Kadodi, by Nyege Nyege Tapes

Kadodi

by Nyege Nyege Tapes

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The Execrable Bede The first 2 tracks of this release (not available for individual purchase) are breathtakingly beautiful & urgently propulsive field recordings & are worth the purchase price. The 2 electro-interpretations built upon them pale in comparison are particularly uninspired, & cannot hold a candle to the brilliant work of those such as Sadam Seguya, Nihiloxica & Msafiri Zawose. Favorite track: Recording one.

The Percussive Dialectic Astounding recordings of the original performances & a pair of intense electronically re-worked remixes. Favorite track: Wateranga (Domadana Remix).

Kush Arora Spellbinding tribalism that if utilized properly is my favorite dj tool I've gotten in years to mix and blend with genres far away from this release. Enveloping, spiraling, and pure. 10/10. Favorite track: Recording two.

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	1.	Domadana Kadodi Performers - Recording one 18:49
	2.	Domadana Kadodi Performers - Recording two 03:53
	3.	Sun C - Kaad 4 09:31
	4.	Bamba Pana - Wateranga (Domadana Remix) 06:47

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After almost 15 years of peddling his own cd’s and tapes on the streets of Mbale, Robert Mugamba’s Kadodi finally get a proper introduction to the outside world thanks to the increasingly vital Nyege Nyege Tapes crew. ‘Kadodi’ pairs a transfixing percussive soundtrack with modern electronic contributions from Bamba Pana and Sun C, resulting in another remarkable document from the pearl of Africa.
Extending privileged insight to the way ancient practices meet modernism near the Equator in East Africa, the ‘Kadodi’ LP renders a set of mesmerising, rhythmelodic percussion and crowd hollers, along with electrifying reinterpretations by local, East Ugandan producer Sun C and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania’s Bamba Pana. Placing ageless ritual music alongside its club antecedents, the results find tradition frictionlessly reconciled with modernism, drawing bridges between tribal identities and ancient belief systems, and clubs as contemporary sites of ritual enactment.
The musical aspect of the ceremony is intended to induce initiates to a trance state, readying them to transcend from boyhood (basinde) into men (basani). The twice yearly rites of passage are such an occasion that their soundtrack has now transcended from original ritual use to find its ways into nightclubs, thanks to producers such as DMX, Papas and Sun C - the pioneer of Kadodi music’s shift into electronic spheres.
On this set the ceremony starts on side A and continues into side B, documenting the Domadana Kadodi Performers brewing a bristling frenzy of polymetric percussion with hypnotic intensity coming as a result of their natural complexity. Following this utterly unique situation, Mbale native Sun C offers a near 10 minute electronic reinterpretation of Kadodi music on ‘Kaad 4’, mirroring the breathless cadence and intensity of the original in its sustained pitches and intricate syncopation of pipes and pointillist percussions. And you can trust Bamba Pana to take that one step farther on ‘Wateranga’, where he ramps the original drums with Singeli-style pattern and pace to irresistibly energetic effect.

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released September 27, 2018

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded in Mfumba Village, Eastern Uganda by Alyssa Moxley in April 2017.
Artwork Photography by Stephan Charpentier
Artwork by Aleczandah & Moroto Hvy Ind
Mixing by Alyssa Moxley
Master and Vinyl Cut by Matt Colton

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