{"id":1922,"date":"2021-02-01T22:31:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T22:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2021-02-23T23:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:14:50","slug":"february-2021-good-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2021\/02\/01\/february-2021-good-to-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"february 2021 \u2013 good to hear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bank Alert<\/strong><\/a>
\nPSquare<\/strong>
\nIf you are looking for fun and happiness, you\u2019ve come to the right place! Full of self-irony, wit and vivid sounds, this is African dance music at its best. PSquare may history be as a duo, made up of the twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye, but their music lives on. Hailing from Nigeria their music grants them virtually equal fame all over black Africa. After a dramatic year for the power duo, overshadowed by legal fights and hassles, Square Records superstars Psquare have decided to bury the hatchet by sharing this new super hit titled Bank Alert. In their usual style, they harnessed their musical energy to unleash this mainstream anthem by combining a popular story (Local boy does good) with stunning visuals, amazing costumes and a wholesome choreography. Was this made in Lagos, New York or London? (sgs)
\nSquare Records | September 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lala Belu<\/strong><\/a>
\nHailu Mergia<\/strong>
\nThe Ethiopian keyboardist Haile Mergia is a master of the accordion, as well as playing the organ and the synthesizer, who started performing professionally as a teenager. He manifested a talent for modernizing folk songs, giving them a more contemporary beat, as well as blending in funk, soul and jazz tunes, lending his music its own unique style. He was one of the leaders of the musical revolution in his country and decided to stop singing in order to forego political censorship during dictatorship that stifled Ethiopian life in the Sixties. His group, the Walias Band, ended up getting the best job in Addis Abeba, become the house band of the Hilton Hotel. Having to respond to the wishes of the hotel guests gave Mergia a wide repertoire. In 1981, he and his band were invited to the United States, and the rest is history.\u00a0This video tells his story<\/a>.
\nAwesome Tapes from Africa | February 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

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Magic \u2013 feat. Lili M and Gaba cannal<\/strong><\/a>
\nDa Kruk<\/strong>
\nSouth African dance music and house DJ, radio personality and producer Kutloano \u00abDa Kruk\u00bb Nhlapo has had an impressive career that includes time spent on the University of South Africa\u2019s UJ FM as sports presenter, as the co-host of the Weekend Breakfast Show and of a saucy sex show called \u00abThe Dip\u00bb. He\u2019s now at YFM where he produces the drive time show and has been voted YFM\u2019s top producer for the Flava in the Morning breakfast show for three years running. \u00abDa Kruk’s long experience in the media and dance music world make his sets an eclectic experience on the dance floor. Combining hard-hitting afro bangers and hypnotizing sing-along and tribal sounds, he is always delivering a perfect blend of both mainstream and underground tunes.\u00bb (Apkpure)
\nMamba Productions | March 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bashiri<\/strong><\/a>
\nMoonchild Sanelly<\/strong>
\nPsychedelic, kaleidoscopoic, innovative, this video in a genre she calls \u00abFuture ghetto punk\u00bb was written and is performed by Sanelisiwe Twisha, the South African musician and dancer known as Moonchild Sanelli. She was born in Port Elisaeth on the Eastern Cape and is South Africa\u2019s \u00abQueen of Gqom\u00bb, a genre of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 2010s from Durban typified by minimal, raw and repetitive sound with heavy bass beats but without the regular rhythm pattern. (Wikipedia) She is a superstar with a flow so unique it’s earned her recent collaborations with Beyonc\u00e9, Die Antwoord, Gorillaz, Diplo and Wizkid. Moonchild Sanelly is excited to have the global spotlight on her and take her electrifying music and unique style to an International audience.
\nTrangressive Records | October 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

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I am Gqom<\/strong><\/a>
\nGriffit Vigo<\/strong>
\nFrom Durban, Griffit Vigo is a real innovator of the Gqom sound. Starting out in 2004 his journey as a musician has produced releases such as the timeless ‘DJ’ EP and global anthem \u2018Ree\u2019s Vibe\u2019 on the label GQOM. He is credited with introducing the \u2018sweep\u2019 sound to the genre, which he describes as sounding like \u00abthe sound of a broom.\u00bb \u00abThis mix is a fantastic selection of songs, that best describe my process when DJing,\u00bb Vigo says. \u00abTaking the listener on a musical journey from the intro, the body of the mix until it finally reaches its climax at my Gqom anthem \u2018Ree\u2019s Vibe\u2019!\u00bb
\n\u00abWhen I was in Durban the first time I noticed that Griffit Vigo was a kind of legendary figure, he\u2019d been inspiring all the Gqom Durban artists for a long time. Nobody knew where he was, but everybody was playing him\u2026\u00bb (Nan Kol\u00e8)
\nGqomq12 | October 2020<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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