{"id":41804,"date":"2019-04-25T11:25:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T09:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/listen-to-british-nigerian-act-moelogos-new-ep-magic-2\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:35:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:35:41","slug":"moelogo-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/moelogo-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to British Nigerian act Moelogo&#8217;s new EP &#8216;Magic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24302 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Moelogo-Magic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Moelogo-Magic.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Moelogo-Magic-759x427.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Moelogo-Magic-661x372.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Moelogo-Magic-465x262.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Moelogo-Magic-375x211.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>The Lagos born Mohammed Animashaun with the stage name, Moelogo is a British-Nigerian songwriter who is \u00a0bringing a new feel to\u00a0r&#8217;n&#8217;b and afrobeats.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UK based afrobeats act\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/moelogo\/\">Moelogo<\/a><\/span>\u00a0has released a new body of work. The project, an EP, is the follow up to his 2016-released sophomore mixtape\u00a0<em>\u00ccr\u00e9ti<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That project (which translates to \u2018hope\u2019) saw him rise to prominence in the United Kingdom and back home in Africa, as the likes of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/davido\/\">Davido<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/sarkodie\/\">Sarkodie<\/a><\/span>\u00a0remixed &#8220;Penkele&#8221;, the standout track from the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His latest release follows the traditional elements of Moelogo\u2019s artistry. The eight-track project infuses elements of r&#8217;n&#8217;b and afrobeats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zY2W03Ehzjo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This peculiarity in sound has seen Moelogo collaborate extensively with Nigerian artistes such as\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/adekunle-gold\/\">Adekunle Gold<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/mi-abaga\/\">M.I Abaga<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/show-dem-camp\/\">Show Dem Camp<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and Blaqbonez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He moved to South London in 2001 and found a love for singing through his school&#8217;s music class. His sound is distinctive and diverse; this is evident in his songs which span the genres of jazz, r&#8217;n&#8217;b, hip-hop and afrobeats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0<em>Magic<\/em>\u00a0EP has no features, portraying Moelogo as an artiste that has understood and mastered different aspects of making timeless music, as he did on his last. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to Moelogo in our One Dance playlist on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5fzbLUbqLiEvriBPMlLNbf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deezer.com\/playlist\/2316095842?app_id=105611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5>Read Next:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/rema-mavin\/\">Rising: the politics of Rema\u2019s Mavin deal<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos born Mohammed Animashaun with the stage name, Moelogo is a British-Nigerian songwriter who is \u00a0bringing a new feel to\u00a0r&#8217;n&#8217;b and afrobeats. UK based afrobeats act\u00a0Moelogo\u00a0has released a new body of work. 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