A rundown of the most notable South African hip hop releases from 2019. South African hip hop went through a dip in 2018, creatively speaking. While there were a fair amount of releases — Nasty […]
Charismatic guitar savant Sibusile Xaba reframes maskandi and the avant-garde into his own humanist manifesto on his sophomore album Ngiwu Shwabada. After the acclaimed release of Opened Letter to Adoniah in 2017, Sibusile’s second album Ngiwu […]
At the Transmusicales festival, “trance” is not just a word in its name. PAM accompanied artists at the festival whose music is closely linked to a phenomenon ethnomusicologist Gilbert Rouget dedicated a reference book to, […]
This week find a remix album of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Rainford, the first album from French-Senegalese duo Guiss Guiss Bou Bess, the golden era of séga by Bongo Joe and much more. Set Sela Guiss Guiss Bou Bess […]
Some of the finest music ever made between South African and Nigerian artistes. Nigerians and South Africans have a long history of collaborating. Although the music from both these nations share very diverse background and […]
Since its inception in 2011, Lisbon-based label Príncipe Discos has set out to conquer international dancefloors with an irresistible sound signature: the “batida”. Beats, emancipation, roots, pride and identity… We meet up with producers Marfox […]
Highly anticipated EP by Ghanaian rapper M.anifest, R&S Records and Many Time collaboration compilation, debut EP from South African DJ and producer Doowap and many more to hear this week. The Gamble M.anifest Ghanaian hip-hop/afrobeat […]
On the seventh cut from SEEDS series, singer Awori infuses a gorgeous neo-soul vibe onto bewitching production by Twani. Photo by Elsa Rakoto Cyn Awori Othieno aka Awori is a singer and a rapper originally […]