Doko Mien

AlbumMar 22 / 201911 songs, 41m 2s91%
Afro-Funk
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7 / 10

7 / 10

The collective's cocktail of styles has never sounded so coherent

The tunes are still busy and layered, but every element of them serves a purpose.

Ibibio Sound Machine's sophomore Merge album finds them building on the more production-savvy post-punk and electro soundclash tenets of 2017's Uyai and combining them with the militant Afrobeat grooves of their 2015 self-titled Soundway debut.

Doko Mien is an epic adventure through the ages as Ibibio Sound Machine go on a voyage of soul-reviving, genre-defying discovery.

9 / 10

Sure, British Afrobeat band Ibibio Sound Machine's new LP, Doko Mien, has boisterous tracks that'll compel you to move. But it's the quietes...

8 / 10

Listening to London collective Ibibio Sound System has always been an immersive and invigorating experience, but on their third album ‘Doko

8 / 10

Ibibio Sound Machine has never put out a weak release.

8.0 / 10

Ibibio Sound Machine push their own limits in our review of the frantic and fun 'Doko Mien' and though it doesn't always work, it's always intriguing.

Combining disco and new wave with Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian folk, ISM’s hybrid sound is best when casual and classy

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