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Kelela on the Contact (Karen Nyame KG Remix) Artwork | (2023)

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Contact (Karen Nyame KG Remix) by Kelela

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Kelela - Contact (Karen Nyame KG Remix)

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karen nyame kg -- p.l.l.

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Kelela - Contact (Karen Nyame KG Remix)

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Kelela - Contact (Karen Nyame KG Remix)

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Karen Nyame KG - “Taboo”

Taboo [Self-Released, 2022]

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Song of the Day: P.L.L - Karen Nyame KG

Song of the Day: P.L.L - Karen Nyame KG

One year on from her acclaimed 2022 heater ‘Taboo’ and 2021’s sun-soaked Sensei II EP, ‘Goddess of Rhythm’ KAREN NYAME KG shares single, ‘P.L.L’ (Pretty Little Liar) with the announcement of her new imprint, Rhythm In The City. A lush and luxurious slice of deep Afro-house, drawing on her experiences with the darker side of romance, KG describes the track as, “a diary entry in music format”.…

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NSOMNIA w/ Haruna & Karen Nyame KG

"Listen back to Haruna and special guest Karen Nyame KG for 60 minutes of gems including tracks from Dj Karaba, VHOOR, Ian Finkelstein and more."

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1 and 2

1- Song of the year & 2- album of the year

I didn’t have as many obvious albums of the year!

My stats for this year show that the Beyonce Renaissance continued. The album came out in 2022 but the live tour came and was everything I needed. So many parts of myself came came flooding back, whether it was teary eyed being taken back to dangerously in love or the mantras of building new foundations via Break my Soul

Right before Renny we saw Janelle live for the Age of Pleasure tour. The album on first listen didn’t provide the same kind of catharsis as their previous records, and I wish it was longer. Whereas previous albums were sound cinema perfect for listening in isolation on your bedroom floor, Age of Pleasure wants to be heard in community, by the poolside, at the picnic, at the Lgbtqbebbbq2seWegonnaEATBBQ, etc. and so much of it clicked when I saw them perform the songs live.

I was lucky in terms of timing and location privilege that I was able to see Janelle 4-5 times during the release of the first two suites of Metropolis. Then a few times between the ArchAndroid and Electric Lady. But then there was a big gap for me being able to see them live between Electric Lady and Dirty Computer.

So my memory of them was being a debut artist, crowd surfing in smaller venues, opener for other artists etc. so to finally see them with an album like Age of Pleasure for a huge multicultural cross generational crowd with a record that directly references the music of the African diaspora felt special. I also think aside from the obvious motifs and liberation and inspiration of joy and pleasure, it’s also inspiring to see how this album developed new foundations and structures for Janelle the musician. Dirty computer freed them from the pressure of only being Cindi Mayweather, but Age of Pleasure just provides so much possibility for Janelle the artist.

In terms of newer artists, Amaarae’s Fountain Baby is so dynamic! No skips! Expansive! Explosive! Genre bending! Redefining what an Afrobeats album can be.

These aren’t albums but EPs that got lots of replay for 2023.

Mette - Mettenarrative

My partner introduced me to them and I never looked back. I love when dancers delve into music and you can hear their embodiment.

Karen Nyame KG - Red

Short but sweet polyrhythmic sensual drums for the dance floor. Wet is just so smooth and DOES something to me.

Dawn Richard - The Architect

Dawn is a top favorite. And this EP is 17 minutes and three tracks but feels like a full length album journey. The way she continues to play with genre and what her voice can and glide through crunchy textures is an elixir. The prerelease single was Bubblegum which was a fun moment for dancing but in the context of the EP everything is WORLDBUILDING. An ecosystem of sound.

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songs as usual.