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Diamond Thug Return with ‘Tell Me’

Cape Town's Diamond Thug elegantly blend beautiful African rhythms with dreamy indie pop in their new song 'Tell Me'. Touching on the topic of those suffering universally as well as the power to heal, singer Chantel Van T approaches the subject through tenderness and humanity, as the encompassing production acts as one musically brilliant and effective backing.

Alice Phoebe Lou’s ‘Paper Castles’ LP is Utterly Brilliant

Alice Phoebe Lou's music is a diary of her life and journey, the ups, downs and everything in-between. The Cape Town-raised singer whose career kicked off from busking in the streets of Berlin, quickly caught the eyes of record labels after her 2014 TEDx performance. Opting for full creative freedom, Lou remained independent, releasing her 2014 EP 'Momentum', followed by acclaimed 2016 debut album 'Orbit'. Tender, organic and chopped with creative songwriting and ridiculously lush melodies, Alice Phoebe Lou's latest record 'Paper Castles' finds the singer truly at her best across the board.

Listen to TZARA’s Soulful Rework of ‘Storm’

If you check the music history of Cape Town producer TZARA, one thing that you'll find is her work rate of creating tracks is on another level. It should also be noted that musical palette is a diverse at they come. Experimenting with a wide array of electronica, her latest track is a soulful and jazzy house flip of the 1985 Rare Silk song 'Storm', which is taken from their LP 'American Eyes' released on Palo Alto Records.