V/A - Kikommando
Label: PAN / Hakuna Kulala
Cat.No. PAN 124 / HK029
Format: DL / Book
Release Date: 6 August 2021
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/Kikommando
Video: bit.ly/3i2EgSg

A collective effort from a vital scene in Kampala, KIKOMMANDO takes its name from Ugandan street food of flat bread and beans. As a ‘food of soldiers’ offering maximum energy for minimum funds, the eponymous mixtape, video series and book project is an equally nourishing and ambitious proposition. It all began in the East African summer of 2018, during a two-month residency at the Nyege Nyege label and collective’s villa, in collaboration with their sublabel Hakuna Kulala. Producer and PAN artist Simone Trabucchi (aka STILL) opened the door to his temporary studio in the city and a crucial cross-cultural collaboration was born.

“The intention was to record as much as possible,” Trabucchi says about KIKOMMANDO’s musical showcase of eight Kampala-based artists, coming from the spectrum of musical influences, crossing trap, drill, cut ups, kuduro, electro, smooth jams—the list goes on. In creating a sonic space to support the expression of its featured singers, poets and emcees, the mixtape ties countless styles and flows into a single snapshot of a particular part of the Kampala music scene, at a particular point in time. The invective of rapper and street legend Blaq Bandana’s “Nkwaata” is laid over a spare and brooding ambient. Kampala Unit trumpet player and first-time singer, Florence, rolls a thick melodic texture through the organic clicks, knocks and atmospherics of “Bae Tasanze”. Jahcity’s unique lyricism combines a personal take on traditional music and soulful-reggae with a jerky, wobbly collection of drops and donks.

Meanwhile, Ecko Bazz applies his grimey vocals and rhythmic, introspective words to lead single ‘Ntabala (Rolex Riddim) at a particularly pertinent moment of self-reflection. “I was trying to listen to the voice inside myself and wanted to achieve a higher level of understanding of things, life,” he says about the themes that he felt inspired to explore with Trabucchi at the recording desk. The accompanying video, shot on a rooftop in the Kampala neighborhood of Ggaba, is one of a series of slick and high-definition films complementing each one of the KIKOMMANDO tracks. These also include contributions from Ugandan emcee and key Hakuna Kulala member Biga Yut, don dada of the GabaGaza gang Swordman Kitala (with Omutaba on percussion) and South Sudanese poet and singer Winnie Lado.

Also accompanying a ‘visual mixtape’ of moving images for each song on KIKOMMANDO is a recording diary of sorts, where Trabucchi compiles a vibrant collection of pictures, colours and textures reflecting the its heterogeneous sonic palette into a book. Together this multifaceted, interdisciplinary project showcases, what Lamin Fofana’s liner notes describe as, “amazing originality, complexity”, while “embracing dissonance”.

Trabucchi’s personal take on a kind of ‘digital dancehall’ defined the sound of his ground-breaking rumination on Italy’s colonial history on debut STILL album, I, in 2017. KIKOMMANDO is a different proposition entirely, where he finds new ways to complement the personality and skills of its contributors sprung from a constant stream of visitors arriving at the Nyege Nyege Villa’s makeshift studio. “It was a dialogue,” stresses Trabucchi, who has always preferred collaboration as a means to escape branded and stereotypical identities, while creating something new. “I created the musical platform to make the singers confident, and challenged them at the same time. Working together accelerates ideas and reveals that nothing is your invention alone. That’s why KIKOMMANDO is a mixtape to me, and not an album.”

The mixtape is mastered by Rashad Becker, featuring artwork by NMR. Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11 & 12 mixed by Ville Haimala. Tracks 5, 6 & 8 mixed by Lorenzo Dal Ri.

@hakunakulala

KIKOMMANDO

STILL, Swordman Kitala - Rollacosta feat. Omutaba (PAN 124 / HK029)

Next in the OK MIX series we have Helsinki based label owners Romance Relic and Two Heavens. Together they operate World Canvas a platform for experimental club and ambient music with pop sensibilities. You might have heard Romance Relic before with a string of releases on Copenhagen's highly revered label Janushoved. These two former art students have a wonderful approach to new-age Scandinavian Romanticism. 

Romance Relic's cassette releases are available at OK SOUND and you catch live performances from them and their label peers World Canvas reunion at Kaiku this Saturday night.

