Futurism Restated #54: From Balearic ECM Reggae to Brutalist Brazilian Funk

Plus: new music from Laurel Halo, Maya Shenfeld, AceMo, and more

Last October, at Kraków’s Unsound festival, I got to be a fly on the wall while Mabe Fratti and Héctor Tosta rehearsed for a collaborative performance with percussionist Hubert Zemler and a local quartet playing flute, trumpet, and French horn; the next day, I spent a couple of hours with Fratti, drinking very strong coffee and talking about the cello a…