OKAY GOD's first single release titled PULA produced by @zitomowa, meaning rain in his mother tongue, Sepedi, paints a vocalized picture with this song where he asks for rain from God and Ancestors.
 
Lyrics

E no gadima, pula
E no gadima, pula
E no gadima, pula
Ga e nyake gona

Badimo bešu iyoo
Badimo bešu iyoo
Badimo bešu
Badimo wee
Re kopa pula

Ke ye e no gadima
Ke ye e no gadima
Ke ye e no gadima

PULA

01 peace... peace

Cape Town-based BROKE, a cross-cultural clothing brand and weekly Sunday party in the heart of the city, collaborates with record label Space Sounds for today's takeover of #AbantuNoSignal.

Delivering a 1.5-hour mix of their own released & unreleased productions.

For those regarded as the misfits, and/or the rebels of society 🚀🚀🚀

#AbantuNoSignal 27 - Broke Klubhouse x Space Sounds Take Over

I recently graduated from the  SEMA Music Production course by Santuri East Africa. Sketching Sounds is a complication of 2 sketches I produced, wrote, mixed, and mastered for the course final project.

The process behind the tracks:

1) To The Sun -
For the course final project, 1 of 2 assignments entailed producing a sketch in a genre we are not too fond of, familiar with nor inclined to produce/perform. The genre I selected for this sketch was a deep house.

2)Take The Moment -

The other final project assignment required a sketch that incorporated culture and experimentation. From this sketch, I drew from sampling culture as a basis for creating the sketch's foundation and shaping a unique narrative which I did so by repurposing my own vocals from past unreleased projects, ambient soundscapes, and punchy drum and skit samples from some of my favorite artists (sampled in this sketch are Feel by Jacob Colier and Lianne La Havas, and Rafaels prayer by Sault).

For experimentation, my process of composition was guided by the approach of "a piacere" which is an Italian musical phrase meaning “to your pleasure/at will.” - a philosophy on musical expression where some aspects of a song – such as tempo or dynamics do not need the performer to follow the rhythm strictly. With this approach, in class, we were challenged to create a sketch without a metronome. To work around this limitation I began the track with a sample of a simple yet strong drum loop which I used to hold count and establish a starting pulse for the sketch.

Take The Moment

Take The Moment - Kalemela

FRIENDLY ACOUSTICS RADIO - GUESTMIX JULY 23 w/Volume RSA. The 3rd Guest Mix features a new Homie of ours, Saul/Volume RSA[ https://instagram.com/betternotcallsaul ] for a Hour playing some carefully curated Electronic/House hits & more. Enjoy

Tracklist : 

Balance or Lack There Of - Laurence Guy - Shall Not Fade

The Sun - Laurence Guy - Shall Not Fade

Guap - Yaeji - Yaeji 

Continue the Fun - The Mauskovic Dance Band - Soundway  

Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You- (Louie Vega Remix) - Funkadelic, Kendrick Lamar 
- C Kunspyruhzy Records Inc

Operator (DJ Koze's Extended Disco Version) - Låpsley - XL Recordings 

Fantasy Sweets - Fennec - Fennec 

Lone Raver - Barry Can't Swim - Shall Not Fade 

Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan's Extended Rework) - Connan Mockasin - Phantasy Sound 

Saw You For The First Time - Laurence Guy - Church 

Profite (Kazy Lambist Remix) - Moi Je - Crosswalk Records 

Melodie fur Millionen (Anthik & Felipe Puertes Remix) - FunkwerkStatt - Superfancy Recordings 

Jungelknugen (Four Tet Remix) - Todd Terje - Olsen Records 

Marea (we’ve lost dancing) (Original_Mix) -The Blessed Madonna and Fred Again - Atlantic 
Records UK 

If U Want (My Love) - Fennec - Fennec 

Observe, Pt. 2 - Chaos In the CBD - Rhythm Section International 

Distorted Fields - Chaos In The Cbd - In Dust We Trust 

Ikopol - Dauwd - Nova Records 		



FRIENDLY ACOUSTICS RADIO GUEST MIX JULY 23 w/Volume RSA

Tracklist: 

