@stiff-pap's abrasive post-kwaito is a soundtrack for frustrated South African youth

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/3wZzYBg

Tracklist + Q&A

Impact: Stiff Pap (Influences mix)

Bunny (feat. Oklou)

back on @lyl_radio with bro @felixhall

recorded live at Venue MOT

Cotch International w/ Felix Hall | LYL Radio | 30th July '21

London’s @NKC debuts on @Tzusing’s @seacucumberlabel with an EP inspired by trip-hop and alt-rock club edits. Hear the ferocious title track, a collab with @djdoublem94, now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-nkc-beams

Beams

Premiere: NKC & MM ‘Beams’

South Africa - Palestine Solidarity Soundsystem (SWAK CATALOG)

From his home of Lusaka in Zambia, Wamya Tembo has been cooking up spellbinding sounds under the moniker SHE Spells Doom.

Drawing from disparate influences and styles, Wamya throws everything from Congolese Rhumba, Gqom, noughties rap and house and techno into the pot, fusing these with his love of 80s Horror and Sci-fi movies, in particular the '86 film 'Big Trouble in Little China', which he's taken inspiration from for a huge collection of his tracks.

These productions have made their way to labels like Tresor, Car Crash Set, Creaked Records and London's All Centre, the home of his most recent record: the mindmelting club-ready 'Rudnick'. He applies this rhythmic and cerebral style to his DJ sets too; the drumwork is heavy and propulsive, the sound design clean and intricate — it's sure to send your body and mind into overdrive. 

Lucky for you lot, that's exactly what's in store today in his Shine A Light On Mix...

Read + Download

SHE Spells Doom: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Ikonika was live 2 hours of amapiano, percussive and jungle heaters. Highly recommended listening.

Ikonika - April 2022

BUY IT

https://swakcatalog1.bandcamp.com/album/frozen

Frozen

Frozen (with Nonku Phiri)

Dumbanengue Sounds is a DJ mix series celebrating the richness and global resonance of South African sounds.

Over the next three weeks, Dumbanengue will feature three boundary-pushing artists from Cape Town.
One mix. Every week.
From Cape Town to Geneva, Dumbanengue continues to build bridges through sound.

Volume 21 is now live—a compelling mix by Aryu Jassika, co-runner of SWAK Catalog, offering approximations of expansive House and evolutions of Gqom and Techno, woven through a continuum of intergenerational trauma.

We are also honoured to announce that Aryu Jassika will be designing the artwork for the next ten volumes of the series.

Listen. Share. Come back for more.

Dumbanengue Sounds Vol. 21 - Aryu Jassika

Sadat & Fifty - Aragoz We Saher(DJ Plead remix)

I co-run Swak Catalog with Aryu Jassika
I'm in Eku Fantasy with Olugbenga Adelekan

https://swakcatalog1.bandcamp.com/

Frozen (with Nonku Phiri)

Jumping Back Slash