Tshegue – 'Muanapoto'
There is not so much to tell you here. This EP track came to my attention via a video clip, one with that rarity of having a suggestion of a narrative and suspicion of truth about it. The video is such a rare thing, these days, we used to a lot more of those narrative videos and no one seems to make them any more. You could hear the track and really like it as music, but then you see that video and because I don't really know what the words are saying it made me realise there were all these other implications. The way the camera moves around was really good and it really opens it up. This ensemble - a singer from the Democratic Republic of Congo and a Franco-Cuban mixer - were entirely new to my ear and I can only hope they surprise and engage you in the same way. It's good to put something on the list that you haven't liked for a hundred years, it's good to have something that's hit you hard right away and you're enthusiastic about right now and share one of those, because sometimes things get missed.