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This pioneer of ‘trabetiko’ mixes working-class folk music with trap on tracks about being a second-generation Greek born to Ghanaian parents
Rappers such as Kareem Kalokoh and his ATH Kids collective rap (in English) about racism over thunderous trap beats, while Greek-Nigerian artist Moose pays homage to the often-maligned immigrant suburb of Kypseli. Oneiro samples a 50s Greek film soundtrack over a gut-punching beat as he raps venomously about being stopped and searched, while the title track pairs a trilling rebetiko bouzouki melody with rumbling sub-bass as he reflects on the country’s economic need for immigration and the political hatred of it. Featuring a blazing Amharic-langauge cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs, four-piece Ukandanz ’s latest album Evil Plan(Compagnie 4000) is brash and uncompromising, traversing metal, prog and jazz fusion, all anchored in Ethiopian singer Asnaké Gèbrèyès’s acrobatic vocals.
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