-drum-drenched jams. City Zen an album to treasure.