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The best albums of August 2023
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The best albums of August 2023

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of fresh releases. To round off the summer, discover the bikutsi musical heritage of Gibraltar Drakus, savor the new sounds of Burna Boy and let the kuduro of DJs Di Guetto transport you.

PAM Club: Makossiri, the future of clubbing
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PAM Club: Makossiri, the future of clubbing

Passionate ambassador of noisy and experimental sounds, the Kenyan Makossiri offers us a dark and abrasive PAM Club that brilliantly reconciles industrial techno and East African rhythms, just like her productions. At the beginning of […]

And through it all, Adomaa rises again
Interview
And through it all, Adomaa rises again

PAM spoke with Adomaa, the Ghanaian-Nigerian alté singer and actress, on the release of Becoming Adomaa, an honest and vulnerable recounting of her journey through fame and the industry, from disillusion to salvation. Interview.

The best afro club tracks of the season
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The best afro club tracks of the season

This is it, the journalistic extension of our afro + club playlist is now a monthly series. A rendezvous not to be missed for DJs, clubbers and lovers of dancefloor sounds impregnated with the culture of the continent and its diaspora.

Authentically Plastic releases their first album on Hakuna Kulala
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Authentically Plastic releases their first album on Hakuna Kulala

In Kampala, DJ and producer Authentically Plastic releases Raw Space, an experimental debut album that is part of the African electronic revolution driven by the Nyege Nyege locomotive and its subdivision Hakuna Kulala. In 2019, […]

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Makila, Chrisman’s hardcore homage
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Makila, Chrisman’s hardcore homage

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.

Troposphere 7, Congolese rockets and DIY electronics
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Troposphere 7, Congolese rockets and DIY electronics

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.

The Afrorack, first experiments on DIY modular synthesizers
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The Afrorack, first experiments on DIY modular synthesizers

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. […]