Kitty Amor, the London-based DJ, producer and founder of Mahaba Music, is using afro house's biggest year yet to make an uncomfortable point: growth on paper doesn't mean the genre is being handled with care.
In a new Beatportal Q&A, Amor argues that "not many artists take the time to educate themselves" about where the sound comes from, and pushes labels and bookers to spend time in the scenes that built it rather than chasing social platform numbers. Mahaba Music, her outlet for African diaspora artists, has kept releasing through the moment regardless, including "One Night" with Alan Dixon, "Shine A Light," and a remix of Papa Wemba's "Yolele."
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