Damon Albarn’s Africa Specific Announce New Album, Share Two Songs

Damon Albarn’s music collective Africa Specific has introduced their sixth album. Africa Specific Presents… Bahidorá can be launched on July eleventh through World Circuit. In anticipation, the primary two singles, “Mi Lado” and “Kuduro”, are streaming now.

The music collective’s first album in six years was recorded final 12 months in Mexico following a efficiency throughout Bahidorá Pageant. Bahidorá is “a sonic journey which distills the enjoyment of a musical journey in Mexico into 21 extraordinary songs,” in line with a press description. “That includes artists from 4 continents however with roots firmly planted in Mexico, it entwines wealthy musical traditions starting from cumbia, hip-hop and kuduro via to soul, salsa and the sweetest pop.”

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The album options over 30 artists, together with Albarn, Django Django, Joan as Police Girl, Baba Sissoko, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Poté, and Seye Adelekan, to call a number of.

Reggaeton-influenced “Mi Lado” options producer Alansito Vega, St. Lucian artist Poté, and feminist rapper Mare Advertencia. “Kuduro” finds inspiration in Afrobeats, with Malian artist Fatoumata Diawara, South African artist Moonchild Sanelly and producer Tom Excell credited as featured artists.

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Africa Specific will play a sequence of exhibits this summer season, together with at Roskilde Pageant and Cruïlla Pageant (get tickets right here).

Albarn based the Africa Specific mission in 2006 to be able to improve the visibility of African artists and music to Western audiences. In that 12 months, Albarn organized a visit which introduced Western artists like Fatboy Slim and Martha Wainwright along with African musicians like Amadou & Mariam, Toumani Diabaté, and Bassekou Kouyaté. Later, in the course of the 2012 Summer time Olympics in London, Africa Collective took over 80 artists from throughout the globe across the British Isle for a sequence of live shows.

In 2019, Africa Specific launched their fifth mission Africa Specific presents… Egoli.

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