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Sep 20, 2012The expertly produced Sebenza creates a flowing, carnival atmosphere packed with ideas and stripped of the pomposity often associated with world music.
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Sep 25, 2012The results are fun as hell, yet it's hard not to feel like LV have accomplished something with some legs on it.
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Oct 16, 2012Sebenza ranges and explores, opening sonic doors that deserve more regular use.
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The WireOct 3, 2012LV's South African explorations sound fresh in the current vogue for Footwork and trap rap references. [Sep 2012, p.73]
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Sep 20, 2012Substance is favoured over production sheen throughout the album, with every element of each track having a definite function and no sonic fat or filler allowed.
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Sep 20, 2012The tracks feel like true collaborations rather than features. The energy exchange feels mutual. Sebenza feels like the future, now.
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Sep 20, 2012Sebenza sounds like nothing else out there and yet LV's knack for genre-mincing produces an album that sounds both timeless and completely of its time, crossing musical and political borders with confident finesse.
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Sep 20, 2012Sebenza, though, is less a showcase for younger SA talent than a genuine international collaboration of equals.
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Sep 20, 2012Sebenza demonstrates yet again that LV are an act as admirable as they are on, on their day, masterful.
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Sep 20, 2012There really ain't anyone bringing the world party quite like LV.
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Sep 20, 2012There's an underlying complexity here, but ultimately these are bare, potent rhythms created to, in global parlance, make you "werq."
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Sep 20, 2012LV's skill and savvy when it comes to crafting spotlight-gobbling beats presents the biggest drawback for the album in that it's disappointing that there's not one instrumental number on Sebenza.
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Sep 20, 2012While it presents many tracks worth praise, it lacks the masterful touch that made Routes such an instant standout.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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Jul 7, 2013