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Friday, November 16th, 2018

Prince Kaybee ft. Busiswa & TNS – Banomoya

Trance synths! No, wait, don’t close the window!


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Will Adams: Finally, someone who knows how to wield trance synths properly. “Banomoya” is unassuming from a songwriting standpoint, but the jolts of thunderous synths help keep the party going. Busiswa and TNS lead you through the crowd gently, keeping just enough distance for you to get lost in the groove.
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Nortey Dowuona: Store light bass leaps up and starts riding the pinpoint, juggling drums as washing froth synths drift in and over Busiswah’s authoritatively, aggressive voice, which sharply roots the song, allowing it to expand into the ozone layer as she pulls the tendrils into the soil. TNS comes in and clumsily tumbles around while Busiswah keeps putting back down roots he has already knocked out. As the block percussion sinks in, Prince Kaybee pumps more and more air as Busiswah places the last root.
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Alfred Soto: They had me from the opening bass line. The spareness underscores the impact of those splashes of keyboard color. The sonic approach I’ve wanted from Blood Orange.
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Tim de Reuse: Oh, I’m always a sucker for the sound design ethos of mid-nineties ambient techno, but this is a skeletal arrangement even by those standards; and the energy delivered by the actual vocalists does not live up to their lengthy introduction.
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Edward Okulicz: In another life, this would have been a kick-ass late 90s, early 00s trance stormer —  a Sandstormer, if you will. The bass sounds like it’s about to pounce and maul you to death, and makes for a perfect introduction. But the track spins its wheels for about two minutes after that fantastic opening, and when Busiswa and TNS come in, they don’t add additional interest. Over 5 minutes my interest wanes and makes me think it would have been cooler as a shorter instrumental.
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Juan F. Carruyo: The long and ominous intro gives the listener plenty of time to soak up the groove and/or be absolutely terrified. The singalong part comes in 3 minutes into the track and fades gallantly soon after. Essentially, the track is all groove, reminding me of 12 inch disco remixes I’m not sure exist anymore, but I’m sure glad somebody is aping them. 
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Iain Mew: The single-minded focus means that the further they stretch out the straight line journey, the better it gets. It just leaves a bit of an impression of the travelling being within a cramped space and hearing something remarkable rumbling past outside but being unable to catch more than a glimpse of it. 
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One Response to “Prince Kaybee ft. Busiswa & TNS – Banomoya”

  1. Frank Kogan, on November 18th, 2018 at 7:02 pm Said:

    I stumbled upon Distruction Boyz’ “Omunye” a couple months ago, discovered there must be hundreds or maybe thousands of gqom tracks coming out of Durban. I like Iain’s description of just catching glimpses of remarkable things. A track will have pockets of sound that could be described as exuberant or grim or whatever else you want. Here are a bunch of singles I like as much as or more than “Banomoya,” list compiled not from knowledge but from knocking about on YouTube.

    Zulu Mkhathini ft. DJ Tira “Uniform”
    Distruction Boyz ft. Benny Maverick & Dladla Mshunqisi “Omunye”
    Distruction Boyz ft. Tipcee “Madness”
    DJ Maphorisa, DJ Shimza ft. Moonchild Sanelly “Makhe”
    Dominowe ft. Tk Da Magnet & Amanda “Uk’Gruva”
    Dladla Mshunqkisi ft. Distruction Boyz & DJ Tira “Pakisha”
    DJ Tira & Prince Bulo “No Rush”
    Tipcee ft. Joejo “Fakaza”
    Tipcee ft. Busiswa, DJ Tira & Distruction Boyz “iSchathulo”
    Distruction Boyz “The Conductor”
    Babes Wodumo ft. Dumo Ntando & Mampintsha “Jiva Phez’kombhede”
    Sphectacula & DJ Naves ft. Beast, TipCee & DJ Tira “Bhampa”
    Dominowe “Africa’s Cry”

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