Bae Electronica announces the release of Femme Tech, the debut EP of South African DJ and activist Desiree. Having recently emerged from the South African house community around 2019, the Johannesburg-based artist embarked on a […]

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.

International Anthem announces the release of Chicago-based drummer Makaya McCraven’s latest album, In These Times. A year after the release of Deciphering the Message, that saw the jazzman revisit Blue Note’s catalogue, Makaya McCraven unveils […]

Each week in our Pan African Rap playlist, discover the latest and greatest rap from across the African continent and its diaspora.

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.