{"id":75416,"date":"2021-03-19T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=75416"},"modified":"2021-03-19T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:00:03","slug":"skillz-8figure-dark-vibrations-from-accra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/skillz-8figure-dark-vibrations-from-accra\/","title":{"rendered":"Skillz 8Figure, dark vibrations from Accra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The emerging Ghana-based artist has delivered his 2nd EP, offering a glimpse into his melancholic and dreamy last few months of isolation.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh off his Tiffany Calver-stamped debut EP <em>Gangster Luv<\/em>, Skillz 8Figure had to put things on pause because of the pandemic. It was during that time that his latest project, <em>After Dark, <\/em>was born. \u201cAt the time of the recording, I was feeling dark, mixed emotions,\u201d he tells us. \u201cI had just got out of a crazy relationship, and all my thoughts were boxed and channelled into one direction. Those were the colours I was seeing during that time, red and green. All those songs were recorded in the early morning, from like 12am to 4 or 5am\u201d. The vulnerability of the singer and the preciousness of these late-night studio sessions are well captured. On \u201cSempe\u201d, Skillz exposes his most intimate feelings, while on \u201cType of way\u201d, he explores dreamy afro-fusion sounds, inspired by the deep introspection of the previous months.&nbsp; \u201cI just like to mess around with different elements and give the listeners a mood!\u201d, he adds. \u201cMore precisely, the exact mood I\u2019m feeling when I\u2019m recording\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Skillz8figure - Like Dat Feat. Pyscho YP (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKVsqspC8bA?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Skillz8figure &#8211; Like Dat Feat. Pyscho YP (Lyric Video)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If <em>After Dark<\/em> is an intimist project, it didn\u2019t prevent Skillz from surrounding himself with some of the most promising acts of the region. \u201cLike that\u201d, for example, is a jazzy banger in collaboration with Nigeria\u2019s star-in-the-making PsychoYP, while the bouncy \u201cMake sense\u201d features <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/oxlade\/\">Oxlade<\/a>. Some Accra top players are also present, like singers Twitch 4Eva and Enam. Skillz, who is of Sierra-Leonian descent, could have imagined a collaboration with an artist from his home country, but the influence of his culture is present in a different way. \u201cSierra Leone had a role to play in this project, because everything I\u2019ve seen and all the places I\u2019ve been exposed to also had a major role in playing how my music sounds, or in how I sing and pronounce certain words\u2026\u201d. Finally, music genres from across the Atlantic have also had an impact on the project, as Skillz always tries to \u201cinfuse rnb and hip-hop with the <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/afrobeats\/\">afrobeats<\/a>\u201d. The singer definitely makes good use of his rich influences. But where does he stand in terms of scenes, of public? \u201cI feel like I\u2019m just an artist all the way round. I\u2019m versatile. I could be part of both the afrobeats scene and the alternative scene. I\u2019m a little bit of everything\u201d. <em>After Dark <\/em>is a good entry point for the listeners to discover the multifacets of Skillz as he gets ready to unveil even more. This EP is just a start in what looks to be a very promising year for one of Africa\u2019s rising talents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>After Dark <\/em>is available in all platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/cncdistro.digital\/AD\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Skillz 8Figure in our One Dance playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5fzbLUbqLiEvriBPMlLNbf?si=-0mH0IkjTN6PQ-2ZGmXuCg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/fr\/playlist\/2316095842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8228f815-after-dark-official-cover-art.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emerging Ghana-based artist has delivered his 2nd EP, offering a glimpse into his melancholic and dreamy last few months of isolation. 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