PAM is on the ground for the 2022 editions of Afronation and Afrochella in Ghana’s capital for the wild times and world class performances of some of Africa’s biggest stars.

The Face To Face project, a rare recording of the magical encounter between Sotho folk singers and Swedish collective, is brought back to life by Strut Records. Out January 27th.

Tunisian producer Ghoula (ogre), head of the electro-cultural appropriation label, Shouka Records, announces his second album with “Jougar”, an exclusive single on PAM. Whether it is Nuri, Mettani or Ghoula (from the Arabic al-ghoûla, “the […]

The Nigerien and British bands’ respective drummers Souleymane Ibrahim and Morgan Simpson met up for a jam in Chicago. Rough Trade Records recorded this happy encounter. In September 2022, Chicago’s Electrical Audio studios became the […]

Netherlands-based DJ Munchi is giving his early work a fresh release. His experimental mambo double opus I Love Mambo Mixtape + Mambo Detonao EP is packed with unreleased material, out December 2nd via Nyege Nyege […]

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This November, listen to PsychoYP, Molotof, Somadina, Ezra Collective, and more.

The Berlin-based DJ and producer Daniel Haaksman will deliver his fourth album Sonido Lava in spring 2023. In the meantime, here’s “Magma”, a club-ready funky, bossa nova fusion.  Like the runny lava and hovering dark […]

The archival record label dusts off new age magician Laraaji’s debut album Celestial Vibration, as well as six never-before-heard, slide-long recordings in a 4xLP set to release February 2023. The light glissando of discreet chimes, […]

The Bermudian Obeka is back to tell us his pan-African electro-acoustic stories in a new EP entitled Summertyme. PAM presents an exclusive look at the eponymous music video. Just a year ago, Obeka was introduced […]

This single, first peak at the Malian icon’s next project, comes with a video guiding through Mali’s riches, directed by Grégory Ohrel. “Nsera”, meaning destination in the Bambara language, is the newest ode to Mali’s […]

Sarera Chiconi and the Blanc Manioc label unite on the Walimizi album, an exploration of maorais sounds through electro music, out on November 18. In the town of Chiconi, on the west side of Mayotte, […]