First Listen: Spoek Mathambo, 'Mzansi Beat Code'
Mzansi Beat Code is a groove-packed, sociopolitical statement that places the 34-year-old producer at South Africa's creative center.
by Piotr Orlov
Apr 06, 2017
3 minutes
is Spoek Mathambo's fifth solo album, the latest salvo of a decade-plus-long career during which the rapper/producer has established himself as one of South Africa's primary contributors to the global dance-music zeitgeist. It is also a far-flung, sociopolitical unification statement that, in one form or another, isn't new to Spoek. But unlike prior attempts, doesn't simply consider and curate the diverse sounds of South Africa's nine provinces; it is a fully formed point
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