{"id":41741,"date":"2019-05-17T16:23:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/5-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:25:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:25:54","slug":"albums-week-17-05-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/albums-week-17-05-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"5 albums you need to hear this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>In this week\u2019s selection:\u00a0Tyler, the creator&#8217;s fifth studio album, rising star Santi delivers an admirable album, reggae giant Steel Pulse\u00a0releases their first album in 15 years, and more below&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25193\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Santi-Mandy-The-Jungle-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><b>Santi<\/b><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><em>Mandy &amp; The Jungle\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Following a slew of highly rated singles like, \u201cRapid Fire\u201d and \u201cSparky\u201d, the fusion artist Santi is now releasing his very first album titled <em>Mandy &amp; The Jungle<\/em>. The contemplative 16 tracks-album features artists like Kida Kudz, Shane Eagle, amaarae, GoldLink and DRAM. Speaking about the project, Santi said: &#8220;This is the most important moment of my life. New chapter, new universe&#8221;<br \/>\nWith\u00a0<em>Mandy &amp; The Jungle<\/em>\u00a0Santi keeps proving he is the one to look out for in the ever growing new generation of Nigerian acts.<\/p>\n<p>Order the album on the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cruelsantino.com\/\">artist&#8217;s website<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25201\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690.jpg 654w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tyler-the-creator-annonce-le-nom-la-cover-et-la-date-de-sortie-de-son-prochain-album-4-1000x690-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><b>Tyler, the Creator<\/b><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><em>IGOR<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Tyler, the Creator\u2019s new album\u00a0<em>IGOR<\/em>\u00a0 is the follow-up to 2017\u2019s\u00a0<em>Flower Boy<\/em>. The 28-year-old musician fifth studio album features Kanye West, Lil Uzi Vert, Santigold, Playboi Carti, and more.\u00a0\u00a0Tyler Okonma said in a post on Twitter: &#8220;Don&#8217;t go in expecting a rap album or any album\u201d. It\u2019s definitely a lot different from its other stuff, maybe\u00a0that&#8217;s what&#8217;s making it so great.\u00a0<em>IGOR<\/em> is\u00a0experimental with an intimate narrative and the production creates an atmosphere which couples perfectly with the story of the record. After the sublime <em>Flower Boy,<\/em> everyone had high hopes. And after a first listen we are still impressed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Listen on <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5zi7WsKlIiUXv09tbGLKsE?si=4EVbC61pQLWT2WBzgnbszg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify\u00a0<\/a>\/ <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/fr\/album\/igor\/1463409338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0\/ <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/en\/album\/9714095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25184\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Steel-Pulse-Mass-Manipulation-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Steel Pulse<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"trackTitle\"><em>Mass Manipulation<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Manchester Reggae band Steel Pulse\u00a0releases their first album in 15 years.\u00a0<em>Mass Manipulation\u00a0<\/em>marks the great come-back of the reggae giants, who originated a good bunch of classics, among them their 1978 debut album\u00a0<em>Handsworth Revolution.\u00a0<\/em>In this new release, the band now formed by merely singer\u00a0David Hinds, synth player\u00a0Sidney Mills and guitar player\u00a0David Elecciri, the band tackles a wide range of hot topics with its critical yet optimist eye. From traffic to global warming, as Hinds says it himself : &#8220;We can&#8217;t abandon the futur our ancestors fought for&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Order the album\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/fanlink.to\/massmanipulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25123\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Seba Kaapstad<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><em>Thina<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Half-German, half-South African band Seba Kaapstad blends genres and cultures in their second shiny neo-soul album,\u00a0<em>Thina<\/em>.\u00a0This new release\u00a0follows the path of their debut album\u00a0<em>Tagore\u2019s<\/em>, blending electronic music, hip hop, jazz and African-inspired polyrhythmics with the soulful voices of the singers.\u00a0Inspired by the suffering of ancesters,\u00a0<em>Thina<\/em>\u00a0features twelve tracks as a path to closure and as a symbol of unity between the continents.\u00a0Berlin and Cape Town have never been closer on the musical map.<\/p>\n<p>Order the album on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/sebakaapstad.bandcamp.com\/album\/thina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24446\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Webp.net-compress-image-4-1-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Lionel Martin &amp; Sangoma Everett<\/h5>\n<h5><strong><em>Afrique (Revisiting Afrique of Count Basie &amp; Oliver Nelson)<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Saxophonist Lionel Martin and drummer Sangoma Everett are revisiting <em>Afrique<\/em>, one of the most original albums of jazz legend Count Basie. Recorded in December 1970,\u00a0 <em>Afrique<\/em> is a studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, arranged &amp; conducted by Oliver Nelson. The &#8220;Count&#8221;\u00a0convenes\u00a0Oliver Nelson to reinterpret works by Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, Gabor Szabo and Oliver Nelson. With <em>Revisiting Africa<\/em>, the saxophonist and the drummer bet on a two-way dialogue, a conversation with the jazz of yesterday and today, from here and there, in black and white.<\/p>\n<p>Order\u00a0<em>Revisiting Afrique<span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cristalrecords.com\/albums\/revisiting-afrique-of-count-basie-olivier-nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/kwesi-arthur-live-from-nkrumah-krom-vol-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kwesi Arthur got something to say on Live from Nkrumah Krom Vol 2<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s selection:\u00a0Tyler, the creator&#8217;s fifth studio album, rising star Santi delivers an admirable album, reggae giant Steel Pulse\u00a0releases their first album in 15 years, and more below&#8230; Santi Mandy &amp; The Jungle\u00a0 Following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[7304],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41741"}],"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=41741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41741"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=41741"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}