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Hakuna Kulala

Hakuna Kulala Organic Grooves 8 Items

Name: T5umut5umu - Sea Of Trees
Brand: Hakuna Kulala
SKU: 954102v1
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Hakuna Kulala

T5umut5umu

Sea Of Trees

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Prolific Japanese producer T5UMUT5UMU has built up a reputation in the last few years for his ability not just to recreate club styles but to flip them into almost unrecognizable dancefloor hybrids. "Asyl" follows a blistering run of Bandcamp releases where T5UMUT5UMU has melted together gqom and techno, deconstructed grime and welded dubstep to traditional music from Japan and India. Here, he's operating completely off the grid, pulling raw materials from across the globe and hammering them into confounding shapes and patterns.On its surface, 'Fireball' sounds like a liquid metal approximation of South African gqom, but move in closer and you can make out dubstep bass squelches, trap hats, and industrial techno jet propulsion filling in the gaps with rubberized mortar. 'Desert' is the EP's most lightheaded cut, a psychedelic percussive spiral that curves micro-tuned mbira clangs around bee sting bass, aerated noise blasts and sub-aqueous kicks. It's a hard track to place, but fits in somewhere between Donato Dozzy, Menzi and 33EMYBW, all shifting rhythms and precision-edited sound design.'Sea of Trees' retains this momentum, pushing the tempo and interspersing woodblock vibrations with syncopated bass drums and goosebump-inducing synths, while closer 'Bottomless Valley' shifts back into a gqom framework, shuffling the expected pulse with a powerful dembow swing, half step subs and Indian-inspired rattles. "Asyl" is a varied but shockingly coherent statement from an enigmatic producer who refuses to confine himself to a single path, and at a time when "cross-genre" is the norm rather than the exception, it's refreshing to witness a producer who's unafraid to truly make stylistic left-turns, rather than simply mash together top-level aesthetics.

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Mbulelo

Kalibre EP

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Twenty-six year old South African producer Mbulelo Mehlomakhulu grew up with a passion for house music. He began releasing music early at only 18, working with Blaque Core's Profound Nation and issuing a slew of records under the Xerophytic Soul moniker. Achieving local and global success with tracks like 'Ancient Cultures', he began to pioneer a more experimental sound - a cross between Durban's dark, propulsive gqom sound and vintage Detroit techno. This forward-thinking composite didn't go unnoticed, and Mehlomakhulu was tapped by Derrick May to release "The Robotics People" EP on Transmat in 2018.Now Mehlomakhulu returns with four stargazing hybrid compositions that again dance in the shared sonic space between Detroit and Durban. Gqom's slow, sensual pulse carries 'Play the Beat' with chants and echoing cowbell smacks swallowed into a wormhole of squashed analog bass and reverberating Underground Resistance stabs. Title track 'Kalibre' is less florid, but commands the dancefloor with clattering South African drums, ballroom slams and the ticking urgency of Chicago's DJ Sneak.'Uranus' and 'God's Groove' lift the dancefloor to a higher plain, spiritually connecting with Carl Craig's historic early run and layering synthetic neon pads and cinematic shimmering effects. Mbulelo's sound is smart and poignant, and completely his own. By linking contemporary South African dance music to Detroit's pioneering 1980s techno vision, he makes a connection that's never felt more current.

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Chrisman

Makila White & Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | UG | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2022 / UG – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While Chrisman's "Ku Mwezi" ep mostly explored gqom and trap influenced Afrohouse mutations, his debut album heads in a different direction. On "Makila", Chrisman provides an experimental vision of the taraxina sound: a molasses-slow fusion of the Angolan kuduro and kizobma dance templates that dips in-and-out of fuzzy drones and syrupy gqom.On 'Angels of Kivu', he pushes the clicking skeletal rhythm into the background, allowing electrified likembé melodies to take pride of place. It sounds like Congolese legends Konono No.1 shocked into a psychedelic electronic future by way of Durban.'Fatiliya' pushes more solidly into taraxina territory, with familiar saw synths accenting low 'n slow kicks and air blast leads. The backbone is Angolan, but Chrisman approaches his music with a full awareness of Atlanta trap and gqom, never ignoring the gut-rattling pressure of sub bass. That's never more evident than on the title track, where he constructs a haunted atmosphere of bells and drones to sit beneath staccato percussive hits and and winding drill slaps."Makila" is challenging music that takes divergent African forms and melts them together with next level skill and sleight of hand. It's another bold step for East African electronic music that underscores the wild creativity and talent emerging from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Oyisse

