Still That Combo links up with Manci-DJ on “What Is AfroSgubhu,” and this one landed on Apple Music’s New Music Daily and Best New Songs playlists almost immediately after dropping.
That editorial placement says something before you even hear the record. Apple Music’s curators don’t add tracks to those lists without a reason. Also, Still That Combo and Manci-DJ already have shared history through “KHANYISA” with Loverboi Muziq and KINGSIRH, so the chemistry here isn’t starting from scratch.
The record fuses Sgubhu, Gqom, and Afro-electronic sounds into something built specifically for big speakers and packed rooms. But it doesn’t rely purely on noise to make its point. The groove underneath the pounding percussion is what keeps people locked in rather than just overwhelmed.
South Africa’s electronic music scene keeps pushing into territory that the rest of the world is still catching up with. Also, “What Is AfroSgubhu” feels like a record that asks and answers its own question at the same time.
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