South African production duo JAZZWRLD and Thukuthela push their partnership forward with “Blink,” a collaborative album of 3-Step and dance music. The record arrives as a full body of work rather than a one-off single. It carries the same shared musical identity that shaped their earlier joint album, “The Most Wanted.”
“The Most Wanted” helped introduce a wider audience to their sound, and it featured collaborations with MaWhoo, GL_Ceejay, Dlala Thukzin and other familiar names. On “Blink,” the pair stay inside that world. One song tied to the album is “Ngek’silale,” featuring GL_Ceejay, Zee Nxumalo and Dlala Thukzin.
That recording puts two vocalists beside two experienced producers, with Thukuthela also contributing to the performance. The arrangement leans on the melodic side of Amapiano. It also holds the rhythmic approach that has become popular in South Africa’s 3-Step movement. So the beat does as much talking as the voices do.
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