MusicNew Music FridayNew Music Friday: 8 albums to stream this weekNTS drops a compilation showcasing the best of South Africa’s Amapiano sound, Kida Kudz shares a summer-soundtracking mixtape, and veteran footworker DJ Manny slices up vocalsShareLink copied ✔️July 23, 2021MusicNew Music FridayTextFelicity J Martin Today’s new music Friday has been dominated by one question alone: dónde está Donda? Following the listening party he held last night in Atlanta, Kanye is yet to press the Spotify upload button on his latest album (and here’s a selection of the best memes while we wait). Luckily, there‘s lots of other great music out today. For fans of the Amapiano sound, NTS has put together a compilation drawing together the best of the South African club sound igniting dancefloors around the world. For even more summertime heat, London via Lagos’s Kida Kudz has dropped an essential mixtape that expands on his ‘jiggy’ dancehall and afrobeats-fuelled sound. Elsewhere, there’s atmospheric, Ginuwine-interpolating footwork from veteran producer DJ Manny, cosmic dancefloor transmissions from Locked Groove, while Dave tackles knife crime, immigration, and more on his second album. BABA STILTZ, JOURNALS DAVE, WE’RE ALL ALONE IN THIS TOGETHER DJ MANNY, SIGNALS IN MY HEAD KIDA KUDZ, TOP MEMBA LOCKED GROOVE, COSMIC TRANSITION MURLO, UNEARTH PEYTON, PSA V/A, AMAPIANO NOW Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREInside Erika de Casier’s shimmering R&B universe7 essential albums by the SoulquariansVanmoofWhat went down at Dazed and VanMoof’s joyride around BerlinIs AI really the future of music?The KPop Demon Hunters directors on fan theories and a potential sequelplaybody: The club night bringing connection back to the dancefloorAn interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silenceFrost Children answer the dA-Zed quizThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix albumMoses Ideka is making pagan synth-folk from the heart of south LondonBehind-the-scenes at Oklou and FKA twigs’ new video shootBjörk calls for the release of musician ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli authorities