A few months ago Malawi-born, Clapton-living singer Esau Mwamaya was lifted into the digital consciousness by reworking MIA.

Now she's repaying the favour.

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How many Scottish rappers can you think of? (And no, the fucking Kersal Massive don't count. Not very many basically.

Welcome then to Young Fathers, bootybass' northern connection.

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I've told you about Lele before, how she manages to keep her neck far above the film of turd floating across most UK rap.

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South African DJ Mujava - real name Elvis Maswanganyi - sounds like a marching band powering through a Space Invaders game and 'Township Funk' is his masterpiece, embedded below.

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Men screaming “C’mon!” over heavy psychedelic swirls of blues riffs has been the lifeblood of rock and roll since drummers used to wear chain mail and pigeons delivered the post. 2008’s preachers are Detroit Social Club – and their congregation is everybody susceptible to hyperbole in the music industry. This band, they are purring, are: “Going to be Huge!/The Real Deal!/Fooking Proper!”.

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Somewhere over the rainbow, beneath twin moons at the active galactic nucleus, Music Go Music are perched, singing into doom.

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