Kususa - Inkinga (Extended Mix)

Rising sensation Nico De Andrea and Montreal-based DJ/Producer Andrew Pololos, together with Mopao Mumu on vocal duty, receive an afro glitch courtesy of South African maestro Fka Mash.
Together, they combine their appeal for Afro House vibes with an emotional message celebrating the strength of independent women.

Nico de Andrea
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicodeandrea_music
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djnicodeandrea
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmaVpsik_wHncmEV2m7DgCA

Andrew Pololos
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewpololos/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8R65gUljf0XsjwFP22GQjA/videos
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/pololosandrew

Mopao Mumu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mopaomumu/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1iD-Z5mLJga2eG_aoTbLFw

Fka Mash:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realfkamash
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfkamash/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/realfkamash

DHSA Premiere: Nico de Andrea & Andrew Pololos - Woman (Fka Mash Afro Glitch)

Captivating soulstress Awen returns with her latest spellbinding work, the far-reaching and profoundly moving album, Redemption. French-Senegalese artist Awen's powerful voice and searingly personal musical message continues to win her admirers from the realms of Afro-house, neo-soul, and spiritual trip-hop. The new album is typically sincere in tone and production, with many of the scintillating songs contained within inspired by the recent arrival of Awen's first child and her journey into motherhood. Negotiating themes of race, identity, heritage, and mortal toil, the deeply engaging music is rich with imagery and emotion throughout the collection.

In a subtle departure from her Afro-house roots, much of the music arrives as an introspective meditation. From the melancholy poetry of opener 'The Ashes Fall' to the stirring cinematic wonder of 'Live Out Loud', each track tells its own story, weaving vivid imagery into carefully sculpted sonic landscapes as the album elegantly unfurls. Stirring floor-focused moments arrive too, including the rousing rhythms and high drama of 'Redemption', the pulsing drums and striking chords of 'Unstoppable', and the gorgeous ocean-side dream-scape of 'Sweet Mama'.

Working with a far-reaching selection of producers including revered talents Cehashi, Enoo Napa, Candy Man, and Liva K – as well as rising stars Statix, Kingflava, Demaya, and Kaargo – Awen shows her willingness to take musical risks in a quest to conjure fresh and unexpected sounds from fresh sonic perspectives. These collaborations coupled with the sincerity of her approach and gravity of her lyrical and vocal performance ensure Redemption is genuinely memorable and bursts with tantalizing surprises.

“I started this album thinking I was writing it for my son,” says Awen. “I wanted to tell him about his ancestors, the grandparents that he will never meet. also about myself, the struggles that I had growing up. Maybe my songs would help him feel understood and see one day. With the writing of each song, I realized that I was actually going through a healing process that was long overdue.” Displaying power and vulnerability, stunning musicality, and luminous vocal performance throughout the album shows Awen in dazzlingly unfettered creative form, with this collection she presents here nothing short of unforgettable.

Redemption

Buy/Stream

Awen - I Will Survive

Matasa

Matasa (feat. NaakMusiQ & Candy Man)

Unfold Voices EP

Voices (DJEFF Remix)

Dust and Fire

Intro – whisper vocal, flute echo, deep pulse bass]

The night breathes in gold and blue,  
Lanterns drift, the sky feels new.  
In your eyes I found my home,  
Hearts of the river, never alone.  

[Chorus]  
Flow, flow, hearts of the river,  
One soul, one sound, forever.  
Beneath the moon, the water glows,  
Where love begins and never goes.  

[Bridge – soft vocal echo]  
Whispered winds of Hanoi streets,  
Dreams awake where silence meets.  
Through Saigon lights we fade and rise,  
The rhythm lives, the spirit flies.  

[Outro]  
Hearts of the river — calling through time,  
Vietnam in my soul, forever in rhyme.

hearts-of-the-river-–-trái-tim-dòng-sông”2.mp3

In every man and woman's life there is a higher power. A powerful invisible but present force that guides us and protects us no matter our religious beliefs. Shona & Fresh deliver this celebration jam called "Mukuru" a SHONA word which means "GOD", "JEHOVAH", "ELDER", "LORD". With the hypnotic voice of the talented Audius Mtawarira, this is a straight forward, percussion and drums heavy tune guided by an Indian chant vocal and beautiful chord progression. A perfect tune for all dance floors and merriments. 


CREDITS:
Music Production by Shona SA & DJ Fresh (SA)
Vocals Performed by Audius
Composed by Tichaona Cleopas Ponde, Thato Owen Sikwane & Audius Mtawarira
Mastered by Michele Papa, M&S Studios, New York
Publishing: Stentfire Publishing & Sheer Publishing Limited

For more information or licensing requests: 
info@celsiusdegree.com
http://www.celsiusdegree.com

Mukuru

Shona SA & DJ FRESH (SA) Feat. Audius - Mukuru [CDR039]

You Got the Moves

You Got the Moves (feat. Bobbi Fallon)

In isiZulu, “Bamkile” means they have left.  This is a musical piece narrating the many departures from homes by women and children due to gender based violence (GBV) visited upon them. It is a cry out to the Almighty to cause a cognitive shift in the perpetrators of GBV and effect a change. 

CREDITS
Music Production by Saint Evo
Vocals Performed by Nomvula SA
Composed by Stephen Njeru & Nomvula Esther Tshabalala
Mastered by Saint Evo, Celsius Degree Studios, Kenya
Publishing: Celsius Degree Entertainment Limited

For more information or licensing requests: 
info@celsiusdegree.com
http://www.celsiusdegree.com

Bamkile

Bamkile (Original Mix)

Saint Evo Feat. Nomvula SA - Bamkile [CDR052]

We at Celsius Degree Records (CDR) believe that music is a potent form of alchemy that permits us to connect, on an intensely visceral and emotional level, to who we are and to our sense of belonging and purpose in the world.

Founded in 2013 by Producer/DJ Saint Evo inter alia, CDR acknowledges that music is an essential part of human life and that it is the greatest creation of human beings, which touches the soul and that also helps humans to sympathetically manifest unspoken desire and humanity in them. We are of the view that music is intrinsic to our essential nature, continues to affect our well-being and mould our world view.

In that vein, CDR is a place where one can find House music that is fecund with core energies of producers and artists from Soulful House, Deep House and Afro House. We can comfortably pose that, CDR is the home of good House music.