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Bubblegum music makes its comeback with E&S Brothers
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Bubblegum music makes its comeback with E&S Brothers

The Johannesburg-based label Afro Synth has announced a reissue of the duo, purely electronic yet un-mistakeably rooted in South African 80s disco.  When Shadrack Ndlovu and Ernest Segeel teamed up with label owner Dane Stevenson […]

Alai K explores East-African techno ahead of debut album
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Alai K explores East‑African techno ahead of debut album

The “musical witch doctor” drops “We Ukipita”, a second single to his upcoming red hot debut album Kila Mara.   A Kenyan born and Berlin based percussionist, vocalist, DJ and producer, Alai K is notorious for […]

Branko prepares the release of his next album, OBG
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Branko prepares the release of his next album, OBG

Kizomba-infused new single and its breathtaking music video “SRA” announces the forthcoming release of Branko’s third album, OBG. Buraka Som Sistema co-founder and Enchufada label-head Branko presents OBG, his third album. The artist’s most personal […]

Analog Africa takes Mexican pitstop for rebajada compilation
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Analog Africa takes Mexican pitstop for rebajada compilation

Analog Africa explores the sounds of the Mexican sonideros and slowed down Cumbia sound systems for their new 14 track Saturno 2000 compilation. Rebajada, meaning “to reduce” or “slow down” in Spanish is a slowed […]

Soul Jazz reissues Studio One Dub compilation
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Soul Jazz reissues Studio One Dub compilation

Soul Jazz is reprinting a 2xLP compilation of Coxsone Dodd’s dub versions with Horace Andy, Johnny Osbourne and more for an 18th anniversary edition. A long out of print classic, Studio One Dub is being […]

5 albums to discover this week
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5 albums to discover this week

This week, The Ano Nobo Quartet pays tribute to the great poet, K.O.G engages the Black Atlantic, Ozadya takes us back to the club and Zoocci Coke Dope shares his anxiogenic rap.

Zoocci Coke Dope’s anxiogenic rap
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Zoocci Coke Dope’s anxiogenic rap

The producer, who largely forged the sound of contemporary South African trap, is set to release a new project, set in anger and resentment. He opens up to us about his anxieties. “At first I […]

Kenyan DJ Coco Em turns her hand to producing and announces debut EP
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Kenyan DJ Coco Em turns her hand to producing and announces debut EP

Coco Em will release Kilumi on InFiné, seven tracks written during the lockdown, from amapiano to house and trap. On 21st April, Kenyan producer Coco Em will release her first EP, Kilumi, on the label […]