{"id":112577,"date":"2022-09-30T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=112577"},"modified":"2022-09-30T17:15:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:15:24","slug":"5-albums-30-09-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/5-albums-30-09-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"5 albums to discover this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Gqom Trilogy LP<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DJ Skothan x DJ Scriby x DJ MaRiiO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in the early 2010\u2019s in Durban, gqom is still pretty young but its future seems bright. On The Gqom Trilogy LP, DJ Skothan, DJ Scriby and DJ MaRiiO showcase an impressive range. The project is built in three chapters. In the first one, DJ Scriby bends South Africa\u2019s borders with US trap and UK grime influences.  In the second chapter, the trio\u2019s youngest recruit DJ MaRiiO explores unique placements and sounds. And to end, veteran DJ Skothan goes for a more scattered and even more aggressive gqom finale. 
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Dub No Frontiers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adrian Sherwood<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reggae has often been a male dominated scene. A situation British producer Adrian Sherwood and artist Kerieva McCormick sought to remedy by creating a platform to showcase the talents of some great female dub artists. \u201cMany of the singers said they felt the dub\/reggae arena was a male preserve and a little intimidating even, so we decided to invite artists to perform a song of their choice, all in non-English on our rhythm tracks.<\/em>\u201d Nigerian musician Temi Oyedele is featured on the single \u201cI Dupe (Thanks Giving)\u201d. The Lagos-based singer, songwriter and guitarist interpreted this song in Yoruba. Also on the album, Tunisian artist Neyssatou who gives her own interpretation of Bob Marley\u2019s \u2018War\u2019 sung in Arabic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Palmwine Music 3<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Show Dem Camp<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prolific Nigerian duo Show Dem Camp deliver the third part of their Palmwine Music<\/em> collection. On this volume: Tay Iwar on the sensual \u201cAppolo\u201d, Oxlade<\/a> on the romantic \u201cMine Alone\u201d, Tems<\/a>, Lojay, Victony, WurlD<\/a>, Boj<\/a>, and many more. This edition gathers Naija\u2019s finest on Tec and Ghost\u2019s signature sound: sweet alternative beats with highlife and hip-hop accents. One of the last tracks, \u201cOldFlame\u201d sung by Nesta and Ladipoe sums up the project\u2019s theme. A nice playlist of love songs, from love at first sight (\u201cHead Over Heels\u201d) to regretful breakups (\u201cOldFlame\u201d). Voice actress and radio speaker Folu Storms gives this 17-track project some well appreciated comic breaks and interludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COLOR MAN<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nu Fvnk<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rapper, producer and DJ in the East African Wave collective, Nu Fvnk is part of Nairobi\u2019s new scene. Just like his models Pharrell Williams and Tyler The Creator, he aims to be multidisciplinary and does it all: mixing, styling, creative directing, \u2026 A range of talents as wide as COLOR MAN<\/em>\u2019s nuances. Nu Fvnk is exploring genres and possibilities: a bit of house, a touch of jazz and a lot of \u201clo-fi\u201d, California-inspired hip-hop. But the project is still anchored in the rapper\u2019s Kenyan roots, with titles like \u201cNairobi Attitude\u201d and \u201cGangvernment\u201d, a more political track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kalling<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabaka Pyramid<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingston-born producer Kabaka Pyramid returns with a new album The Kalling <\/em>which should rejoice reggae fans, purist and mix-and-match enthusiasts alike. As he has been known to do, Kabaka Pyramid blends hip-hop and reggae such as in the bonus track \u201cKontraband\u201d. The Jamaican artist takes his \u201ckalling\u201d as an opportunity to convey engaged messages and imbues his 15-track album with reflexions on current social issues, like in \u201cAddiction\u201d where he questions people\u2019s unhealthy relationship with social media. The highlight of the album is clearly the classic \u201cRed Gold and Green\u201d recorded with Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, an ode to Rastafari values. Another gem of the album is the opening track \u201cMystic Man\u201d in which Kabaka Pyramid samples the late Peter Tosh\u2019s track of the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week, three shades of gqom, women reggae artists take their righful place, sweet Nigerian beats, the new thing coming from Kenyan and reggae meets hip-hop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":112596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944,87],"tags":[4042,10639,25767,5678,34223,23741,23663,23808],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[8414,8447,9391,8402,8435,17783,17782,13557,8508,17784],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112577"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=112577"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=112577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}