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01. DJ RAPH - Drum Rhythms
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02. DJ RAPH - Chant Of The Umuhara
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03. DJ RAPH - Earthstep
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04. DJ RAPH - The Boy From Digenenthi
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05. DJ RAPH - Reeds From Chad
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06. DJ RAPH - Bird Trap
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07. DJ RAPH - Ikondera
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08. DJ RAPH - Dance Of The Agasambi
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09. DJ RAPH - Butchers' Rhythm
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10. DJ RAPH - Yayaya Twins
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ARTIST
DJ RAPH
TITLE
Sacred Groves
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
NOLAND
CATALOG #
NOLAND 004LP
NOLAND 004LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
5/4/2018
LP version. Includes download code.
DJ Raph
is an electronic musician, producer, and DJ from Nairobi, Kenya. He is an outstanding figure in the growing Kenyan underground electronic scene. His debut album
Sacred Groves
is a rare gem of a record; considered, emotional, and contagious. DJ Raph builds rich, textured electronic music from pan-African ethnographic field recordings.
Sacred Groves
opens up a timeless musical universe, that is both ancient and futuristic; a deep mélange of modern electronic bass music, African chants, and traditional rhythms. This is essential dance music. It is fundamentally not kitsch or clichéd. What makes DJ Raph's approach unique within the abundant production of African electronic music is a keen interest in the meanings and contexts of the original field recordings.
Sacred Groves
emerges from weeks of research in the extensive music archive of the Iwalewahaus (Bayreuth). The music, rhythms, and chants which he builds from are not just to expand his sound palette; his work is a considered homage to the traditions which he borrows from. The archive is revered rather not researched. The respect that DJ Raph, a Nairobi-based producer, has for a broad African cultural heritage is deeply visceral and palpable in this music. Long samples allow the field recordings to breathe, to open up an innovative and vital electronic soundscape.
Sacred Groves
is simultaneously traditional, contemporary, and deeply sacred. All music was produced by
Raphael Kariuki
in Nairobi, Kenya and Bayreuth, Germany. All ethnographic recordings used on this record are part of the UNESCO World Heritage with friendly support of Klassik Center, Kassel. Additional mixing by
Hannes Teichmann
. Mastered by
Mike Grinser
at Manmade Mastering, Berlin.
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