KNVL brings the soul with an hour of understated amapiano heat. Featuring an exclusive from DJ Kwamzy and tracks from Kelvin Momo, Wavy the Creator, Josiah de Disciple and more.

KNVL - March 2022

This marks our last show on Reprezent Radio so tap in for the sultry, seductive and surreal extravaganza with @stopboringme & @dj-darkstepper ⁠
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We’d like to extend a massive thank you to the whole Rep team for the freedom and support they provided. All our love to artists who fed us with copious amounts of delectable music that we shared with the world. It's been a wonderful time.

We'll be back on your airwaves soon!

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TRACKLIST ~
Doug Lucas - Home Won’t Know Me
Sam Gendel - Sx Mornng
Underground Canopy - Le Lac (Live)
Yoshio Chin Suzuki - Kane
Sessa - Gostar do Mundo
Ego Ella May - The Morning Side of Love
Gotts Street Park + Charlotte Dos Santos - Lost & Found
Xênia França - Renascer
Sipprell + J Warner - Stay Out of It
Bobby Oroza + Cold Diamond & Mink - Real Connection 
Jaydonclover - dreamhotel
Kadhja Bonet - JGS
Frank Sativa - THAT’S MY GIRL
NIA - Nobodi
Puma Blue - Velvet Leaves (Anja Ngozi + Maxwell Owin Remix)
strongboi + Salami Rose Joe Louis - unconditional
Pearl & The Oysters + Biche - Sonhando Com Nosso Amor
George Bloomfield - Goodnight
Space Ghost + Teddy Bryant - Heaven Sent
Talibah Safiyah - waiting all night (A.N.T.E Remix)
Saltyyyy V - Meet Me Tonight
Sam Gendel - Cruzin Wit
Joe Armon-Jones + Mala - All Ways
Duan Wasi - Cherry Cubes
Flaurese + CHARLTON - I Want You
JUICEBOX + TEK.LUN - Self Conscious Dancer
Salamanda - Hard Luck Story
Felbm - Phi
Tirzah - Hive Mind (Speakers Corner Quartet Remix)
Sofie Birch + Dolphin Midwives - Hypnogogia
Space Ghost - Emotional Freedom (Ambient Mix)
Tour-Maubourg - I Wanna
Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride
Xênia França - Interlúdio - Cantiga da Nação Jêje, por Mãe Menininha (1940-1941)

Bedroom Frequencies #040 on Reprezent Radio - Farewell for now...

twenty years ago, I traveled to the continent for the first time and landed in Durban, South Africa. I heard kwaito in taxi vans with full-on sound systems and learned more about Winnie and the 1980s decade of resistance. From that point forward, I kept my eye and ear on the pulse of the music—the social context of the rhythms.

In 2019, I heard amapiano for the first time and listened closely throughout the initial stages of lockdown and the pandemic. Part of why it's held me is because you could hear a kind of yearning to be out and in the community—a sort of wailing. Now with amapiano in the diasporic spotlight, I can hear how the music has changed. Music changes.

I don't speak any of the many languages in South Africa, so the difference I hear is mainly a sonic one. Producers and DJs are making and presenting music with the dance floor, concerts, events, and parties in mind.

On this month's episode of the Black Atlantic/Black Fantastic, I'm spinning kwaito from the early 90s and 2000s, before making my way to the earlier days of  amapiano. I love how the music is marked by this global shift (though it’s a heavy one) and look forward to seeing more emerge from Southern Africa (Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, etc.), in general. The whole region is funky as hell. I’ve traveled up and down the those parts chasing the sound 🇿🇦 🇿🇼 🇲🇿

The Black Atlantic/Black Fantastic

karun — lie to me (mr. lu* remix) [124bpm]

Needed Me (Raiyu Edit)

Cassius - Feeling For You (130Bass Remix)

Galaxy (MNR006)

06 - Merinda  - Sampology & Charlie Hill

A sundowner mix

Tracklist:

