{"id":16869,"date":"2026-05-21T11:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.insinio.fr\/who-is-muzi-the-south-african-musician-prodigy-who-bewitched-damon-albarn-and-stormzy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:30:50","slug":"muzi-south-african-music-prodigy-umuzi-interblaktic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/muzi-south-african-music-prodigy-umuzi-interblaktic\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Muzi, the South African music prodigy who bewitched Damon Albarn and Stormzy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a28b4ff7cb31&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a28b4ff7cb31\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Muzi_Press_Shoot-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8207\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portrait of Muzi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Muzi<\/strong>&#8216;s name is still little known in France. But in South Africa, the DJ, singer and producer has reshaped the contours of local music in just a few years. Based in\u00a0Johannesburg, he even managed to attract the attention of American and British artists. Its strength? Danceable, euphoric songs that draw on a kaleidoscope of colorful influences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In five albums, including <strong><em>uMUZI<\/em><\/strong> (2023), <strong>Muzi<\/strong> has forged his own sound, <strong>Zulu House<\/strong>. Here, electronic, bubblegum music from South Africa \u2014 the name given to the pop and funk scene of the 80s \u2014 and maskandi (Zulu folk), kwaito (house music that emerged in Johannesburg) and isicathamiya (Zulu cappella singing style) perfectly blend together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MUZI - QUEEN (FT. 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No matter how far I want to push my music, they have to be able to say that I&#8217;m African,<\/em> <em>that I&#8217;m Zulu,<\/em>&#8221; <strong>Muzi <\/strong>tells\u00a0us about his strong link to traditional sounds. He only discovered four years ago that house music had been invented in the early 1980s by black producers in Chicago and Detroit. A piece of information that made him feel all the more legitimate in this genre. Yet, his innovative, catchy and enjoyable melodies take us much further than the North American or African continent. They propel us directly into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Afrofuturism at the root of a new sound<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, <strong>Muzi<\/strong> released<strong> <em>Afrovision<\/em><\/strong>, which features the track<strong><em> Zulu Skywalker<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em>The expression has since\u00a0become the singer&#8217;s nickname.\u00a0On <em><strong>Interblaktic<\/strong><\/em>, his fourth album released in 2021, the artist opens his opus by singing: &#8220;<em>There seem to be a lot of black people on Mars.&#8221;<\/em> This way of looking at the stars is not new. &#8220;<em>My mother used to buy me books about the stars,\u00a0aliens and galaxies when I was a kid. So I fell in love with space. The idea of otherworldly places about which humans have little information intrigues me<\/em>,&#8221; Muzi explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South African artist&#8217;s cosmic obsession is clearly reminiscent of the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numero.com\/musique\/shabazz-palaces-ishmael-butler-tendai-maraire-lauryn-hill-afrofuturisme-sun-ra-octavia-butler-jean-michel-basquiat-quazarz-shine-a-light-dawn-in-luxor-forerunner-foray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afrofuturist<\/a><\/strong> movement. This postcolonial, emancipatory aesthetic current emerged in the second half of the 20th century and often portrays black men in outer space. Influenced by<strong> Sun Ra <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/art-design\/fondation-louis-vuitton-explores-how-basquiat-and-warhols-collaboration-became-historical-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Basquiat<\/a><\/strong>, the movement conceives of black beauty in relation to science fiction, technology, magic and the future. A powerful imagery that can be found as much in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/non-classifiee-2\/rihannas-first-fenty-collection-is-finally-unveiled-2\/\">Rihanna<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s music as in blockbusters like<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Black Panther\u00a0<\/em>(2018). As for Muzi, the producer prefers the term &#8216;Afro-Nowism.&#8217;\u00a0&#8220;<em>It\u00a0means\u00a0that Africans are doing incredible things nowadays, in the present moment, not that we&#8217;ll only be great in the future or in another space and time.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a28b4ff7d112&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a28b4ff7d112\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1697\" height=\"2560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Muzi_Press_Shoot-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8209\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artist Muzi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborations with Damon Albarn, Chris Martin and Stormzy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The musician, who started out producing electro tracks with basic software in his bedroom, is a man\u00a0rooted in his time. As he speaks, he is suffering from a knee injury due to a skateboarding accident and spends a lot of time on Netflix and his PlayStation. His creativity is limitless, as he creates his own clothes, shapes his illustrations and directs some of his videos. The vinyl collector listens to ancestral African music,<strong> Daft Punk<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Justice <\/strong>and loves\u00a0the film\u00a0<em><strong>300<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2006).\u00a0The\u00a0Zulu Skywalker also draws his inspiration from what he heard in Berlin clubs, as well as from the concept of love and ego death, a spiritual loss of subjective self-identity reached by taking psychedelics. Bright and deep, his music aims at healing wounds, starting with his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MUZI - LIGHT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rARvHrRbylo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Muzi &#8211; <em>Light<\/em> (2023).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the pandemic, <strong>Muz<\/strong>i saw friends and\u00a0family passing away, including his mother, a gospel and opera singer who had passed her passion down to him. The artist, who grew up in a violent township, felt isolated and depressed at the beginning of his career because he wanted to make a different kind of music. He found solace in mechanical sounds and\u00a0now dreams of collaborating with rap stars like <strong>Missy Elliott<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/movies\/kid-cudis-dazzling-success-dissected-in-a-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kid Cudi<\/a><\/strong>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/how-pharrell-williams-became-a-music-and-fashion-icon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pharrell Williams<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South African prodigy can already boast of having a stellar fanclub. <strong>Diplo<\/strong> and the late The<strong> Prodigy<\/strong> adore him, while<strong> Chris Martin<\/strong> (Coldplay), <strong>Gruff<\/strong> <strong>Rhys<\/strong>, <strong>Stormzy<\/strong>, <strong>Kaytranada<\/strong> and Damon Albarn have already collaborated with him. &#8220;<em>It&#8217;s always funny<\/em> t<em>o remember Damon Albarn trying to play the maskandi and finding it very difficult because of the intensity of\u00a0the strumming of the guitar strings. Or that time Chris Martin waited for me backstage after my performance at the Afropunk festival to tell me that it was one of the best things he&#8217;d ever seen in his life,&#8221; <\/em>Muzi remenbers.<em>\u00a0<\/em>After listening\u00a0to the brilliant albums <em><strong>Interblaktic<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>uMUZI<\/strong><\/em> on repeat, you may share the enthusiastic opinion of the former Mr.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/movies\/gwyneth-paltrow-star-of-marty-supreme-in-5-cult-roles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>uMUZI (2023) by Muzi, available now.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muzi&#8216;s name is still little known in France. 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