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News: Oumou Sangare To release new album ‘Acoustic‘
Malian singing superstar, songwriter and activist Oumou Sangare has just announced details of her next release ‘Acoustic’ via No Format which will re-invent her 2017 album the super funky ‘Mogoya’. That previous record, her first after an 8 year absence, marked a step change for this singular artist with its pumping bass, guitar stabs and …
Track: Sven Wunder – Yügen
It might have gone under the radar, but people are beginning to realise the brilliance of Sven Wunder’s 2019 debut ‘Eastern Flowers’, as it mixed up Anatolian rock, European Jazz, library, funk, psychedelia and folk which persuaded fans of those genres to fork out up to £150 on Discogs for it. Anyway, he’s back for …
See: KOKOKO! Release new video for Zala Mayele, plus tour news
Following on from the success of their brilliant debut album Fongola, released last year, Kinshasa Afro-punk-jazz-funk collective KOKOKO! have released a new video for the track Zala Mayele. Built on a repeated baseline, Zala Mayele has this sort of bewitching, almost hypnotic slice of Afro funk, and it’s been accompanied by some startlingly berautiful video, …
See: Hope Tala releases new video for Lovestained
London singer/songwriter Hope Tala recently released a single, ‘Lovestained’. taken from her upcoming EP, and she’s followed that up with a new video for the track – which she describes as sitting ‘…in the grey area between infatuation and love – when you just want the person you’re interested in to give you a little …
Premiere: Shama releases new video for Truth BeTold
Ahead of her album ‘Truth BeTold’, out March 23rd via The GungHoDown, Shama, aka Shama Rahman has released an accompanying video for the title track, which we’re delighted to premiere here on Backseat Mafia. Recorded live, the album showcases her approach to composition and performance, and features the groundbreaking mi.mu gloves throughout, cutting edge tech …
See: Baloji releases new video for “Spoiler”
Taken from his forthcoming EP, 64 bits & Malachite, out on November 11th via Bella Union, Spoiler is apparently about “the people that remind you of reality when the party ends, spoiling the good times.” At least that’s according to its creator, Congolese-born, Belgium-based poet, composer, lyricist, beat maker, scriptwriter, actor, video artist and stylist, Baloji. …
Album Review: Ibeyi – Ibeyi
There’s been a fair bit of fuss about Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, known to us as Ibeyi and to some as daughters of famed percussionist Anga Díaz. Their first album, a self-titled affair is out today (February 16th) on the XL label and is a joyous mix of their own roots – the French Cuban …