PAM met Chrisman at the Rewire Festival 2022 in the Hague after an explosive show with label partner Ecko Bazz to talk about his musical journey and latest album Makila.
PAM met Chrisman at the Rewire Festival 2022 in the Hague after an explosive show with label partner Ecko Bazz to talk about his musical journey and latest album Makila.
From Johannesburg to Yaoundé via Accra, Kinshasa or Lagos, this non-exhaustive list is an overview of the sounds that made us vibrate in June, whether it is amapiano, batida, Afro-house, gqom, English bass music, deep-house or other experiments of all kinds.
From Cairo to Kampala, L’île Maurice to Paris the official lineup for the Parisian edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival is finally here. Dive into the sounds, and get your tickets here!
This week, Linda Ayupuka channel traditional Gurenɛ-language, Frafra ceremonial music , Noori & his Dorpa Band unleash Beja power, Chrisman experiments with Angolan sounds, Gav & Jord provide an oddly satisfying mix of industrial techno and experimental island noise and Mzvee celebrates her musical career.
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.
This week, Jeshi immerses himself into his childhood, Khaid refreshes the afrobeats scene, Seckou Keita and Catrin Finch combine kora and harp in the service of a common vision, an album to showcase the sounds of Africa’s first DIY modular synthesizer and Alpha Bondy’s return with socially-motivated message.
Back in 2019, an article was dedicated to Brian Bamanya’s Afrorack, Africa’s first DIY modular synthesizer. The inventor is now about to release his first album named after his creation via Ugandan label Hakuna Kulala. […]
At Rewire’s eleventh festival edition in The Hague, PAM meets backstage with Ecko Bazz after an explosive performance to talk about love’s place in his earth-shattering music. Interview.