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Produced by Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and production duo Radioclit (composed of Swede Johan Hugo and Frenchman Etienne Tron), electro-Afro-pop outfit the most effective found fruition in 2008 following the trio’s free of charge online mixtape Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit Will be the Very Best discovered unforeseen global success. Their …

Konono Zero. 1 have mixed the soul of traditional African music using the rubbish instrument concept as well as the intensifying electronic facet of contemporary times. The group’s name was L’Orchestre Folklorique T.P. Konono No. 1 de Mingiedi, “T.P.” becoming translated as “all effective.” (It had been also a tribute …

Puerto Rico-based ÌFÉ may be the music, visual, and religious task of American drummer/manufacturer/singer Otura Mun (delivered Tag Underwood). Self-described simply because “upcoming Afro-Caribeña fusion,” ÌFÉ’s audio is usually a cross-cultural amalgam that begins using the sonic discussions of Cuban rhumba and provides layers of digital synth textures, polyrhythmic patterns, …

Ennanga Vision can be an intercontinental cooperation incorporating traditional Ugandan equipment and abstract, deconstructed consumer electronics. The task was founded by London-based manufacturer Jesse Hackett (of Owiny Sigoma Music group) and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Albert Ssempeke, with efforts by North Ugandan star Otim Alpha and Acholi wedding ceremony vocalist Geoffrey Opiyo Twongweno. …

Fantasma is a South African collective that manically grafts together hip-hop, Zulu maskandi music, shangaan electro, psych, South African home, and punk. Founded in 2013 by rapper/manufacturer/vocalist Spoek Mathambo, he enlisted DJ Spoko (the godfather of “Bacardi home”), guitarist André Geldenhuys (Machineri), veteran multi-instrumentalist Bekisenzo Joseph Cele (Vukazithathe NeziNgane ZaKhe) …

Batida may be the name of the task from Angolan/Portuguese DJ Pedro Coquenão (also called DJ Mpula) where he combines examples from classic Angolan tracks through the 1970s with contemporary electronic dance music, a mix that is referred to as “the wildest Angolan road party.” The Batida task began like …

OY certainly are a Berlin-based duo comprising Swiss-Ghanaian vocalist/musician Pleasure Frempong and drummer/manufacturer Lleluja-Ha. Frempong represents her music as experimental soul-glitch-jazz-avant-hip-pop. It’s a good categorization provided her audio. She got her initial major exposure in conjunction with the Swiss electronica collective Filewile, offering guest vocals on the 2007 Nassau Therapeutic …