Teno Afrika - Where You Are (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

​what your ears say & the cover looks like

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what we say

South Africa & the UK have done more than any country to transform house music whilst retaining its black music roots. Here Teno Afrika lays down deep, unhurried, minimal & funktified amapiano vibes for Awesome Tapes From Africa to keep the original spirit of house alive & positively evolving.

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what the release notes say

Teno Afrika’s 2020 debut "Amapiano Selections" drew an international wave of support sparked by the producer’s deftly minimal take on the emergent style. Amapiano combines the South African predilection for deep house alongside a melange of endemic influences like kwaito, jazz and gqom. The 22-year-old’s new crop of songs "Where You Are" expands on his rhythmic subtlety hooded in warm bass adorned by amapiano’s telltale shakers, hi-hats and mid-tempo shuffle. 

Lutendo Raduvha hails from Pretoria, South Africa, where he produces music incessantly and DJ’s parties around Gauteng province. He hangs with a crowd of musical friends, many of whom join him on "Where You Are." For his second album Teno Afrika brings more vocalists into the sonic picture, unlocking an emotive and timbral escalation to his rapidly mushrooming catalog of work. 

Singers Leyla and KayCee feature on the title track and “Fall In Love,” respectively. Regular cohort Diego Don joins for two driving, pad-propelled works of significant vibrancy, “SK Love” and “AK Love.” The album's dramatic closer “Duma ICU” features another returning collaborator, Stylo MusiQ, who helps bring an icy, almost cinematic conclusion to a slice of the sound Teno Afrika is pushing at the moment. There’s a palpable feeling of not knowing where the young producer might go next.
Credits"I'd like to thank all the artists I worked with on this album. The likes of Diego Don and Stylo MusiQ, whom I worked with also on the previous album. I'd also like to thank all the vocalists I worked with for this record."—Teno Afrika 

Credits
​All songs written and composed by Lutendo Raduvha 
Mastering by Jessica Thompson 
Photos by DaDezigner Studios 
Album cover art by Cash Graphics and Telvin Khumalo

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