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You know Show Dem Camp<\/span> when you hear them: it\u2019s rap music with striking musicality, driven into the heart by their embodiment of all things African. The duo of Ghost<\/span> and Tec<\/span> has done this for so long, they know each other\u2019s vision like the back of their hand. Their latest project, AFRIKAN MAGIK<\/span>, propels a dialled-in chemistry equivalent to master tennis players sending the ball back and forth. When OkayAfrica<\/span> spoke with them a few days ago, it was clear what these concept creators had in mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the things we\u2019ve been doing almost the past decade is interchanging between [their album series] Palmwine Music<\/span> and Clone Wars<\/span>, and both have a clear sonic identity,\u201d explains Tec, \u201cI mean, Clone Wars<\/span> changes, but it\u2019s fundamentally hip-hop, Palmwine [music] is more of a blend between highlife and hip-hop. But for this project, we wanted to lose the restrictions of what either of those sounds were and just create. We\u2019ve been toying with this idea of AFRIKAN MAGIK<\/span> for a while now, and for us it was just an opportunity for us to create with no boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Almost entirely produced by longtime collaborator Spax<\/span>, the album sufficiently translates its ambition. We\u2019re sent into elevated terrain early with the floating jazz cadence of the opener \u201cLibations,\u201d where flowers of adulation decorate the memories of Nigerian music legends such as Sunny Ade<\/span> and William Onyeabor<\/span>, among others. You feel the charge through to the neo-soul bounce of \u201cSpellbound,\u201d where Lusanda<\/span>\u2019s dreamy vocals muse about wanting a lover to stay. Similarly, Moonchild Sanelly<\/span> maintains a spirited showcase on \u201cMagik,\u201d and both South African acts are just a duo from an album with eleven features.<\/p>\n \n