[2012] Lv - Sebenza

The South London trio LV's follow-up to last year's accomplished Routes, and their first full-length on Hyperdub, is a trip in every sense. Sonically, Sebenza is strung somewhere between UK funky and South Africa's kwaito, two invigoratingly elastic dance music worlds that draw on a rich and overlapping heritage. Vocally it features turns from three distinctive South African acts, Johannesburg's rapper/producer Spoek Mathambo and Okmalumkoolkat of music/performance art crew Dirty Paraffin along with Cape Town kwaito duo Ruffest. Each taps into, bounces off of, and elevates different elements in LV's music. And lyrically it's laced with a potent mix of languages: Zulu, Xhosa, English, and each MC's idiosyncratic slang. Those junctures and juxtapositions tease a thrillingly new energy into being, one that breeds a deeper infatuation with every lean closer.
Source: Pitchfork

Tracklist:
01 Sebenza [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
02 Animal Prints [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
03 DL [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
04 Limb [Featuring – Spoek Mathambo]
05 Zulu Compurar [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
06 Hustla [Featuring – Ruffest]
07 Nothing Like Us [Featuring – Ruffest]
08 Thatha [Featuring – Ruffest]
09 Safe And Sound [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
10 Primus Stove [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
11 International Pantsula [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
12 Spitting Cobra [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]
13 Work [Featuring – Spoek Mathambo]
14 Uthando [Featuring – Ruffest]
15 Siyavaya [Featuring – Okmalumkoolkat]


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