Born as Mpendulo Mdluli ( Mbabane , Swaziland) Roman Dutch is an artist as well as a
producer
He is more poetic and often applies metaphorical language, Dutch plays with the idea of the
mortality of an artwork confronted with the power of a transitory appearance, which is, by being
restricted in time, much more intense.
Realised All In Mixtape in 2015 with the song Definition topping the charts ,work with John
Sisk ,DaBlue Kiddie ,Kynotic ,Golden Flammers ,Da Sheriff, Soul Tramaine, Reggy
Performances: Mpumalanga Fernie B(SA), Sibane Hotel, Big Bend, Princess Pholile hall,
Bhunya etc . Worked with DaBlue Kiddie on an EP (Giants and Dwarves )(out now) and
currently working on another mixtape (Somewhere In This Universe Someone Is Listening )
His performances directly respond to the surrounding environment and uses everyday
experiences from the artist as a starting point. Often these are framed instances that would go
unnoticed in their original context. With a conceptual approach, he wants to amplify the
astonishment of the spectator by creating compositions or settings that generate tranquil poetic
images that leave traces and balances on the edge of recognition and alienation.
His works appear as dreamlike images in which fiction and reality meet, well-known tropes
merge, meanings shift, past and present fuse. Time and memory always play a key role. By
applying a wide variety of contemporary strategies, he tries to approach a wide scale of subjects
in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and
believes in the idea of function following form in a work.
Under Giants and Dwarves Records

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