Thundering Kinshasa meets Paris soundworld. Bantou Mentale is bringing a new punk rock, African style, to the table but without the aggression because, according to drummer Cubain Kabeya, the Congo is “a country with a lot […]

Already at the controls of the label Jakarta, Jannis Stürtz takes us behind the scenes of his latest project, Habibi Funk, intended to reissue forgotten North African musical treasures. From Morocco to Sudan via Libya […]

The young Ugandan DJ, signed to the label Nyege Nyege, has become the darling of the biggest electro music festivals. PAM met up with her this summer in Arles, at Les Suds Festival. If the […]

Celebrating the Malagasy National Holyday, Alefa Madagascar : Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974 1984 references the cultural movements of salegy, soukous and soul-folk from Madagascar. Born in the fifteenth century, salegy was inspired from […]

When the DJs started to replace wedding bands in northern Uganda. A month before their festival, Nyege Nyege collective announced two new releases: the compilation Electro Acholi Kaboom from Northern Uganda on Nyege Nyege Tapes and a new EP […]

Three days of music with more than 300 artists from over 30 countries, at the source of the Nile river in Jinja, Uganda. Kampala-based collective Nyege Nyege is back with its fifth edition. After the threats of cancellation they […]

British record label Vive la Musique is republishing a cult afro-disco dancefloor killer by Congolese artist Sammy Massamba. Five months after the release of Propriété privée on Secousse record label, Congolese producer Sammy Massamba gets another repress. Now, it is a two-track EP […]

In this week’s selection : Congolese DIY collective KOKOKO!’s debut album, an EP from DJ Haram on Hyperdub, a new Soundway compilation curated by DJ and producer Esa Williams, and much more. KOKOKO!  Fongola  Congolese […]