Uwami II
Label: Awesome Tapes From Africa
Format: 12"
Genre: African, Electronic, World
$26.99
Availability: In stock
South African dancefloor scorchers from DJ Black Low, shared beyond the region for first time by the ever reliable Awesome Tapes From Africa
The internet is remaining tight lipped about this fella right now, but it ain’t hard to hear the serious dancefloor levels across ‘Uwami’, working to the side of Amapiano and Gqom styles with lip-bitingly tight Afro-house grooves darkened by gloomy pads, tested with electroid licks, and spiced by a selection of vocalists.
Run go check for unmissable bits in ‘Downfall Revisit’, sounding to us like John T. Gast doing Afrohouse; the stealthy build of ‘Jaiva Low’ starring Hapas Music; what sounds like a deep blue and ruder Donae’o in ‘Emcimbinii’; the hypnotic trills and wonky bass twang of ’Sbono ((Vocal Mix))’; a superb ambient Gqom flex in ’60 Days No Sleep’; and the straight-up trippy morse code melody and gurgling leads of ’Stiwawa Quitter’.
Top shelf tackle for the DJs and dancers.