Three ‘How to Make Art in a Pandemic’ interludes in On Our Own Time give a glimpse into collaboration among artists unable to meet in person: 14 musicians based in South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal and the UK wrote and recorded separately rather than together in London as planned.

‘Dune Dance,’ a hustling, celestial groove written in Johannesburg is given a synthy, bewitching expansion in London, peppered with brass harmonies from both continents. The 11 electric tracks convey an unforced grandeur, meshing sounds based in Senegal and South Africa. Sedumedi’s basslines are the vessel taking the listener around the African diaspora; de Plume’s saxophone buzzes and trembles. Grandmaster CAP takes on a powerful, allegorical tone on ‘Be the Light’ and in the hip hop-skewing ‘(Tell the Gods) We Still Building.’ Cissokho’s kora conjures a swirling mysticism, which together with Makuzeni’s vocals on ‘Revelation,’ makes the final track feel like an incantation to reach higher. Hopefully –and soon – this transcendent collective can awe live audiences together.