1. You The One Fish In the Sea - Liv.e
2. Please Don't Make Me Cry - Lianne La Havas
3. Mercury - Steve Lacy
4. I Saw An Angel On The Roof & Wept - Somadina
5. Woman - Little Simz ft. Cleo Sol
6. Silaha - Ukweli ft. Kasha
7. Leaving Summer - Mauimøon ft Akeine
8. Tugi Track - Kelele Kollektiv
9. Mayana - Asa
10. Twin Flame - Kaytranada ft. Anderson .Paak
11. Stuck In The Middle - Greentea Peng
12. Figures - Gaidaa
13. I Want - Enny, Enitan Adepitan, Pascal Balletti, Derick Luqas, Deyah
14. Summer in the Ends - Juls, Zikomo & Jaz Karis
15. Touch - Zowie Kengocha, Nge-The-Producer, TANGAZA Magazine

Mix 001: Soul Dance

I recently graduated from the  SEMA Music Production course by Santuri East Africa. Sketching Sounds is a complication of 2 sketches I produced, wrote, mixed, and mastered for the course's final project.

The process behind the tracks:

1) To The Sun -
For the course final project, 1 of 2 assignments entailed producing a sketch in a genre we are not too fond of, familiar with nor inclined to produce/perform. The genre I selected for this sketch was a deep house.

2)Take The Moment -

The other final project assignment required a sketch that incorporated culture and experimentation. From this sketch, I drew from sampling culture as a basis for creating the sketch's foundation and shaping a unique narrative which I did so by repurposing my own vocals from past unreleased projects, ambient soundscapes, and punchy drum and skit samples from some of my favorite artists (sampled in this sketch are Feel by Jacob Colier and Lianne La Havas, and Rafael's prayer by Sault).

For experimentation, my process of composition was guided by the approach of "a piacere" which is an Italian musical phrase meaning “to your pleasure/at will.” - a philosophy on musical expression where some aspects of a song – such as tempo or dynamics do not need the performer to follow the rhythm strictly. With this approach, in class, we were challenged to create a sketch without a metronome. To work around this limitation I began the track with a sample of a simple yet strong drum loop which I used to hold count and establish a starting pulse for the sketch.

To The Sun

To The Sun - Kalemela

I recently graduated from the  SEMA Music Production course by Santuri East Africa. Sketching Sounds is a complication of 2 sketches I produced, wrote, mixed, and mastered for the course final project.

The process behind the tracks:

1) To The Sun -
For the course final project, 1 of 2 assignments entailed producing a sketch in a genre we are not too fond of, familiar with nor inclined to produce/perform. The genre I selected for this sketch was a deep house.

2)Take The Moment -

The other final project assignment required a sketch that incorporated culture and experimentation. From this sketch, I drew from sampling culture as a basis for creating the sketch's foundation and shaping a unique narrative which I did so by repurposing my own vocals from past unreleased projects, ambient soundscapes, and punchy drum and skit samples from some of my favorite artists (sampled in this sketch are Feel by Jacob Colier and Lianne La Havas, and Rafaels prayer by Sault).

For experimentation, my process of composition was guided by the approach of "a piacere" which is an Italian musical phrase meaning “to your pleasure/at will.” - a philosophy on musical expression where some aspects of a song – such as tempo or dynamics do not need the performer to follow the rhythm strictly. With this approach, in class, we were challenged to create a sketch without a metronome. To work around this limitation I began the track with a sample of a simple yet strong drum loop which I used to hold count and establish a starting pulse for the sketch.

Take The Moment

Take The Moment - Kalemela

"This Could Be Something 2" by The SEVENth ft. Waldo (produced by Savon)

Photo by: MAUTHESHOOTER

This Could Be Something 2 ft. Waldo (prod. Savon)

Kalemela is (WIP) multidisciplinary artist exploring and exercising the practice of sharing release through sound, sight and movement.

To The Sun - Kalemela

Kalemela

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