Congolese Hakuna Kulala affiliate Chrisman brings pummelling, menacing gqom to Nervous Horizon.

'Nervous Horizon Vol. 4' is out April 8th.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3JlTcHj

@chrisman_mazambi
@nervoushorizon

Nervous Horizon Vol. 4

Premiere: Chrisman - Mediocre [Nervous Horizon]

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https://youtu.be/yUkm8Rh03ow

Born Yallah Gaudencia Mbidde in Kenya and raised in Uganda, MC Yallah has been involved in East Africa's rap scene since 1999. Alternating rhymes in Luganda, Luo, Kiswahili and English, her conscious, poetic and experimental style was slow to creep into Uganda's mainstream. Following a brief but necessary hiatus, she returned to the stage in 2018 with a new lease of life accepting her role as a central component of the Nyege Nyege/Hakuna Kulala family.

"Yallah Beibe" is the fiery follow-up to Yallah and Berlin-based producer Debmaster's acclaimed 2019 debut "Kubali". After her tour plans were cut short as COVID-19 broke out in 2020, Yallah returned to Kampala and started work on her sophomore album at Nyege Nyege's villa. The process was more complicated this time around, developing pointedly from an initial back-and-forth with Debmaster and flourishing as beats appeared from Japanese producer Scotch Rolex and Congolese club maestro Chrisman. The finished album is an international patchwork of futuristic cyber-rap experiments fastened together by Yallah's unforgettable personality and elastic flow.

More charged than its predecessor, "Yallah Beibe" is an apt soundtrack to a challenging era. Yallah is an experienced and versatile MC and channels her layered understanding of the complicated global cultural landscape into 12 stories that skate through trap, dancehall, club and industrial styles. Her authoritative guiding force is never more evident than on 'No One Seems To Bother', a collaboration with Duma's gravel-voiced singer Lord Spikeheart. Trading bars over Debmaster's slippery, bass-heavy rhythm, Yallah and Spikeheart ink an alternative East African sonic landscape, with activated lyrics ("the world is going under, no-one seems to bother") and rasping, death metal-inspired groans.

"Yallah Beibe" is a call to action, a loud siren that's intended to educate the wider world of East Africa's shrouded history and bright future. Yallah's collaboration with rising star Rati Gan 'Bigbung Song' is the best evidence of this, looping Rati's Afro-Caribbean dancefloor flex and Yallah's politicized flow around a twisted bass-heavy beat from Chrisman, joining hands between the DRC, Uganda and the wider diaspora. Tracks like 'Baliwa' and the anthemic 'HERA' meanwhile completely center Yallah's signature lyrical dexterity, playing her tongue twisting raps against Scotch Rolex's pan-global foley-trap splatter. At times, the sounds feel as if they're from their own planet entirely - a fourth world that's rooted in collaboration rather than appropriation.

If "Kubali" re-established Yallah as a force to be reckoned with, "Yallah Beibe" cements her status as one of the world's most exciting MCs, both on record and on the stage. There's nobody doing it quite like her.

Mc Yallah - Yallah Beibe

An Unmolested Bassic Ass Beat

'That Hyde Trakk' by LOFT
Taken from the upcoming EP 'and departt from mono games', out May 3rd on Tri Angle Records.

andd departt from mono games

LOFT - That Hyde Trakk

Mirror River

Amazondotcom - A Flower, Nocturnal and Permanent

33EMYBW (@wushanmin) is a Shanghai electronic music producer who was recently hand-picked by Aphex Twin to perform for the opening night of The Warehouse Project in Manchester back in September.

