The West Philadelphian singer and producer talks to Dazed about his new record and his spiritual experience in Brazil which unlocked a new wave of songwriting within him

New York’s globe-trotting Zakee has had a pretty illustrious past. It was his Ghanaian and Senegal-inspired Ku Ku Bass sound and the thunderous anthemic club track “Sane Eba” that first got the M.I.A. and Rye Rye collaborator onto the Dazed radar and into the magazine a couple of years back. And it’s the way this former maths teacher from West Philadelphia (and creative director of his production company 12-BIT, photographer and filmmaker) constantly evolves his musical craft that makes him such an exceptional artist. His debut full length is out now called “Assimilations” and was written in a prolific wh... article continues »

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