“Let Them Talk” has been stuck in our heads since the song dropped on Spoek Mathambo‘s 2nd full-length album, Father Creeper last week. The remake of the song from it’s original release on Mshini Wam is a marker of Spoek’s growth as a musician. In our interview with him last week (video below), Spoek talks about the Afro-futurist movement that he’s largely associated with, saying that Afro-futurists often have to “rewrite the history, the future, and the present.” In the video, released on Complex Mag today, Spoek redrafts a vintage big band-era party laced with psychedelic elements of an imagined ”future.”
Okayafrica TV: Chief Boima’s Many Identities
DJ Chief Boima has been called one of the leading lights of the tropical bass movement. We’ve followed his good work for awhile now (everything from his Dutty Artz fam to his “beef” with Diplo) so it was high time we got the scoop on what inspires his selection, how he self-identifies, and how he believes Africans will reshape New York City. OKA TV caught up with Boima at the Spoek Mathambo Father Creeper launch party where he rocked the decks for the Afro-futurist crowd. Boima’s African In New York EP is coppable now on Dutty Artz. For those headed to Coachella this weekend, catch Chief Boima spinning for the Okayafrica “Desert Gold” party at The Ace Hotel - full info here.
Video shot and edited by Chinisha Scott, sound by Greg Scott.