The Comming of Gaze, by Kabeaushé

The Comming of Gaze

by Kabeaushé

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Lute FP Probably safe to say I have never bought a hip-hop album after a single spin, but this one grabbed me. It is as sonically and lyrically compelling as anything Eminem has done, and that it springs forth from East Africa lends it a quality that doesn’t exist anywhere else.

Yet again Bandcamp becomes a conduit for exploring music that would otherwise not find its way to my ears. I found this on the Hakuna Kulala label out of Uganda that produces East African and Congolese electronic music. !!!!!

Loutre Kitchen dance party.

This would make Tuvok want to dance.

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1.	Andnowawordfromoursponsors 02:36	buy track
2.	A Song About Joy and Sadness 02:18	buy track
3.	Bully Me 02:31	buy track
4.	Lift your Spirit 03:13	buy track
5.	Arthmetical Error 02:50	buy track
6.	Caracas 02:41	buy track
7.	Had Lini 02:11	buy track
8.	Dichotomous Key 03:06	buy track
9.	Unidentified Sock Holes 02:46	buy track
10.	Intolerance 03:30	buy track
11.	Karachi 03:01	buy track
12.	Potassium 03:28	buy track
13.	Ramen Noodles 02:56	buy track

about

Since they were just a child growing up on the banks of the Kagera, the huge river that curls throughout East Africa, Kenyan multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Kabeaushé realized there was a sparkle inside that set them apart from their peers. As other kids assembled hierarchies and favored aggressive competition, Kabeaushé became obsessed with compassion, cuteness and ecstatic softness; uninterested in friction, they were driven by a search for bliss that, in time, directed them towards music. Inspired by Prince, Grace Jones, Bollywood soundtracks and, more recently, the boundlessly creative hybrid sounds of Tyler the Creater, Kabochi slowly began assembling a unique style that melts together music and theater, cooking up songs that are as supple and funky as they are gentle and self-aware.

"The Coming of Gaze" is the Shé’s ambitious debut statement, an album that's as meticulously conceived as an acrobatic stage-show, and as flexible as a silk scarf. Within seconds of opening track 'Andnoword' we're gifted a sense of Kabeaushé’s genre-free vision, as gospel-funk chorals are punctuated with overdriven TR-808 thumps, chipmunked raps, angular guitar fuzz and dancefloor-ready rhythms. It's like an exuberant fusion of Kanye West, OutKast and Spank Rock, re-painted in East African neons. On 'Bully Me' Kabochi breaks down the complexities of their character, sweetly cooing over brittle Atlanta-influenced trills, flipping dexterously between earworm choruses and rubbery raps.

They reinterpret the unmistakable "Trading Places" vocal sample (that was notoriously lifted on Masters at Work's influential 'The Ha Dance') on 'Caracas' re-Africanizing it and shaping it into sultry, futuristic funk in a contextual shift that characterizes the album's self-aware musical literacy. And you can hear the Shé’s knowledge of NYC rap bonafides on 'Dichotomous Key', a riff on The Notorious BIG's 'Hypnotize' that shifts from an inverted, fractured beat into bare minimal electro, simultaneously highlighting Kabochi's production skills and their versatility on the mic. Elsewhere, on 'Karachi', the Shé pushes the tempo up, screaming "gimme a sign" breathlessly over pounding club-primed kicks and wiry synths.

"The Coming of Gaze" is as layered and charged with cultural revolution as any of the litany of albums it references. Kabeaushé isn't interested in playing the clout game, they're making a statement: they're here, they're doing it on their own, and they're gonna be as extravagant and as cute as they want.

Video for Caracas : youtu.be/bhTRJdf4PQE
Video for Potassium: youtu.be/1a0ailuH1sU
Video for Lift your Spirit: youtu.be/UeeGUvz8vtE

credits

released May 12, 2023

Artwork by Kabeaushé
Mixed by Jonathan Uliel Saldanha
Mastered by Matthias Heinstein
Vinyl Master by Declared Sound

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HAKUNA KULALA Kampala, Uganda

Club explorations from the East African and Congolese Electronic Underground and beyond.

We fulfill orders twice weekly, so most items will be shipped out within 3-5 days of your order being placed, with tracking provided automatically. We ship all records in whiplash mailers with extra cardboard protection. ... more

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May 2024
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Mar 2024
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Feb 2024
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Nov 2023

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