{"id":103970,"date":"2022-04-08T12:05:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T10:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=103970"},"modified":"2022-04-15T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T10:52:26","slug":"polyswitch-praise-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/polyswitch-praise-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyswitch goes intergalactic with debut album Praise The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After a run of singles and EPs, Morocco\u2019s Polyswitch graduates into full-length 13-track format. With <em>Praise The Sun<\/em> \u2013 his debut album \u2013 he takes his signature synth-based sound deeper into the universe and indeed closer to the sun.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Polyswitch is \u2013 just like the rest of us \u2013 a product of his environment. Born in Casablanca, on Morocco\u2019s Atlantic coast, he grew up in a musical universe as rich and diverse as his country\u2019s history. This meant listening to a blend of chaabi, Berber music, gnawa, malhun, rai, Sufi music, expanding more recently into the intersections of jazz, funk, rock, hip-hop, and electronic music.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;As a listener, I&#8217;ve always juggled numerous musical currents, from my home country and overseas. Studying both musical palettes definitely shaped my ears. As an artist, I don&#8217;t want my sound to result in a single genre, that\u2019s why I approach the process as if it was a painting made out of my favorite colors&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=246847572\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polyswitch.bandcamp.com\/album\/praise-the-sun\">Praise The Sun by Polyswitch<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stepping into the game more than a decade ago, Polyswitch wasted no time establishing himself as an influential figure on the Moroccan electronic music scene. With&nbsp;<em>Praise The Sun<\/em>, he takes his audience into a spiritual intergalactic journey, diving one dimension deeper into a sonic universe composed of funky synths and electronic grooves.&nbsp;<em>Praise The Sun<\/em>&nbsp;is a soul-lifter, both aerial and harmonically rich, which takes you into a carefully orchestrated succession of moods. It kind of feels like an orbit from planet Earth to the center of the solar system, getting warmer midway into the journey \u2013 as one approaches the Sun \u2013 coming back to Earth on a deeper, cooler note at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>&#8220;Going for an album came as a natural progression, I feel like I&#8217;ve reached that sweet spot where my music has a storyline, revolving around a subject matter, which is hardly achievable through an EP format&#8221;.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Praise the sun<\/em><\/em> out <a href=\"https:\/\/astrofeverinternational.bandcamp.com\">June 24th, 2022<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/polyswitch_praise_the_sun-1-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104004\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a run of singles and EPs, Morocco\u2019s Polyswitch graduates into full-length 13-track format. 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