{"id":41111,"date":"2019-12-13T17:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/7-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:33:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:33:28","slug":"albums-13-12-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/albums-13-12-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"7 albums you need to hear this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaytranada<\/p>\n

In this week selection: the long awaited sophomore albums from Kaytranada and Stormzy,\u00a0the third volume of\u00a0Moonshine’s mixtape, the exciting compilation Mogadisco<\/em> and\u00a0<\/span>many more to hear this week.<\/h4>\n

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Heavy Is The Head<\/em><\/h4>\n

Stormzy<\/h4>\n

After\u00a0serving us\u00a0some impressive singles ‘Vossi Bop<\/a>‘<\/span>, ‘Sounds Of the Skeng’ and\u00a0more recently ‘Audacity<\/a>‘,\u00a0Stormzy<\/a>\u00a0shares his\u00a0long-awaited sophomore album,\u00a0Heavy is the Head<\/em>.\u00a0Throughout the 16-track release, the rapper, real name Michael Omari, leads listeners through honest\u00a0<\/span>self-reflection with\u00a0powerful verses and addictive hooks.\u00a0The album is composed of 16 tracks with a few prestigious guests\u00a0including\u00a0Burna Boy<\/a>, H.E.R and Headie One among others.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bubba<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Haitian-Canadian DJ and producer\u00a0reveals today\u00a0Bubba,<\/em>\u00a0the follow-up\u00a0of his highly acclaimed debut project,\u00a099.9%. <\/em>The gifted producer pushes forward his sonic palette blending R&B, hip hop, soul and house, and also demonstrates his science for bright\u00a0rhythms and grooves. The 17-track project sprawls over a\u00a0thrilling 50 minutes, tapping\u00a0Pharrell,\u00a0Mick Jenkins,\u00a0Kali Uchis,\u00a0Estelle,\u00a0GoldLink,\u00a0SiR,\u00a0Masego, and many more for the undertaking.<\/div>\n
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SMS For Location Vol.3<\/em><\/h4>\n

Moonshine<\/h4>\n

Montreal-based crew Moonshine<\/a><\/span> celebrate\u00a05th anniversary with the\u00a0<\/span>release of\u00a0SMS For Location vol.3. <\/em>The\u00a0<\/em>afro-futuristic collective of musicians, DJs and visual artists\u00a0curate lunar-based events centered around African and electronic music. The\u00a0SMS for Location<\/em>\u00a0compilation series references to the way in which the party informs ravers of its ever-changing location. The third instalment of the compilation saga features electro-house, afrobeats, Congolese rumba and more from producers including Dinamarca,\u00a0Pedro and Moonshine resident Pierre Kwenders.<\/p>\n

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

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\"Mettani<\/em><\/p>\n

Div\u012bne<\/em><\/p>\n

Mettani<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mettani\u2019s new album\u00a0Div\u012bne<\/em>\u00a0is a journey through the ambivalent manifestations of the sacred. It\u2019s an industrial North African bass trip into the dark ceremonies of resurrection.\u00a0It is the first part of a triptych in which Mettani, founder of the Arabstazy platform, explores some of the rarest moments of\u00a0observable humanity.<\/p>\n

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

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\"Mogadisco\"<\/h3>\n

Mogadisco \u2013 Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972\u200b-\u200b1991)
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Various Artists<\/h4>\n

Berlin label Analog Africa give a second life to rare Somalian funk and disco tracks on Mogadisco \u2013 Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972\u200b-\u200b1991).<\/em>\u00a0Label creator Samy Ben Redjeb travelled to the infamous capital of Somalia in November of 2016, making Analog Africa the first music label to set foot in Mogadishu. They discovered an uncovered and unmarked pile of discarded recordings in a cluttered corner of the building of Radio Mogadishu. Its\u00a0highlight the disco tsunami that hit the country during that time.<\/p>\n

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\"Kamazu<\/div>\n
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Korobela<\/b><\/em><\/h4>\n

Kamazu<\/h4>\n

This new anthology on Afrosynth Records brings together six songs by South African disco star Kamazu, spanning his career from 1986 to 1997: two of his biggest hits, \u2018Korobela\u2019 and \u2018Indaba Kabani\u2019, two more obscure songs from his catalogue, \u2018Victim\u2019 and \u2018Why\u2019, and two tracks from his kwaito comeback, \u2018Mjukeit\u2019 and \u2018Atikatareni\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\"Poul<\/h5>\n

Poul W\u00e9l\u00e9l\u00e9 EP<\/b><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Dowdelin\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

Dowdelin explores as a tireless ever-moving trailblazer a path where Creole jazz, electronic dancefloor sounds and Caribbean percussions come together to create\u00a0a unique Future Kr\u00e9ol feeling. On this new EP\u00a0<\/span>Dowdelin illustrates the art of blending: the search for the recognizable ancestral flavor in the moment, pairing it with an unusual influence, shaking everything to create the texture that will make the difference.<\/p>\n

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In this week selection: the long awaited sophomore albums from Kaytranada and Stormzy,\u00a0the third volume of\u00a0Moonshine’s mixtape, the exciting compilation Mogadisco and\u00a0many more to hear this week. Heavy Is The Head Stormzy After\u00a0serving us\u00a0some impressive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":34181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[3953,5728,6286,6366],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41111"}],"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=41111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41111"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=41111"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}