Sho Madjozi & Double Zuksh release single ‘Zamaleky’
Taken from the wider collaborative Various Artists Compilation 'Chromesthesia' Charting Centuries of African Migration
Hitches together the languid log-drum bass and tempo of South Africa’s amapiano dance style with the lyrical attitude of Egypt’s trap scene and the autotune of its Mahragan (carnival). From one end of the African continent to the other, South African rapper Sho Madjozi and Cairo hip-hop duo Double Zuksh take turns on the mic, spitting boasts back and forth in Arabic and English over a buzzing mizmar riff. Sho Madjozi draws on Tsonga culture in her work. Double Zuksh hold court as major names in Egypt, making waves with tough, stylish hits like “Enta Habibi Yala.”
The single is taken from the wider collaborative Various Artists Compilation Charting Centuries of African Migration. The compilation is the brainchild of Egyptian historian Hannah Elsisi (NYU AD, Cambridge), Chromesthesia—aptly named "the colour of sound”.
'Chromesthesia' features a veritable avengers team of everyone’s favourite producer: Sho Madjozi, Asher Gamedze, Nick Léon, Deena Abdelwahed, Kelman Duran, GAIKA, Lord Tusk, Covco, Julmud, LYZZA, DJ Babatr, Baby Cocada, 3Phaz, LAFAWNDAH, Double Zuksh, Lamin Fofana, Maurice Louca.
Chromesthesia launches its inaugural compilation investigating soundscapes of errantry and migration along 15-20 sites of the global mangrove archipelago through the fundamental notion of sonic rights. From Rio to Cairo, Miami to Kampala - Chromesthesia probes the audiopolitics of diaspora. Who controls these sounds? How does music intersect with human rights? What does belonging mean in our globalised soundscape?
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