MC NEL AND DJ WALLPAPER: LIFE OF A YOUNG GHANAIAN DJ Disc Jockeying as an art of playing recorded sound or music simultaneously for a crowd or audience on radio, TV, or at a gathering has been booming in Ghana in recent times. With their direct access to musicians many are if they believe that as we've seen in the life of some of the most...

Balwako’s new single, "Bitch Please," doesn’t so much arrive as detonate – a burst of queer dark-pop that rattles the windows of expectation. This Amsterdam artist, trailing a "Slavic boy-core aesthetic" and a flair for the theatrical, isn't just making electro-pop; he's staging a minor opera in under three minutes, all bass-heavy beats and a synth line that feels like a velvet curtain dramatically...