Alessandro Papa 'Masana' on Papa Music 2.0

At 125 BPM, 'Masana' sits at the fast end of the 10 Afro House records this week, whose tempos run from 115 to 126. The track, filed as Afro House, was released on Papa Music 2.0 in September, running in G major, Camelot 9B, and Adam placed it 10th of 17 in his Automatic chart on 12 February, a field that also carried Argy and Omnya's 'Aria', on Afterlife Records, at 14th.

Neither the drums nor the harmony takes the lead here, with a steady percussive surface holding the balance. It sits loud, with the peaks held tight, and it runs half bright at the top, a controlled, driving read. A finish of 10th of 17 is a fair mid-table result for a record sitting near the top of the week's tempo range.