{"id":41844,"date":"2019-04-05T18:11:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T16:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/6-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:35:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:35:49","slug":"6-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/6-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"6 albums you need to hear this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this week\u2019s selection : Banga ritualism blends with Noise Rock in Ifriqiyya Electrique’s album, Lee Field reminds us to believe in love, UK Neo-Soul ambassador Ady Suleiman releases a mixtape and Ghanaian rapper KiddBlack teams up with Moorsound for an experimental-infused party anthem EP.<\/h5>\n

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Ifriqiyya Electrique<\/h5>\n
Laylet El Booree<\/em><\/h5>\n

Ifriqiyya\u2019s music was never composed for a Western audience in the first place, rather it is a contemporary and unexpected hybridation, that the band calls a \u201cpost-industrial ritual\u201d. \u201cLaylet el Booree\u201d translates as the \u201cNight of the Madness\u201d and refers to the last part of the annual gathering of the ritual from the Banga of Tozeur, the night when the spirits actually take possession of the bodies. Formed by European post-punk musicians Gianna Greco and Fran\u00e7ois R. Cambuzat as well as three members of the Banga community (localised in the Tunisian desert) \u2013 Tarek Sultan, Yahia Chouchen and Youssef Ghazala, the band delivers a blend of Banga ritualism and Noise Rock sounds in\u00a0a powerful album.
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Lee Fields & The Expressions<\/h5>\n
It Rains Love<\/h5>\n

It Rains Love<\/em> is Lee Field\u2019s fifth album with his band The Expressions. The godfather of New York\u2019s Soul pays tribute to love – his favorite topic – in this new effort, and mainly to the love he has been sharing with his wife for the last 40 years. His powerful and unique voice vibrates on the almost erotic harmonies composing this new album. The songs exhale mastery and authenticity, while taking us through a romantic journey in 1970\u2019s New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen:\u00a0\u00a0Apple Music\u00a0<\/a>\/\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Deezer\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Labelle<\/h5>\n
Orchestre Univers<\/h5>\n

For his third album, Labelle teams up with the National Orchestra of Reunion Island for a sonic odyssey across Post-Maloya and electronic experimentations. Inbetween past and present, trance and serenity, organic and electronic, Indian Ocean\u2019s rhythms and Detroit Techno, Labelle deconstructs his influences in a singular way. In Orchestre univers<\/em>, his third album recorded live with the National Orchestra during a four-date tour of the island, the producer opens a new chapter in the merging of classical and electronic music.<\/span>
\nFrom the forty-or-so available musicians, J\u00e9r\u00e9my chose a handful of instruments and twelve performers to revisit three titles from his discography and offer seven new ones. The album floats between tradition and modernity, giving Labelle\u2019s music a new dimension.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ruby Rushton<\/h5>\n
Ironside<\/h5>\n

London-based, Tenderlonious-led Jazz Quintet Ruby Rushton took the scene by storm in 2017, following up their highly acclaimed debut release Two For Joy<\/em> in 2015, with not one, but two new albums – Trudi\u2019s Songbook: Volume One<\/em>\u00a0& Trudi\u2019s Songbook: Volume Two<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new album Ironside<\/em>\u00a0is influenced by jazz greats but equally by contemporary urban culture. Ironside<\/em> was recorded at Abbey Road\u2019s Studio 3 in just two days \u2013 capturing the band\u2019s essence and vitality as players. The quartet\u2019s fresh, high energy sound is rooted in the spiritual concepts of John Coltrane and Yusef Lateef, prime period Headhunters, Afrobeat, Hip Hop, Jungle and House.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Ady Suleiman<\/h5>\n
Thoughts & Moments Vol. 1<\/em><\/h5>\n

After his acclaimed debut album Memories<\/em>, Ady Suleiman released\u00a0Thought & Moments Vol.1<\/em>, a mixtape featuring tracks initially recorded on voice memos on his phone during the last months of his tour. In this new effort he brilliantly strolls through the R\u2019n\u2019B spectrum. Throughout the mixtape, his vocal poise and elegant melodies carry his experimentations, attesting to his status as a major ambassador of the new UK Neo-Soul scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen:\u00a0Apple Music\u00a0<\/a>\/\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Deezer\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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KiddBlack, Moor Sound<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Here for a Good Time Not for a Long Time<\/h5>\n

Born from spontaneous studio-sessions, \u201cHere for a Good Time, Not a Long Time\u201d is a collaborative EP by Ghanaian rapper Kiddblack and producer Moor Sound. The vocalist, member of rising La Meme Gang collective, displays here his versatility as a songwriter and the influence of Moor Sound provides an experimental contribution with his beats, adding a new element to the project. Though laced with hip-hop party anthems and feelgood choruses, this release doesn\u2019t lack any deepness.<\/span>
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Listen:\u00a0Apple Music\u00a0<\/a>\/\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Deezer\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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