Plafonddeinst

Nandele has been a pioneer in Maputo’s alternative music scene since the 90s, pushing boundaries with his trap, hip-hop, and psychedelic beats. He’s at his most experimental on 2020’s “Plafonddeinst,” on which he combines glitchy electronics with cosmic synths on a bed of natural and industrial sounds — chirping birds, background chatter, clanging metal. It’s an incredibly textured record that sounds both extraterrestrial yet profoundly warm and human, with Adrian Diff’s poem on “Nnê” offering a poignant reflection on the past.