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Album Review: Zun Zun Egui - Shackles Gift

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"'Shackles Gift', a celebration of liberation."

Zun Zun Egui celebrate cultural diversity, their grinding post-punk rock incorporating a multitude of world music influences to deliver an exotic cocktail of sound.

The influence of Mauritian singer Kushal Gaya and Japanese keyboard player Yoshino Shigihara explains the fusion of non-Western styles, the band also experimenting with jazz, funk and proto-industrial sounds, all getting bent into frenetic but coherent rock. Fuck Buttons’ Andy Hung’s production facilitates, helping make this a more focused album. Shackles Gift, a celebration of liberation, simultaneously moves in a multitude of divergent musical directions to dazzling kaleidoscopic effect.