Album
Pula le Maatla
Black Motion# Black Motion Announce 12-Track Afro House Album *Pula le Maatla* Black Motion will release their new album, *Pula le Maatla*, on 23 October 2026. The 12-track Afro House project presents a broad collaborativ…
Album Details
- Artist
- Black Motion
- Project
- Album
- Genre
- Afro House
- Release Date
- October 23, 2026
- Tracks
- 12
- Duration
- 1 hr 9 min
# Black Motion Announce 12-Track Afro House Album *Pula le Maatla*
Black Motion will release their new album, *Pula le Maatla*, on 23 October 2026. The 12-track Afro House project presents a broad collaborative world, bringing together vocalists, instrumentalists, choirs and additional producers across a tracklist that moves between prayer, ancestry, love and celebration.
The album opens with “A Mother’s Prayer”, featuring Spice Drums, Aus Nomsa, Thabo Roy Mabogwane and Mpho Thobejane. It sets up a project with a clear interest in spiritual and communal expression, a thread that continues through titles such as “Ngonyama”, “Prayer for Women (Afro-Jazz Interlude)” and “iButho (Ancestral Mix)”.
Black Motion are joined by an extensive cast throughout the album. The Tshwane Gospel Choir appears on “Ngonyama”, while Philharmonic contributes to both “Empilweni” and “Thonga”. Other collaborators include LivinSz, Joe Nina, King Monopoly, Miss Q, Nobuhle, Tlabzin and Studio Bros, alongside recurring contributions from Spice Drums, Mabogwane and Thobejane.
The tracklist also suggests a project designed to move across different shades of Afro House rather than stay in one fixed mode. “Ubumnandi”, “Izulu lam (My Heaven)” and “Dali” bring a more intimate and celebratory vocabulary, while “Pula Yana” and “Angola Swing (Bonus Track)” expand the album’s geographic and cultural frame. “Umalambane (Afrocentric Mix)” and “iButho (Ancestral Mix)” further underline the project’s connection to Afrocentric presentation and reinterpretation.
At 12 tracks, *Pula le Maatla* is substantial without becoming an oversized release. Its strongest defining feature, based on the tracklist, is the scale of its ensemble: gospel voices, jazz-leaning instrumentation, established vocal collaborators and a wide range of featured performers are placed within Black Motion’s Afro House setting.
For listeners drawn to expansive South African dance music with a strong collaborative identity, *Pula le Maatla* is a release to watch. The album arrives on 23 October 2026.
Pula le Maatla Album Tracklist