1. Zito Mowa - The Guy Wa Mopedi 
2. Oscar Jerome - Give Back What You Stole From Me (Nightmares On Wax Remix Dub)
3. Dego - My Standards Are (Not) Too High
4. Masters At Work - Our Time is coming (The Guestlist Remix)

SundaySessionsOn5 w/ Mamthug (09.04. 2023)

During a hot summer week in 2012 Kalaf Angelo, Gery Mendes, Bamba Nazar, Okmalumkoolkat and Nastio Mosquito came together to connect, compose and record at the Red Bull Studios in Amsterdam. The musicians, producers, visual artist and poet have a background in four different continents but rediscovered their joint heritage and passions rooted in the Motherland. During these sessions and conversations Boom Africa's first thematic EP was born: Boom Africa - The Love Affair.

Boom Africa was initiated by Metro54 and Africanhiphop.com to create a physical platform for music from all corners of Africa and the diaspora, and to promote dialogue and experimentation.

Boom Africa's first release is an ode to the love affair, reminiscent of what photographer Malick Sidibe captured in the imageries of the dancing lovers in the night clubs of 1960s Bamako. Festively, intimately courting your ears to travel with the music to Mogadishu, Luanda, Joburg or Kinsasha, cities that are being revived with injections of a generation of new dreamers and lovers. Boom Africa is a soft coup d'état on the domination of hyper-sexual dance music.

Credit : 
Africa Today
Vocals by: Kalaf Angelo 
Guitar: Gery Mendes
Rhodes: Bamba Nazar
Bass: Azaiez "ZouZou" Mami
Backgrounds vocals by: Bamba Nazar

Good Morning Sunshine
Vocals: Dino da Cruz
Vocals: OkmalumKoolKat
Bass: Azaiez "ZouZou" Mami

Lobolo
Vocals: Dino da Cruz
Vocals: Esperanzah aka Pinkoculus
Vocals: OkmalumKoolKat
Vocals: Nastimo
Guitar:  Gery Mendes 
Bass: Azaiez "ZouZou" Mami

Produced by Bamba Nazar for Blackstereo Shukran Publishing - Buma/Stemra
Mastering by Raheem at No Name Studio
Artwork: Love87 by Neals Niat
Boom Africa is curated by Amal Alhaag for Metro54 in collaboration with Africanhiphop.com


Boom Africa - Lobolo

@dunnkidda
@maramza

Dunn

A bass music producer who spent his formative years growing up in the UK being influenced by the early Grime scene and the then emerging Dubstep scene. In Cape Town he found a platform at the now defunct Cold Turkey and has played around CPT and Jozi at festivals and clubs such as Oppikoppi, Synergy, Bang Bar and Kitcheners. Having released on Enchufada, Dunn (formerly Dunn Kidda) has recently been experimenting with his own version of Kwaito seeing his music being licensed to the Hypebeast episode focused on South African fashion.

Maramza

Maramza is the tapeworm inside your head, straight out of South Africa, a producer of global future bass music. His music is a mix of distinct South African sounds mixed with future electronica. EPs such as Hungry Ingcuka and Low Magic exemplify his sound. His collaborations with local singer on tracks such as Cut The Cake and Inkwenkwezi has received acclaim. His sets mirror his production ethos, a throw-down of bass, hip-hop and house, with a distinctly kwaai sound.

Kwaai-Fi Vol1

Dunn - Laanie Level (Maramza Remix)

Bass Guitar by Zwide Ndwandwe 
Photograph by Joshua Powell 
Produced by ECHLN 

Original song: https://soundcloud.com/darkerthanwax/shirah-cheezer-echln-waiting-for-you-free-download-series

Shirah Cheezer & ECHLN - Waiting For You (Alternative Version)

Scrbbld Ppr (Martian Edit).

Daev Martian - 0010 WWA

Africanhiphop.com promotes hip hop and related music & culture from Africa on the web since 1997 (26 years online!). Our online news, feature stories and biographies as well as numerous offline compilations, documentaries, tours, newspaper features, radio shows, mixtapes and events since the mid-90s until today have contributed to the current explosion of urban African music around the world. On this channel you can hear select mixes from our monthly radio show (Africa Is Hot), the Afro Cosmic Club mixes by Africanhiphop.com founder Gioumanne (Jumanne), the Boom Africa series and more.

Boom Africa - Lobolo

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