Artist's albums
Everything = Personal
2021 · single
To Be the Birds
2021 · single
Cassiopeia
2019 · single
In a Galaxy
2019 · album
For a Fool
2019 · single
Hey Coach
2018 · single
4qrtrs
2018 · single
Jungles
2017 · single
Atalanta (Acoustic)
2017 · single
Atalanta (Falco Benz Remix)
2017 · single
Atalanta (Cut_ Remix)
2017 · single
Atalanta
2017 · single
Bullet
2016 · EP
Eastern Highlands Remixes
2014 · single
The Wild, The Wilderness
2014 · album
All My Ships
2011 · single
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Biography
Electronic/Afro-pop artist Rina Mushonga combines light-fingered electro- and synth pop with tumbling African rhythms and a rich, swooping vocal style reminiscent of Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading, particularly on her second album, 2019's In a Galaxy. Mushonga is truly a global citizen. Born in India and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, she attended college in the Netherlands and eventually moved to Peckham, in London, where her music career really took off. Learning to play piano and guitar as a child, she began writing her own songs, influenced by the likes of Paul Simon, Oliver Mtukudzi, Nina Simone, and Fleetwood Mac. She started out by playing at open-mike nights in Harare. Her 2014 debut, The Wild, The Wilderness, recorded while she was living in the Netherlands and released on Sony Music, had a folk/rock-influenced sound in the vein of her early influences, but Mushonga was unsatisfied, feeling she was unable to express her authentic self. It was only after she moved to Peckham, a multiculturally rich neighborhood of London, that she felt more at home and able to explore her African heritage in music. The resulting album took five years, as she juggled making music with working and caring for her young daughter. She made a demo with Frans Verburg in Rotterdam, recorded with Brett Shaw at his studio in Peckham, and eventually released In a Galaxy on PIAS in 2019. The album had a rich, kaleidoscopic sound incorporating elements of Afro-pop, indie, and electro into a catchy yet experimental whole. ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi