Brilliant dissection of how Phelimuncasi moved away from their roots on Izigqinamba. The shift from the primal gqom rhythms on Ama Gogela to those pointillist synths actually reminds me of seeing a band experiment live and wondering if the audience will follow or reject it. The paradox tho is that by the time they pivoted so hard away from gqom's trademark kick, amapiano had already swooped in, so they might've been chasing a ghost. Still curious hwere they land next.
It's just such a weird album because they don't even sound committed to the sound, and tracks just sort of fizzle out under 3 minutes where once they slammed for 5 minutes. Feel like the next one is sort of a make or break album, but one also notes that most western critics have already moved away from them anyway; didn't see (m)any reviews of Izigqinamba.
Brilliant dissection of how Phelimuncasi moved away from their roots on Izigqinamba. The shift from the primal gqom rhythms on Ama Gogela to those pointillist synths actually reminds me of seeing a band experiment live and wondering if the audience will follow or reject it. The paradox tho is that by the time they pivoted so hard away from gqom's trademark kick, amapiano had already swooped in, so they might've been chasing a ghost. Still curious hwere they land next.
It's just such a weird album because they don't even sound committed to the sound, and tracks just sort of fizzle out under 3 minutes where once they slammed for 5 minutes. Feel like the next one is sort of a make or break album, but one also notes that most western critics have already moved away from them anyway; didn't see (m)any reviews of Izigqinamba.