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Scaffolding For Strings no.1

A mix beamed in from the future by singeli's young star.

If singeli has a new era, DJ Travella is its leading light. At just 23 years old, the Tanzanian producer is pushing the genre into fast, frenetic and unmistakably futuristic territory. And while there aren't too many entries in the RA Podcast's 20-year history where you can say, "this has no parallel whatsoever," RA.984 shatters that assumption in style.

Singeli emerged from Dar es Salaam's underground in the early '00s, forged from limited resources and unlimited creativity. Producers looped and sped up taarab instrumentals using basic software like Virtual DJ, creating a sound that was chaotic, witty and lightning fast. With support from local studios like Sisso and Pamoja, singeli took root as the breakneck pulse of Tanzanian youth culture.

Travella—real name Hamadi Hassani—came up outside that infrastructure. He began producing music aged ten, self-taught and internet-savvy. By 2022, he was touring Europe with Kampala-based collective Nyege Nyege and gaining global attention for a distinct style he's dubbed "cyber-singeli." 

Like gabber, hardcore and jungle before it, singeli is unapologetically go hard or go home. It's unique and utterly infectious. After all, what could possibly connect pop provocateur Arca to the late president of Tanzania? Not much—except singeli. 

Travella's RA Podcast is a white-knuckle ride through this blistering sonic universe. It's wild and joyful yet controlled—a window into one of the most exciting young minds in global club music.

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Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/984.

RA.984 DJ Travella

Kasimyn Set for - Mana Kvold  at Smekkleysa 
Reykjavik 120725

Kadapat - Tendun
I Made Wiya - Trip 2 Bali
Outkast - Ghettomusick
Scratcha DVA - Worst (Sinjin Hawke Remix)
Guzz - Fengxia
Nuri - Frfrfr
Debruit & Alsarah - Jibal Alnuba
Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)
El Irreal Veintiuno - Macizo
Howie Lee - Mantra of Guru Rinpoche 莲师心咒
Hizuo - TOKOTSKO
Arnob - Chowachuye
Romare - I Wanna Go (Turn Back)
Africa HiTech - Out In The Streets
Guedra Guedra - Anlo Kinka
nog4yra - Peixe Vivo
G-HADD - The Cat - TRAX4CATS MIX
JTRA - Cascading Heaven
please Trax - Pelog
SOPHIE -  Hard
Rehema Tajiri, Queen Asher - Together
Trickster - Push That Button
Enya - Orinoco Flow (Indus Bonze Speed Dembow Bootleg)
Diss Reaction - Jiiieehaaaa
Cybermaniac - 4-Ever Young
Watergate - Heart Of Asia (DJ Quicksilver's “Q” Mix)

Kasimyn - DJ Set live recording at Mana Kvold - Smekkleysa 120725

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Tom Waits (on Jim Wilson): "Wilson, he's always playing with time. I heard a recording recently of crickets slowed way down. It sounds like a choir, it sounds like angel music. Something sparkling, celestial with full harmony and bass parts - you wouldn't believe it. It's like a sweeping chorus of heaven, and it's just slowed down, they didn't manipulate the tape at all. So I think when Wilson slows people down, it gives you a chance to watch them moving through space. And there's something to be said for slowing down the world."

Source: "Woyzeck to run at Freud Playhouse". Daily Bruin (USA), by Andrew Lee. December 3, 2002

Find more on the recording on this link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023815586

Tom Waits on Tom waits talking about this recording - http://gloriousnoise.com/2008/tom_waits_interviews_tom_waits

More on the recording - http://hearingvoices.com/transcript.php?fID=142

You can buy original recording here - http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Chorus-Crickets-Jim-Wilson/dp/1932192077?tag=viglink124132-20

Original recording from the author - http://www.constancedemby.com/godscricketchorus_f.html

And more: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/10/13/weekend-diversion-is-this-an-amazing-chorus-of-slowed-down-crickets/

Jim Wilson | God's Chorus of Crickets | crickets audio recording slowed way down

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Scaffolding For Strings no.1

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