Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2022 Thread (Often African bands)

I just listened to new single from Fally Ipupa , Congolese rumba artist. He had a new album out too. Single was just ok but am still cute hear the album

good luck with that lol, it’s 31 tracks, 3h30 playing time - has he gone amapiano, is what I’d like to know

good question! Latest single/video was pretty long in fact

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1721707611_10.jpg

From 2018; a friend just now sent it. African Victime's shrewd studio presentation got more attention and was enjoyable, but I found it a hair too slick for full engagement. Here he just lets fly, w/o getting too self-indulgent, and band is usually groovy, esp. on finale.

Recorded in the spring of 2017 over 3 evenings. These raw, unedited, live recordings were fueled by laughter, and Azawad gunpowder tea.

https://elitebeat.bandcamp.com/album/mdou-moctar-meets-elite-beat-in-a-budget-dancehall

Azawad gunpowder tea

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/arts/music/tshala-muana-dead.html

RIP Congolese singer Tshala Muana at too young an age. I liked her album Mutuashi

Looks like this new release of his early work has some of that xxpost Budget Downhall appeal, and maybe more:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mdou-moctar-niger-ep-vol-1-and-vol-2/

I just listened to new single from Fally Ipupa , Congolese rumba artist. He had a new album out too. Single was just ok but am still cute hear the album

― curmudgeon, dinsdag 20 december 2022 17:21 bookmarkflaglink

good luck with that lol, it’s 31 tracks, 3h30 playing time - has he gone amapiano, is what I’d like to know

― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), dinsdag 20 december 2022 17:58

listened to the entire album over the course of this last day of 2022. I’ve never listened to Ipupa (or Congolese music in general) much, so can’t compare it to (his) other/earlier stuff, but I enjoyed this (I mean, I stayed the course until the end!) - the quality level stays comfortably high throughout. don’t expect modern beats, amapiano or otherwise, the whole thing is relentlessly old-school.

Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2023 Thread (Often African bands)

2023 thread here

https://afropop.org/articles/new-africa-2022-video-playlist

https://afropop.org/articles/2022-afropop-best-of-amapiano-and-afrobeats-top-10

These afropop. org lists are kinda randomly chosen it appears , but y'all might still find them of interest