{"id":41797,"date":"2019-04-25T18:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/future-soul-duo-abakos-returns-with-run-and-announces-new-ep\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:35:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:35:39","slug":"future-soul-duo-abakos-returns-with-run-and-announces-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/future-soul-duo-abakos-returns-with-run-and-announces-new-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Future soul duo ABAKOS returns with \u201cRun\u201d and announces new EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24353 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75-759x481.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75-1010x640.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75-1440x913.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75-661x419.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75-465x295.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Abakos-75-375x238.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Montreal-based duo, formed by Pierre Kwenders and Ngabonziza Kiroko and active members of Moonshine Collective, shares first single from their upcoming debut EP <em>Solar Soldier<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahead of their UK premiere including performances at The Great Escape and Focus Wales, the Future soul duo ABAKOS shares \u201cRun\u201c an electronic-acoustic song, with resonant lyrics about hope, love, and change. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>After building names for themselves in Montreal&#8217;s music scene over the years, Afro-futurist singer and DJ<span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/pierre-kwenders-we-are-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre Kwenders <\/a><\/span>and Ngabonziza Kiroko of electronic indie folk group\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Denizen have teamed up in Nashville with OWSLA-affiliated production trio Basecamp to work on this debut single. By chance, they also ended up in the studio with British legend and fellow Nashville resident Jamie Lidell, a long-time hero of Kiroko\u2019s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The song ends with a loop of a child singing her ambivalence about an unnamed \u201cMr. President\u201d, an act for the duo to decry the universal role of politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRun\u201d will appear on ABAKOS EP \u201cSolar Soldier\u201d June 14th 2019. Listen below :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/610299633%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-yXISb&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Read next:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tshegue-the-wheel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tshegue is back on track with \u2018The Wheel\u2019 featuring a DJ Marfox remix<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal-based duo, formed by Pierre Kwenders and Ngabonziza Kiroko and active members of Moonshine Collective, shares first single from their upcoming debut EP Solar Soldier. 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