Elembo EP

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Launching Hakuna Kulala's New Club White Label Series, Is Young Congolese, Kampala-Based DJ & Producer Oyisse. Oyisse Drops A Pure Gem Of A Debut Ep Featuring 4 Fresh Tracks Of Slower And Somber Forward-Thinking Club Music Bridging Abstract Electronics, Obscure Gqom And Trap With Various Central African Influences, Rude Esoteric Voices From Congolese Singer, Sekelemebele And A Cascade Of Futurist Imagination. A Clever, Harmonious Balance Of Kicks And Sophisticated Experimentation That Will Grace Our Ears And Bodies On The Floor.

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Menzi

Impazamo EP

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Menzi Turns Out The Darkest Gqom On Road With This Ridiculously Strong Debut Solo Release By Infamous Boiz' Menzi Brimming With Cyperpunk-Cinematic Sound Design Via Hard-Synched Taxi Techno Drums, Now Pressed On Limited Edition Vinyl For The First Time.Getting Deeper Than Anyone Into The Mechanics And Mindset Of South Africa's Viral Township Techno Sound, 28 Year Old Menzi Shabane Makes Seismic Moves On The 'Impazamo' Ep With Six Trax Of Gobsmacking Gqom Pressure Advanced By Shocking Levels Of Sound Design Detail And Searing Synth Dynamics. Menzi Hails From The Umlazi Township Of Durban, Where He Rose To Prominence As One Half Of Gqom Pioneers, Infamous Boiz, Whose Influence Is Now Felt Shuddering From Speakers In Clubs Across The World. Aside From Producing, Menzi Also Runs The Annual Gqom Bloq Party, Festive Road Block Umlazi, And Recently Has Supplied Beats For Some Of South Africa's Biggest Acts (Moonchild Sanelly, Mahotella Queens, Zolani Mahola And Zakes Bantwini), But It's This Ep Released Last Year On Limited Edition Cassette That Has Put His Name On The Global Dancefloor Map.Daring To Mess With The Machinery Of Gqom's Sharply Defined Style, Menzi Opens It Up Like Hellraiser's Puzzlebox To Truly Invoke And Unleash The Sound's Darkside Spirits. The Title Tune's Cinematic Intro Ratchets New Levels Of Industrial Drama To The Sound That Follow Through In The Pained Hollers And Bm-Style Screeches Of 'Minimal Surge' And The Sheets Of Acid Rain Drone That Soak 'Underground Abaphansi', While The Percussive Ballistics Of 'Qgm' And The Jaw-Dropping 'Zulu Warrior' Recall The Deep Fwd Sound Design Of Nazar's Experimental Kuduro Style, And Uganda's Ecko Bazz Plays The Role Of Shaman Or Spirit Guide In The Pitch Black Midnight Tone Of 'Gqom Tera'.A Staggering Set Packing The Strongest Gqom Tracks On Road Right Now, 'Impazamo' Is Unmissable For Lovers Of Dark, Heavy And Futuristic Dance Music From All Corners Of The Club.

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Don Zilla

Ekizikiza Mubwengula

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Few Years Ago, Don Zilla Was Sat Alone In An Internet Cafe Teaching Himself Fl Studio, Dreaming Of Becoming One Of Africa's Greatest Music Producers. These Early Experiments Evolved Into 2019's "From The Cave To The World", An Ep That Showcased Zilla's Rare Fusion Of Eerie Industrial Electronics, Lurching Bass And Constantly-Shifting East African Rhythms.Now The Manager Of Kampala's Boutiq Studios, Zilla Returns To Hakuna Kulala With His Eagerly-Awaited Debut Album "Ekizikiza Mubwengula", A Labyrinthine Album That Weaves Freewheeling Dance Sub-Genres Into A Bejeweled Tapestry, Signaling A Path To The Future. There's The Cybernetic 'Nuum Funk Of Dbridge, Emptyset's Overdriven, Cacophonous Anxiety, The Hyper-Paced Airlock Club Of Shanghai's Hyph11e And The Confrontational Intensity Of Dreamcrusher; Everything Is Melted Into A Groove-Fwd Whole That's Tough To Resist.Tangling Trap Into Slippery, Atmospheric Doom-Step On 'Buziba', Experimenting With Uptempo, Slikback-Esque Rhythmic Complexity On 'Tension' And Reshaping Noisy Industrial Ambience On 'Shots', Zilla Uses The Album To Continuously Challenge Expectations, Folding Sounds In On Themselves Inception-Style And Allowing Fresh Rhythms, Textures And Forms To Peek Through. It's A Bold Step From A Central Character In East Africa's Rapidly-Growing Stable Of Paradigm Shifting Experimental Club Producers.

