Hakuna Kulala co-founder Rey Sapienz and K-pop experimentalist MB Jones use Jean-Patrice Keka Ohemba Okese’s DIY Congolese space program as inspiration for Troposphere 7, a dissident group with an undefinable sound.

Inventive labels are revealing to the world forgotten musical gems, full of history and lost to the archives. Here’s a selection of some of the best African reissues of 2022.

A tireless digger, the passionate Mixanthrope is a PAM Club guest with an atypical set focused on the rhythmic signatures of contemporary African pop.   Born in France and based in Berlin since 2017, Boris […]

This week, Nyege Nyege compiles tracks from forgotten LA crew C.V.E., Kabza De Small returns to his roots, the Madalitso Band showcase their playful Malawain groove, Boddhi Satva ends his trilogy by unveiling its last instalment and Lamin Fofana begins his tryptic with part one.

Known as a South-American electronic music specialist, label Shika Shika now turns towards West Africa for the third volume of its series A Guide to the Birdsong. PAM talked to El Búho, label manager and compilation co-curator of our feathered friends.

The South African superstar announces the release of a highly anticipated second part to his King of Amapiano album.  Since 2020, Kabza De Small is the self-proclaimed “King of Amapiano”. The South African DJ and […]

If the Parisian nights are agitated, it is partly thanks to Muevelo. The trio expert in Afro-Latin beats stops at the PAM Club station to deliver a set in the image of their events: caliente! […]

Owing to the tenacity of their leader, Dan Satch, and the label Palenque Records, 50 years after their first album the famous Igbo highlife orchestra from eastern Nigeria is back with a new record.