Hot Collaboration: Sauti Sol & Nyota Ndogo

Sauti Sol have been super busy this year. They have been working on a new album, releasing an extended play record with South Africa’s Spoek Mathambo and a European tour. They are also putting out new music.

Their latest release, Yule, is a collaboration with Mombasa-based new-Taraab artiste, Nyota Ndogo. The tracks starts off with Nyota Ndogo on the chorus followed by Sol’s Mudigi in the first verse. Bien follows just before Nyota Ndogo’s chorus and second verse.

It’s refreshing seeing Sauti Sol trying different styles, though this is much closer to the kind of songs they usually do. It has a contemporary Africanness to it, including a lingala-ish ad lib near the end.

Sauti Sol have recently made some left-field collaborations, from a track with Bongo’s AY to the Spoek Mathambo project. Listen to Yule below.