Beat Machine Records return with a percussive missive titled ‘Bantu’ that pairs local producer Maxwell Simons with the magnetic cadence of South African vocalist Richi Rich.
Simons and Richi Rich map out the borderlands of a club-centered cosmopolis, blurring any easy markers of geography or genre. Here, baile funk fractures get a Gqom glaze, footwork jitters flirt with low-end earthquakes and percussion whips around like a homemade carnival float losing control. But beneath the glitchy surface lies a human pulse strung together with Richi Rich’s voice, moving bodies like mythologies in motion.
On remix duties, ABADIR dives straight into the deep end with ‘JOBURG‘. His version plays like a lucid dream, cascading polyrhythms delve into outer orbit, while chopped vocal shards of Richi Rich hover like holographic spirits. By the time the amen breaks crash through, the track transmutes into something almost spiritual.
‘Bantu‘ is scheduled for release 20th June via Beat Machine Records. Order a copy from Bandcamp.
TRACKLIST
1. INKOSI
2. JOBURG
3. KICKS
4. JOBURG (ABADIR Remix)