<div id="19443" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c27cd20a091798a4cd2f176a60751df9"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1334619183829688321" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Happy New Year!!!! To the world & beyond is finally out✨☀️🌞
#ttwb https://t.co/Nf56PF36tE</div> — Sun-EL Musician (@Sun-EL Musician)<a href="https://twitter.com/sunelmusicianza/statuses/1334619183829688321">1607032984.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>Sun-El has built himself a formidable reputation of being dedicated to making good music, and the features on the album are testament; from artists signed to his label, <strong>EL World Music</strong> like <strong>Simmy</strong>, <strong>Sino Msolo</strong>,<strong> Mthunzi</strong>,<strong> Azana</strong>,<strong> Claudio x Kenza</strong>, and<strong> Nobuhle</strong>, to frequent collaborator<strong> Ami Faku</strong> alongside<strong> Msaki</strong>,<strong> Black Motion</strong>,<strong> Kwesta</strong>,<strong> Bongeziwe Mabandla</strong>,<strong> Zolani Mahola</strong> (of<strong> Freshly Ground</strong>), Kenya's <strong>Sauti Sol</strong>, Nigeria's<strong> Niniola</strong>, <strong>Mannywellz</strong> and a whole lot more equally talented vocalists.<br></p>
<p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>The album's cover art shows a portrait of Sun-El dressed in traditional regalia with the galaxy in the background. Perhaps, portraying the title of the album and the mission he has been on since his debut—exporting South African electronic house music.</p>
<blockquote>"The first disc is basically continuing the sound of my first album, soulful and downtempo; and disc two is where I'm trying to be experimental, still on a dance tip, but more uptempo and looking for sounds," he told Apple Music.</blockquote>
<p>Sonically, the music sounds like the perfect soundtrack for a road trip along the countryside or the coast with friends and family, which is ironic considering the title.</p>
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<p>An hour before the release, Sun-El hosted a themed, well-curated and executed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5aPZ6-I71Y" target="_blank">virtual album launch</a> where he played a set of some of the songs on the album and had some of the featured vocalists perform them.<br></p><p>Stream <em>To The World & Beyond </em> on <a href="https://music.apple.com/za/album/to-the-world-beyond/1535214265" target="_blank">Apple Music</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7gERIWecqik3KK62zUvXJc" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. </p>
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