The transcontinental collaboration between Uganda’s Swordman Kitala and UK’s Soft-Bodied Humans continues. Following EPs on Brighton’s Phantom Limb label as well as a track on the SBH collaborative LP ‘Kaijupop’ on Turin’s Gang Of Ducks, the pair present here a set of tracks that originally tore up dance floors on their UK and EU tour.

The sound achieved on this EP combines UK-Caribbean influences like grime and dancehall dub with East Africa’s new wave of hard industrial sounding mutant dance music as heard on labels like Hakuna Kulala and Nyege Tapes. Honed and tested in front of lively tour audiences, the resulting EP is a consistently energetic set of dancefloor tracks that are both irresistibly anthemic and dramatic.

Swordman Kitala first made waves in the UK with the release of his ‘Kimbalagaga EP’ collaboration with Blip Discs, an innovative and infectiously dancey set that was promptly championed by the likes of The Chemical Brothers. He has since released on Village Cuts, Hakuna Kulala, Blue Tapes and guested on our own Fisty Kendal LP ‘Price Match!’ on Third Kind Records.

David McNamee is big chief and curator of the eternally adventurous Blue Tapes label, and producer of global dancefloor banger collaborations as Soft-Bodied Humans.


phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju-kitala

gangofducks.bandcamp.com/album/kaijupop