Buffering Juju
by Dumama & Kechou
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 March 2020
- Label: Mushroom Hour Half Hour
- Country: South Africa
- Length: 37:15
- Community rating: 3.91/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Gugulethu Duma and Kerim Melik Becker recorded their debut as Dumama & Kechou across Cape Town and Johannesburg in early 2019, building eight tracks from loops, uhadi, guembri and calabash around Duma's vocals. The album narrates a woman's liberation, from prison into the wilderness, and features Angel Bat Dawid's clarinet on 'Uveni'. The duo describe the result as magical realism prayer music and nomadic futuristic folk.
Genres
Descriptors: experimental, atmospheric, percussive, genre-blending, organic
Tracklist
- leaving prison (2:04)
- wessi walking mama (5:42)
- for madala (7:13)
- intaka (3:37)
- uveni (3:45)
- umzi (2:29)
- khala zome (4:49)
- mother time (7:32)
Credits
- Shane Cooper - double bass [upright bass]
- Henry Lau - lacquer cut by
- Unknown Artist - lyrics by [south african struggle song]
- Nobuhle Ashanti - piano, featuring
- Siya Makuzeni - trombone, featuring
- Odwa Bongo - vocals, featuring
- Andrew Curnow - co-producer, executive-producer, recorded by [additional recording]
- Duduetsang Lamola - artwork [cover art], design
- Gugulethu Duma - executive-producer
- Traditional - lyrics by
- Norman Nitzsche - mastered by
- Madala Kunene - written-by