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Ratigan Era

Era

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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[FRN]Dancehall might have emerged in Jamaica, but over the last few decades the popular genre's tendrils have stretched out across the globe. In Kampala, Ratigan Era is adding a distinct Ugandan twist to dancehall, fusing it with East African humor and hyper-melodic afrobeats elements imported from Ghana and Nigeria. The versatile MC grew up listening to Jamaican music like Vybz Kartel, Busy Signal and Mavado - in his hometown of Kawempe there was almost no way to avoid it - and it blurred into the background, blending with local church music, US hip-hop and radio pop. He developed this diverse range of influences into a completely unique Afro-dancehall flow that simmers between Luganda, patois, Spanish and English, reflecting the melting pot of cultures and dialects that characterizes contemporary Africa. Ratigan broke out with a memorable feature on Pallaso's Ugandan hit 'Nsaba', a track that echoed throughout the country booming from nightclubs, motorcycle loudspeakers or from convenience stores. Now he's assembled his first album "Era", a furiously inventive interweaving of rubbery vocals and memorable chants backed by futuristic beats from Hakuna Kulala's most boundary-pushing producers. Congolese producer Chrisman takes the reins on 'Gorilla Attack', providing a downtempo groove that echoes recent Jamaican chop deployments from breakthrough artists like Skillibeng and Skeng. For his part, Ratigan ducks and dives between Chrisman's gqom-inspired low end womps and corrosive synths, commanding attention with his smart, dextrous flow and tongue-twisting lyrics.The Modern Institute and Golden Teacher's Richard McMaster handles 'Top Strike Force' leaving space in his wiry, minimal beats for Ratigan to flit between anthemic repetitions and ice-cold AutoTuned wails. On stand-out track 'Badman Style', Ratigan's guttural patois is measured against a dizzy trap-dancehall hybrid beat from HHY & The Kampala Unit's Jonathan Uliel Saldanha, aka Lithium Beats, while on the surreal 'Drop it Down', Japanese mad scient...

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Elvin Brandhi & Lord Spikeheart

Drunken Love

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Hakuna Kulala)

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Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Since they connected in Kampala back in 2019, Elvin Brandhi and Lord Spikeheart have been recording restlessly, developing a shared musical language that compliments their individual expressions. Both innovative improvisors motivated by the extreme potential of performance, they manufacture a synergistic shriek on their debut set, fluxing between jagged DIY noise, chilly sacred ambience, ratcheting hard dance and quirky leftfield pop. And despite their backgrounds, neither Brandhi nor Spikeheart have approached anything quite so piercing and direct. It's music that sits a few paces from the established timeline, doggedly avoiding contemporary trends and screaming hoarsely at passers by.Born and raised in Bridgend, Wales, Elvin Brandhi has built a reputation for her virtuosic collision of rubberized freeform vocalizing and skillful, irreverent production. Since breaking out as half of father-daughter improv duo Yeah You when she was just a teenager, she's released a slew of acclaimed solo projects including 2019's 'Headroof' recorded in Uganda with a host of Nyege collaborators. She has also collaborated with artists like Drew McDowall from Coil, Pat Thomas and Ziúr. Nairobi-based rapper-producer Lord Spikeheart meanwhile is best known for lending his unmistakable growl to Sub Pop-signed noise-metal duo Duma. Anyone who's seen their live shows will be acutely aware of Spikeheart's power on the mic, and he brings that same energy to this project, trading snarls and syllables with Brandhi over rasping industrialized detritus.The duo's fierce vocal interplay is the heart of their collaboration. On 'Cruxify all the prophets', Brandhi's guttural croaks appear to dematerialize into granulated electronics, transforming into emotional wails before Spikeheart's unmistakable death metal shouts writhe into the sunlight. Intermittently piped through electronics, the voices alternate between chilly cybernetic wails and sickly human spits and coughs, finding an unsteady balance between grindcore gutter punk and Atlan...

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