Towards An Expanse [LP]

Dumama - Towards An Expanse [LP]

Towards an Expanse Follows the acclaimed 2020 collaborative album "Buffering Juju" with Kechou, a fellow South African musician and artist, lauded as Global album of the month and "a wonderfully inventive debut" in The Guardian. Sometimes gospel, sometimes electro-psychedelic space travel, the project starts with a languid lament that whispers a close-to-the-ear invitation up and between the folds of what unfurls into an ever- expanding sonic universe. Towards an Expanse began in 2019 at Figure 8 Studios (Brooklyn, NYC) under the generous guidance of Shahzad Ismaily. It was written in Port Alfred and Cape Town and matured in Berlin and has evolved into a companion, a pulsating vessel of grief, vitality, and reclamation. The album meditates on learning to live with damage while regaining autonomy over how Black life is archived: a dialogue between the artist, her ancestors, voices like Miriam Makeba, Busi Mhlongo, Princess Magogo, Madosini, and the psychoacoustics of South Africa's lore as a timeless technology. It brings these elders into a conversation with Dumama's global orientation and experimental sensibilities. A1. Layer After Layer A2. Indalo A3. No Abiding City A4. Rising Falling B1. The Bridge B2. Mama Carries B3. Eating The Other B4. What Did the Rain Say? B5. Tulip