Sanelisiwe Twisha, a.k.a. Moonchild Sanelly, makes music that is difficult to categorize and knows how to distinguish herself because of this, and her blue hair. She calls her music future ghetto punk, but her style is often described as gqom, a genre from the South African dance scene. This Johannesburg-based singer and dancer knows how to mix experimental electronic sounds with pop, hip-hop, jazz
… and dancehall, as if it were meant to be. She stays true to her roots by regularly expressing herself in Xhosa, her native language. The new album Phases is one full of female power, empowerment and no nonsense lyrics. A surprising album from the self-proclaimed President of The Female Orgasm. (LdS)more
