{"product_id":"dj-black-low-impumelelo","title":"DJ Black Low - Impumelelo (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThere’s more than a hint of ambition on the double LP sophomore effort from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSam Austin Rabede\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, the producer known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDJ Black Low\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e. Pretoria, South Africa-born and based, the young man makes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAmapiano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e (Zulu for \"the pianos\"), a subgenre of house music that emerged in South Africa in the mid-2010s. It is a hybrid of deep house, jazz and lounge music characterized by synths and wide percussive basslines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nIn \u003cstrong\u003eDJ Black Low’s\u003c\/strong\u003e musical imagination, the songs manage to smoothly vacillate between dreamy and firmly-grounded. Adorned with vocalists across most of the twelve tracks, there’s a new dimension to \u003cstrong\u003eBlack Low’s\u003c\/strong\u003e now-signature approach to abstract, angular deconstruction of the rhythmic developments in his songs.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImpumelelo\u003c\/strong\u003e references influences and ambitions in its song titles and lyrics while the music itself is anthemic in its sonic and structural aspirations. On many of the songs a slow-burning tension transforms into something unexpected until you’re somewhere else as the track concludes. There is an emotional and compositional maturity that builds on his earlier work. Vocals and lyrics are in focus.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduction collaborators among \u003cstrong\u003eBlack Low’s\u003c\/strong\u003e Gauteng Province circle add to the constantly churning array of ideas that populate this consistently surprising release. Despite being a relative newcomer, \u003cstrong\u003eDJ Black Low\u003c\/strong\u003e is onto something here. \u003cem\u003e(Rhythm Method)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01. Thando\u003cbr\u003e02. Akulalwa\u003cbr\u003e03. Bo Mbali Leboh Palesa\u003cbr\u003e04. Dlozi Lam\u003cbr\u003e05. Lepiano\u003cbr\u003e06. Lovey\u003cbr\u003e07. Mekete\u003cbr\u003e08. Mjolo\u003cbr\u003e09. Oskido\u003cbr\u003e10. Qhude\u003cbr\u003e11. Umshato\u003cbr\u003e12. Drive Through\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ENpWcvkMv0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"DJ Black Low","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":58596806623567,"sku":"ATFA046LP","price":5.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/dj.jpg?v=1787984509","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/dj-black-low-impumelelo","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}