{"id":41957,"date":"2019-02-22T17:42:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/5-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week\/"},"modified":"2019-02-22T17:42:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T15:42:45","slug":"5-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/5-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"5 albums you need to hear this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

A list of albums\u00a0released\u00a0this week, in no particular order.<\/h4>\n

With Fokn Bois, Star Band de Dakar, IAMDDB,\u00a0Deena Abdelwahed\u00a0and Scraaatch.<\/p>\n

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Fokn Bois<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Afrobeats LOL\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n

Ghanaian duo FOKN Bois are celebrated for their most unconventional way of entertaining with ingeniously tasteful shock lyrics, revolutionary performance art & indulgent progressive afro sounds. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Afrobeats LOL<\/em> is a collaboration with the emergent Hip-Life Accra scene like Mr Eazi, Medikal, Sister Deborah, Dex Kwasi and also high-life icon Gyedu Blay Ambolley.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>They like to disturb, as shown in their name, \u2018Fokn Bois\u2019 being an old slang for \u2018little rascals\u2019. The name of the album embodies the duo\u2019s identity as well: it\u2019s a witty gibe to those who tend to gather all African music underground the \u201cafrobeats\u201dcatch-all genre.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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IAMDDB<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swervvvvv.5<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Urban jazz trailblazer IAMDDB releases her new album <\/span>Swervvvvv.5 <\/span><\/i>on Union IV recordings, the final installment of\u00a0ongoing EP series.\u00a0Born Diana Debrito, the 22-year-old from Manchester \u2013 via Portugal and Angola \u2013combines timeless soul and jazz in the tradition of Nat King Cole and Erykah Badu.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Swervvvvv.5<\/i> goes from laid-back jazzy tracks\u00a0fusing vocals with\u00a0trap beats, in an overall cloudy and\u00a0chill-out universe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen on Spotify<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Deezer<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Star Band de Dakar<\/h6>\n
Psicodelia Afro-Cubana de Senegal<\/em><\/h6>\n

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the cuban revolution, Ostinato Records<\/a><\/span> releases Psicodelia Afro-Cubana de Senegal, a selection of six of the most psychedelic afro-cuban songs of the renowned Star Band de Dakar.<\/p>\n

In these carefully picked tracks, the band covers cuban songs and integrates these influences in their compositions. Chang\u00fc\u00ed, Guajira and the Montuno sound are re-interpretated by electric guitars, brasses and Sabar drums. \u00a0Ostinato pays tribute to this transatlantic musical connexion.<\/p>\n

Order \/ listen\u00a0on\u00a0Bandcamp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Scraaatch<\/h6>\n
Teardrops<\/em><\/h6>\n

Experimental duo Scraaatch, consisting of Mhysa and Lawd Knows brings emotionality to the club. <\/span>TEARDROPS <\/span><\/i>was created through the duo\u2019s hybrid DJ\/live PA performances, taking shape over four years. <\/span><\/p>\n

As they present it \u201cthe tracks on TEARDROPS express our sentiments surrounding Black life, death, hypervisibility and refusal as we confront the reality that the club\u2014like the rest of this world\u2014can be a vulnerable space.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Listen on\u00a0Bandcamp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Deena Abdelwahed\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Tawa remixes EP<\/em><\/h6>\n

The tunisian-born artist and activist comes back with Tawa Remixes EP. M.E.S.H, Karen Gwyer, Basile3 and Clip rework the track from her album Khonnar released on Infin\u00e9. <\/span><\/p>\n

These remixes add his propulsive, frenetic avant-garde bass music-inspired beats to Deena\u2019s singular blend of ambient, bass, techno, and Arabic influences and chants. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

Read next: Blick Bassy pays tribute to Cameroonian rebel fighter Ruben Um Nyobe on \u2018Ngwa\u2019 music video<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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