“I think of music — South African music in this case — as having a heartbeat. A heartbeat that tells us something of the places we have been, of our desires and our strifes, that tells us something of those we have met along the way and of the Edens we hope to one day…
It’s one thing to release a critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut album but to do it twice is a rare feat that not few alternative Kenyan musicians can boast about. Kenyan musician, DJ and producer Blinky Bill’s debut album “Everyone’s Just Winging It and Other Fly Tales” which featured classics such as “Atenshan” and…
“It’s a song about the chemistry you have with a hot stranger at the club. The harmonies are everything.” — Maya Amolo The first single from Full Full Condition Vol. 3, the next compilation album from TANGAZA Magazine, is ‘Bend It’. The song features emerging Ugandan pop star Joshua Baraka and Kenyan Alt-R&B singer Maya…
Oluwatosin Ajibade or Mr Eazi has been one of the most prominent artists to come out from Ghana. His Banku style which fuses Ghanaian highlife music with Nigerian chord progressions has propelled him to the top of Africa’s streaming charts. From chart-topping singles to collaborations with some of the biggest artists in the world, Mr…
Afro-futurism is characterized by Ingrid LaFleur, as the, “imagining of possible futures through a black cultural lens.” It often features booming bass drums, rattling percussions and the presence of an electronic bass or keyboards. It often seeps into different genres from R&B to jazz to reggae, and alternative pop as seen through the works of…
Songwriter and singer Preyé has been a musician bubbling under in Nigeria’s R&B space. She has released a few singles over the past year and is ready to make her statement to the world with her debut project, “Don’t Look Down!” The seven-track EP follows the success of her lead single, “Crayons” which landed her…
“Not everybody outside is happy, our people are authentic to themselves. Even in turmoil, there is beauty” Chukwuka Nwobi 24 year old visual artist Chukwuka Nwobi, said that their motivation to tell a story that is true to life, was inspired by real events that were transpiring around them. They said that the story is…
DARKOWA’s richly textured sound traverses the often weird and sometimes wonderful world of love and connection. Drawing from her own experiences DARKOWA explores grief, loss and the difficulty and power of letting go. Her latest offering, ‘Searching the World‘— released on September 9th — brings us into her enthralling world dramatised by balmy vocals that…
Toronto has become the epicentre of a new class of R&B, spawning the likes of The Weeknd, PartyNextDoor, dvsn, and Majid Jordan. GiftedbyGifted has added his name to that list with his experimental mix of R&B and Afro-Caribbean fusion. Gifted or Nathan Kyle Frederick has been obsessed with music since he was five-years-old when he…
The Charles Géne Suite is a culmination of musicians who have cross pollinated genres to produce an amazing blend of sounds. Their debut album Suite Nites was released on the 1st of July 2022 featuring some of South Africa’s most promising musicians. On Monday, 29th of August 2022, they debuted their first music video. Not…
In many ways, it really does seem that the podcast is the art form of our time (or at least of this moment). As a technology, its potency lies in its ability to travel seamlessly across borders and cultures — a kind of triumph of distribution in a manner similar to that evoked by author…
One of South Africa’s most beloved R&B acts is back with a new offering. But could the moments in between is an eight-track exploration into love by the artist, Manana. The project stays true to Manana’s signature tone while introducing different elements. He started working on it in September 2020 and completed it in May…
