#Nakhane

[queerafricans]

“From major label pop albums to introspective indie projects, LGBTQ+ artists brought their artistic visions to life throughout 2023.”

The 20 Best Pride Albums of 2023: Staff Picks

[jacobwren]

Nakhane - Christopher

[fangomusic]

Nakhane, Bastard Jargon

New music Wednesday

This is an exploratory pop album that is also skillfully curated and has funky Afro-Caribbean accents for the sophisticated, inquisitive listener. Being gay, Nakhane, a performer, songwriter, actor, and activist now residing in London, had to flee South Africa to avoid violence. Guest performers include Perfume Genius, Moonchild Sanelly, and Nile Rodgers.

[gregor-samsung]

Inxeba [The Wound] (John Trengove - 2017)

[garethschweitzer]

Nakhane

[underachievers-please-try-harder]

Track of the day // Nakhane - You’ve Got Me (Living Again)

From the album Bastard Jargon, out Spring 2023.

[sheltiechicago]

South African artist Nakhane talks to the New Review about their fractured childhood, conversion therapy, death threats – and making their queerest album yet.

Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer

[dukedebut]

new album every day [25.04.23]

Nakhane - Bastard Jargon

if you've been looking for inspiriting queer music, look no further! Bastard Jargon is packed with powerful lyrics, impactful instrumentals, and an apologetic queerness that keep you hooked! Nakhane's vocals on this are wonderful too, they are a masterful storyteller - this is a stellar album, PLEASE give it a listen!

my favourite tracks: Tell Me Your Politik (feat. Moonchild Sanelly & Nile Rodgers), Hear Me Moan, If You Were To Complain

[kaospheric]

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

The Caring, new music from Nakhane, at KAOS.

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Violent Measures • Clairvoyant • Interloper • You Will Not Die • Presbyteria • The Dead • Star Red • Fog • By The Gullet • All Along • Teen Prayer • Clairvoyant (Radio Mix) • New Brighton • Sweet Thing • Age Of Consent • Medicine • Hey, Lover • New Brighton (DJ Maphorisa Version)

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[queerafricans]

Genderqueer and African

Jean Grae (South Africa, Mauritius)

Temmie Ovwasa (Nigeria)

Le1f (Senegal)

Nakhane (South Africa)

Bilal Hassani (Morocco)

Laila Woozeer (Mauritius)

Kama La Mackerel (Mauritius)

[jacobwren]

Nakhane - Tell Me Your Politik (feat. Moonchild Sanelly & Nile Rodgers)

[megafaunatic]

blasting the music ray: 🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, and publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers 🎶✨

WEEHOOO WAHOO 💛💛💛 ty for the tag!!!

only 5 eh... some bangersss i have been enjoying recently:

buffalo by hurray for the riff raff off their new album THE PAST IS STILL ALIVE. that album BANGS and "buffalo" is one of my favorite tracks. "this year tried to kill us, baby / well good luck trying, you can't catch me!"

the neko case + eric bachmann version of sleep all summer, originally by crooked fingers (ie eric bachmann + lara meyerratkin). i love the original version (#1 crooked fingers fan) but/and neko case is one of the most beautiful singers of all time. this is truly 2 great tastes that taste great together!

my west african blues journey has taken me to tinariwen, which i understand is Thee preeminent tuareg desert blues group. just learned that my fave song off their album ELWAN has a BANGERRRR animated music video: nànnuflày

going home by my man leonard cohen... i think more artists should write songs about their musiciansonas. also i love his bg singers in basically every song but they're particularly beautiful in this one

i am basically always thinking about the plague by nakhane my best friend nakhane. TOTAL BANGER about gay situationships turning back into gay friendships. and allegiance and love and joy through terror. and the power of a beautiful trumpet solo

tagging UMM @cairoscene @houtaroo @tigerjpg @dcyiyou @feyburner @vinelark @whatisthiswitchcraft @fruitdaze @thgchoir AND @uhuraisgay AND anyone else who wants to. list some songs

[grapehyasynth]

Get to know me better tag game

tagged by @oldfarmwitch thank you!

favorite color - blue. though i haven't really Thought about it lately, you know?

last song - By The Gullet by Nakhane

currently reading: The Gilded Wolves and My Government Means to Kill Me... but neither are really doing it for me so I might stop reading them 🫣

currently watching: the olympics - my housemate got a peacock subscription. i'm also watching Kleo s2!

currently craving: surprisingly, nothing!

spicy/sweet/savory: literally an impossible choice. highly dependent. right now i'd say sweet or savory - i'm not a spicy in the morning person. but ask me after noon!

coffee or tea: tea! i'm drinking a black ginger peach right now.

hobby to try: something physically demanding that i don't plan on trying, like tumbling or surfing

current au: i'm not writing anything right now but am going to look at my ideas list and see what sparks me next!

current obsession: it's faded a little but the bearcam!!!!!

relationship status: single and doing nothing about it

tagging some folks from my recent notifs: @skibasyndrome @dobbydyinginagluetrap @mirabel-on-a-bicycle @purplewilmon @lovetrickeryandirony

[protoslacker]

We be dancing.

I was intrigued by the notes to Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimeto's collaboration. In the notes there's a story of how Spalding first heard Milton Nacimento in the early 2000s when a visiting musician played Wayne Shorter's album Native Dancer. She wonders: “How could I have not known about this before?”

Last month I wrote about how a local radio station is celebrating fifty years on the air by encouraging listeners to send in up to 20 songs between 1974 and now. It's a fun excess. So I thought I'd try to put together 20 songs through a loosely defined notion of World Music. I cheated and added "Funky Kingston" from 1973 to make the list 21 songs.

As in my previous playlist i selected a bunch of songs and ordered them chronologically and then choose 4 songs for each of the 5 decades. I mixed up the songs from the decades in the previous playlist, but in this one kept the chronological order.

Here's the playlist at Youtube.

50 Years World Music

1974 1984

Funky Kingston ~Toots and the Maytals (1973) Water Get No Enemy ~Fela Kuti and Africa 70 Band (1975) Redemption Song ~Bob Marley and the Wailers (1979) Stimela ~Hugh Masekela (1980) Biko Peter ~Gabriel (1980)

1984 1994

Free Nelson Mandela ~The Specials (1984) Sun City ~Artists Against Apartheid (1985) Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes ~Paul Simon (1986) Sidi h'bibi ~Mano Negra Live (1992)

!994 2004

Maracatu Atômico ~Chico Science e Nação Zumbi (1996) Chan Chan ~Buena Vista Social Club (1997) Clandestino ~Mano Chao (1998) La Negra Tiene Tumbao ~Celia Cruz (2001)

2004 2014

Panic in Babylon ~Lee Scratch Perry & The White Belly Rats (2004) Fuego ~Bomba Estéreo (2008) No Parking ~Fat Freddy'd Drop (2009) Ave Cesaria ~Stromae (2013)

2014 2024

Christopher ~Nakhane (2014) Siran Fen ~Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (2015) "Vini Wè" ~Leyla McCalla (2022) O Baba ~Natascha Rogers (2024)