{"id":114032,"date":"2022-10-21T17:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=114032"},"modified":"2022-10-21T17:48:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:48:07","slug":"top-album-21-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/top-album-21-10-22\/","title":{"rendered":"5 albums to discover this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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N’Djila Wa Mudujimu<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fulu Miziki<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HHY & The Macumbas\u2019 producer Jonathan Saldanha, who recorded N\u2019Djila Wa Mudujimu<\/a><\/em>, manage to capture their revolutionary sounds inspired by Congolese soukous, and an almost undefinable mix of punk, electronic music, industrial sonics and spiritual jazz. N\u2019Djila Wa Mudujimu <\/em>is a deeply enjoyable album throughout which encapsulates Fulu Miziki<\/a>\u2019s style, which, might, unfortunately, be their last given the band\u2019s recent split. On the bright side, Pisco Crane and Lady Aicha are still making music together and given their trademark resourcefulness, there are many reasons to await their next innovative creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19 & Dangerous (Deluxe)<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayra Starr<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayra Starr<\/a> is 20 and still dangerous. The afro-fusion princess gives her 2021 debut album<\/a> a deluxe version. This new release comes with four new tracks and two remixes. Her massive hit \u201cBloody Samaritan<\/a>\u201d gets the royalty treatment with none other than Kelly Rowland and \u201cLonely\u201d wins a Zinoleesky refix. The COLORS song \u201cAse<\/a>\u201d,  and her newest single \u201cRush<\/a>\u201d are of course included. Ayra Starr is also joined by genre-bending singer-producer Lojay on the very solid \u201cRunning<\/em>\u201d. Another good surprise on this extended version, the confident \u201cSkinny Girl Anthem\u201d features Louisiana rising talent Kayykilo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neon Colonialismo<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batida<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could talk about a new Lisbon that blinks and shines, but that\u2019s not the idea. Acknowledging history is the only way to honor its beautiful natural light<\/em>\u201d. Angola-born and Portugal-raised producer Batida <\/a>reflects on Portugal\u2019s colonialismo <\/em>heritage in this new ten-track project. Enlisting the help of international guests such as Mayra Andrade<\/a>, Pot\u00e9<\/a>, N\u00e1stio Mosquito, and Ikonoklasta<\/a>, Batida takes a historical approach to the different genres, bringing the lusophone scene to life: afro-house, kazucuta, hip-hop,… It\u2019s electronic and organic, instrumental and vocal, all at the same time. Neon Colonialismo<\/a><\/em> is \u201cintended to be danced to, to think to, and probably also to smile to<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DEADLINES : FREE P2<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A-Reece<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

25-year-old South African lyricist A-Reece<\/a> is too prolific. His new EP, DEADLINES : FREE P2 EP , <\/em>is probably the rapper\u2019s tenth body of work. And just a few months after The Burning Tree<\/em>, A-Reece is back with 7 news tracks. The mellow, lo-fi hip-hop project features Atlanta rapper Quentin Miller, Leeds-born Marcus Harvey<\/a> and fellow South Africans Emtee and Yolophonik (on the bouncy \u201cDifferent things\u201d<\/em>). Most importantly, A-Reece invites his older brother Jay Jody on \u201cSomething to fight for\u201d<\/em>, featuring DJ Maphorisa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Estrellas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GUTS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estrellas <\/em>is \u201cthe soundtrack of our reunion with the ancestors. We are the dust of their shining stars\u201d<\/em>. French producer Guts <\/a>federates Cuban and African talents across three generations around a unique and challenging project. Recorded in the Studio LaBoutique in Dakar, Estrellas <\/em>is a one-of-a-kind, moving collaboration, filled with emotions, spirituality, and magic. Jazz music blends in with pachanga. Youthful Senegalese rap echoes timeless Cuban chants.  Estrellas <\/em>gathers more than thirty artists around one mantra: \u201c One mother, Africa. One language, music.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, Congolese punk energies, Ayra Starr gets even more dangerous, a post-colonial take on lusophone music, mzansi rap and a moving Afro-cuban reunion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":114101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944,87],"tags":[4004,4098,20359,31436,23409,4096,40726,25891,23741],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[31384,8933,9156,9391,8402,23732,8543,8449],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114032"}],"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=114032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114032"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=114032"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=114032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}