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  "slug": "amanaz",
  "name": "Amanaz",
  "description": "Amanaz appears 2 times in our Zamrock list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/amanaz/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1975,
    "last": 1975
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Zamrock"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "zamrock",
      "name": "Zamrock",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/zamrock/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "amanaz--khala-my-friend",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/amanaz--khala-my-friend/",
      "title": "Khala My Friend",
      "year": 1975,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "From the only album they made. A guitar figure of real melancholy, and a lyric about a friend who has died, recorded in Kitwe on the copper belt.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Amanaz%20Khala%20My%20Friend",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2QxeDecgNWg",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "zamrock",
        "name": "Zamrock",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/zamrock/"
      },
      "artist": "Amanaz"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "amanaz--africa",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/amanaz--africa/",
      "title": "Africa",
      "year": 1975,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A slow, sung plea about a continent, and completely unembarrassed. Zamrock was made in a country that had been independent for eleven years and it shows in the writing.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Amanaz%20Africa",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=x1yP_1Vm0B0",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 5,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "zamrock",
        "name": "Zamrock",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/zamrock/"
      },
      "artist": "Amanaz"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}