BUFFERING JUJU by DUMAMA + KECHOU

SKU111929
ArtistDUMAMA + KECHOU
TitleBUFFERING JUJU
LabelMUSHROOM HOUR HALF HOUR
Catalog #M3H 006LP
Tag
ReleaseW 12 - 2020
FormatVinyl - EULP
EAN Barcode4062548005943
Import
 € 22,50 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. Leaving Prison
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-01-01.mp3
  2. Wessi Walking Mama (feat Siya Makuzeni)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-01-02.mp3
  3. For Madala (feat Nobuhle Ashanti & Odwa Bongo)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-01-03.mp3
  4. Intaka
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-01-04.mp3
  5. Uveni (feat Angel Bat Dawid & Dylan Greene)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-02-01.mp3
  6. Umzi
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-02-02.mp3
  7. Khala Zome
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-02-03.mp3
  8. Mother Time
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/m3h_006lp_buffering_juju/sf764813-01-02-04.mp3

Description

'Buffering juju', the title of dumama + kechou’s debut album, relates to the process of “excavating spiritually charged content from within”. The duo’s textural sound, driven by cyclical song structures and chant making, not only captures the angst of the modern world but mines this state of affairs for regenerative potential.

Dumama (vocalist and uhadi player) + Kechou (multi-instrumentalist with a focus on indigenous African instruments and handmade instruments) met in Cape Town in 2017. There was an instinctive pulse to the initial clutch of shows they played together, blowing open vast sonic and conceptual possibilities. “I guess we were in similar places with our music processes in trying to push healing music to the edges and be more experimental with it,” says dumama. The narrative of the album unravels as a piece of magical realism informed by South African folklore and reality, detailing a woman’s liberation story where the characters shift shape and traverse multiple realms, deploying various iterations of their power or lack thereof. “It has an organic, natural, cyber and modern kind of energy - all rooted in African aesthetics of sound and storytelling,” says kechou. All of this sits on a bed of the duo’s unique musical language, one that, although applied electronically in the form of looping and soundscaping, is founded on approaches to string, vocal and percussion tones that reflect a merger between Northern and Southern African heritage

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