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New Music Friday: 8 albums to stream this week

NTS 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 vocals

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