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Blick Bassy - Woñi
Blick Bassy - Woñi
Sounds like: Manu Dibango, Roseaux, Amadou & Mariam
Tags: Editor's Pick, soul, african, amadou and mariam
By Jami Selikow on Jan 10, 2023 | I'm not one who is able to speak on the importance of unique lives peaking through the very dominant Western voice that permeates most of our collective media. I do, however, have a sneaking suspicion that it's of ... read more →
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Fonosaur - Engolo
Fonosaur - Engolo
Sounds like: Ulf Blonde, Onipa, Kondi Band
Tags: Editor's Pick, downtempo, african, organic house
By Jami Selikow on Jun 1, 2022 | I'm giving this one to the organic house genre, and yes, the genre is made all the better for it. What a track!With "Engolo," Fonosaur perfectly fuses an African-inspired vocal track with a style of house that's re... read more →
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Red Robyn - Got Me (Ft. The World of Birds)
Red Robyn - Got Me (Ft. The World of Birds)
Sounds like: San Cisco, Magdalena Bay, Al Bairre
Tags: Editor's Pick, female vocalist, indie pop, san cisco
By Jami Selikow on May 8, 2020 | Hello South Africa. It's good to be back home. After two years away, I'm glad to have Red Robyn welcome me back with her track "Got Me" featuring The World of Birds.There's something about the South African indie m... read more →
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Someone Someone - Serenity
Someone Someone - Serenity
Sounds like: Populous, Christian Kleine, Isan, Nuuro
Tags: Editor's Pick, Electronic, downtempo, beats
By Jason Grishkoff on Jan 2, 2018 | Step 1 to enjoying this track: get some high quality headphones with a bit of a bassy thump. Step 2 to enjoying this track: turn up the volume on those headphones. Vancouver-based due Someone Someone released this beat about two weeks ago, and it c... read more →
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Modibo Diabate & Les Djeliya - Sabu Ye Mogo Yala
Modibo Diabate & Les Djeliya - Sabu Ye Mogo Yala
Sounds like: Ali Farka Toure, Maalem Mahmoud Guinia, Oumou Sangaré, Vukazithathe
Tags: Editor's Pick, world music, african, world
By Dylan Heneck on Aug 1, 2017 | Recorded in the home of Modibo Diabate in Bamako, Mali, this song, to me, is a testament to the beauty of music. It highlights what likely a lot of the musicians featured on Indie Shuffle take for granted, access to recording equipment, maybe if that... read more →
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Vukazithathe - Iyakhalalendoda
Vukazithathe - Iyakhalalendoda
Sounds like: Spoek Mathambo, Bongeziwe Mabandla, Maalem Mahmoud Guinia
Tags: Editor's Pick, world music, afro-beat, guitar
By Dylan Heneck on Jun 16, 2017 | Tracks with African roots have received extra attention from me recently. During a recent trip to Spain there was an instrumentalist from Morocco who genuinely snake charmed me, and now I want to impress you all in the same way. No jokes though abou... read more →
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Bongeziwe Mabandla - Ndokulandela
Bongeziwe Mabandla - Ndokulandela
Sounds like: Antonicious, Thomas Traspedini, Stimela
By Matthew Rightford on Jun 28, 2017 | Just over a month ago I posted about one of Cape Town's most exciting performances of the year - that of Petite Noir and Bongeziwe Mabandla, who had recently just released his second album, Mangaliso (meaning Miracle in his home language of isiXhosa)... read more →
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Mabiisi - King (Riot Stereo & SURAJ Remix)
Mabiisi - King (Riot Stereo & SURAJ Remix)
Sounds like: Black Coffee, Maalem Mahmoud Guinia, Clap! Clap!
Tags: Editor's Pick, house, dance, world music
By Dylan Heneck on Jun 14, 2017 | Oh, how my life changed for the better when I found Akwaaba Music (a Ghanaian label that releases music from all corners of Africa). It's something like the time your mother and father found one another, you wouldn't exist otherwise. This post, in t... read more →
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