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Out of stockTeno Afrika’s 2020 debut "Amapiano Selections" drew an international wave of support sparked by the producer’s deftly minimal take on the emergent style Amapiano combines the South African predilection for deep house alongside a melange of endemic influences like kwaito, jazz and gqom The 22-year-old’s new crop of songs...
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South African dancefloor scorchers from DJ Black Low, shared beyond the region for first time by the ever reliable Awesome Tapes From Africa The internet is remaining tight lipped about this fella right now, but it ain’t hard to hear the serious dancefloor levels across ‘Uwami’, working to the side of Amapiano and Gqom...
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Music from Gabon can be hard to come by outside of the Central African country’s borders, and even in Gabon, it’s been tough to track down Papé Nziengui’s late ‘80s, postmodern masterpiece Kadi Yombo is Gabonese harp music, which is mostly played in sacred Tshogo rituals, mixed with synthesizers, a male voice and female...
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The meaning of “Kanawa” is so simple We see our children trying to cross the ocean all the time I said that many of our children die in the ocean and some of them while crossing the Sahara Some climb over the wires across the borders and they have gotten shot We have asked them not to leave and instead stay home But I ask them...
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In common parlance, the two producers who make up Native Soul would be considered "ma2000"-or, born after the onset of democracy, having never experienced Apartheid-by virtue of their age Kgothatso Tshabalala is 19 years old and Zakhele Mhlanga (DJ Zakes) is 18 Their 12-track debut electronic music album, Teenage Dreams, is not...
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Out of stockFrom their genesis as members of the Venus club in-house band in the early 70s, The Walias were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple sound of Ethiopia No one would argue that The Walias were the trailblazing...
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