Without downplaying the amount of pressure it actually is to constantly deliver, Takura can never have a bad music day – especially not when his musical efforts bring home a significant chunk of the country’s bacon! Takura became Takura by always boiling his sound down to its essence, down to the “why make music in the first place!” Hence his uncomplicated style will always triumph over the overworkshopped joints the…
‘Chilled’ resides in the narrow chasm between being laid back and being a mild sedative, a vibe that makes sense only when you’ve acquired the taste. The song is definitely beyond passable but not much has been done in the way of backing the claim that it’s actually an Afrobeats jam – but then again, what genre is not a spectrum nowadays? the song exudes more of Amvis than anyone…
Obi Davids is a dark tourist exploring the ruins of what used to be his happy place, and he’s acutely aware that he can never will it back into existence. No Air is a somewhat tragic mosaic of memories, meticulously pieced together in such a way that both affliction and contentment can be heard, all for our auditory pleasure. The song is a calm and refined version of how most of us would carry ourselves in the midst of such a scenario, a scenario to which we all relate – hence the lack of need for translation. The production is expectedly grim but still within the confines of an Obi Davids kind of vibe; groovy and tonic but still quiet and steady, with the necessary pinch of ‘Trapsoul’ to balance…