33EMYBW releases on one of our favourite labels 'SVBKVLT' --- we strongly advise you all to check out the label's roster. (@svbkvlt)

S.L.F. Versions is out now on transparent vinyl with a neon green outer sleeve with further reworks by Jamaican collective @equiknoxxmusic - Indonesian duo @gabbermodusoperandi and Swedish producer Jonas Rönnberg aka @VARG

BUY / STREAM - https://hndsth.lnk.to/SLFversions

S.L.F. Versions

Two Serpents (33EMYBW Remix)

BUY / STREAM EP

Aïsha Devi - Two Serpents (33EMYBW Remix)

Taken from SBKT034: Nahash - Flowers of the Revolution

‘Flowers of the Revolution’ is the new album from Nahash. 7 original tracks, including a collaboration with Osheyack, plus remixes from Elvin Brandhi featuring Kanja from Duma, Gabber Modus Operandi and DJ Plead

‘The album was written while researching and reading about the role that the US played in installing dictators in central and south America. The harsh and industrial sounds I used as a way to talk about what happens when the harsh reality of neo-liberalism takes over a country that could do very well without it. 

I was reading and watching documentaries about Haiti and Cuba and trying to imagine what those countries would be without any western influence. 

The ‘’flowers of the revolution’’ are the flowers that never grew, the fields that were burnt down, the plants that were trampled by boots.’ – Nahash

Flowers of the Revolution

Nahash - The Horns feat. Osheyack

Pre-order: https://petrola80.bandcamp.com/album/nightshade-edition

Taken from PET-008: Lyra Valenza - "Nightshade Edition"
Out June 19th on Petrola 80
@lyravalenza
@petrola-80

Danish duo @lyravalenza (aka Hjalte and Jens Konrad) operates on the outskirts of contemporary electronic dance music. Armed with a playful approach and a patchwork of digital and analogue equipment, Lyra Valenza carved their own space in the Copenhagen scene by genre-blending Jungle, UK Garage, and Footwork into a mix of forward-facing and euphoric dance music for 2020 and beyond. A testament to the duo's unique approach to sound design, they were selected for this year's SHAPE - a platform for innovative music and audiovisual art from Europe.

Lyra Valenza's latest EP, Nightshade Edition, is a package of sweet and dangerous cuts to the taste of dystopian romance. The prime dance floor material hits with metallic percussion and bursts of fluttering synths tuned with just the right amount of trance. From stepping UKG, to lush digital soundscapes, the four breaks heavy tracks are hyper-modern sonic experiments processed through a retrospective haze.

The Nightshade Edition EP is released on Lyra Valenza's own @petrola-80 label. It follows their 2018 debut EP "Scan Deliver" on UK imprint Opal Tapes and comes as a welcome return from the energetic producers.

Artist: Lyra Valenza
Title: ‘Nightshade Edition’
Label: Petrola 80
Catalogue no.: PET-008

Artwork: Laurits Hanak
Mastering: Joel Krozer (Sixbitdeep Studios)
Mix: Frederik Møller
Format: 12" vinyl, digital, longsleeve T-shirt
Release date: June 19th 2020

Blind Spot Monitor [Petrola 80]

ZULI — All Caps (UIQ0012)
12” + DL
Pre-Order — https://zulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-caps-uiq0012

Released 12th March 2021

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Insert Design — Dave Gaskarth

ZULI —  Keen Demag

The first single from Loraine James' new album 'Reflection' is a solo introduction and a reset. It's a direct song called Simple Stuff vocalled directly and diaristically by Loraine, a minimal, gentle plea to be treated equally (as a black, queer woman) over criss-crossing drums. Loraine's vocals dissolve into distortion and fx's as if they are getting lost and then heard again.

Reflection is Released on 4th June 2021 on Hyperdub
Vinyl / CD / Digital - Purple Vinyl and A Limited T-Shirt available direct from our bandcamp - preorder here and get this track upfront: https://smarturl.it/reflection.album

Reflection

Simple Stuff

Loraine James, Simple Stuff

SUBREAL is an electronic music label that focuses on unique and non-conforming musical projects.  Run by https://soundcloud.com/amazondotcom and https://soundcloud.com/sietecatorce

contact@subreal.xyz

Amazondotcom - A Flower, Nocturnal and Permanent

SUBREAL

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