It’s about bringing the past into the now and then imagining how it could be expressed in the future’įrom a Western perspective, Afrofuturism is having a moment¬ ― but that’s what it is, a Western perspective that grants a certain neat status to what it sees on the concert stages of its own continents. ‘Afrofuturism is a way to describe the meeting of the electronic and the tribal. In their review of Transitions, The WIRE noted: “If today’s currents in East African electronic music have a more mainstream destiny, this might be how it starts.” Mutations is Faizal’s second full length album, following close on the heels of his acclaimed EP Transitions (May 2022 / Glitterbeat). Producer, dancer and choreographer Faizal Mostrixx's singular vision of East African electronic music is a lush sonic tapestry of polyrhythms, modern dancefloor styles, amapiano, Nile basin ceremonial chants and Pan-African field recordings.Ī stalwart of the explosive Kampala electronic music scene Mostrixx has collaborated with the Nyege Nyege collective appearing at both the African and European editions of their festival. A genre-defying Afrofuturist manifesto from Uganda.
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