After a celebratory first instalment, Asylum, characterised its by up-tempo amapiano songs, the Eswatini-born breakout superstar Uncle Waffles slows things down a little on Solace, the second chapter of her Asylum of Solace project.
Here, Uncle Waffles leans towards “private school amapiano”, a version of the genre that is more soulful and heavily vocalised. Manana and Lusanda’s duet on the soothing R&B-flavoured “Echoes” kickstarts the journey, while the serene “Peace & Happiness” lives up to its name with lush production and a synergic relationship between vocals and instrumentation.
A vocal interpolation of bubblegum group Splash’s 1986 hit, “Peacock”, is drenched in reverb and underscored by a deep bassline and bacardi’s hard, sharp and dry snares on “Peacock Revisit”, while Murumba Pitch’s trademark low-register vocals swim in a pool of synths alongside a swirling saxophone solo. “Khula” is just as rich, and “Solace”, the scintillating instrumental title-track, closes the project on a jazzy note.
Tracklist:
- Uncle Waffles & Tony Duardo - Echoes (feat. Manana & Lusanda)
- Uncle Waffles & 2Kultured - Peace & Happiness (feat. Jandas & Vuyo Ndevu)
- Uncle Waffles & Ice Beats Slide - Peacock Revisit (feat. Sbuda Maleather)
- Uncle Waffles, Shakes & Les - Waffles Anthem (feat. Murumba Pitch)
- Uncle Waffles, Shakes & Les - Khumbula (feat. Mawhoo & Sino Msolo)
- Uncle Waffles, Shakes & Les - Khula (feat. Optimist Music ZA)
- Uncle Waffles & Ice Beats Slide - Solace
Stream the full EP below.
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