{"id":42351,"date":"2018-05-24T16:31:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/batuk-portrays-south-africas-townships-in-new-album-kasi-royalty\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:37:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:37:33","slug":"batuk-portrays-south-africas-townships-in-new-album-kasi-royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/batuk-portrays-south-africas-townships-in-new-album-kasi-royalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Batuk portrays South Africa&#8217;s townships in new album Kasi Royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14508 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-759x543.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-1010x722.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-661x473.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bb6bd9;\"><strong>Spoek Mathambo and Manteiga&#8217;s band releases second album.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Batuk\u00a0is an acclaimed music project from Johannesburg, South Africa, lead by vocalist\/rapper\u00a0Manteiga\u00a0and producer\u00a0Spoek Mathambo, who having brought their riotous take on modern African music to stages around the world, are back with a new album,\u00a0<em>Kasi Royalty<\/em>. The album is an ode to the township roots that shaped them. The undeniably groovy album is a stellar combination of uptempo tracks, ethereal ballads, jazzy beats, midtempo\/kwaito groove and laid back flows that will have everyone busting out their special dance moves. Following their debut album,\u00a0<em>Musica da Terra<\/em>, which took a pan-African approach with the sounds and collaborations,\u00a0<em>Kasi Royalty<\/em>\u00a0focusses on a range of South African township sounds. It\u00a0is a dedication to the vibrant neighborhoods in Johannesburg where Manteiga and Spoek Mathambo grew up.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MWh28_7BM1k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kasi is a slang word for the township. The townships are the heart of musical culture in South Africa and draw a sound map of unparalleled richness across the country. Batuk went digging into many sounds for the <em>Kasi Royalty<\/em> songs. More urban than their debut, this album is also largely inspired by house music and kwaito, a South African derivative of house music with slower tempo and deeper bass. Born in the township of Soweto, at the time of Mandela\u2019s election, kwaito served as a soundtrack for the emancipation of black youth. With their hybrid of rap, afro-house, soul and zouk, Batuk brings kwaito up to date.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Listen\u00a0or download Batuk&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Kasi Royalty<\/em>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/IDOL.lnk.to\/Kasi_Royalty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #bb6bd9;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bb6bd9;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/nakhane-the-voice-of-an-angel-who-beats-the-devil\/\">Nakhane: the voice of an angel who beats his inner demons<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14510\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-2.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-2-759x1139.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-2-1010x1515.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-2-661x992.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-2-465x698.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Batuk-2-375x563.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spoek Mathambo and Manteiga&#8217;s band releases second album. Batuk\u00a0is an acclaimed music project from Johannesburg, South Africa, lead by vocalist\/rapper\u00a0Manteiga\u00a0and producer\u00a0Spoek Mathambo, who having brought their riotous take on modern African music to stages around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42351"}],"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=42351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42351"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=42351"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}