With up to 300 beats per minute, singeli could be the world’s most frenetic music. In Dar es Salaam, its creators explain how it helps to create a better life On a neon-lit jetty overlooking the River ...

NTS have released a mini-documentary to support the release of a double-vinyl compilation from Nyege Nyege Tapes showcasing artists working within the genre of singeli. The style, which originated in ...

In a fragmented global music landscape dominated by micro-scenes and hyper-production, the moments that we can truly celebrate as defining are few and far between. The release of the 2017 compilation ...

Nyege Nyege’s latest snapshot of Tanzanian singeli pairs an avant-garde producer with a local keyboardist; the high-BPM results sound like a loose, extremely weird jam session. Drum-machine loops ...

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Nyege Nyege Tapes! is probably the most famous label introducing today's African electronica to the European independent scene. A cinematic context now comes to the unique sound. Polish filmmakers ...

The showbiz scene never sleeps, and we’re here to keep you in the loop with the biggest stories shaking up the region. From a new music genre on UNESCO’s radar to a legendary artist making a comeback, ...

Singeli is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the mid-2000s. The genre fuses incredibly rapid beats, with MCing and more traditional Tanzanian music. It ...