Sazile

The modern pop of East African countries like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania tends to have a breezy lightness, and that goes double for their adaptation of global dance rhythms. On this 2020 EP, Kenyan producers Kato Change and Suraj create grooves that lean close to formulaic Ibiza style “tropical house” with their ultra clean production – but are lifted by incredible musicality, and more than anything by Winyo’s keening but velvety vocal, which hits almost impossible levels of bittersweet melancholy.