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Maramfa Musick Pro: Serokolo 7 Resurrects the Frenetic Pulse of Mapanta

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Maramfa Musick Pro: Serokolo 7 Resurrects the Frenetic Pulse of Mapanta
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On his new album, Maramfa Musick Pro, the 27-year-old South African producer bypasses the polished globalism of modern club music to deliver a raw, ancestral, and intensely localised masterpiece
Over the years, the global taxonomy of dance music has been utterly rewritten by South Africa. The slick, mid-tempo luxury of Amapiano and the dark, bruising minimalism of Gqom have migrated from the townships of Johannesburg and Durban to the most exclusive clubs in London, New York, and Ibiza. These ge

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