Rina Mushonga
Electronic/Afro-pop artist Rina Mushonga combines light-fingered electro- and synth pop with tumbling African rhythms and a rich, swooping vocal style reminiscent of Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading, particularly on her second album, 2019's In a Galaxy.
Mushonga is truly a global citizen. Born in India and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, she attended college in the Netherlands and eventually moved to Peckham, in London, where her music career really took off. Learning to play piano and guitar as a child, she began writing her own songs, influenced by the likes of Paul Simon, Oliver Mtukudzi, Nina Simone, and Fleetwood Mac. She started out by playing at open-mike nights in Harare. Her 2014 debut, The Wild, The Wilderness, recorded while she was living in the Netherlands and released on Sony Music, had a folk/rock-influenced sound in the vein of her early influences, but Mushonga was unsatisfied, feeling she was unable to express her authentic self. It was only after she moved to Peckham, a multiculturally rich neighborhood of London, that she felt more at home and able to explore her African heritage in music. The resulting album took five years, as she juggled making music with working and caring for her young daughter. She made a demo with Frans Verburg in Rotterdam, recorded with Brett Shaw at his studio in Peckham, and eventually released In a Galaxy on PIAS in 2019. The album had a rich, kaleidoscopic sound incorporating elements of Afro-pop, indie, and electro into a catchy yet experimental whole.
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Diskografie
17 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Eastern Highlands Remixes (Joris Voorn Radio Edit)
Disco - Erschienen bei Green am 05.05.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Atalanta (Acoustic)
Pop - Erschienen bei [PIAS] Recordings Holland am 09.06.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Wild, The Wilderness
Pop - Erschienen bei Triple Double Music am 14.03.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bullet
Pop - Erschienen bei [PIAS] Recordings Holland am 12.02.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
To Be the Birds
Pop - Erschienen bei Rina Mushonga am 12.10.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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All My Ships
Rock - Erschienen bei Africa Unsigned am 01.01.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rina Mushonga EP
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Triple Double Music am 16.08.2013
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For a Fool
Pop - Erschienen bei [PIAS] Recordings Holland am 16.01.2019
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Atalanta (Falco Benz Remix)
Pop - Erschienen bei [PIAS] Recordings Holland am 12.05.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Atalanta (CUT_ Remix)
Pop - Erschienen bei [PIAS] Recordings Holland am 31.03.2017
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