Kampire has curated a brand new compilation of East and Southern African music, ‘A Dancefloor in Ndola’. The double-vinyl and digital bundle will land on third August by way of Strut Data.
The album’s title is taken from the Zambian city the place Kampire grew up, having been born in Kenya to Ugandan dad and mom. Over 13 tracks, the gathering spans a long time and genres, from the Nineteen Eighties bubblegum popularised in South Africa’s townships, by means of guitar-led kalindula and Congolese rumba and soukous.
A selected emphasis is positioned on feminine artists from the Nineteen Eighties, together with Pembey Sheiro, Feza Shamamba, Princesse Mansia M’bila, V-Mash and Di Groovy Ladies. You’ll be able to hearken to V-Mash’s ‘Naughty Boy’ beneath.
“It will be significant for me to repeatedly reference Africa’s personal musical historical past,” mentioned Kampire. “At 17, I didn’t choose up on my Dad’s music, however now I like and accumulate these data. I’m continuously referencing them in my music units right now.
“I like that feeling of shared nostalgia the place individuals recognise a music they haven’t heard in a very long time,” she continued. “There are types of music on the compilation which are sometimes thought-about unsophisticated from rural areas,” she continued. “I and different up to date African artists and DJs draw inspiration from them; it’s a part of what makes us ourselves.”
Kampire is presently enjoying dates throughout Europe, together with London’s Jazz Cafe on twenty fourth Might and La Mazette X Nyege Nyege in Paris the next day. She then heads to Umoya, Naples on eighth June. Later in summer season, competition dates are confirmed at Barcelona’s Brunch Digital (tenth August) and Dekmantel Selectors (twenty third August).
You’ll be able to pre-order the discharge on Bandcamp.
You’ll be able to revisit Kampire’s DJ Magazine Recent Kicks combine and interview from 2018 right here.
