Black President (Doc) | LONDON PREMIÈRE
Mpumelelo Mcata, one of South Africa’s leading artists and cultural activists, asks: ‘What is Black Guilt? I’ve often asked myself, why can’t artist Kudzanai Chiurai be free to just paint flowers or some shit…?’ The answer comes in the form of the directors’ first feature, Black President. Premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year, the film […]
Petite Noir new music video for ‘La Vie Est Belle’
Congolese-Angolan producer and Noirwave originator Petite Noir shares the mesmerizing new video for “La Vie Est Belle/ Life is Beautiful,” the title track from his debut album featuring Congolese-Belgian MC Baloji. The nearly 5-minute video takes place in a hyperreal virtual realm where Noir can be seen in an array of vivid digital spaces, bedecked in multicolored designs and formations.
“With this video, I wanted […]
Gqom premier on The Fader
Gqom is a South African house genre that’s taking the coastal town of Durban by storm. In The FADER back in 2013, Jumping Back Slash described it as “a more broken sound, a lot more minimal than normal SA house and rarely four to the floor, it’s a raw sound.” Now that the genre is gaining […]
Owiny Sigoma Band Premiere ‘Changaa Attack’
London-Nairobi’s Owiny Sigoma Band, a revolving collective formed by Western Kenyan musicians and UK artists, come through with “Changaa Attack,” the new single off their forthcoming third album Nyanza. Recorded in percussionist Charles Owoko and nyatiti player Joseph Nyamungu‘s home of Nyanza Province, Owiny Sigoma Band’s new full-length LP seeks to explore the intricacies of Luo music.
The hypnotizing “Changaa Attack” — named after the potent Kenyan homebrew ‘changaa’ […]