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• Teenage Dreams [Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2021] A-

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Teenage Dreams [Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2021]
The DJ Maphorisa and DJ Black Low amapiano albums I availed myself of in 2021--I'm sure there've been plenty more South African electrodance albums since, but cut me some slack, OK?--thrummed so steadily and vocalized so matter-of-factly that while part of me found them compelling another part didn't feel any special need to enlarge my stock. But two years later I tripped over this not dissimilar album and found the relatively unkempt drums and wider range of electro effects exactly suited the degree of further marginal differentiation insatiable sonic dabblers like me freshen their ear-mind cocktails with. A-