TWO HEAVENS - Unreleased
TyFontaine - Addicted (Acapella)
dj lostboi - PET SHOP B
airflo - Day One
Malibu -Crosses
city - Unkind (feat. Dis Fig)
Enya - Carribean blue (DjGoranz Version)
Aires - Sinatra Blue
Iku - Sweet Days of Discipline
Ryong - Sirens 
Sangam & Kid Smpl - Found Wings
Judith Myers - truth index
Marco Henri, Neutro Gris - Purgatorio
Adios Adios - ¿Que te espere? (ft. Dr. Satán & firstlin3)
Akira Yamaoka - Ordinary Vanity
bod [包家巷] - Excerpt from ‘Live in Paris’
Otro - GOD I TRIPPT DOWN
Lueurs Nocturnes - Wabiwasayo
011668 - I know that if i touch the piano

World Canvas For OK Sound

Tracklist:

KINK GONG / GOURD 2021 - Hanoi Street
SPK - In Flagrante Delicto
Senyawa - Istana
Ale Hop  - 2 Mayu Islapi
Khlyst - III
Lyra Pramuk & Gabber Modus Operandi - Kaca Bulan Baru
DJ Die Soon - Kappa Slap
JK Flesh - Knuckledragger
The Weakener - Spotter
Gilbert, Hampson, Kendall - Achorst
Pilgrim Raid - Cardboard Creek
Scotch Rolex - Success (feat. Lord Spikeheart)
Gooooose - Through
Scala - naked
Nocturnerror - A Virgin Tele-Existence
Gilbert, Hampson, Kendall - Seven’s
Naked City - Hellraiser
POiSON GiRL FRiEND – Hardly Ever Smile (Live)
Mira Calix - Ithanga (Eccelsall Mix)
Duma - The Echoes of the Beyond
Mira Calix - Nunu (RFH Mix)
Dj bingo - ur all I have
Junya Tokuda × Tolerance - Sacrifice
Demdike Stare - Dauerline
Undo despot - father
Chu Ishikawa - Swamp
e6c41 - slow cancellation of the future

EOS Radio - Mai Nestor - Apr 22

@hemtl 
release on @snumusic : https://snumusic.bandcamp.com/album/la-hora-azul

229 — Fatmeh

https://www.nts.live/shows/astral-plane/episodes/astral-plane-27th-august-2022

Topias w/ Gabriel Meier 260822

@zourry x @zourrycloud for spoil on @fbiradio ~ 08.09.2022

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tracklist incoming i reckon!

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full show here ~ fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/spoil/2022-09-08/
artwork ~ Brigitte Podrasky

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Suk Hong - ūrehaßэiy OitįаM clomiæg nmeп უeve ypethaюerr cx a Tuee

Guest: Windowseeker  (@lukasoppenheimer)

Windowseeker - ?
Jonnine - Maritz
Martyna Basta - Podszepnik II
Matt Evans - An Infinite Cybernetic Meadow
Caterina Barbieri & Kali Malone - Glory
ssabæ - sommet d'une église
Midwife - C.R.F.W.
James Ferraro - Blacktop Tumble Weed 
ssabæ - l'archipel fractal
Masters Of Psychedelic Ambiance - Psychic Magic Show
Tomas Tello - Atterrizaje en Cahuachi
Salicis - Stumbling
Trevor Wishart - Birth Dream
Mistareez - Flurrish
Sarah Davachi - Gradual of Image 
Will Willard - Second Sight
iphi - Shining Bright Star
Martyna Basta - Lullaby (for Iwo)
HTRK - Flower and Fruit
Adam Badi Donoval - Birdsong In The Car Park
hopper1000 - Discovery
Mistareez - Lethal Focus, Spiritual
bela - HdP1969
Morgan Fisher - The Great Lakes
Martyna Basta - Speechless Lately
ssabæ - azurescens
Matt Evans - Cold Moon

Nits De La Tramuntana #35 w/ Windowseeker

Island of Angels: Florian T M Zeisig & Mark Allen Soul - 14/09/2023

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Artist: @personalcare

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Humbled to share Volume 51, the first mix by NY’s pent. Her music aims to explore sounds that interact with each other in a way that can be narratively / emotionally confusing, and the mix she’s shared feels reflective of that sentiment. It’s movements are thoughtfully tied together by texture, tone, and effected voice. The emphasis on mood takes precedence and bpm’s become obfuscated. An engaging / surprising trip all the way through. 

She’s recently released her first EP which can be heard here:

https://pent3.bandcamp.com/releases

https://soundcloud.com/penttt

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