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The best albums of November 2023
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The best albums of November 2023

This month, Ko-Jo Cue makes his comeback, Tkay Maidza chooses violence, followed by the sounds of Bamako on Sunday and gnawa rave music.

PAM Club: under the ocean with Avneesh
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PAM Club: under the ocean with Avneesh

As a member of the Babani collective, Avneesh goes solo for a PAM Club with complex rhythms that give a summary of his main sources of current inspiration. The term “Babani” echoes the trance-like state […]

The “vulgar” icons of Egypt’s cassette culture
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The "vulgar" icons of Egypt’s cassette culture

Dive into the rise of audiocassettes and working class music, a combination that outsold any other music genre in 1970s Egypt through the likes of Ahmed Adaweya and Sheikh Imam.

PAM Club: the syncopated mixtape of Malaise Vagal
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PAM Club: the syncopated mixtape of Malaise Vagal

Franco-Tunisian DJ and producer, Malaise Vagal injects the essence of her North African heritage into a bass music that’s both uncompromising and humorous, while affirming her support for Palestine. Malaise Vagal draws its inspiration from […]

PAM presents new film: Tiken Jah, the descendant of Fakoly
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PAM presents: Tiken Jah, the descendant of Fakoly

PAM’s latest documentary stars one of Africa’s reggae heroes. 30 years after his first album, the Fakoly descendant opens the doors of his club in Bamako, and his countryside farm for an alternative look at the legendary reggaeman.

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Xica da Silva, the eruption of Black memory
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Xica da Silva, the eruption of Black memory

Xica da Silva, a figure of Brazilian black history, has transcended history to become a symbol. Since the 1960s, she continues to resurface in carnivals, films and songs. Discover the life, myth and legend of one of Brazil’s oldest black icons.  

PAM Club: Bab and KasbaH, celebrating Maghreb
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PAM Club: Bab and KasbaH, celebrating Maghreb

Through their Musique de fête project, the Bab and Kasbah duo reconcile club culture and traditional oriental music. They leave us this PAM Club as an invitation to their next parties! After several years spent […]

“Rue Princesse”, the story of Abidjan’s nightlife
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“Rue Princesse”, the story of Abidjan’s nightlife

On August 6th, 2011, a few months after the end of a violent post-electoral crisis, Abidjan’s new government demolished the Rue Princesse on the grounds that it had become unsanitary, crippled with prostitution, drug trafficking […]