Zimbabwe-born Londoner Kundai lives and creates art in the key of exuberance. From her fashion design to her unabashed exploration of self via club-adjacent outsider pop, Kundai’s celebratory approach to life––inclusive of vulnerability and uncertainty––takes shape on Glisten.

Vibrant forms emerge in murky territory and Kundai has a way of bringing them to light. Eccentricities and imperfections are welcomed in her production aesthetic, brimming with spontaneity. Robust rhythm sections offset delicate falsetto musings and playful mallets, while distorted hand drums careen over chopped and screwed chants and MC-style talk-singing. All of these seem to be familiar elements in isolation but strike a wild combination in synergy––a theme that might tap into the nature of the artist herself. The sum of varied life experiences and self-questioning that come for all human beings, but queer immigrants in particular, you can hear Kundai’s music practice polishing the kernel of who she is and who she is constantly becoming.
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releases October 28, 2022

Music by Kundai
Artwork and Mastering by Tristan Arp

Kundai – Glisten

A thick fog hung low over the city; barely a sliver of light could pierce through its murky haze. It instilled a sense of impending doom amongst the inhabitants. There was a certain amount of superstition that had already wormed its way into people's every day lives here. Tales had been passed down through generations about the strange occurences and unexplained attacks that had taken place; some dismissed it as hearsay while others took it as gospel. For them, even the slightest change in the energy or weather and the speculation would soon begin.

The coming together of Good Morning Tapes' Angel Hunt and BEAM's Peter Rocket, under the name Angel Rocket the London-based duo explore their shared love of divergent strains of dancehall, techno and breaks. The first vinyl release on Brighton's Accidental Meetings, following a string of tape releases and compilations, the four-tracker also marks Angel Rocket's debut release and morphs from one form to another, taking in dembow rhythms, industrial dancehall variations, gentle polyrhythms and 4x4 techno.

PREMIERE: Angel Rocket - Pomelo Fog [Accidental Meetings]

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Return to Nature

Fibre Optixxx ~ Present Dub

Following a slew of compilations, albums and singles using a multitude of aliases, Allergy Season boss Physical Therapy comes home for his first solo EP under the name in 4 years. Drawing on distant memories of youtube rips and unidentifiable white labels, “Teardrops On My Garage” provides a signature collection of romantic cuts. Chunky, swinging drums and Edwardian vocal chops are stitched to create an EP of poppy and bittersweet house.

Written & Produced by Physical Therapy
Mastered by Kevin @ Valence Studios
Artwork by Atact.uk

Teardrops On My Garage

Physical Therapy - Emotional Rescue

E-Track

Kundai - "Energy"
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Taken from 'Glisten' out October 28th, 2022 on Human Pitch

Music by Kundai
Artwork and Mastering by Tristan Arp

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Kundai - Energy

Written and produced by James Bangura @jamesbangura
Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven
Artwork by Josh Abramovici

'Mixed Signals' is taken from James Bangura's Wichita EP
ORDER: Vinyl 12"/Digital: 
https://jamesbangura.bandcamp.com/album/wichita
Out October 28, 2022
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James Bangura - Mixed Signals [INC-019]

@kundaithegreat debuts on @humanpitch with three percussive, vocal-led club rollers

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-kundai-seance

Premiere: Kundai ’Seance’

Pre-order: https://kundai.bandcamp.com/album/glisten

Zimbabwe-by-London producer @kundaithegreat shares her brand new three-track EP on @senseicay, 'Human Pitch'.

From robust rhythms to delicate falsetto musings and playful mallets, the new EP offers three cuts of club-adjacent outsider pop underpinning themes of isolation and synergy. Club cut 'Fake' closes the EP with distorted hand drums careening over chopped and screwed chants and a deep vocal sample.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Kundai 'Fake'

Track 2 from 'ashbalkum remixes,' released November 17th on Human Pitch: https://8salamanda8.bandcamp.com/album/ashbalkum-remixes

Salamanda - Coconut Warrior (Tristan Arp Firefly Dub)

Ultimatum, remixed by @objectblue

Stream/buy: http://edensamara.lnk.to/objectblue




Mastered by East End Mastering

Ultimatum - object blue remix

Cash Out

produced by: @jiovanni-nadal
release date: 16th August, 2019
label: @hypercolourrecords
buy: https://hypercolour.co.uk/album/wake-me-up

Wake Me Up

J. Albert - Wake Me Up

Mastered by East End Mastering

https://naivetrax.bandcamp.com/album/va-no-justice-no-peace-100-of-sales-donated-to-anti-racist-orgs

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