{"id":40661,"date":"2020-04-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/singeli-the-future-sound-of-tanzania-in-becoming-a-source-of-national-pride-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:13:10","slug":"singeli-the-future-sound-of-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/singeli-the-future-sound-of-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Singeli: The future sound of Tanzania is becoming a source of national pride"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Little was known until recently of the futuristic sound emerging from the ghettos of Dar es-Salaam, which now is exporting itself to dance floors across the globe. Ten years on from its conception, singeli has gone from being the social outcast to becoming a source of national pride. PAM catches up with some of its most talented sonic architects during the latest edition of Nyege Nyege Festival.<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

PAM & Le Point Fort launch Nyege Nyege Festival in Paris (July 16, 2022)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A breathtaking, and provocative electronic music, singeli perfectly embodies the energy of\u00a0<\/span>Nyege Nyege<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0F<\/span>estival, whose name means\u00a0<\/span>“an irresistible desire to dance”<\/span><\/i>. While its fledgling festival-goers eventually surrender to its tempo \u2013\u00a0oscillating wildly between 180 and 300 bpm\u00a0\u2013 singeli already has its own signature\u00a0<\/span>chura dance<\/span><\/i>\u00a0whose frenetic on-the-floor twerk-outs mesmerise a captivated circle that forms around it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2017, Nyege Nyege Festival has become a crucial platform for those looking to sample singeli while an increasing number of MC\u2019s and producers brave the 36-hour bus ride from Tanzania to Uganda. Once again, a huge crew makes the trip over: Sisso, Bamba Pana, Jay Mitta, Rehema Tajiri, MCzo & Duke, Anti-Virus, MC Memory Card, MC Card Reader and Young Duda, whose performances all erupt into intense scenes of joy on the banks of the White Nile.\u00a0<\/span>“The speed of the singeli creates warmth and energy that takes a hold of everyone… it’s pure magic,”<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Sisso explains, shyly.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The singeli is a very intense body experience. Once you get the beat, you can dance for hours; it’s like a trance,”<\/span><\/i>\u00a0enthuses Rehema Tajiri. Made of mutating loops infused with a punk energy that makes\u00a0<\/span>gabber<\/span><\/i>\u00a0sound like children\u2019s nursery rhymes, singeli now dominates Tanzania’s radios, dancefloors, block parties and festivals.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe music is very powerful, it’s pure adrenaline. But it is also a movement that unites all Tanzanians: it is our new national emblem, a real source of pride. The whole world will soon know about it,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i>predicts Jay Mitta, with a gunfire-like flow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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