The best electronic albums of 2022 – Pan African Music

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Colorful, abstract artwork featuring six figures in a surreal, vibrant landscape with bright pink ground, mountains, clouds, and a sun. The characters are dressed in various unique costumes inspired by Pan African Music.

It’s no secret the the PAM team has a special love for the exciting and experimental sounds of Africa’s electronic music. Seduced under the night sky at festivals and underground parties, or at lamplit desks blaring Bandcamp label pages, we are often under the spell of the mega-creative electronic scenes that are blossoming everywhere. This year we got a full dose of Nigerian cruise beats, danced for hours to singeli music, started to give a closer embrace to amapiano’s darker and deadlier cousin, gqom, all while leaving space for…