Yuni Wa Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas Album: Context 4, out now via Self-Release RIYL: Afrofuturism. Sci-fi. History. I love when an instrumental artist can convey such a strong sense of voice and personality without lyrics. Yuni Wa has been steadily building a (very prolific) career focused on his own brand of Afrofuturistic electronic music, and his clarity of vision has never been sharper and more delightful than on his latest. Context 4 was not in his original planned Context series, so it’s only natural that this record ends up being his shining jewel. Drenched in soulful arrangements, undulating storytelling, and the sense that no song is going to end where it starts, everything about Yuni Wa’s stunning achievement sings. The fact that these songs are downright catchy and fun is o...
