MELO-T
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Tumelo “MELO-T” Ponalo has been pioneering African Electronic Dance Music in Canada for over a decade with shows across Canada and many countries, He recently completed a tour of Brazil promoting his new single Saudade which he collaborated with Monkey Jhayam. The song and music video were recorded and filmed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which was well received. The release was featured on Spotify’s, New Music Friday Canada, Mint Canada, Crxss Current, Flow Romance and Feel It - R&B editorial playlists. He has performed at Ottawa Bluesfest, the largest festival in Canada including countries like the USA, Portugal, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Brazil and many more due to his unique African Electronic Dance Music approach. 2023 saw him have his busiest year performing more shows in the one year than his entire career combined.
His “For The Culture 2” EP released in 2021 reached critical acclaim within the music community inspired by Amapiano and Afro house, with write ups and features from Earmilk, The Pan African Music Magazine, Music Crowns, The Music Essentials, CelebMix and many more. MELO-T’s music embraces a variety of distinctly unique genres into one pure and melodic sound known as “Electronic Afro Dance Music,” which combines Afro House, Afrobeats, Amapiano and R&B. His ideology is that the drum combines all music globally and connects us all and unites the world through music. Due to this vision he runs his own label Afro Creative Records which has a focus on releasing music which is inspired by African sounds from across the globe, with collaborations and releases with artists across the world.
In November 2023, he released an album called “Music is a Journey'' on Balanced Records from Manitoba, Canada with Global sounds pioneer Rise Ashen who released Second Wind years ago on Defected records and became a world hit. The same month, He also recorded and filmed a music video featuring Toronto Afro Pop artist LOTi in Sao Paulo Brazil, on his latest song called “Love Me Not”, The song was featured on Vevo and Youtube playlists, Afropop incoming and Vevo Riddim nation, including Amazon’s Brand New Music playlist. As history will continue to repeat itself MELO-T is showing no slowing down as he continues to release groundbreaking records to the world, as he shares his passion of music from across the globe.
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