'MTMTMK' due on July 16th
The Very Best are set to return, with their second album 'MTMTMK' due to be released on July 16th.
Fusing European dance culture with African music, The Very Best seemed - on paper, at least - like an incongruous prospect. Yet debut album 'Warm Heart Of Africa' was an overwhelming success, coming just as a new generation opened up to non-Western forms.
Taking time off to focus on other projects, The Very Best are now on the comeback trail. Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and London-based Swedish producer Johan Hugo have completed work on their second album, with 'MTMTMK' set to arrive on July 16th.
“We had to make a big step with the second album, we had to evolve,” Johan Hugo said recently. “This time we wrote, produced and recorded together simultaneously — the way it should be done. It was a much more collaborative effort.”
Ahead of the upcoming album, The Very Best have unveiled a new video. Filmed in the Kiamaiko slum in Nairobi and directed by Kenya-based Village Beat, the video for 'Yoshua Alikuti' spoofs Lil Wayne’s strutting, machismo masterpiece 'A Milli'.
Watch 'Yoshua Alikuti' below.
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The Very Best are set to release 'MTMTMK' on July 16th.
Fusing European dance culture with African music, The Very Best seemed - on paper, at least - like an incongruous prospect. Yet debut album 'Warm Heart Of Africa' was an overwhelming success, coming just as a new generation opened up to non-Western forms.
Taking time off to focus on other projects, The Very Best are now on the comeback trail. Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and London-based Swedish producer Johan Hugo have completed work on their second album, with 'MTMTMK' set to arrive on July 16th.
“We had to make a big step with the second album, we had to evolve,” Johan Hugo said recently. “This time we wrote, produced and recorded together simultaneously — the way it should be done. It was a much more collaborative effort.”
Ahead of the upcoming album, The Very Best have unveiled a new video. Filmed in the Kiamaiko slum in Nairobi and directed by Kenya-based Village Beat, the video for 'Yoshua Alikuti' spoofs Lil Wayne’s strutting, machismo masterpiece 'A Milli'.
Watch 'Yoshua Alikuti' below.
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The Very Best are set to release 'MTMTMK' on July 16th.
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