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Super Heavy Brand New 2020 album from the Kenyan music scene (yes Kenyan) this brilliant debut album is now available for a Limited period pressed on 12” Red Vinyl. Even the sleeve is brilliant in its simplicity but is a stunning photograph nonetheless.
This item is now in stock and ready to ship. Photographs 1-3 are of the actual item for sale. Photograph 4 is for illustration purposes only as this item is still sealed.
Below is a recent review from August 2020 rating the album a heady 9 out of 10 - praise indeed!!
Rating 9/10 Daoud 11 August 2020
I’m going to be honest, this record isn’t for everyone.
Duma are hard. Theirs is some unholy mixture of grindcore and noise and breakbeats and all sorts of sounds that you might hear from your local DIY venue. Their label, Nyege Nyege Tapes, has released some of the most intense dance music I’ve ever heard in the last few years. And while you’re probably unlikely to hear something by Duma played by a DJ (which is a shame), there’s no denying that the label have stayed true to that intensity.
In the hands of Martin Khanja and Sam Karugu, blast beats become techno rhythms too heavy for techno. Techno tracks tend to sustain and release, Duma don’t want it to go anywhere. They root you where you are, a rabbit in the headlights of this infernal machine. Their screams are intense and foreboding, capable of ripping huge holes in their industrial backdrops.
Their willingness to play with their genres, and to reach beyond them, brings to mind the heavy explorations of the likes of the Body and Full of Hell (and indeed their collaborative albums). The hyper-specificity of the heavy genres means bands can end up feeling a bit samey. So I’m thankful to the likes of Duma, who wield these sounds in ways that are exciting and unfamiliar.
Tracklisting below:
1. Angels and Abysses
2. Corners in Nihil
3. Omni
4. Lionsblood
5. Uganda with Sam
6. Kill Yourself Before They Kill You
7. Pembe 666
8. Sin Nature
9. The Echoes of the Beyond